You see, about 12 years ago she took me to school [Martha Stewart style] and I swore I'd never be fooled by her again.
It all began when I found a recipe in her magazine for a nice, cold, refreshing, summery ginger ice cream dessert [I have tried to block the experience from my memory, so I can't recall exactly what it was called]. Anyway, I saw it and thought, "Wow, that looks amazing. I'm going to make that." In all of my sweet innocence, I jotted out to the grocery for the ingredients [ahhh, life before kids!].
I came home and began making my yummy dessert...
Step one: Grate one 6 inch piece of fresh ginger root [No problem- done].
Step two: Place 2 cups of sugar, 2 cups of water and freshly grated ginger in saucepan and bring to a boil [Got it. easy, I must be some kind-a Martha Stewart wiz].
Step three: Reduce to a simmer and cook for one hour [Ummm, okay, but I want my dessert before midnight...].
Step four: Strain ginger from syrup and let cool [Wait, so I'm throwing away that stuff that took so long to grate and I have to wait longer? Okay Martha, but this better be good.].
Step five: Add Sparkling Seltzer Water to your ginger syrup. [WHAT THE ?!? *Shaking fists in the air*]
Yup. The woman tricked me. I made homemade Ginger Ale. Worst part- that wasn't even the entire recipe... there was much more to it, so I could have just bought Ginger Ale and used it in the dessert. I don't even remember how the stupid dessert tasted, but I'll never forget how annoyed I was!
Moral of the story: Read all directions before you begin any project [whether it's DIY or food] and use your brain rather than blindly trusting anyone [for any reason].
Maybe making homemade Ginger Ale seems awesome to you [boom: now you've got the recepe... go ahead and pin this post & you're all set to make a $4 glass of soda!], but I was tricked into it and not thrilled.
Like I said, I'll always love her; but the trust has been broken ;)
Have you ever had something like this happen, or am I the only one?!
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I have totally been bamboozled by her before! I remember reading some crafting instructions years (and years and years) ago and it was for making a tablecloth or something. Anyway, once I started reading it the directions it involved hand staining the tablecloth with cranberries or something crazy like that. And not just any cranberries, ones I picked from the forest in my backyard. After that I realized I will never be Martha Stewart but since I"m a visual learner I love to watch her show occasionally and get some good tips, but usually I have to watch on mute because she's a train wreck with a teleprompter!
ReplyDeleteWa ha!! You know I love this!
ReplyDeleteHaha! I do this with recipes every once in awhile. Sometimes I assume I know what the details will or should be and just skim it and it's not until later that I realize it's going to take like 2 days to make or there is some weird ingredient I overlooked...
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is when there is an ingredient in the directions that seems to be missing from the ingredient list! lol
DeletePersonally, I would MUCH rather make my own ginger ale than to purchase a bottle of high fructose corn syrup. I'm sure Martha feels the same.
ReplyDeleteI usually always read through what I gotta do, it is what makes it doable and a dream that will never be done. lol But that doesn't mean I don't get excited and forget to read, lol. I have had my fair share of "What did I get myself into?"
ReplyDeleteI used to think Martha was pretty amazing. Then I watched her totally flub a craft. She had no idea what she was making. Then it dawned on me... even Martha Stewart isn't Martha Stewart. She has scores of people coming up with the crafts and recipes for her. She was the face and the mouthpiece, but she wasn't real. I felt much better about myself after that ;).
ReplyDeleteYou know what, I used to think she was the bomb dot com too. Then, one day I was watching her show and realized how ridiculously out of touch she is. She had some celebrity guest on who was sharing a recipe. (I can't even recall now who it was.) Anyway, the guest's recipe called for Cool Whip and Martha was like "Cool Whip? I've never had it. I have always just made my own whipped cream. It's so easy. blah. blah. blah." I'm not a big fan of Cool Whip myself, but certainly don't act as though it's a product straight out of a third world country.
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