My daughter had another friend over, and this time the girls wanted to make homemade pizza. (Are you noticing a trend here?)
I got them some refrigerated pizza dough, pizza sauce, and all the toppings. "All right girls. Here you go."
They looked at me with an utterly confused expression on their faces. "What are we supposed to do?" the friend asked.
"Read the directions," I said, and walked away.
Apparently, their direction-reading wasn't so good. Because when I came back in, they had all the toppings on the raw pizza dough.
"Uh, ladies," I said. "Aren't you supposed to pre-cook the pizza dough?"
"Where does it say that?" my daughter asked.
"In the directions."
"Oh."
The girls looked at each other. "Now what do we do?" they asked.
"Well," I said. "You have two choices: You can take all the toppings off, and start over, this time following the directions, or you can cook it for the first eight minutes at high heat so hopefully the crust will cook, and then lower the heat for another six minutes so you don't burn the cheese."
"We'll do the second way," the friend said. "Reading directions is way too hard!"
My husband trying to follow directions often ends the same way. At least when it comes to cooking.
ReplyDeleteFunny! Same thing with my husband!
DeleteWas it edible?
ReplyDeleteSurprisingly, it was.
DeleteYour daughter's friend appears to be choosing The Hard Way to learn Life Lessons. Can't say you didn't see it coming....;)
ReplyDeleteYou are right about that!
DeleteHonestly I did not know that you have to precook the Pizza dough. I learned something here.
ReplyDeleteHaha! And you didn't have to read the directions!
DeleteDid it turn out to be more than sludge?
ReplyDeleteIt was actually very good!
DeleteLOL! I taught third grade ~ I so get this story!
ReplyDeleteReading directions is so incomprehensible!
DeleteYou should have them make the dough... that's the best pizza and it is a learning experiment to work with yeast, but it takes time.
ReplyDeleteTime is the issue. Maybe we'll plan ahead and do that next time.
DeleteHmm I too like to taste you daughter's pizza mam.
ReplyDeleteIt was pretty good!
DeleteI probably would have made that mistake too :P
ReplyDeleteI guess if you've never done it before, and you don't like reading directions, it would be a common mistake.
DeleteI've tried to wing recipes before too, LOL.
ReplyDeleteReading directions just takes too much time!
DeleteI like food with as few directions as possible. :)
ReplyDeleteThose are the easiest recipes!
DeleteI'm not much of a cook so I understand. Not sure I would want a slice, though.
ReplyDeleteIt turned out okay.
Delete"Reading directions is too hard;" at least they voiced what all kids think, ha ha. Have a great day, Sherry!
ReplyDeleteAnd reading directions isn't fun! Hope you have a great day, too!
DeleteI think I'll pass on that pizza
ReplyDeleteAw, come on. It was good! ;0)
DeleteI have one of those husbands, too. He only read the instructions when he gets stuck...usually too late.
ReplyDeleteHow bad was the finished pizza?
It turned out fine. The pepperoni was a little curled up, but the crust was cooked and the cheese wasn't burned.
DeleteThey had a good time.
ReplyDeleteToo funny! Sounds like something my son would do. "I have to read directions??"
ReplyDeleteI see in your comments that the pizza turned out pretty good in spite of the lack of reading directions. Sounds like you saved the day with your verbal cooking directions.
ReplyDeleteGreat tip by the way. Glad it turned out well.
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