As much as I wanted this NY Times article, titled Cooking With Dexter: The Nut Case to be about Michael C. Hall’s hit show Dexter, I was also a bit wary – the premise of Hall’s show is as follows,
Dexter Morgan, Miami Metro Police Department blood spatter analyst, has a double life. When he’s not helping the Homicide division solve murders, he spends his time hunting and killing bad guys who slip through the justice system.
The idea of murder by nuts, not so appealing. Suffice to say that I breathed a slight sigh of relief when I scanned the article and found its reflections on parenting both heartwarming and bold. How difficult to admit one’s limitations as a parent, and though some great lessons learned for the rest of us. Namely: Never let your guard down for a second.
The author’s denouement, “no nuts only peanut flour?” certainly struck a chord, and reminded me of similar encounters:
There are no nuts in this except for sesame
There are no nuts in this except for soy nuts
Personally I’d rather have more knowledge about ingredients than less. How about the rest of you readers? Any success stories/cautionary tales of note around servers & ingredients?
As a bonus, three (no four, no five!) of my favorite TV personalities all smooshed into one grainy YouTube clip
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