Dispite the flood like conditions on mass ave. i drove up through Arlington until i reached penzeys. now, i had heard a lot of buzz about this so called penzeys place but had no idea what it was all about.
Thankfully my roommate Jenn came with me because this place was all about smelling. the nice ladies stuck jars in my nose and looked at me for response. not that this is an uncommon event for me, being anosmic i do this all the time. i either pretend that i can smell just to save the hassle or go through the standard questions. "oh you can't smell?" "have you even been able to smell" "can you taste?" "what about gasoline, can you smell gas?" "so you walk by a bread store and you can't smell it?"
This Penzeys lady was very nice and simply moved on to help me find what I needed. i told her i wanted to make a very spicy spice carrot cake. We picked out new ginger and cloves and I was off to create the very best birthday carrot cake known to man.
I do adore making layer cakes, first because they are pretty and second there is a higher frosting to to cake ratio. Every piece is an edge piece! My trouble is that making my own frosting has lead to a few cake landslides and Smack's cake was no exception.
Please note how it starts off lop-sided before it even leaves the counter.
Please also note how the moment I try to put it in my car, my cake holder fails me and it comes dangerously near my gravel and hair infested car floor.
Furthermore, you should also note that I proceeded to eat the frosting off my purse on my way over to JP.
and lastly, you should note that the cake was a smashing success (no pun intended... not that what i said was even a halfway decent pun) even if i forgot to put in the pecans. i told you i forget ingredients!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MISS MARY SMACK!!!
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Thank goodness you included that Wikipedia link for anosmia. I just read the article and it says that those who were born without smell can taste just as good as anybody. See excerpt:
[Congenital anosmics often have a much more developed sense of taste than those who could smell at some point in their lives, and can enjoy food just as much as someone who could smell.]
Now that we've cleared that up....
(However, this article doesn't explain why you ate my Spike's Junkyard Dog that day..)
dude i'm all about penseys! though i order it online because i am fahway from the store. :(
yum. it was the best spicy carrot cake a girl could ever hope for!
can you be even extra best now? is that possible!!??
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