I Am Toothless, He Is Clueless!

 I have been locked out of my blogger account!! Maybe, had I not been so fuzzy headed I could have figured this out sooner.

The tooth is out! Only took 40 minutes to dig it out. I was unaware of the time it took. I was blissfully indisposed under the influence of pharmaceuticals. Seemed like only a minute had passed when I was roused from unconsciousness. I think all dental procedures should be done this way! Last thing I heard was the surgeon saying we would have to rely on just the laughing gas, that my veins were too tiny. That made me laugh and I think I told him that was the only thing on me that was tiny!

Since I am on an aspirin regimen, he was concerned about bleeding. He told HeWho was my chauffeur that I actually bled very little and he would have been happier had I bled more to form the clot. The clot was formed and I dozed on the way home. Now that the screaming nerve pain is over .... I was prescribed opioids for post surgical pain! Isn't that ironic?

Other than being sore and a few cuts on my inner cheek, my recovery is going quite well. Well enough that today I decided to make some Christmas candy. Roasted pecans, topped with homemade caramel, then dipped in chocolate. I also made Chex Mix and some cookie dough waiting in the fridge. I followed the directions to a T. I had the ingredients boiling away with the candy thermometer stuck on the side of the pot. I had everything at the ready to pour the caramel over the nuts, then I took them outside where it was chilly to set.

Confidant that I had made them correctly, I asked my helper (HeWho) to bring them in while I melted the chocolate ...... I knew immediately that it had failed to set up. No worries, my helper opined that something was not right. (What would I do without him?)

So, there I stood, looking at 3 dozen "candies" the size of mini muffins trying to think. The helper was battering me with questions ... what is wrong with them, what did you do wrong .... I waved him away and told him I was trying to come up with a solution and that I was pretty sure they had not cooked long enough. The recipe warned not to exceed 250 degrees or they would be hard. I watched that thermometer carefully and turned the heat off at 245 degrees. The color was wrong, but I didn't want a hard chewy mess, so I went on with the instructions.

HeWho has never baked or cooked candy in his life thought I should put them "back in the oven". They were never in the oven and his solution made me laugh. I wasn't thinking I could salvage the goo as candy, but I was trying to think of a way to salvage the ingredients. Butter, heavy cream, pecans .... all pricey stuff.

I just added 3 eggs to it and it is baking now in a pre-made crust. Whatever comes out of the oven will be eaten!! I can only imagine the mess that would have resulted had I tried to just put them in the oven! HeWho's culinary skills are not vast. He can flip an egg in the pan and he makes a mean peanut butter and jelly, but beyond that he is pretty clueless.