I actually had this
"How do you get the papers to stick to the cupcakes?"
"I'm sorry?"
"The paper part. How did you make them stick to the cupcakes so you can hold them without getting all gunky?"
"Um, they're baked in the papers."
"The paper doesn't catch fire in the oven?"
"No. How did you think it was done?"
"I though you just made a really big cake and then used a cookie cutter to make them, then wrapped them up."
*blank stare* "No."
"Wow, must be one fancy oven you have!"
I didn't talk to anyone else that day, out of raw fear that there might be more of them out there.
To be fair, I guess if you know zilch about cooking, the idea of putting paper in the oven and it catching fire isn't all that odd.
ReplyDelete...but still.
wow...that's amazing. I'm surprised you didn't tell her/him that you DID use cookie cutters and a magical clear buttercream to hold the papers in place.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, clearly this person's mom never made them cupcakes (even from a box) when they were young, or witness a friend's parent baking, and that's actually kind of sad.
That is too funny, and I don't find it too amazing sometimes, sometimes others can be so niave, over something so logically simple sometimes, definitely not a foodie then are they! I'm surprised they even knew it was a cupcake or even how to hold it, let alone eat it even.
ReplyDeleteThanks for making me laugh again Garrett!!! Mx
ReplyDeleteThis was a 5 year old, right?
ReplyDeleteI LOVE THIS!
ReplyDeleteYou are goddamned hysterical!
It's obvious that you are going to need to rproduce a cupcake 'zine.
I'm.. I'm.... speechless.
ReplyDelete*snort*
ReplyDeleteHilarious story!
ReplyDeleteYou need to start a file: "Stories for the book I am going to write some day".
On the upside, at least the individual in question had the curiosity to think aboutit, and the courage to ask. I think it is fun to be reminded that we all had to learn this at one time or another.
Okay, that is hilarious.
ReplyDeleteBut at the same time, I can't get too down on the person, knowing that I have my own shockingly stupid moments as well.
In fact, for someone who's been one of the "smart kids" all her life, sometimes I'm amazed at how idiotic I can be.
I am still chuckling over this one...sooo funny.
ReplyDeleteHow can you resist not having a little fun with a person like that? I would be asking her if she'd tried that "New! Low-cal, fat-free bottled water" yet just to see what she says. :-)
It may make you want to slam your head against the wall, but it's very entertaining...thanks for sharing the humor of humans as you encounter it:-) -K
ReplyDeleteYou know me. I think I would have said something like "Well, after you bake the cake, the cupcake fairies come to all the good people who are good cooks and magically turn the cake into special little cupcakes complete with special wrappers!" Wow! I bet you lost brain cells just hearing that.
ReplyDeleteHahhahahaha....believe me THERE ARE MORE OF THEM OUT THERE! But hey, I consider cooking (and baking) as an 'applied science' i.e. one won't know until one applies :)
ReplyDeleteI'm actually one of those people. Two of my corkers are: "Unicorns aren't real, they're mythical.... like seahorses!"
ReplyDeleteThe second one (it was after a long day): "how old will i be when i'm 20?"
Yeesh.
Omigosh! I'm torn between laughing until my sides hurt and feeling sorry for this person. Ok, the latter won over. Too funny!
ReplyDeletePlease tell me this was someone at work! Please, please tell me so I can secretly laugh at him/her.
ReplyDeleteY'all need to invite this poor sod over for a cupcake bakeoff so they get the pleasure of the experience, yo...to grow up with out knowing? Sad!
ReplyDeleteOMG, freaking hilarious! I almost fell out of my chair with laughter. :)
ReplyDeletei'm sorry you felt like slamming your head against the wall, but this little post made my day. i was having a bleakh day til i started chuckling at the 'naive-ness' (*using euphemism here*) of some people :-D
ReplyDeleteWow, this is hilarious. Thanks for giving me something to laugh at this morning :)
ReplyDeletethank you, thank you. i'll be telling my workmates this is how much work i put into the cupcakes i bake for them.
ReplyDeletei had been baking weekly since january - trying out new recipes. and just lately i've taken a break - cupcake block! so the the ingrates commented that they missed the "free cupcakes" from me and asked when i would be getting back to the oven!
sheesh!
wow....that's just....wow
ReplyDeleteDamn! And I thought I got to deal with those...
ReplyDeleteI was buying a coffee one day at a Dunkin Donuts in Massachusetts. I was wearing a "University of Massachusetts" sweatshirt. The girl said "Oh, where is that?"
(I figured she was asking specifically which campus I went to)
OH no.. gets better
I somehow found the words and answered her question. "There are 5 all over the state, I went to Amherst"
She then says "OH wait, what's UMass, is that UMass? "
I looked at the woman next to me in line and we both were speechless.
I can see not understand the UMass abbreviation if we were somewhere far away, like Iowa, or something. But damn we were IN central Masaschusetts...
That was super funny!! Although, I have to admit I can totally see my husband asking questions like that.
ReplyDeleteTo quote my mother, 'It takes all kinds to make the world rotate.' There's something almost....whimsical about simple ignorance, kinda like a court jester. =)
ReplyDeleteOkay...how long have cupcakes been around? That is hilarious! I guess this is the intended audience for microwave instructions:
ReplyDeletePlease remove entree from box.
Dear god...
So good! Thanks for the laugh. Happy Friday and good luck with finals.
ReplyDeleteStrangely, the EXACT same thing happened to me! I'm in grad school too - maybe it's a grad student thing. Second degree of strangeness? I was using the red velvet cupcake recipe you contributed to SimplyRecipes?
ReplyDeleteWow, reminds me of a story years ago when someone asked me about breast feeding and sterilizing nipples......i'll let you figure out MY answer!!
ReplyDeletewhere do you find them? Or, they find you?yvlvnnm
ReplyDeleteNow Garret -
ReplyDeleteAt least they are asking these questions rather than thinking that there is a magic fairycake machine somewhere which does all the growing and cooking and creating all for you.
Ok so people's stupidity rarely surprises me anymore. I find people every day that say/do things that just make you stop and stare, but this one did make me laugh.
ReplyDeleteOK, even my lovely 2 year old knows how the oven works. Thanks for the best post created yet, known to mankind. LOL!
ReplyDeletethis is the type of moment you need take a self photo for the expression. I can imagine, OMG.
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