Culinary Apologies
Though some would say that I’m a flake
when I’m called upon to bake,
and though I qualify just barely,
I feel I’m typecast most unfairly.
True, I rank with all the rookies
when it comes to baking cookies,
and my cupcakes don’t win prizes
at anything but worst surprises.
Nonetheless, my precedent
at providing less than I had meant
is never intentional.
It’s just that I am rather dull
when it comes to pleasuring
by sifting, baking, measuring.
I lack that culinary calm
so never cook without a qualm.
When I baked banana bread
and measured powdered sugar instead
of flour, yes, I must confess
it created an awful mess.
And when I burned the chicken stew
because I had so much to do,
I hope that you remember that
I trimmed the plants and fed the cat,
wrote a poem and made some art,
(scorched the toast and burned the tart)
took the puppy for a walk,
phoned a friend and had a talk.
So though my fridge is lacking stuff,
I find my life is full enough
All in all, what I’ve got cookin’
may not be where you are lookin’.
Prompts today are flake, calm, intentional, typecast and precedent. (If you want to read about the powdered sugar debacle, click on the link where it is mentioned in the poem.)
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
And there’s always cheesecake with the cheese forgotten!
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Your faux pas?
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Yes — because of the way the recipe was written, I totally missed the cheese! I was a teenager — we baked the ‘cheesecake,’ and it came out like a graham cracker omelet! We made a real cheesecake the next day that was delicious!
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See what fast learners you were?
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Hah! But it took a while to understand why the cheesecake rose as it was cooking, like a cake!
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Was it edible?
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It didn’t do us any harm — but ick!!! We threw it away and made another the next night!
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You are so right, Judy; keep “cooking” your retablos!
P.S. What’s on the picture – banana bread?
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That is the banana bread where I mistakenly substituted powdered sugar for flour! I knew you’d appreciate this one–but perhaps cringe a bit as well.
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Nah…I don’t cringe; things do happen in the kitchen…
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Oh yes looks familiar😂
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I love this very much. Your humor is wonderful! That looks delicious!
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stick to ice cream!
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🤣 Love this! And I can totally identify! https://jewishyoungprofessional.wordpress.com/2022/03/14/cooking-life-advice-with-jyp/
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It may run in the family. Last weekend I slathered our BLT sandwiches wth horseradish sauce instead of mayonnaise (the containers are identical). Not recommended!
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Important is to have fun in the kitchen 😉
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Haha! Excellent poem Judy.
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Very creative. Every year, Mel, from Caramel, and Gary from Learning to Cope as a Single Parent, and myself have “The Great Blogger’s Bake-Off” and last year, we included poetry and songs too. Please submit it for that. We usually have it is sometime in he summer. 🙂
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Jeanne, if I see the prompt, I will, for sure!!!
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SWEET!!!! I have always save it, so I will have it to submit too. 🙂 Great job!
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if you think of it, send me a reminder???
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Shall do. 🙂
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I am actually going to forward it to Mel as well. She is the one who has been organizing The Great Bloggers Bake-Off. She does an fantastic job of it too. 🙂
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Thanks, Jeanne. How generous of you.
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You are very welcome. Mel liked it a lot too. 🙂
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Hi Judy, Can relate to this poem in so many ways. In particular a recent incident cooking oatmeal which resulted in a 911 call that visited upon us the fire department and a stern lecture about smoke alarms, overhanging foliage, and suggestions concerning mental stamina or lack there of! Laurie
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I’ve burned three batches of oatmeal in the past two weeks, but I think your story calls for details. Was this in B.C. or B.C.? Just realized you live in two places with the same initials. Did you call 911 or did neighbors and how much of a fire was there?
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