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there has been a recurring theme surrounding me lately, so i felt the need to touch on it… the whole “you never know til you try” thing. with the exception of ridiculously stupid things that you should know better than to try (for example, lighting my hair on fire– pretty sure i know how that would end without trying it), this can be inspirational; might as well try if failing won’t cause much harm! i was having a conversation with my mom a week or two ago about trying new recipes and baking from scratch, when i asked her what the worst thing that would happen was, she agreed that having to throw it out wasn’t so bad. i mean, sure, i feel really guilty wasting food, but the chances of it being so bad you have to throw it out are pretty low.
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angel food sounds innocent enough, right? you wouldn’t dare think that angel food could do wrong…but don’t let it fool you! this recipe (temporarily) broke stan, my kitchenaid mixer!!! i have done plenty of egg-white whipping, but for some reason this time everything went haywire– seemed like the motor was burning and the pin that holds the head to the base popped out. i gave up for the night and decided to try again after a few days. it seemed that in order to get the holes to line up exactly i needed a third hand, and well, i only have two. thankfully. even more thankfully, i am a yogi, so i was able to use my shin to prop up the head while using my hands to line up the pin and slide it in. i would have paid to be an on-looker.
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*disclaimer: back to horrendous lighting, as it was a gloomy day… these look much better in person than these pix*
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