ah equipment failures...

the mental picture of chocolate decorating the kitchen brought back two memories...

my aged grandmother, who was losing her eyesight to glaucoma, attempting to surprise my mom with potato dumplings... she left dried out potato mixture on the handle of every cabinet door, flat surface, etc. at the end of the process. Mom was surprised alright and was cleaning that up for some time afterwards.

then there was my dad's great snail stampede... he and mom loved escargot and he picked up a paper bag full of the little darlings... and then left them on the table overnight. Amazing how far those little guys can travel in that amount of time... snails on the floor, counters you name it... we even found a few dried out specimens on the back of the refrigerator months later...

At least when you bring home clams or mussels they stay put! LOL