The Weight-Loss Gods Are Smiling

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millerll
millerll Posts: 873 Member
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Against my better judgement, I decided to make a pecan pie this Thanksgiving. I know it's bad for me, but I'd never made one before and I love them. I'd read how easy they were to make, so I thought I'd give it a try. I followed the recipe to the letter and anxiously awaited my sweet treat.

After dinner, I cut into my succulent concoction, and................I can epoxy sheet metal with this stuff. I can do body work on my car; I can repair the soles of my sneakers; I can fix a leaky faucet; I can put a spoonful of this on my hard hat and hang suspended from a construction beam; I can.....

Well, I think you get the point. Total fail. I'm not sure what I did wrong, but the pie came out with the consistency of a year-old Sugar Daddy (bonus points to the baby-boomers who know what that is). Since I'd put so much work into it, I carved (more like jack-hammered) a piece off that bad boy and mucked it on down. Totally was not worth the calories, but there was a principal involved, ya know? I ended up chucking the whole thing in the trash. Probably just as well - I'd still be in the gym working it off! Sometimes things have a way of working out for the best.

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

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  • rescuepete
    rescuepete Posts: 58 Member
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    Subconsciously sabotaged pecan pie. I love it.
  • ginnyroxx
    ginnyroxx Posts: 763
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    don't feel bad. those gods didn't want me serving turkey cupcakes one year, either. :grumble:

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    THIS one barely passed....

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  • 4lafz
    4lafz Posts: 1,078 Member
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    Thanks to BOTH of you - I so needed to LMAO!
  • swerdygnome
    swerdygnome Posts: 88 Member
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    don't feel bad. those gods didn't want me serving turkey cupcakes one year, either. :grumble:

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    THIS one barely passed....

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    Turkey cupcakes FTW!!! LOLOL
  • millerll
    millerll Posts: 873 Member
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    My god...those cupcakes are hilarious! But they probably tasted great. I'll bet they looked great when Martha Stewart made them! :tongue:

    Thanks for making me feel better!
  • EmmieSu
    EmmieSu Posts: 136
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    From experience, I would say it could have been the corn syrup, you used. Sometimes, an off brand or out dated sugar, will sabatoge a dessert. Pecan pie is my favorite, but I pasted this year. Turkey cupcake, now that would happen to me. Were they warm when you iced them? Or margarine instead of butter? I bake alot, and have had alot of fails, don't give up.
  • PLUMSGRL
    PLUMSGRL Posts: 1,134 Member
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    :laugh: What a hoot ya'll are!:laugh:
  • Jena_72
    Jena_72 Posts: 1,057
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    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :sad: :sad: :sad: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
    Those sad little turkeys are too funny! OMG :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
    As far as the pie goes do yourself a favor and at Christmas buy a SLICE from marie callendars or somewhere and really enjoy it, kill the craving and move on in to the new year with that pie behind you! Everything really does happen for a reason I see the reason with hte pie not too sure about the turkey's though!! :bigsmile: :tongue:

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