If you were to ask anyone who remotely knows me where my passions lie, they would most probably say:
1) Cats,
and
2) Baking. (Perfect old lady material, right?!… Oh and did I mention I also enjoy knitting?! (; )
*Seriously though, I do have other passions but these two are particularly close to my heart.
Anyway, since a young age I have always enjoyed a casual spell in the kitchen but sometimes it comes in strong waves and I get extra productive and make multiple batches of many things all in one go! You know I mean business, however, if I put an apron on. I normally don’t bother with aprons because i’m so excited to get cracking I forget! Despite ending up caked in flour (excuse the pun) I never learn my lesson. Besides, getting messy is so fun!
So this is how it goes…
I feel all pumped and excited to try out a new recipe or even a beloved tried-and-tested one, so I get in “The Zone”, put on my chef-face and feel fab!
*And even though I may not look like the ultimate domestic goddess……I don’t look that bad!
At this point, everything is going fine. (I might add, I’m a pretty confident cook and even surprised my aunt and uncle on Friday with a rather fab looking homemade (pastry included) luxury beef and onion pie with roasted rosemary potatoes and peas!)
So yeah, feeling like nothing can conquer me, I get going….
Now, today I went to a little gathering with some friends so last night was when this all occurred as I decided to make some dessert. I look in the freezer and see some pre-made crumble mixture from a few weeks ago and some frozen cut-up apples from the garden. Perfect! An apple crumble right there. Simple!
…Or not!
*Note, this is what happens when you leave apple to stew unattended whilst you scuttle off to the neighbouring room to watch Saturday night telly! **Bad move.
Ouch! That hurt my pride a bit BUT we had plenty more apple in the freezer so I did it again!
In addition to this though, I thought i’d make something a little more “wow”, so, having popped to the shops for some biscuits and cream I decided to make cheesecake. But alas! CHEESEcake requires CHEESE! Who’d have thought!? …
Typically we had none in the fridge so I spontaneously made a lemon cream pie (which does not require cream cheese and also happens to be one of my mum’s favourite!) And this is what you get:
*I must say, I find this picture strangely romantic and symbolic with the harsh metal clamps confining the smooth creamy interior! – My literary father and sister would be proud of me for that description! But that’s as far as my literary analysis will stretch!
So now my pie is setting in the fridge and the new batch of not-burned apple is cooling in the pan meaning my work is done!
BUT WAIT…..
DUN. DUN. DUN.
*The REALITY of baking = Mess. **Mess and sticky work surfaces!
Oh, and of course, the dishwasher is full and sparkly clean!
TYPICAL.
And then you have to find room in the fridge for random half-used ingredients, such as this poor thing – shaved alive:
So you get my point. There are normally always downs to the major ups in life! And even if you get an emotional ‘high’ by burning apple and making non-cheese cheesecakes, the ‘low’ of clearing up is always there waiting for you. Life is not always as glamorous as tv cooking shows who have invisible minions to clean their mess up for them afterwards! But you just gotta’ suck it up, put those rubber gloves on and get going on the washing up! – either that or empty the dishwasher, it’s entirely your choice!
Bon appetite!
R xx
The Honest Life 