It's all baking "stuff"

Melissa has been sick with some serious infection for about a week now. This means Travis, being the amazing husband that he is, has been doing pretty much everything around the house. As a result, Sheinah and Travis ate brinner (breakfast for dinner) several nights this week. Two nights ago, Melissa was feeling well enough to eat pancakes so Travis said he would make some. Now, we don't keep pancake mix in the house anymore because Melissa found a good, easy recipe for homemade pancakes. The family decided that we like the buttermilk variation of the recipe so Melissa pointed out the variation to Travis and then sat down with Sheinah while he cooked. After tasting the pancakes, Melissa thought something tasted odd, but she is sick so she figured maybe it was just her taste buds. After several more bites she asked Travis to show her what he put in the batter. It took only a moment to discover that Travis only made the buttermilk substitution...he missed the part that required him to reduce the amount of baking powder and baking soda in the batter. That in and of itself would likely not have been an issue. However, when he was reciting to Melissa what he actually put in the mix it was discovered that he put three teaspoons of baking SODA rather than baking POWDER. He stated quite adamantly that it said BAKING on it so he figured it was all the same. He then went on to compare cooking to fixing a car, saying that if he wrote detailed instructions for replacing a ball joint would she know the difference between a ball joint and a U-joint. Melissa responded that those parts aren't LABELED :)

Travis did try to eat the pancakes in a show of defiance that they "weren't that bad." However, he finally admitted that they were not good and threw them out. Needless to say, Travis finally understands that the recipe might actually be important.