Dinner #FAIL

Tonight I made a new dish from the Breakfast in Bed cookbook with the promising title "angel eggs."

They were not so heavenly.

I announced that I did not think I would be making these again.
One of mine said in a kind of slow long drug out sound, "ummmm, yeeeaaahh, I don't think so either."
Another one said "well if we were all out of every other kind of food I would eat this."
Then a third announced, "Hey, we could just go to Cuppies and Joe!"
And then the fourth just sat there.

I am so glad that we had this for dinner and were able to forget about the whole experience with some of smitten kitchens snickerdoodle cookies that I had the good fortune to make earlier today. I would have hated to start the day with "hell's eggs."

what NOT to eat

Yesterday was April Fools Day - and I thought it would be fun to do a little mix up at dinner. I don't like pranks that are mean, or that scare people. I don't like things that are hurtful, or embarrass people. So I thought I picked something safe.

Grilled cheese and cupcakes-



BUT the trick is that the grilled cheese is really sweet bread with icing instead of cheese-
and the cupcakes are really meatloaf with colored mashed potatoes on top.


I thought for sure somebody would catch on as I was making them- I asked Jay what color of cupcakes I should make, he suggested pink.

The reactions were varied,

Savanna hurt her knee and is icing it in the chair during dinner

but Jay and Jack were disappointed. Very disappointed. They both had there hearts set on grilled cheese!

I think I know what to serve them in the future.

On Tuesday's we eat in shifts, and Jack was the last one to eat. After the shock, and the little bit of laughs, he asked for his real grilled cheese- and that is when the major disappointment set in. I had no idea this would not go over well or I would not have done it!



By the end of the night all was well ... But I will rethink next years little joke!

(a real what to eat will appear later today)