Strawberry Shortcake
Grandma E always made it with angel food cake and strawberries- so in honor of her I made some yesterday. It was brilliant! It was dumb mashing the strawberries though. How does one best do this? I cut them, put them in a bowl, added some sugar and started smashing them with a fork. It was taking SO long (like 30 seconds) so I got sick of it and quit. The strawberries weren't really mashed that much and my wrist was throbbing from the frenzied smashing. Hob told me to get the blender, but I told him to Hob off. Then I thought about his mortar and pestel and was horrified at the thought of cleaning it. In the end, I just smashed a little more with the fork and my strawberry shortcake turned out fine. Done in like 3 minutes. I think I have a bit of...let's call it "hurry issues" I'm always in a hurry, particularly when I cook or wash dishes. A 30 minute meal to me is like a year. I want a 5 minute or 4 minute meal. I broke a plate yesterday because I wanted to was
