I'm not an over-the-top person on Valentine's Day. USMCman brings me a nice bottle of wine and a bottle of champagne. I make a special dessert for dinner. The rest is private.
This year, I made a three-chocolate pudding pie. It uses bittersweet, semi-sweet, and unsweetened chocolate. Lots of chocolate. It also has a chocolate graham crust. It was more of a mousse than a pudding, actually, but very rich and very yummy. I also whipped up some home-made whipped cream to top it off. Everyone was happy and we still have a few pieces left.
My neighbor asked me what we did for Valentine's Day. I told her that I made a pie for the family and that it was easy and quick--for a scratch dessert. Her reply: "Why didn't you just use Jell-O chocolate pudding and a box of Dream Whip? It would have been a lot easier and just as good!"
Oh. My. God. A food-cretin!
Please do not even THINK that powdered whip mix and pudding mixed together can taste anywhere near as fabulous as one pound of Scharffen Berger chocolate. Puh-leeze. I just looked at her and raised my eyebrows disapprovingly. She continued to go on and on about how she layers slices of banana in her pie (*double shudder*) and puts the spray whipped cream on top.
Gag.
I stayed quiet and she soon picked up on the "I'm disgusted with your chemical pie" vibes I was putting off. So she moved on to other, safer topics.
Oh well. Next time, I'll just give her one of those little conversation heart candies... the one that says EAT ME.
