There is a family joke/story that my sister loves to tell about the time we make rice crispy treats. The recipe she had called for 40 marshmallows….so I started counting. She laughed and laughed and dumped the whole bag in the bowl. I argued that they wouldn’t say 40 marshmallows if they didn’t mean 40 marshmallows.
That was a few years ago. I decided to make rice crispy treats today. Yes, my children have been deprieved because I can’t get over the trauma! 😉
Anyway – I buy a whole bag of marshmallows and determine I will NOT count, I will just dump the whole bag in! I won’t count! I won’t estimate! I will just dump a whole bag in and try not to twitch too much.
But I glance at the recipe on the bag to figure out if I have enough butter…and I see it:
Ingredients
36 marshmallows (about 1/2 package)
ARGH!!!! This is why I hate this cooking stuff!!!
So, tell me….what would you do?
- Count out 36 marshmallows (you are my kindred spirit!)
- Dump in 1/2 the package (I guess we can still be friends but I’ can’t cook with you)
- Dump in the whole bag (you, my friend, scare me! but I bet you are an awesome cook!)
Did you know it’s spelled marshmAllows and not marshmEllows? Well, spell check says it’s true, so it much be – but I’m having trouble accepting it!
I am definitely a 3, I would dump in the whole package. But then again marshmallows are my weakness.
Also, add a little vanilla to the butter and marshmallows as they melt for some extra scrumptious rice crispy treats. A fav at our house.
Steph
I love you!!!! But, I would have dumped the whole bag and then some extra rice crispy’s if needed. OR – you have the best, gooiest, yummiest treats on the block!!! and make sure the kids eat outside!!
Love, Beth
For sure, I’d never count. But it is a toss-up as to whether I’d do half the package (by eyeballing it) or dump in the whole thing. I only make those sticky, icky sweet things for Hubby Dearsest…so I have to figure out which he would like best. Can we still be friends? Maybe even cook together?
We are kindred spirits. I would count them. When I am tossing frozen meatballs into spaghetti sauce I count. I figure how many meatballs each person would probably eat and count out that many from the bag. I am pathetic!
On the other hand, I almost never follow a recipe exactly as written. I always change ingredients. But I measure carefully! Go figure?
I would totally eyeball it and pour in half the bag.
I dump the entire bag… But then we’re pigs and I always do a double batch. *lol* … But I hardly measure at all, and do a lot of “dumping” in most of my cooking/baking… Probably because I am lazy, but so far no one has complained. 😉 *rofl*
I’d curse, consider calling the kids in to eat the extra and then give up and make a double batch.
And after such trauma who’s going to be mellow?
I’m a counter, too. 🙂 But that’s one of the reasons I love cooking and following recipes – someone else has done this before and I can follow their recipe/guidelines to make sure I end up with something tasty at the end. So I think you should embrace it and come to the dark side. 😉
Besides, just THINK of those brownies… impossible to buy.
Some recipes it really does matter on your measurements, like certain bread and baking. That’s why Rachel Ray never does desserts -too much exacting chemistry she says! lol Some things it’s a matter of taste. Dry rice krispy treats – yuck! Extra gooey, yeah!
Yep it’s mallow, we just pronounce it wrong. Mallows are a type of plant (with flowers) too.
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