Brownies & The Flu/strep
I have been very sick this past week. I also have been very busy with the start of my classes. Bad combo!
However, before I retire for my mid-afternoon sick person's nap, I feel obliged to tell everyone the results of the brownie tasting. For those who don't know, our sorority house hosted a brownie tasting in which we gathered six of America's finest brands of brownie mixes for a brownie tasting party! We color coded each brownie batch so that no one knew what they were really tasting.
This event was initiated by many late evening talks among my roommates, primarily between Katie and LB, debating which brownie mix was the best. LB said it was Shaws brand. . .And Katie contended that it was Betty Crocker.
Sadly LB had to leave before the results were in. I think she must have known what the results would be.
1.Betty Crocker
2.Duncan Hines
3.Shaws (generic) -only above 4th place by 1 pt!!
4.Pillsbury
5.Ghirardelli (It was burnt! We may have to host another smaller party to reassess this)
6. Organic vegan unknown brand. " Tastes like straw!"
So there you have it folks.
Shaws, in my opinion, really deserved that 4th position slot and Pillsbury deserved the 5th position. The Pillsbury brand was suprisingly dry and bland. I think that if The Ghirardelli mix were prepared better it would have come out closer to the top. However, without any question, Betty Crocker took the prize. It blew all the other brownies out of the contest! Also, without any contention was the sixth place position of the vegan brownies. The faces of the tasters as each person discovered the "gray" color coded, vegan brownies was priceless!
Now the trick is getting the Betty Crocker company to reimburse us for our free endorsement of their product?
Lesson: Make sure the financial backing is there before you host a brownie tasting!
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After the brownie party we hosted a small auction for random articles such as an unused bottle of goldbond powder, an espresso maker, a ripped bike tire, an electric hot water heater, an old wine bottle rack, half a bottle of rum, triple sec, tequila, peppermint ice vodka mixer etc. Sadly no one took the goldbond powder , the tire or the espresso maker but we were able to get rid of everything else. Yay!
However, before I retire for my mid-afternoon sick person's nap, I feel obliged to tell everyone the results of the brownie tasting. For those who don't know, our sorority house hosted a brownie tasting in which we gathered six of America's finest brands of brownie mixes for a brownie tasting party! We color coded each brownie batch so that no one knew what they were really tasting.
This event was initiated by many late evening talks among my roommates, primarily between Katie and LB, debating which brownie mix was the best. LB said it was Shaws brand. . .And Katie contended that it was Betty Crocker.
Sadly LB had to leave before the results were in. I think she must have known what the results would be.
1.Betty Crocker
2.Duncan Hines
3.Shaws (generic) -only above 4th place by 1 pt!!
4.Pillsbury
5.Ghirardelli (It was burnt! We may have to host another smaller party to reassess this)
6. Organic vegan unknown brand. " Tastes like straw!"
So there you have it folks.
Shaws, in my opinion, really deserved that 4th position slot and Pillsbury deserved the 5th position. The Pillsbury brand was suprisingly dry and bland. I think that if The Ghirardelli mix were prepared better it would have come out closer to the top. However, without any question, Betty Crocker took the prize. It blew all the other brownies out of the contest! Also, without any contention was the sixth place position of the vegan brownies. The faces of the tasters as each person discovered the "gray" color coded, vegan brownies was priceless!
Now the trick is getting the Betty Crocker company to reimburse us for our free endorsement of their product?
Lesson: Make sure the financial backing is there before you host a brownie tasting!
____________________________________________________
After the brownie party we hosted a small auction for random articles such as an unused bottle of goldbond powder, an espresso maker, a ripped bike tire, an electric hot water heater, an old wine bottle rack, half a bottle of rum, triple sec, tequila, peppermint ice vodka mixer etc. Sadly no one took the goldbond powder , the tire or the espresso maker but we were able to get rid of everything else. Yay!
posted by El @ Thursday, September 14, 2006
1 Comments:
At 11:22 AM, September 14, 2006,
rooroo said…
i'm soooorry we had to leave before the tasting! but i just did well at my weight watchers meeting this week so it was probably for the best! if there is a rematch you'd better let me know! :P
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