Important Differences
Aug. 8th, 2024 11:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
billroperTonight after dinner, we decided that we wanted dessert and finally settled on having me bake some brownies.
Now, I suppose that I could make brownies from scratch, but that would require measuring out a large number of ingredients. Instead, I use the Ghiradelli Double Chocolate Brownie Mix as a base and adulterate it with a substantial number of walnut pieces. This requires the baking pan, which I grease with a stick of butter from the refrigerator, returning the butter back to the fridge when done. I use one large mixing bowl in which I mix together an egg, 1/3 cup of water, and 1/2 cup of oil. The egg shell goes to the garbage directly, the measuring cup for water into the drain basket to dry, and the measuring cup for oil into the sink to be washed. I use a large wooden spoon for mixing as I add the dry mix to the emulsion, mix well, and then add the walnuts from the large sealed bag that is kept in (and returned to) the fridge.
I grab a large spatula to aid in getting as much as is reasonable of the brownie batter goodness into the pan and into the oven. At that point, I toss the inner wrapper into the trash, the box into the recycling bin, and call Julie to do what teenagers do to the remaining batter in a bowl.
Once Julie is done with the bowl, I put it and the two utensils into the sink, filling the bowl with water so that it is easy to scrub out when all of the dishes get processed (almost always by Gretchen) in the morning. And eventually, we have brownies.
I was apologizing to Gretchen for having put the bowl into the sink, because she has frequently complained about K baking and then just putting the bowl in the sink and leaving a general mess around the kitchen. Apparently, the apology was unnecessary as I had not only cleaned up all of the mess and put it in the sink, garbage, or recycling bin, but I had also filled the bowl with water so it was easy to clean out.
I guess this is one of the differences between good and bad lab technique. :)
Of course, I was a trained chemist once...
Now, I suppose that I could make brownies from scratch, but that would require measuring out a large number of ingredients. Instead, I use the Ghiradelli Double Chocolate Brownie Mix as a base and adulterate it with a substantial number of walnut pieces. This requires the baking pan, which I grease with a stick of butter from the refrigerator, returning the butter back to the fridge when done. I use one large mixing bowl in which I mix together an egg, 1/3 cup of water, and 1/2 cup of oil. The egg shell goes to the garbage directly, the measuring cup for water into the drain basket to dry, and the measuring cup for oil into the sink to be washed. I use a large wooden spoon for mixing as I add the dry mix to the emulsion, mix well, and then add the walnuts from the large sealed bag that is kept in (and returned to) the fridge.
I grab a large spatula to aid in getting as much as is reasonable of the brownie batter goodness into the pan and into the oven. At that point, I toss the inner wrapper into the trash, the box into the recycling bin, and call Julie to do what teenagers do to the remaining batter in a bowl.
Once Julie is done with the bowl, I put it and the two utensils into the sink, filling the bowl with water so that it is easy to scrub out when all of the dishes get processed (almost always by Gretchen) in the morning. And eventually, we have brownies.
I was apologizing to Gretchen for having put the bowl into the sink, because she has frequently complained about K baking and then just putting the bowl in the sink and leaving a general mess around the kitchen. Apparently, the apology was unnecessary as I had not only cleaned up all of the mess and put it in the sink, garbage, or recycling bin, but I had also filled the bowl with water so it was easy to clean out.
I guess this is one of the differences between good and bad lab technique. :)
Of course, I was a trained chemist once...