Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Family Barbecue

We're going to my sister-in-law's for dinner on Saturday. Being the polite people we are, we offered to bring something. You know what she asked me to bring? A pan of Rice Krispie Bars (Busy and Didder are laughing, aren't you?). I have no doubt SIL was thinking, "Hobbitsister can't cook (which isn't an insult because it's absolutely true - Christmas at her house is a huge fancy sit-down dinner; Christmas at my house is ham sandwiches), so I'll have her do the easiest thing I can think of."
So I have to bring a pan (not little blue packages) of Rice Krispie Bars.
She could have said cake, or brownies, or lemon bars, or poppyseed bread. But no - she said the one thing in the world that I absolutely cannot make.
I tried a few years ago. "Hey, Erma, do you want to help me make Rice Krispie Bars?"
Erma: Make Rice Krispie Bars?
Me: Yes, do you want to help?
Erma: What do you mean make?
Me: You know, make - mix them up, in a pan, on the stove...
Erma (incredulously): You know how to make them?
She had always thought that Rice Krispie Bars came in a box, and now Mom had somehow acquired the top-secret recipe - like making Oreos.
So we made them, and (thankfully) for the first time in my life they actually turned out. The next time I tried them, it was again a failure, and I haven't tried them since.
And now I have to make them for Saturday. Do you think SIL would know if I just unwrapped all the blue packages and crammed them into a pan?

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14 Comments:

At July 10, 2007 at 2:19 PM , Blogger Kimberly said...

Go for it! (the unwrapping part)

 
At July 10, 2007 at 3:47 PM , Blogger chelleybutton said...

hehe, that is a good idea :) ... i guess you could try making them one more time (since you were successful that one time), and if it doesn't work, at least you have a great back-up plan!

 
At July 10, 2007 at 8:13 PM , Blogger hobbitsister said...

and i do need a great back-up plan...

 
At July 11, 2007 at 11:36 PM , Blogger melilotnfosco said...

have erma make them. hers are really good!

 
At July 11, 2007 at 11:51 PM , Blogger chelleybutton said...

haha! (and it might keep her from the mall momentarily;)

 
At July 12, 2007 at 7:46 AM , Blogger hobbitsister said...

erma won't be home (and yes, she offered)

 
At July 12, 2007 at 3:07 PM , Blogger hobbitsister said...

and good idea about the mall, chell

 
At July 12, 2007 at 5:49 PM , Blogger chelleybutton said...

are those rice krispie treats in the pic yours?! nicely done!! :)

 
At July 12, 2007 at 7:55 PM , Blogger hobbitsister said...

um, no - i'm afraid not

 
At July 13, 2007 at 12:02 AM , Blogger chelleybutton said...

aww :))

 
At July 14, 2007 at 11:39 PM , Blogger hobbitsister said...

they turned out!
(confession: enrique helped make them - that may have had something to do with it)

 
At July 16, 2007 at 2:25 PM , Blogger chelleybutton said...

yay! (and reason your husband is the greatest #622??) ...i wish i could've tried one, mmmm...

 
At July 16, 2007 at 4:34 PM , Blogger hobbitsister said...

the young people ate them all - so i guess that's a good sign

 
At July 16, 2007 at 6:41 PM , Blogger melilotnfosco said...

yay for eating!

 

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