does anyone have a good ginger snap cookie recipe?
Happy Thursday, everyone.
Anyway, so - last year, Jan. 2020 (truly a different time), this article was going around about how, essentially, owning a KitchenAid Stand Mixer was as adult as millennials were going to get because we can't buy houses, have a ton of debt, and all that good stuff.
I remember going to a friend's wedding a few years ago and seeing all the really cool kitchen ware they were getting. I joked to another friend that I needed to get married asap cause there were a few storage containers from Crate and Barrel that I needed, and then it hit me that I could just like. Buy them. Crate and Barrel wasn't going to hunt me down if I was single and purchased their products. Hell, I even got them on a super great sale!
So for years, I've wanted a stand mixer, especially after making cinnamon buns and kneading the dough so much that my arms hurt for two weeks. I could watch endless youtube cooking channels, or read a million recipes that told me to just "throw it in the stand mixer" and instead mentally prepare to have an intense arm workout.
And then - Black Friday hit. And in a moment of insanity, I bought one because it was on sale AND I could get extra cash back. What am I going to make with it? Who fucking knows! I'm going to make cinnamon buns and bagels and cookies and shred chicken and so many other things eventually, but what matters is now that I can.
But it didn't feel real until the big ass box came and a moment of panic hit me - this is a big ass box. What if I didn't have enough room for it, a thing I did not consider until it was already in my house?? BUT BABY, I DID. It actually fits in so perfectly where I put it, like it was built for a stand mixer there. (Maybe it was, idk, this apartment is old.)
While I haven't used it yet (I've legit been so busy that even eating cereal some days is a bit of a struggle), I wonder why it took me so long to get it. I wanted the product. I might have spent the amount on take-out over a few months. It's not like a stand mixer is going to explode after the 100th or so use. There is both a use for some of these products (like the stand mixer has truly stood the test of time, which is why it's so popular) as well as a desire to have them because having a stand mixer clearly means you've made it. You've hit the goal of life. You have done all the things.
Obviously, I'm joking. But maybe that is why I didn't buy it - because I haven't checked off the goals I had planned when I was *checks notes* age 10 for what I should do by 30. Maybe for some people owning the products is really all that matters. But for me, having these slightly high end cooking products make me feel a certain way when I look around my kitchen. It's not a weird feeling of like "I've made it as an adult" or anything like that. It's more of this quiet calm in the back of my mind that goes, "oh, I never made cookies growing up and now I can." And no matter what anyone else thinks, if it makes me happy, I guess that's good enough for me.
Wow this was cheesy. Ick. Onto recs!
Anyway, so - last year, Jan. 2020 (truly a different time), this article was going around about how, essentially, owning a KitchenAid Stand Mixer was as adult as millennials were going to get because we can't buy houses, have a ton of debt, and all that good stuff.
I remember going to a friend's wedding a few years ago and seeing all the really cool kitchen ware they were getting. I joked to another friend that I needed to get married asap cause there were a few storage containers from Crate and Barrel that I needed, and then it hit me that I could just like. Buy them. Crate and Barrel wasn't going to hunt me down if I was single and purchased their products. Hell, I even got them on a super great sale!
So for years, I've wanted a stand mixer, especially after making cinnamon buns and kneading the dough so much that my arms hurt for two weeks. I could watch endless youtube cooking channels, or read a million recipes that told me to just "throw it in the stand mixer" and instead mentally prepare to have an intense arm workout.
And then - Black Friday hit. And in a moment of insanity, I bought one because it was on sale AND I could get extra cash back. What am I going to make with it? Who fucking knows! I'm going to make cinnamon buns and bagels and cookies and shred chicken and so many other things eventually, but what matters is now that I can.
But it didn't feel real until the big ass box came and a moment of panic hit me - this is a big ass box. What if I didn't have enough room for it, a thing I did not consider until it was already in my house?? BUT BABY, I DID. It actually fits in so perfectly where I put it, like it was built for a stand mixer there. (Maybe it was, idk, this apartment is old.)
While I haven't used it yet (I've legit been so busy that even eating cereal some days is a bit of a struggle), I wonder why it took me so long to get it. I wanted the product. I might have spent the amount on take-out over a few months. It's not like a stand mixer is going to explode after the 100th or so use. There is both a use for some of these products (like the stand mixer has truly stood the test of time, which is why it's so popular) as well as a desire to have them because having a stand mixer clearly means you've made it. You've hit the goal of life. You have done all the things.
Obviously, I'm joking. But maybe that is why I didn't buy it - because I haven't checked off the goals I had planned when I was *checks notes* age 10 for what I should do by 30. Maybe for some people owning the products is really all that matters. But for me, having these slightly high end cooking products make me feel a certain way when I look around my kitchen. It's not a weird feeling of like "I've made it as an adult" or anything like that. It's more of this quiet calm in the back of my mind that goes, "oh, I never made cookies growing up and now I can." And no matter what anyone else thinks, if it makes me happy, I guess that's good enough for me.
Wow this was cheesy. Ick. Onto recs!
- If you haven't seen Spider-Man: Into The Spider Verse, then go watch it immediately. If you have, check out the "Leap of Faith" scene again on Youtube. It always makes the hair rise on the back of my neck at just how incredible it is. (Also psst, the teaser for the second movie is out!)
- Okay this is a dumb one, but I came across the abridged series for Detective Conan and while you can totally watch episode 1 (it's like seven minutes), someone on Twitter had picked their favorite line from it and it makes me laugh every time. My god, it's perfect. (Also?? The anime is three years younger than me?? Insane.)
- Why not check out the latest Read With Jenna pick, Bright Burning Things? Have you heard me discussing this book a lot? Well, I've been working on it for the past seven months so I should hope so. But it's really a gut wrenching story about the lengths a mother will go when she's torn between her alcoholism and her love for her son. Idk, I had to read it and I enjoyed it (or well, enjoyed is a weird word, but I think about it quite often and not just because I'm working on it), so I now shove it to you.
Thanks everyone who dealt with me this last week. My brain was all over the place but I managed to scrape this up and hopefully, you enjoyed it. At least, I did. :)
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