We hadn't made our 'oh so famous' homemade pretzels in a while, and we were kinda craving them, so we decided that we would slave over the hot stove and create a yummy snack for us to enjoy. Normally the recipe takes us about 3 hours to complete. But this time, it went by a lot faster - or at least it seemed like it did. (Maybe it was just because we were having so much fun! Because times flies when you are having fun, right?)
So yea . . . we made the pretzels. Not much to say about that part.
There are two times in the process of making the pretzels where we have to let the dough rise. The first time for 40 minutes, and the second time for 20 minutes. So we decided to entertain ourselves during that time by watching High School Musical 2 with Aimee's sister Grace. (That is what HSM stands for. High School Musical. And if you didn't already know that, then you either had one crappy childhood or you are old!) And boy, oh boy was that fun!! We all knew almost all the words to all the songs, and of course we had to sing along! Yep, you just can't get any better than High School Musical!
So after we had let the dough rise, I was standing in the middle of the walkway between the counter and wall, and all of a sudden I hear a very soft whisper in my ear, 'excuse me'. Needless to say, I jumped about a mile high, screamed my head off, and in doing so scared the crap out of Aimee who was boiling the pretzels, who also screamed. And Aimee's mom started laughing her head off! Yep, it was pretty frightening, but it was also pretty darn hilarious! And it added to our list of amazing summer memories! Woohoo!
The boiling process is most of the time where things can go wrong. You see, picking up the pretzels and placing them in the water can be a bit tricky! And over half of the time, they come apart, and we have to try to recreate them after they are done boiling. So some of our pretzels turn out to have pretty fancy designs! Like for example this one:
After we finished making our spectacular pretzels, (and they did taste pretty amazing thank you very much!) we ate them of course! But we also finished watching High School Musical 2.
There is this one song called Humuhumunukunukuapuaa. It is about a fish, and it is pretty hilarious! In the movie, Sharpay's background singers and dancers also known as the Sharpette's, make fishy faces. Well, Aimee and I tried to make our own fishy faces, and for some reason Aimee thought that mine was hilarious, and she laughed every time I did it. But I am so not going to post a picture on here, because that would just be embarrassing! So you are just going to have to picture me doing it. Here is what you do: Suck in your cheeks to make a fishy lips, cross your eyes, put your hands on either side of your face to make fins, and flap them back and forth, and then wave your head to make it look like you are swimming. And TADA!! You are now officially a fish!
Also, please enjoy this picture of our amazing pretzels. They were good. Are you jealous? I bet you are!!
So Anyway . . . it's really not possible to have a dull day when Aimee and I are together!
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