The Good, the Bad, and the...Good-er?

[jazzy_fay]

The Good news: It's 9:15a.m. and I've already done more work than my predecessor at the museum did in probably 6 months. Thanks to me, we're now ready to present the school board liaison with a complete audit of tours and resources utilized by Alachua county teachers in the past academic year

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[mom0desu]

Ooh, coconut lime. That sounds so good. I had to laugh though because I made an icon last night of just that *points at icon*

Where did you get the recipe? I would love to make those, though I think I'd be the only one in the house that eats them.

[jazzy_fay]

I know! Doesn't it? Actually, I don't have a recipe yet. I'll find something close, and then play around until I have it the way I want it. I'll be sure to post it when I'm done though (provided they're edible, which they should be). I typically consider recipes to be jumping off points for what I want the finished product to be, and they're great for brainstorming.

[mom0desu]

I don't see why they wouldn't be edible. I've found coconut lime bars before, so there's no reason you wouldn't be able to modify a muffin recipe. I fiddle with recipes myself, though only a handful come out right. Everyone else in the house seems to love it (like my failed pistachio biscotti), but it never sets right with me unless I get it exactly perfect for my palate.

I'm still hunting for a suitable almond poppy seed recipe. I used to have to leave class early in high school just to get those muffins before every other student in the school made it to the cafeteria and waged a war for them.

[jazzy_fay]

Oh, I didn't mean the flavor combination (love coconut-lime anything), I meant the cupcakes themselves. Sometimes I change things too much and forget that I have to keep certain ratios in place for the cake/cookie/whatever I'm making to come out right.

I understand what you mean though; it seems like the chef/baker is always the harshest critic. Everyone else raves, and I sit there wondering what I did wrong.

Ooh! I've never heard of almond poppy muffins. Sounds intriguing. Let me know if you find that recipe. (Nothing that came from my school's cafeteria was ever worth fighting over--or paying for)^.^

[darkfrog24]

Sometimes I dispel my rage by giving the other party the absolute most benefit of the doubt possible without sundering the very fabric of space and time.

Maybe once, long ago, then mentioned, "Oh, we already found a replacement," to some employee who, like yourself, seemed responsible, courteous and circumspect. Perhaps that employee unleashed the icy hounds of hostility upon the fuzzy bunny of her replacement. And they're still paying the medical bills. Then their actions make sense.

Oh self-delusion! You make me think that the world might not be so bad after all.

[akarii]

It's 9:15 and I'm done with all of my work for the day.

It's almost noon. I'm about to be off for a week and can already see that, upon my return, my in-tray will be overflowing with crap.

Do you want some of my work and I take some of your boredom in exchange?

[jazzy_fay]

Sounds like a plan. ^.~

[kazfeist]

You know, I've always just used a hammer on coconuts....a little more brutish, but it does the job. If you want to save the milk, hit it while it's in a bowl, I guess. I lived in Mobile, AL for ten years, and in Gadsden for another five. :D

[jazzy_fay]

That's actually what I ended up doing--in one of those disposable roasting pans (I didn't want to break the bowl). It was a bit messy (coconut shrapnel flying around), but it worked!