You only made 6!
My sister just called to tell me about this column in today’s Seattle P-I.
Apparently, Food Editor Hsiao-Ching Chou decided to take on Martha Stewart’s Holiday Cookies magazine. For those who aren’t aware, starting last month, I signed myself up for the (admittedly ridiculous) task of baking EVERY SINGLE RECIPE in the magazine. That’s 114 total. And my goal is to do it by New Year’s. How many did Hsiao-Ching Chou make? Oh—she only made six kinds of cookies. SHE ONLY MADE SIX! And she claims “Holiday baking with Martha Stewart’s mag is an exercise in stamina.” AND SHE ONLY MADE SIX? For the record, this morning I made my 50th (I’m keeping track on my Myspace page). Don’t tell ME about stamina.
She goes on to pick each recipe apart, saying some dough was too dry or the magazine didn’t specify what kind of cornmeal to use, but uh… I’m a college drop-out with no history in the food business (other than eating everyday) and I’ve seemed to be doing okay (as surely my friends and co-workers can attest).
Anyways, the whole thing made me sorta giggle (okay, laugh hysterically) at how she made such a big deal out of baking SIX kinds of cookies, but the opening is one of my favorite parts:
Staying up until 2:30 a.m. to decorate Christmas cookies will make you very sleepy at the office the next day and give you a headache. But, sometimes, it has to be done, especially if you’re on a mission and especially if that mission involves the Martha Stewart cookie experience.
HAHAHA! Six cookies… in four days! Hahaha!
I’ll step off my cookie jar now.
I am eagerly awaiting an update on whether Megan has tried the gingerbread snowflake recipe yet, and if so, whether hers looked as ramshackle as Hsiao-Ching Chou's sorry excuse for a snowflake.