The Weekend Again

Productivity for the weekend always has its ups and downs. I probably need to make a chart that lists my Mille Bornes playing compared to other tasks and if I did other things two times to every one of Mille Bornes then I'd be on track. I would say a greater percentage than that was spent on the Parker Brothers disc Friday and Saturday.

Only a bit on Sunday though, because I was all about two new tasks: making banana bread and playing Scrabble to assist the Literacy Volunteer group in town.

My initial reaction to the banana bread was not too favorable, but I think cutting off the burnt edges has given it better value. The burnt edges are not too truly my fault-I am blaming my super hot ahead of its time baking zone AKA oven for that. Pictures of the banana breading maybe available at a later date, we will have to see. Things I will have to consider should I ever bake in my kitchen again:

• sweet creamed butter, good or bad for baking? and if it's not for baking, a nice note on the package would have been helpful. In the butter world what is the difference of use for the unsalted and the aforementioned sweet kind?
• when it says 9 x 5 pan, should you really go for the 8 x 4 and just be liberal with getting rid of the batter which is what I did. I thought about using some cupcake wrappers instead, but that would be too much baking adventure for one day.
• mushy bananas~how mushy is mushy, as in if the banana has lost all banana containment and is outwardly highly smooshy, can it be saved? I was too grossed out and gave it to the trash can with only a small eek!
• a second banana note~even with mushy bananas I think a little more better mixing could have happened. The little bits that baked in are pretend jellied areas-at least this is how I am getting through with it as I eat my sample goods.
• brown sugar storage~I know I read something about this not too long ago, so I may look into that one still.
• reading Cookwise, that's why I checked it out, to be more informed, but I just dove into my kitchen products with a devil may care attitude.

My rewards for the baking and Scrabbling were miscellaneous purchases at Hastings:

1. Hello Kitty candy, but I really just wanted the adorable and devilish tin http://www.thisnext.com/item/F65AA274/34DCC02C/Hello-Kitty-cinnamon-hots
2. Sarah Vowell's Assassination Vacation, hey I didn't realize I was older http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Vowell
3. Scrabble book, so thematic http://about.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php?isbn=9780671042189&nrd=1&mode=about_boardgames
4. many mags
5. oh and Damages rental; don't know what I think on this, so I only got the first ep

My goal for the week will be following the wisdom of Get Organized Now and work on my mini goals as in I might want the kitchen to be a fully functioning baking paradise, but there are some smaller areas to fix before baking supremacy can begin.

Said mini goals to follow!