don't know what to do anymore. Or even if I want what I think I want. It's not a pleasant revelation.
Now, I love my roommate's fiance. She's adorable, and sweet, and wonderful. They're one of the cutest couples ever, and sometimes I just want to wring her neck. Right now mostly because I cannot STAND having someone else cook in my kitchen, especially when they're not doing a particularly good job. I don't know if it's because cooking comes easily to me or what, but it drives me absolutely INSANE watching someone else cook and doing so inefficiently or poorly.
I shouldn't have to explain that using substitutions in baking can completely throw off a recipe. And when I do I shouldn't be accused of being snob for doing it. I mean, okay, I am kind of a snob about things sometimes, but it's true. Using butter-like margarine spreads can and does throw off the texture of a cookie, I know this because I've made that mistake. Switching between granulated, brown, and dark brown sugars can and will change the texture of a recipe. Once again, speaking from experience. Using a normal spoon instead of a disher WILL make your cookiesbake unevenly. It's just a fact. Will it necessarily be bad? No, but will it come out differently than you expect? Definitely. With cooking, there's a ton of changes you can make without ruining a recipe. With baking, not so much. Baking is a science. Learn that and respect it or don't bake. Seriously.
It's stupid, and petty, and childish of me to be annoyed that she's cooking in my kitchen and playing around with cookie recipes when she doesn't know what the results are going to be because she doesn't understand how or why ingredients interact with one another the way they do. But here I am, hiding in my room so I don't have to watch her do so, typing up a stupid rant about it. I guess I'm stupid and petty and childish. But I can't help it. And I'll resist the urge to whine to her or my roommates about it, because they'll just make fun of me for caring so much about something they don't care about. Or be annoyed that I'm being mean to the poor girl.
I'll never admit it, but it's one of the reasons I'm glad that she and my roommate plan on getting their own place when they get married. She can mess around with things she doesn't understand in her own kitchen and stay the hell out of mine.
Really, though, as artificial as it's going to sound after all I just said, I do adore her and am super happy for the two of them. And I have a ton of fun spending time with her, and don't mind when she helps in the kitchen as long as she follows my directions (though that goes for anyone in my kitchen with me.) I'll just likeher evenmore when she's NOT in my kitchen.
Now, I love my roommate's fiance. She's adorable, and sweet, and wonderful. They're one of the cutest couples ever, and sometimes I just want to wring her neck. Right now mostly because I cannot STAND having someone else cook in my kitchen, especially when they're not doing a particularly good job. I don't know if it's because cooking comes easily to me or what, but it drives me absolutely INSANE watching someone else cook and doing so inefficiently or poorly.
I shouldn't have to explain that using substitutions in baking can completely throw off a recipe. And when I do I shouldn't be accused of being snob for doing it. I mean, okay, I am kind of a snob about things sometimes, but it's true. Using butter-like margarine spreads can and does throw off the texture of a cookie, I know this because I've made that mistake. Switching between granulated, brown, and dark brown sugars can and will change the texture of a recipe. Once again, speaking from experience. Using a normal spoon instead of a disher WILL make your cookiesbake unevenly. It's just a fact. Will it necessarily be bad? No, but will it come out differently than you expect? Definitely. With cooking, there's a ton of changes you can make without ruining a recipe. With baking, not so much. Baking is a science. Learn that and respect it or don't bake. Seriously.
It's stupid, and petty, and childish of me to be annoyed that she's cooking in my kitchen and playing around with cookie recipes when she doesn't know what the results are going to be because she doesn't understand how or why ingredients interact with one another the way they do. But here I am, hiding in my room so I don't have to watch her do so, typing up a stupid rant about it. I guess I'm stupid and petty and childish. But I can't help it. And I'll resist the urge to whine to her or my roommates about it, because they'll just make fun of me for caring so much about something they don't care about. Or be annoyed that I'm being mean to the poor girl.
I'll never admit it, but it's one of the reasons I'm glad that she and my roommate plan on getting their own place when they get married. She can mess around with things she doesn't understand in her own kitchen and stay the hell out of mine.
Really, though, as artificial as it's going to sound after all I just said, I do adore her and am super happy for the two of them. And I have a ton of fun spending time with her, and don't mind when she helps in the kitchen as long as she follows my directions (though that goes for anyone in my kitchen with me.) I'll just likeher evenmore when she's NOT in my kitchen.
