Wow, That was something.

I had big intentions today to make those muffins. Really, I did. But for some reason I decided to make something else, some Galettes. I even sent Jon to the store to buy the things I needed, but overlooked an ingredient, so the galettes were nixed, too. But I had been looking at a gingersnap recipe that sounded good, so I set out to make them. The recipe called for shortening, which I DID have in the cabinet, but we never use shortening, and I really know nothing about it. Let me just say it was gross, though, and smelled yucky. But because it is greasy muck anyway, I assumed that was okay. Well, an hour and 80 cookies later, I find out from my mother that shortening turns rancid. Yep, that’s right, 80 rancid gingersnaps. They tasted like the underside of a skunky wheelwell. I’ve said it before, though, live and learn. What I learned from that mishap was that the rack in my oven was too low for gingersnaps, so thats a positive thing. I also learned that somehow, one side of my oven is hotter as well – so I will know that in the future.