tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post8456545633791289026..comments2024-03-26T19:09:09.890-05:00Comments on Backsies Is What There Is Not: E is for Epic FailDyanne @ I Want Backsieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04946323852124525597noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-33787498453492439672016-04-09T14:41:13.004-05:002016-04-09T14:41:13.004-05:00Mmmhmmm....Mmmhmmm....Dyanne @ I Want Backsieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946323852124525597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-13465234455033171892016-04-09T00:03:55.434-05:002016-04-09T00:03:55.434-05:00Popless balloons. That's what the world needs!...Popless balloons. That's what the world needs!Dyanne @ I Want Backsieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946323852124525597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-36266769565884881112016-04-09T00:03:00.927-05:002016-04-09T00:03:00.927-05:00If the melted white chocolate didn't turn hard...If the melted white chocolate didn't turn hard as it cooled, the clean up wouldn't have been so bad. There's no wiping this stuff up, though, since it hardened quickly, especially on my cold, ceramic tile floor!<br />I didn't even know the cat came in the kitchen! Poor guy!Dyanne @ I Want Backsieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946323852124525597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-3519688572085480112016-04-08T20:13:49.387-05:002016-04-08T20:13:49.387-05:00Yeah. Right. With you. Yes, with you.Yeah. Right. With you. Yes, with you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13864898827831713032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-20692799954619723182016-04-08T12:24:53.216-05:002016-04-08T12:24:53.216-05:00OH NOOOOO!
Geez, that's so irritating! Damn b...OH NOOOOO!<br /><br />Geez, that's so irritating! Damn balloons!Lizzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17480448062269641320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-56581967047702778152016-04-08T08:58:29.859-05:002016-04-08T08:58:29.859-05:00I know it probably wasn't funny at the time bu...I know it probably wasn't funny at the time but it makes hilarious reading - and when I read in your reply to Josie that you found white chocolate on the cat I laughed even more :) At least now I'll never be tempted to try anything like that, I'll look for ready-made stuff instead.Tigermousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11386636767916316587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-39474245281176319482016-04-07T21:39:12.394-05:002016-04-07T21:39:12.394-05:00My husband knows EVERYTHING about making chocolate...My husband knows EVERYTHING about making chocolate petal bowls, if you ever change your mind....Dyanne @ I Want Backsieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946323852124525597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-24427187642440166702016-04-07T21:38:32.112-05:002016-04-07T21:38:32.112-05:00It took me way too long to accept that it wasn'...It took me way too long to accept that it wasn't going to work! Dyanne @ I Want Backsieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946323852124525597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-72249817909471061152016-04-07T21:18:29.884-05:002016-04-07T21:18:29.884-05:00While it sounds like it was probably pretty stress...While it sounds like it was probably pretty stressful, it makes for one hysterical story. I have had my share of EPIC fails in the cooking and craft department so you have my sympathy as well as my gratitude for giving me the heads up to stay away from edible glitter and chocolate petal bowls.<br /><br /><br />@WeekendsInMaine<br /><a href="http://weekendsinmaine.com" rel="nofollow">Weekends In Maine</a><br />Weekends in Mainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03137035578512456633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-61935820136431137052016-04-07T20:51:22.129-05:002016-04-07T20:51:22.129-05:00hahahaha! I'm laughing so hard. You did a grea...hahahaha! I'm laughing so hard. You did a great job explaining it because it had me cracking up. I so feel for you. I would've given up long before you did! But at least your Epic Fail gave you a great blog post: there's a positive there! :)<br /><br />Fun post. <br /><br />Michele at <a href="http://angelsbark.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">Angels Bark</a>Michele at Angels Bark https://www.blogger.com/profile/15891713963440451090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-40547022143851047682016-04-07T19:17:28.202-05:002016-04-07T19:17:28.202-05:00Oh, Josie, this morning, we found white chocolate ...Oh, Josie, this morning, we found white chocolate on one of the cats! I did give it the ol' college try, didn't I? Do you remember that game called Booby Trap, with the spring-loaded board and little discs with a little peg sticking up? You took turns taking one out at a time, and if you caused the booby trap to spring, you lost. I was a nervous wreck playing that game and this took me right back there!Dyanne @ I Want Backsieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946323852124525597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-53808317381357346192016-04-07T19:15:32.334-05:002016-04-07T19:15:32.334-05:00You're laughing WITH me, not AT me, right? RIG...You're laughing WITH me, not AT me, right? RIGHT?!Dyanne @ I Want Backsieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946323852124525597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-68530056215564308412016-04-07T19:15:10.036-05:002016-04-07T19:15:10.036-05:00I really wish there were video to go with this. Ke...I really wish there were video to go with this. Kerpow! Splat! Shriek!<br />I have one of those recipe albums, too....Dyanne @ I Want Backsieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946323852124525597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-71637677180565087172016-04-07T19:13:55.000-05:002016-04-07T19:13:55.000-05:00What if I just put my ice cream in a damn bowl? Or...What if I just put my ice cream in a damn bowl? Or better yet, just eat it straight out of the carton? :) There was seriously no warning about checking the temperature of the chocolate. Maybe it was implied, by using a balloon, that one should do that?!Dyanne @ I Want Backsieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946323852124525597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-61582512376397816502016-04-07T19:12:43.511-05:002016-04-07T19:12:43.511-05:00It's HILARIOUS until I find white chocolate on...It's HILARIOUS until I find white chocolate on yet something else in my kitchen that I didn't see before (my cabinets, stove, and floor are white - see my dilemma?). Tonight, I found it on the salt and pepper shakers.Dyanne @ I Want Backsieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946323852124525597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-3882739312882881672016-04-07T19:11:46.470-05:002016-04-07T19:11:46.470-05:00See, I was thinking about Lizzi when I saw the edi...See, I was thinking about Lizzi when I saw the edible glitter pin! This was NOT glitter.<br />Lizzi sent me a pin for a NON edible bowl made with a balloon and mod podge and confetti, but I had already planned this. Mistake!Dyanne @ I Want Backsieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946323852124525597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-74222255856072359432016-04-07T19:10:38.207-05:002016-04-07T19:10:38.207-05:00Oh, Kate, if I only had video!
That's right! ...Oh, Kate, if I only had video!<br /><br />That's right! Kristi said she was going to replicate MY challenges for next year. Mwahahhahaaaa!Dyanne @ I Want Backsieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946323852124525597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-9925841751124451062016-04-07T13:55:19.290-05:002016-04-07T13:55:19.290-05:00OMG, you had me laughing so hard as I read this. T...OMG, you had me laughing so hard as I read this. This the kind of thing that happens to me when I try something that seems in theory to be relatively simple. I can envision the white chocolate flying and you squealing with each balloon explosion. We definitely can't say that you didn't give it a fair trial! I would have gone for the spoon much quicker. My daughter actually tried the edible glitter one when it first came out, and again it seemed simple. I could have told her though, because my mother used to make her own colored sugars for Christmas cookies, just as you did with your dye and sugar, though she didn't bake it, and in no way did it resemble glitter. Someone is clearly trying to make us all feel incompetent, or getting us to buy the readymade version. I love you for putting these things to the test on our behalf, saving the rest of us from the sting of failure. I can hardly wait to see what's coming next! :-))<br /><a href="http://www.josie2shoes.com" rel="nofollow">Josie's Journal</a>Josie Two Shoeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18388032819905416258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-2415394972252844402016-04-07T10:56:23.567-05:002016-04-07T10:56:23.567-05:00Pftttttt...bwahahahaha....snort....sorry...ahem......Pftttttt...bwahahahaha....snort....sorry...ahem....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13864898827831713032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-89255610381866217882016-04-07T06:46:43.809-05:002016-04-07T06:46:43.809-05:00Hahahahahahaha!!!!! Awesome fail. I wish I could h...Hahahahahahaha!!!!! Awesome fail. I wish I could have been there to see it, but imagining it is still hilarious.<br />Funny story...<br />I have this photo album that has recipes I tore out of magazines many, many years ago. I have never tried any of them, but the one I most often glanced at and actually almost tried was...wait for it...chocolate bowls made with balloons!!! No joke, it's been in there for at least 10 years. I'll have to go look and see if they have any tips for not popping the balloon. :)<br />Do not ask me why I have an album full of recipes I have never used or why I have kept it for so long.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209807996463889703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-44066770629728263602016-04-07T06:40:42.790-05:002016-04-07T06:40:42.790-05:00What if you put the balloons in the freezer? In t...What if you put the balloons in the freezer? In that chocolate making class I took we used plastic to melt the chocolate it the microwave. Maybe it got too hot? Anyway, it was a great idea. I'm with you, though, nothing tastes better than ice cream out of the container.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.myvirtualvineyard.com" rel="nofollow">Val from My Virtual Vineyard</a><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-62670386127511696962016-04-07T04:31:46.956-05:002016-04-07T04:31:46.956-05:00omg ... can we laugh about this yet? oh you poor t...omg ... can we laugh about this yet? oh you poor thing at least you enjoyed the strawberry ice cream.Marisa Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09818816716586417433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-70613615596063338432016-04-07T00:11:15.986-05:002016-04-07T00:11:15.986-05:00I have no idea why you would have attempted anythi...I have no idea why you would have attempted anything glitter without consulting Lizzi first! That just seems like a given :)<br /><br />That second challenge seems interesting. I guess I would have had to watch that PBS special to fully grasp what was going on. I'd just think balloons would pop in general. Who thought of even trying that out to begin with?! What else do people do with balloons that I don't know about?!?!Jakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05069266783997777691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-10856976029625078762016-04-06T23:56:10.237-05:002016-04-06T23:56:10.237-05:00I was laughing too much in this post that Jak reac...I was laughing too much in this post that Jak reached for his headphones to tune me out. Looks like we both struggled with "E" today. <br /><br />I had a pretty good night but reading this, this was the white chocolate frosting on top of the cake. :P<br /><br />I can't wait for Kristi to tackle this one for ya!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12890799853118356388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-18468499749499786052016-04-06T22:22:44.480-05:002016-04-06T22:22:44.480-05:00Thanks, Joanne! My stuff seldom comes out like the...Thanks, Joanne! My stuff seldom comes out like the picture, because 99% of the time, I didn't read the recipe all the way through and am lacking ingredients or equipment or time or something else important....Dyanne @ I Want Backsieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946323852124525597noreply@blogger.com