Thursday, June 18, 2009

Half and half does not equal 1


I'm here to tell you, there's no non-chunky substitute for half and half. I was making a family staple, tuna spaghetti, when I realized that we were out of half and half. I could've stopped in the middle of dinner preparations and run out to the store for some more, but no. I thought I'd substitute 1 percent milk and a generous dollop of sour cream instead. It looked okay when I poured it into the melted butter and I stirred it and walked away for a second. When I came back the stuff had curdled and no longer looked like a cream sauce suitable for human consumption. Instead it was a gross looking lumpy mess. Lesson learned. Alice took one look at it and went to the store to get some of the real stuff.

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