That thing: Advenures in cooking

My waffles will never be this pretty nor will my strawberries ever be this fresh.
A Belgian waffle with strawberries by Parkerman & Christie.
Source: Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-2.0.

 

That thing.

That thing where you want to make waffles, but you think you know the recipe well enough that you don't need to look at it, but you do anyway, but not closely, so you add in 2 cups of sugar and some pureed strawberries, which makes the batter very sweet, and then when you cook them, they want to burn, and you can't figure out why, nor do you understand why these are the only waffles you've ever made that don't need any syrup, why it's practically built in?

And that thing when you read the recipe carefully this time, and realize that while the strawberries were a nice touch, you only needed 2 tablespoons of sugar, not 2 cups, and the high sugar content meant that the waffles have a *sugar crust,* which is the thing that was making them burn, but nonetheless, they don't really burn, they're edible, in fact they taste good, if a little sweet?

And that thing where you shrug it off, thinking OK, you're a little dumb like that sometimes, or don't spend enough time reading, or you need new glasses, or you were just really, really, hungry, and, oh my, wouldn't a nap be lovely right now?

Yeah, that thing.