POTATIFIED

Last night, I had a meetup with this odd-pair long-time old friend of mine, Xu. We met at 5.30pm, and spent an amazing 4.5hours together. Despite the passage of years, it is still absolutely amazing at how starkly different we are in almost every way possible, but are yet still very very very good friends; and how we still click like old chains in spite of seeing each other once in a blue moon. And the best part? We're meeting again TOMORROW for some art and crafts! YIPPIE!!!

Anyway, I reached home last night at 10.30pm. Took a refreshing bath, had a quick snack, and surfed the internet to read up on a recipe which I was intending to try out. By then, lo and behold, it was already 11.30pm! I took out the cooled baked potatoes (I baked 2 medium potatoes before going out to meet Xu) and cut them into halves lengthwise. Scooped out the flesh pulp, and followed the steps as per instructed. When all was done, I left the four-halves potato shell to bake for the final 15 minutes.

Sadly, there are no pictures here because the products did not turn out as expected. The topping was a tad too runny! I consulted the recipe again, and - to my disgust - realised that the gravy topping was supposed to be mixed with a HAND MIXER until WELL-BLENDED and CREAMY. In my haste, I had (conveniently?) overlooked this little fine print of a detail. All I did was beat the mixture until it appeared fairly homogeneous - with a SPOON! Arghhh!!! There goes the potatoes! All because of a slight overlook! And because it is such a waste to throw both the potatoes away, I ate one of the halves, kept one of the halves overnight (experiment : to investigate how well the taste holds up when reheated in microwave), and threw away the remaining two halves. I am sooo stuffed with potatoes now. POTATIFIED! TOTALLY!

Anyway, the moral of the story?

Don't attempt any culinary tasks dead at night.