Valuable Lesson Learned

Because of the no-wheat thing, lack of kitchen measuring-devices, and general overconfidence, I typically figure out how to make the foods I want as I go along. This works for spaghetti sauce, salad, meat, and pancakes, where too much of something or a missing ingredient isn't a big deal...tonight I decided I had to have oatmeal cookies and learned that baking soda is something you really do need to measure accurately. When I took this I was so proud of the smell I didn't pay any attention to the fact that the cookies were three times the proper size, and actually got halfway through one of the suckers before the detergent taste became overwhelming. You may have won the battle, cookies...