Do you know what this is?
I was taking baked potatoes and yams out of the oven last night. I set one on the plate and it exploded. Literally. Potato everywhere, and the completely hollowed out skin was found hours later a couple feet away.
It took me a few minutes to figure out what the heck happened. Growing up, my mom always poked loads of holes in potatoes before baking them. I did it for years, simply because that’s what you do, but in recent years, I’ve omitted that step because it didn’t seem necessary. Well last night, it was necessary. Having evaluated, I think one or two holes would be sufficient. Just enough to release the pressure. Good to know.
We sewed a lot yesterday and it wore me out. Mainly crawling all over the floor tying the center of Liv’s quilt for her. I don’t have a quilting frame so we had to make do.
and here’s a picture of Clark and Veronica bonding over a plate of nachos
It appears I get much more pleasure from sewing burp cloths than the girls do. Oh well. I’m having a grand ol’ time. Maybe they’ll show more interest when we’re sewing skirts?
August 21st, 2009 at 2:22 pm
The quilt looks awesome, Liv! I can’t believe that potato exploded… I’ve always wondered about that, but have been too chicken to try cooking my potatoes without poking those holes!
August 21st, 2009 at 6:18 pm
Luckily the potato didnt hit you wasnt it. Oh well lesson learned I guess and it must have been a shock having it explode everywhere too. The quilt looks beautiful, love all those colors too.
August 23rd, 2009 at 8:55 pm
Glad no one was hit by a flying hot potato…. I love the quilt. Do you still have the care bear quilt?
mom
August 25th, 2009 at 2:06 am
I had no idea potatoes could explode. I thought the holes were to help it cook more evenly. But I guess not 🙂
My kids are back to school next week. We should totally get together and do felt gnomes or something 🙂