| | So i got home from uni today after 2 long lectures and a tute and decided i needed to destress before i get my tutes done for tomorrow. So tralala.. raided the kitchen to see what i could find. So this was my train of thoughts while going thru the stuff i have in my kitchen.
"Ooh. 4 super ripe bananas that if i don't use them now i'm just going to have to trash them. mmm.. fry cekodok or make some banana muffins? mm check for other ingredients. tralala.. ooh half open pack of choc chips. and ooh.. that small block of butter looks like it's just enough for one batch of muffins. mmm.. looks like muffins it is!"
and so i began whipping together a batch of muffins. set the oven to preheat while i put together the muffin batter. so bananas, sugar, butter, egg, flour.. threw in the choc chips.. then i decided to be greedy and chop up some walnuts to add in! like usually i'd either make banana walnut muffins or banana choc chip. but yeah, i was in a happy destressing mode so i figured.. ah heck.. i love muffins full of yummy goodies! tralala.. poured the mixture into the muffin cases and it's all ready to pop into the oven. Except, the oven preheat light was still on (meaning it hasn't heated up to the desired temperature yet). Oh well, might as well clean up the kitchen first. so washed all the utensils i used, and even after i'm done with all the washing, the preheat light is still on. Strange. so i thought, ah well maybe it'll reach the temperature in a couple of minutes. will test and see how hot it is and i might just pop the muffins into the oven first anyway. So i open the oven door, and to my surprise.. there was no HEAT at all!! it was just the cool air of the fan blowing. Uh oh. I've already got my muffin mixture all done and soon they're going to seep thru the muffin cases! how?!?!
So i began fiddling with the other oven functions. The fan force one emitted some weird smoke and i'm like.. err okay not gonna use THAT one. and then there was one that heated up the oven a fair bit. unfortunately it was the function where only the top heating element is used. All i'm thinking is, ah well. as long as there is heat.. gonna have to improvise so my muffin batter of yummy goodness doesn't go to waste! So popped it in when the oven was sorta heated up. Problem with THAT function was.. the top obviously bakes and rises much faster but the bottom part is still in its batter form! so i had to keep turning the oven on and off, (so that the top doesn't continue to burn and hopefully the trapped heat will help bake the bottom part of the muffins) taking the muffins in and out.. but after the 3rd time of trying to do that.. i think i was in my room a little too long talking to Jehanne on Gtalk when suddenly there is a hint of a burnt smell. gaaaahh!!! i run out and find that the half-broken down oven has burnt most of my muffin tops to a crisp. eeks!
So now, i've got 12 topless muffins (yes i know that sounds kinda wrong.. but i dunno how else to refer it!).. had to cut off the burnt top. which is a shame. cuz we all know muffin tops are uberly yummy. but neverthless i took the half muffins out of the muffing cases and put them all into a tupperware. so now it just looks like i have random pieces of banana cake. but oohh.. it's not just a banana cake, it's a banana-choc chip-walnut cake. mmm! okay i realise how easily pleased i am. lalalaa
But yeah, now i'm having baking withdrawal symptoms. There goes my plans of baking cookies tomorrow.. or baking any dishes for dinner. Sigh.. it's always when you can't have something that you want it more. In this situation, it's baking! like i don't really feel like eating much fried food.. baked food seemed to be a preferred choice for awhile. now that option is gone, sigh. guess i should start buying ingredients that are best consumed steamed or boiled or some sort. I miss the oven already..! but we're prolly gonna tell the building management about it soon. hopefully they don't take too long to get it fixed (cuz they're well known for taking their own sweet time!) oh oven.. please work again..!
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