The Curry and Cupcake Controversy

Let me begin with my day. Sunday the 21st. I woke up, did my morning thing and really had no plan for my day. My bestest friend (and future wife) called me. She had no plans other than busting her butt at the gym and I was just sitting on the couch. We decided to go out to Indian buffet lunch in San Mateo. We had previously enjoyed a lunch at this particular restaurant and indulged in some naan and lamb curry. Anyone who has eaten any kind of curry can attest to the results of eating such said food. One can usually walk away with yellow tinged nails, hot breath and the dreaded stain on the shirt. Today's blog is about the last.

Ann, being a frequent patron at this buffet had finally learned that she could not put her napkin in her lap. She used to walk away every visit with curry on her shirt. I guess one day she realized that it was the napkin and not her eating habits that caused stains. You see, it was the remnants of curry on the napkin from wiping her mouth that was the culprit. Then when placing the napkin back in her lap it would brush over her shirt leaving stains. So we continued eating lunch, Ann with napkin on the table off to her side and me not giving a crap about food falling all over me. We finished lunch and went about our day. One of our stops was to a Japanese Ichiban $1 store. She bought some plates (which you will see later) and I got some paper. Well, upon inspection of the plates she looked down and noticed several spots on her white shirt. Ann isn't one to cause a scene for no reason, but I guess this was a reason. She put the plates down and questioned aloud to herself and for a bit looked like one of those crazy cat ladies who talk to themselves. But shes not.

Having letting it go for the moment we left for home. Having made what felt like a few stops we realized it was almost 8pm! Since moving to her super sweet new place, Ann had been wanting to bake cupcakes (especially since her oven is brand spakin new) to christen the place had make it official. Not cupcakes for her (in case her trainer reads this) but for her friends. And by friends I mean me. We didn't want to buy any more ingredients than we needed. So we substituted eggs with eggbeaters and used oil instead of butter. The Kitchenaid was busted out and a mixing we went. With all of the ingredients together the batter looked a little thick. Well I don't bake and it had been a long time since she had made cupcakes. We shrugged and just let it go. Ann started to put the batter in and I dropped in mini Reese's Pieces. We placed the thick batter cupcakes in the oven. An re-read the box just for fun. AAAHHHHH we found what was really wrong. The missing ingredient.

Yep. We forgot the water. After repeatedly slapping our foreheads and scrambling to take them out of the oven, Ann began the arduous task of emptying the cupcake batter back into the bowl and taking out the Reese's pieces and putting them on the plate (the Ichiban plate).
Oh Ichicban plate. I wrote a Haiku about it.

Pretty plate only 5 dollars
Thick batter mini PB cups.
You melt and hate me.

SO. I didn't take any after pictures but the cupcakes turned out alright. Ann was making this hilarious face but for her protection I only showed neck down.

All in all we had a pretty decent day. We also watched Apocalypto and Farce of the Penguins. Don't watch Farce of the Penguins. Really not that funny. Kind of painful.