I got the chair down to Bischoff’s Medical and they got right to it. I was good to go for Stitches and the guy was as happy about that as I was. Good folks. I recommended to my friend Pamela that she rent a scooter from them so as not to miss out–she broke both bones in her lower leg a few days ago and one of her first reactions was, But Stitches!
Meantime, I learned something new about the melanger: even though you don’t want to run it more than a minute without something in it, always do turn it on right before you start pouring the cocoa nibs in, not the other way around: otherwise the bits mound up, caught beneath the arms and jam the thing. And that is a motor I want working for many years to come. I sent a note to Afton so that that wouldn’t happen to her too with her new machine and turns out it already had. Both of us had to stop, pour the loose stuff out and hack away at those mounds to free the thing–but when we did it worked peachy fine.
It has a lid but it’s off while you’re pouring the nibs in, so you do it slowly because, um, popcorn effects are entertaining. (Which is why I tried putting them in first this time and turning it on. Bad idea.) She reported that her kitten went after a flying bit of chocolate but after tasting it gave her this look of, What have you *done* to me!
(Second sign posted for my retired high school English-teaching mom. A rare spotting of double letter inversions in the wild.)
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If I hadn’t been sweating getting the lumps out,I would have sent you pictures. More chocolate today, much later most likely. I suspect the kitten will NOT be interested.
Comment by Afton 02.20.19 @ 4:56 amHooray for the scooter people.
Comment by Sherry in Idaho 02.20.19 @ 8:08 amSo glad the scooter got ready! All the Stitches West coverage everywhere has really made me eager to come next year.
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