I must be crazy... (long)

[helenabear]

There must be something about my dad's house that makes me lose my mind. We were going over what was being made for Christmas dinner when I realized we had no dessert. I had been thinking about it for a while and at that moment I agreed to make a flan for Christmas dinner. I think I finally remembered why I only make this maybe once (at most twice) a year.

First of all, I had no ingredients at all for this. So I ran to the store and got my evaporated milk, condensed milk, eggs & pan that I needed to create a double boiler effect. Even though I didn't go to the store until 9 pm it was still a mad house and about 30 minutes later I got out of there.

So I come home and decide that I need to make the caramel sauce from scratch. If you want a good way to make some of the stickiest & messiest stuff in the world... make caramel sauce straight from sugar. So after I got that all started I mixed in the nice and sticky condensed milk in with the eggs and all that. After getting that caramel sauce into the pan to cook with the custard mixture I get the joy of sticking that pan into the boiling water in the over... with only one oven mit... when I find the other, I'll let you know

So here I sit now with minimal burns on my hands... waiting for that hour this thing has to cook to pass when I realize I forgot to add the vanilla to the custard mixture I must be crazy to have thought I could get this done tonight... just pray it tastes okay on Wednesday

 

[Serena]

Ouch! What were you thinking???

 

[Dan Murphy]

They will never know.

 

[Saffron]

Yeah, ssssssh. Don't tell anyone, they'll never know.

 

[dizneenut]

Yikes! They will probably never know.

 

[helenabear]

Well it's out of the oven and it looks okay I guess I am glad that my FIL won't be there because he would be the one to taste the tiny difference in flavor... but I'll be sure not to tell anyone about my tiny mistake

The kitchen is a mess... I hope DH will clean it in the morning, but at least I found my other oven mitt

 

[nativetxn]

It will be delicious. No one will notice the missing vanilla. I don't even know how to make a flan, I envy your cooking talent.

 

[Beanie]

Mmm sounds yummy, Elaine! Now go sit down and eat some Greenies and no one will ever know!!

 

[shep]

That IS a long post..

 

[RitaZ.]

Elaine~ You're brave! I have never made a flan, I'm afraid to try....

My mom made a pumpkin flan tonight, I can't wait to eat it tomorrow night.

I'm sure no one will notice. Merry Christmas!

 

[Snow White]

I bet it will be wonderful!

 

[catsrule]

send it to me, I'll eat it.