Comments on: “r” before “e”, except after “c” http://www.jensdenofiniquity.com/2004/02/22/r-before-e-except-after-c-2/ exciting, informative, snarky, and very likely fabricated tales of life as an american expat in london Tue, 27 Sep 2011 09:06:21 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jen’s Den of Iniquity » bungled baking http://www.jensdenofiniquity.com/2004/02/22/r-before-e-except-after-c-2/comment-page-1/#comment-533 Jen’s Den of Iniquity » bungled baking Wed, 15 Feb 2006 20:17:48 +0000 http://www.jensdenofiniquity.com/wordpress/?p=249#comment-533 [...] Thus, the brownie box mix. So we had dinner, and I went to bake the brownies. And I went to follow the directions on the back. The ingredient measurements were in millilitres. And my measuring cup is in decilitres. (you see where this is going, don’t you?) those of you who know me know I’m not great with metric at the best of times. I was tired, and had had a few glasses of wine and I wasn’t thinking properly, and only realised once I had a big bowl of brownie soup, that I had well and truly fucked up. There was much sobbing and J had to calm me down as I poured my brownies down the sink. The cumulative weight of all my culinary disasters caught up to me, and I was inconsolable. [...] [...] Thus, the brownie box mix. So we had dinner, and I went to bake the brownies. And I went to follow the directions on the back. The ingredient measurements were in millilitres. And my measuring cup is in decilitres. (you see where this is going, don’t you?) those of you who know me know I’m not great with metric at the best of times. I was tired, and had had a few glasses of wine and I wasn’t thinking properly, and only realised once I had a big bowl of brownie soup, that I had well and truly fucked up. There was much sobbing and J had to calm me down as I poured my brownies down the sink. The cumulative weight of all my culinary disasters caught up to me, and I was inconsolable. [...]

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