Shut up and eat

Something is bound to go wrong in a test kitchen. An oven may not be exactly the right temperature, the milk might have gone bad or the eggs were just a tad old. You mistook the salt for the sugar, forgot the baking powder, used to too much baking powder, whatever. Some recipes may turn out to be a success, while others may meet an untimely end in the garbage can.

My fine misfortune this morning involved one tupperware-like container of lemon yogurt, the lid stuck on like it was childproof. I can't figure out the darn thing. Not only do these plastic containers lock in the freshness, they practically lock out the consumer. You have to carefully hold onto the bottom while prying off the lid, a note I had forgotten since I managed to let go of the entire container just as the lid began to give, sending the whole thing flying up into the air, hurtling yogurt everywhere.

Now it seems a little funny, but at the time I wasn't one bit amused.
Here was a key ingredient to the test recipe I was concocting stuck mostly to the walls and floor. About a half of a cup managed to stay in the container, so the recipe was adjusted to this amount and I'll have to report later if the idea I am playing with worked.

In the meantime, I have some mopping to do.