These are the comments left on last week's post about The Brownie List.
Are these the fabled brownies?! Bless you for still caring
They arrived just in time. Here's why:
I love to bake and package and ship and receive the love which comes with The Brownie List. I don't like chocolate. I don't eat them (possibly weird but that's never bothered me). Thus, I never know if they taste good (grammatically doubtful). Acting as my Official Taste Tester is a major reason TBG is in my life.
Today, I decided to get ahead of my usual three pans per day. By the time I was done, there were nine 8x8 baking pans of all descriptions littering (purposefully chosen verb) my counter. I was busy slicing and wrapping and listening to Paderewski concerti through my hearing aids when TBG walked through the kitchen and grabbed a brownie.
One bite and his face told the whole, sad, disappointing, embarrassing, wasteful story. For some reason, they were dry and not gooey (my specialty); they were cakey; had very few nuts; and they offered not a hint of special sauce.
In other words, they were fine as far as brownies go, but they were not Brownie List brownies. My people know what to expect and I will not disappoint them.
They will be repurposed tomorrow. I moaned to myself as I unpackaged and untied and removed sub-par but still tasty. TBG saw my face: Some people like them this way. Don't worry. They bring you such joy I hate to see you put in the work and not get the result you deserve (another reason he's in my life).
And as I relaxed my shoulders into his words I started to laugh at myself. I remembered why I have never been able to determine how many eggs and sticks of butter and boxes of chocolate I will need next year. I always have that as my intention, and I always wonder why I didn't do it last year, and I began to remember year after year of remembering the answer.
Hence, this Note to Self:
Dear Self,
Every year you try this stunt. The results have never and will never be pretty. Stick to the plan - 3 pans per day. You know I'm right.
Love, Self.
I'm printing it out and putting it in with next year's brownie supplies. We'll see if it makes a difference.
Yours is the second wonderful "best story of the day" this morning. Thank you for sharing happiness and kindness. I know it's an effort, and I know it is much appreciated by those who receive those packages.
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