Who knew?

Have I mentioned The Thinker and I don’t have cable? I eliminated cable back when I was trying to write my thesis as a way to reduce distractions. When The Thinker and I merged households, the no cable just kind of stuck. This is helpful as The Thinker starts writing his thesis. It helps us spend more quality time together. And let’s be honest we save a couple of bucks.

To say we don’t watch TV is a lie. We are addicted to Cook’s Country and America’s Test Kitchen on PBS. Instead of Law & Order reruns on TBS, we turn to cooking shows with Chris Kimball (photo to the left, for those not in the know). The food prepared in these shows makes my taste buds drool. If not for the pounds of butter they use, I’d be all over their recipes.

That is until Sunday afternoon - The Thinker was determined we were going bake their triple chocolate cookies. Screw the diet! We were going to enjoy some much deserved chocolate. The last thing I wanted to do Sunday afternoon was bake chocolate cookies that required seven tablespoons of butter and three kinds of chocolate. So we struck a deal.

If I’d go to the store, pick up the necessary ingredients because we know it only took me a fraction of the time it would take The Thinker. He would handle the rest with my supervision. It was so cute watching him measure everything out into small little bowls like they do on TV. I only had to explain what some things were and where they were located. He handled the rest. Those cookies were so good. I brought half of them into the office yesterday to keep from eating all of them.

The Thinker is now walking around with his chest puffed a bit. He has cooking skills I need to respect. Wonder if he can handle Thanksgiving dinner this year with my supervision, of course...