Miz Whimsy

I am, have always been, a haphazard person. For better or worse. I chronically neglect to read recipes in their entirety before thinking “Hey! That looks good!” and proceed with cooking until I reach that one….  Necessary… Ingredient… That I don’t…. Have…. Or, when I am desperate to try something but in order to make that something I need to make something else to go along with it and instead of it only taking like an hour it takes 3 but it was worth it in the end because I finally scratched that obsessive brain itch. Or how about this:  I’m in the middle of preparing a recipe and have a sudden curiosity of Why did they choose to do it this way? Does everyone do it this way? Well, yes it seems that they do, but why? They sort of give answers but not really, so is it important? And then there I go, chasing the white rabbit down that internet hole and mucking around for answers until I get irritated and give up. 
Well, thank goodness for my smart, go-to people who are co...