“I sipped my own coffee, heavy on the sugar and cream, trying to make up for the late work the night before.
Caffeine and sugar, the two basic food groups.”
~Laurell K. Hamilton in Cerulean Sins~
The MJM cookie baking extravaganza is over.
I’m recovering from the quality control sugar high that comes with this difficult task…along with the additional coffee and tea I was forced to drink because what goes better with quality control cookies than a hot cup or two of a caffeinated beverage?
Unfortunately, coming off caffeine and sugar highs tend to create morning-after headaches and cravings for salty french fries and broasted chicken.
Yes, I indulged my cravings and popped an Excedrin.
Mea culpa.
No, I don’t feel any better.
I’m starting over today with the usual one or two cups of tea, a solid breakfast, a salad for lunch, and no cookies.
I swear, no cookies today.
Really.
For Thursday is a new day.
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You could have stopped with “Caffeine and sugar, the two basic food groups.” Works for me.
If only that was all we needed to survive, Judy. Darn leafy green salads! 😉
I know that place! I will be doing the Christmas cookie baking extravaganza next week. I’m also doing a pep talk to convince myself that I don’t need to sample every batch!!!
What? No quality control? What kind of baker are you?
Just kidding…every other batch is fine. Ha.
Oh my God today is Thursday! Damn I need to be caffeinated and sugar high! Tea and, and, um, do I have any cookies!
Is it Thursday already where you live Pam?
I think Pam is wishing upon a star.
It’s Thursday? Really? Am I in the temporal time zone? Because there are cookies in the freezer…and in the garage…and not in my mouth.
It’s still Wednesday! Thank goodness. There are things I need to do…
These are the most difficult resolutions during the holidays. I don’t indulge nearly as much as in younger days and yet it seems to affect me more when I even dip my toe in the sugar mine. I ate half a container of a decadent flavor of Haagen Das two days ago and I swear an hour later I felt drunk. It was quite strange. But baking is just so rewarding! Sharing with others and doing quality control. The hubs is the ‘cleanup crew’, you know getting rid of all the defective items not worthy of sharing with family and friends. 🤭
Perhaps next year I’ll have to hire a few QC experts for cleanup. Both for taste testing and dish washing. By the third day of cookie baking, I’m usually ready to pay for help with the dishes.
You’re right, though, Cheryl. I love the mixing and baking part. It is a kind of an emotional therapy, similar to biking in the summer. Feels good, smells good, looks good!
And the giving away, that’s the best. Dare I mention that my hubby is the permanent cleanup crew for us since he retired. I cook, he cleans. Win, win. 😉
I need to find a Mr. Sous Chef and Bottle Washer. 😏
Now I want cookies. Oh, I just had four cookies. Wait, that was before. We need something like yesterhour so we can restart our cookie consumption.
I hope you have a good day, Mary. But the way, French Fries make very good croutons – you know, since you’re having salad.
LOL, I never thought of french fries as croutons. Thanks for the tip! I also like the idea of yesterhour. It sounds Twilight Zone or Star Trekish – you know, the episodes where time keeps repeating itself: “Over and over, these are the hours of our lives, stuck in a world of sugar, flour and butter. Never knowing when to exit or if there’s a need to exit…”
The good day is upon us, Dan. I hope yours is too.
🙂
Good quality controllers are so hard to find. Thanks for doing such a great job.
You’re welcome, Lois. I could invite my blogging friends to travel next year and help me out with QC, but I fear all the cookies would be eaten and I’d still have dishes. :-p
Good one Mary. Why does the good stuff always give us a headache? 🤣
I know, right? I had to stop drinking most wine because of that same issue. Since I try to eat mostly healthy and organic and cut back on my sugarholic tendencies, it’s become harder to indulge in the good bad things.
I’m feeling you! I find Bacardi based drinks seem to work for me 🥴🤣
I have not started baking yet. Cookies are almost irresistible. (Yesterday I found M&M’s with a chocolate brownie center…yes, I bought them – family size.) Recovery starts in January.
Well, I’m glad you are giving yourself leniency in December. Brownie M&M’s? OMG and I thought the peanut M&M’s were irresistable. If they ever combine the two and make it dark chocolate, I’m in!
The four food groups as I learned them: beer, pizza, donuts, and coffee.
Ha! I agree with you on the beer, John. Cheers!
Good luck with that😅
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Thanks. I might need a witch’s spell and duct tape. 😜
Always good choices to have in an emergency
Third foodgroup for me is fats, which always wind up in my coffee as half and half.
There’s nothing wrong with that. I put full fat coconut milk in my chai tea every so often. It’s yummy!
Caffeine, sugar, salt, grease, and chocolate.
Sounds like a good Top 5 of food groups! (Bacon grease is the best.)
I admire your dedication to the job of quality control. Good workers are difficult to find.
As a perfectionist in some areas, Ally, I tend to want to do things myself. Fortunately, I had a neighbor and her daughter, both great bakers, who offered their support and quality assurance.
This post makes me smile. Maybe cuz I’ve been there, done that!
There are a few more sugar highs to come before December is over!