Not very long ago I decided that peeling potatoes by hand was a huge waste of time and energy.  I much prefer just baking potatoes.  But lots of people like having mashed, boiled, or roasted potatoes, and I have to agree that all of those are yummy.  But peeling potatoes is a drag! 

So, I bought myself an electric potato peeler!  To be honest, it is not the top of the line commercial peeler.  In fact it cost less than $20!  But it works.  Amazingly well.  And it peels carrots and apples too!  And if and when this little guy kicks the bucket, I’ll take a look at an upgrade.  In the meantime, I will not be as reluctant to peel potatoes for some nice REAL and FRESH potatoes!

We had two very over-ripe bananas, and so I decided to make banana bread.  My favorite banana bread recipe calls for three bananas (most call for only two) so instead of using my favorite tried-and-true recipe, I decided to try a bread-machine recipe for banana bread that only calls for two bananas.  I love fresh baked bread from my bread machine!  Well, I was suspicious that there was a typo in the printed recipe – it did not call for any water or milk.  The only liquid in it was some honey and an egg.

Putting my suspicions aside, I set up the bread machine and followed the recipe to the letter.  I turned on the machine, and heard it mixing the batter.  Then I decided to go take a nap, hoping to wake up to some wonderful fresh banana bread.  When I got up, the bread smelled wonderful!  But opening the lid of the machine I saw that the machine had stopped mixing the batter at some point, and basically all I had was a very hot mess.  Nothing that resembled anything edible. 

I concluded that the batter was too thick for the machine to knead, and that the bread machine itself had broken down.  I was quite annoyed!