2023, animals, books, Food, Gatherings

Sometimes You Feel Like A Nut…

22 Comments

For those of you not at Blevins yesterday, I tried out a new cookie cutter.  It was very cute and I couldn’t resist it when I saw it.

Unfortunately it was a big bust.  The little ears and feet often got stuck in the cutter and pulled off when I took the dough out of the cutter.  I tried extra flour, baking spray, even washing it off and re-flouring (repeatedly) but nothing helped.  I would get one, maybe two good cuts and then the problem began again.  For many of the cookies, I had to add little teeny bits of dough for the ears and/or feet.  It was really irritating and took the fun right out of the project. 

At Blevins, the cookies were a hit and got gobbled up by the end of book club.  (I used a cinnamon roll out cookie recipe and a roasted almond.)  It almost made me want to retrieve the cookie cutter from the trash can where I had thrown it.  I humored myself by sending off an email of complaint to the company.  I don’t know if I’ll hear from them – I’ve never had an issue with them before. 

Not sure if I will cave and rescue the cookie cutter before the trash gets picked up.

Any second chances that you’ve granted recently?

22 thoughts on “Sometimes You Feel Like A Nut…”

  2. Yesterday, I gave Star Trek-The Motion Picture (First in the series) a second chance. It was just as horrible as the first time. A lot of standing around looking and looking and…

    Liked by 3 people

    Reply

  3. I have no patience for decorating cookies. I made the mistake, however, of asking my children if they had any Christmas cookie requests. Son wants a new cookie called Engel platzchen, which are fussy little balls of marzipan with whole blanched almonds, each cut in thirds, to replicate angel wings. I said yes. Now I have to find decent marzipan

    Liked by 3 people

    Reply

      1. There is the little problem of 500 miles distance between our houses, as well as our son’s fine motor problems dating back to his premature birth. He’d lose a finger or two trying to cut almonds into thirds. We are going to Brookings after Christmas, and will tranport all the engels and other goodies. I plan to bring my krumkake iron and make krumkake with our grandson.

        Liked by 4 people

        Reply

  5. Rise and Shine, Baboons,

    After my uncle’s memorial service I am considering a second chance for some cousins. There are some of the crew who are very nice people. I received a lovely text from my cousin David on Friday following a fun conversation with him and his wife. (He was relating a story of another cousin who visited their farm, and sneaked away with a baby chick. Somehow Uncle Jim did not notice or hear the chick during the 90 mile ride home). I was not expecting a pleasant interaction. I stopped attending most family reunions and funerals years ago for many sound reasons.

    PS, VS, I would not give that cutter a second chance. Too putsy for me.

    Liked by 4 people

    Reply

  6. If I’d paid good money for the cookie cutter and still thought it was cute, I’d use it as a decoration—attach it to a wreath or something like that—rather than just throw it away. But then, I hate to throw away anything still useful!

    —Crow Girl

    Liked by 4 people

    Reply

  7. I suspect the cookie recipe has a lot to do with how the cookies turn out. I have a cookie press and use the same recipe every time, because I know it works. It’s terribly frustrating if you try a different recipe and the dough keeps pulling off the cookie sheet. If you save the cutter, I’d give it a try. Or ask my sister what she thinks – she and my younger niece are into cookie decorating.

    I have a cheap cell phone that kept dying on me, and I argued the company into giving me a second one of the same model. That one is now malfunctioning as well. I think it’s time to just get a better phone.

    Liked by 3 people

    Reply

    1. I’ve thought about that, but it seems to me that if the cookie cutter won’t work on what was basically a rollout sugar cookie recipe with a little cinnamon added, well that’s a problem.

      Liked by 1 person

      Reply

  8. I’ve had a Black and Decker cordless drill for several years. It gets light use. I’m just not that handy. I’ve had a situation with it almost every time I use it that really tests my patience. I drill a hole in something wooden and the drill bit does not back out with the drill. The grip on the drill just doesn’t hold the bit tightly. I put the drill in reverse and start backing the drill bit out of my freshly drilled hole, and the bit stays anchored tightly in the wall and the drill comes away without it. This happened in May when I put up a new curtain rod. My friend came over with a better quality drill when mine left the bit embedded in the wall and protruding about 1/2 inch. She was able to get her drill around the offending drill bit and back it out. She told me to get a better drill. She said mine was cheap junk. She has a Dewalt. I decided to give mine one more chance.

    I’ve been fixing things up around here. I saw a very nice mirror, the kind that is for an entry way or something like that. It was on a corner with some “free” items. So I grabbed that big mirror, stuck it in the back of my Rav, and brought it home. It was heavy! I’ve wanted a mirror in the basement where I put on hat, coat, and mittens. (Ok, I’m still a little vain.) The basement walls are not finished so the 2’x4’ supports are visible. Easy-peasy. I got out my drill and inserted a bit. I measured height and made sure my pencil marks would result in a level mirror. I started drilling. The first hole worked just fine. I was delighted. I went to the second marked location and drilled my hole. The bit did not back out with the drill, and even broke off so that the end of the bit was still in the board. In order to keep it level, I had to relocate the first successful hole. Long story short, three drill bit ends are still in my wall. I finally got the mirror put up but it was frustrating. Never again. I’m getting a new drill.

    Liked by 5 people

    Reply

  9. I may have written about this once, fifty years ago, my brother brought home to dad a large pair of slip joint pliers that HIS boss had thrown out. I don’t use them very often, but sometimes when I needed a big wrench, I would get them, and it would always slip. And then I didn’t throw it out for about 49 years. Just this summer I threw it out and bought a better set. And cleaning the shop this summer, I threw out a lot of stuff that I don’t know why I saved. But I think I saved it because dad would have saved it because we fixed so many more things back then. Nowadays, either you can’t fix it, or you buy a new one anyway. it was an interesting observation.

    Liked by 2 people

    Reply

Leave a reply to Chris Norbury Cancel reply