After the last kitchen disaster, one would think I’d steer miles clear of any more new recipes for sometime; and usually I do too, but having read a recipe that had me drooling I decided it was time to don the chef’s hat once more. I decided to make this lovely Retro Coffee Cake for the Independence Day initially, but when I checked the ingredient list I realized I didn’t have cooking butter or cream in my stock pile. A step into the balcony showed that while it was raining it seemed like it would rain for quite a while. I wondered if I really wanted to go out hunting for stuff in this weather, and quickly assure myself great as that idea might be, it sure wasn’t something I was going to do. Also the fact that the very next day was a good friend’s birthday, made it easier to push the project by a day.
16th dawned bright and sunny; It was as if all humour was restored in the world; birds were chirping; trees were bright and green and the Sun was beaming at the order of things. A perfect day for anything it seemed, after the previous day’s deluge it was very uplifting to have this picture perfect scenario greet you when you looked out.
The tricky thing about nature is that when it creates picture perfect surroundings one should immediately be at the highest possible degree of alertness; nature for all its charms is a prankster and it loves setting one up for disaster. All that beaming looks of the Sun were actually in anticipation of the tricks it chose to play. If only one could sue nature for false advertising……
Well, as I said before all looked pleasant, I waited for the driver to report in for work, once he was done cleaning the car, I stepped out. As I headed to the car suddenly this speeding twit came along and up splashed the dirty water on me….this unexpected drench apart from providing the onlookers some entertainment left me flabbergasted, the guy didn’t even stop to apologise…! Anyhow, I head back home, had a quick shower and spent quite a while drying out the hair, since I already was harbouring cold I really didn’t want it to go worse, but it seems like I have a sieve for a scalp that just lets the water pour into my skull and despite all precautions, sinusitis came over for a indefinite visit.
Anyway, got ready stepped this time pretty cautiously, and headed off to get butter & cream. Since with the damaged back my area of travel is quite limited I decided to simply head to the store close by that stock it. Well a day that starts with dirty puddle bath, never goes well, I checked at the store and they were out of stock, then I headed to another market close by and pretty much the same story, the guys were like cream has not been supplied for over 2 months now…… I thought here goes my plan out of the window, but decided to check out the Defence Colony Market too, but as I went to the car, the damaged knee gave out and it was a rush trip home. Spent a couple of hours resting and wondering about the vagaries of life and wondered how many ice-packs will it take, as the pain took its time abating I decided I’ll bake the cake later in the evening and just rest my back & knee.
So I rested, dreaming about this scrumptious cake. Evening came and I headed out to the check out the stores at the Defence Colony Mkt. and the back started protesting just as I reached there, since it was going to be a quick dash to 2 stores, I thought I’ll risk it, the tempting reward was so worth it, it seemed. But, as before, I drew blank one store didn’t have it and the other store had a product that was very dubious. I knew for sure I’d get it in the expat centric market at Basant Lok, but by then the spine made it clear if I persist in taxing it out more it will just chuck the job of keeping me upright, as it made its demands felt, I knew there was no way I’d make the distance, so I headed back home. Quite a wise decision it turned out to be because as I stepped out of the car, my knee gave out and I took and dive and came back with an unexpected face pack! Once, again entertaining the idle crowd, I tissued it off the best I could and went in for another shower. Once I settled back at home with the trusty ice-pack I took stock to the day that started pretty awful, went bad and ended spectacularly lousy and the worst no cake.
Now as I’m running temperature, have a lousy case of sinusitis, wherein I can barely move my head, it weighs a ton, back is pretty much out and the knee is encased in knee-support, throat has gotten worse and I still have no cake!
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