Saturday, March 29, 2008

Like mother like daughter


This picture has nothing at all to do with what I want to write about but it is such a fun picture that I needed to upload it while the computer is compliant.
Remember many many moons ago while we were in Nampa and I put 5 cups of water rather then 5 tablespoon into the pie batter? Well...
Mijo was making this crazy cake that her wonderful Grandmother had taught her to make and every time she made the cake something was off. I asked her if she had put in all the ingredients etc...always the yes. I just thought maybe the ingredients were a bit off and that is why it always tasted funny. Mijo had done a great job with it when Grandmother was here but recently when she had attempted it herself...not so good.
She had made a cake for her Algebra class in celebration for something or other and it was an awful failure, they said it had a really bad aftertaste like there was too much salt. So we went and looked at the receipt again...she asked innocently...what does tsp stand for? All the ingredients other then the water, flour,sugar and cocoa was in tsp amounts. She asked innocently is that the same as tablespoon? No, I said tables spoon is TBS...ooh she said. I think we know the problem and today we will make a crazy cake with tsp ingredients rather then tbs ingredients.
Scott has had this fellow asking him and asking him for US coin. We thought he was just asking because he liked the coins..they seem a bit more substantial then the Indo coin here which are made out of aluminum. This man who speaks broken English went and talked to another teacher friend of ours and come to find out these US coins he wants so badly are used in a ritual of black magic and sorcery. Somehow in the using of these coins maybe they will gain their freedom. So much is not as it appears. It seems to be a problem here adding more to the story then the simplicity of the Story. Tbs religion...looks good, tastes funny.

1 comment:

Among Worlds said...

love the comparisons here - especially using the tsp vs. the tbs.!

Keep posting - I love reading your blog!
Margie