the pictures above have been added after posting the following blog (me, dirt cake, two dads enjoying dirt cake):
Hahahahaha.
I am choosing to laugh.
So it started with me wanting to make dirt cake, which is, by the way, so delicious.
And so that was my plan.
The ingredients are:
cream cheese, butter, milk, powdered sugar, choc. pudding mix, oreos, and cool whip -- I know right, super healthy.
I am making it in England, for an English kids program.
So that means I must convert the recipe from American measurements to British ones. Now, I graduated high school and I didn't do too bad, and I went to college, and I got a 3.5 gpa while I was there. I am not stupid, entirely. So I google cups to grams ( which is what they use here )and I do all the math for all the ingredients and convert it all into grams. Then, I multiply it by 15, because I am making this for a lot of people.
I am now ready to shop. Lorna, who is helping me, picks me up. I have an inkling that England may not have cool whip, but we try costco since it is an American store, no, no cool whip, but I KNOW they will have Oreo's. The recipe calls for 1 pkg of Oreos. Too bad in England, where people are skinnier, 1 pkg only has 6 biscuits. So back to the math. I decide 4, 6 biscuit, packs will count as one American package. Sorted.
We now go to the next store to buy everything else. I tell Lorna that I need 15 sticks of butter. Lorna has a strange look on her face, "sticks?!", she asks, looking confused. I remember, England doesn't have "sticks" of butter, well they do, but they do not call them sticks. Back to the math, ounce, cups, grams, and STICKS! ugh. But, sorted it.
I then tell Lorna I need 6,875 grams of milk. "Grams?!", Lorna asks, looking confused. "Milk is liquid, it does not come in grams", she states, in a very obvious tone. Awesome. I forgot that liquids and solids are measured differently. Like what was I thinking about, dang you google for not making it more clear!!
Eventually, after studying my nalgene (1 litre), I guess, and buy 2 and 1/2 litres of milk. Ugh, litres?!
Next step, chocolate pudding, I ask Lorna, "do you have chocolate pudding?", "well of course we do, we have all kinds of pudding". After she states this, I remember, in England, the word pudding is a synonym for dessert. Actual pudding, does not exist. BUT they do have chocolate custard, well they might have it, she has never seen it, but, I pray, and we find it. But how much to buy? Ugh, guessing again.
Cool whip? Yeah no Cool whip, nothing like it, not at all. So home-made whipped cream it is. But how much whipped cream can you get out of 500 ml of cream? What is ml anyway, silly England, I like ounces.
So I am off to try to make dirt cake, with pretty much none of the ingredients it calls for. But I rest assured that God will do the cooking. I will update you all later.
Peace!
I am choosing to laugh.
So it started with me wanting to make dirt cake, which is, by the way, so delicious.
And so that was my plan.
The ingredients are:
cream cheese, butter, milk, powdered sugar, choc. pudding mix, oreos, and cool whip -- I know right, super healthy.
I am making it in England, for an English kids program.
So that means I must convert the recipe from American measurements to British ones. Now, I graduated high school and I didn't do too bad, and I went to college, and I got a 3.5 gpa while I was there. I am not stupid, entirely. So I google cups to grams ( which is what they use here )and I do all the math for all the ingredients and convert it all into grams. Then, I multiply it by 15, because I am making this for a lot of people.
I am now ready to shop. Lorna, who is helping me, picks me up. I have an inkling that England may not have cool whip, but we try costco since it is an American store, no, no cool whip, but I KNOW they will have Oreo's. The recipe calls for 1 pkg of Oreos. Too bad in England, where people are skinnier, 1 pkg only has 6 biscuits. So back to the math. I decide 4, 6 biscuit, packs will count as one American package. Sorted.
We now go to the next store to buy everything else. I tell Lorna that I need 15 sticks of butter. Lorna has a strange look on her face, "sticks?!", she asks, looking confused. I remember, England doesn't have "sticks" of butter, well they do, but they do not call them sticks. Back to the math, ounce, cups, grams, and STICKS! ugh. But, sorted it.
I then tell Lorna I need 6,875 grams of milk. "Grams?!", Lorna asks, looking confused. "Milk is liquid, it does not come in grams", she states, in a very obvious tone. Awesome. I forgot that liquids and solids are measured differently. Like what was I thinking about, dang you google for not making it more clear!!
Eventually, after studying my nalgene (1 litre), I guess, and buy 2 and 1/2 litres of milk. Ugh, litres?!
Next step, chocolate pudding, I ask Lorna, "do you have chocolate pudding?", "well of course we do, we have all kinds of pudding". After she states this, I remember, in England, the word pudding is a synonym for dessert. Actual pudding, does not exist. BUT they do have chocolate custard, well they might have it, she has never seen it, but, I pray, and we find it. But how much to buy? Ugh, guessing again.
Cool whip? Yeah no Cool whip, nothing like it, not at all. So home-made whipped cream it is. But how much whipped cream can you get out of 500 ml of cream? What is ml anyway, silly England, I like ounces.
So I am off to try to make dirt cake, with pretty much none of the ingredients it calls for. But I rest assured that God will do the cooking. I will update you all later.
Peace!
P.s. Everyone loved the dirt cake and it turned out great, a major success, praise the Lord!
PS Here are pictures
Too bad all kids can't have this task before them when they are trying to learn different units of measurement! You're way ahead of a lot of adults. So proud of you that you could get it all together and that everyone enjoyed it! We all need a little unhealthy chocolate now and then! Love you sweetie!
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