"Pharaoh restored the chief cupbearer to his position...But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them." -Genesis 40:21-22
So it turns out that we all know the fate of Pharaoh's chief baker, the poor guy. I can't imagine I'd have any better a fate considering I am nowhere near a master of baked goods, despite my attempts. Since being here there have been a couple of instances where I lucked out and ended up making something that didn't taste too bad, but it seems that more often than not it turns into a huge disaster! Take today, for example. I had a couple free hours and amidst vacuuming and doing laundry I decided to immerse myself completely in domestic duties by baking. Wahoo, right? :) Well, we have finally acquired much of the hard-to-come-by ingredients (such as baking soda) and I got a great recipe from my mom that I was determined to follow perfectly. I even went as far as to make half the batter into muffins and the other half into a loaf, but 15 minutes into the 30 minute cooking period I glanced into the oven to discover, to my dismay, very dark brown colored intruders where my perfectly rising and baking goods were supposed to be-! Aah! Not cool! What went wrong! I mixed everything perfectly! Maybe it was the tiny oven? Or all the german ingredients that are just a little different? Or having pans that are too thin? Eh. I might try again in a couple weeks but for now I have 6 hockey pucks and one very flat, square, heavy frisbee. So much for me becoming a nicely domesticated girl, but if anyone is running short of sporting equipment... :)
I really can't complain though, at least I'm not about to get hanged.
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