Friday, August 04, 2006

Where is my mind?

Annoying song in brain mission completed.

Speaking of brain, where is mine? Today I made cornbread, with custard powder instead of baking powder. Now, I'm a competent cook, not brilliant nor necessarily inspired, but I don't make cock ups. Incidentally, how come people can say cock ups without smirking? I know I'm 12, but surely it is funny. Like when the plumber talks about male parts and female parts and nipples with a straight face. If I was a plumber I'd be either laughing all day, or sacked for bringing too much innuendo to the trade.

I thought custard powder might not actually have too much impact, because it is basically cornflour, and I was making cornbread. But it tasted like custard. Literally, I turned the cornbread to custard.

Now I shall crawl into my hole until it is time to drink martinis with the crazy Wellingtonista crew at the towers, those wacky kids and their expense account.

7 comments:

Carmenzta said...

Why don't you put raspberries on top of it and serve it like custard? It sounds yummy to me.

Guinness_Girl said...

Ha! I have been known to forget the butter when making cookies. Or the sugar. Sigh.

Mmm, martinis.

Violet said...

The most perfectly fluffy sponge cake I ever made, was missing the sugar.

I still get a chuckle out of male and female parts. The first time I heard those terms in a technical context I thought the speaker was having me on.

Martha Craig said...

Strangely the kids loved it. I found it completely repulsive.

Rosie said...

Is cornbread wheat free?

signed jennifer aniston(opolous)

Martha Craig said...

Yes Ms Aniston-Vaughan (lucky cow), I think it is. Although I'm not sure if baking powder has a little wheat in it? But custard powder certainly doesn't.

Anonymous said...

When I saw my bother-in-law scraping icing down the sink I asked why. He said he'd made too much. So I took a big swipe, and when I put it in my mouth discovered the real reason. He'd used cornflour instead of icing sugar. Bleah!