OH said I'm rotten

[Rosendula]

Yesterday, I dug up some monster parsnips. Of course I was enthusing about them a little more than was necessary so DD1 (a teenager) decided it was a good time to say, "Don't give me any parsnips, I don't like them".

This evening we had a lovely dessert, and while we ate we were discussing cakes, bringing the subject round to carrot cakes Just as she scraped the last bit out of her bowl, she told me, "I don't like carrot cake". You should have seen the look on her face when I told her she'd just eaten a carrot cake made with parsnips instead of carrots. Sometimes I love being a parent. That's not rotten is it?

[JillStephens7]

It's marvellous

[indy]

No...thats fantastic

[Bonniegirl]

Way to go mum!! Heck ya gotta have some kind of payback!

[ElizabethBinary]

Hahaha AWESOME.

Like the time my ex husband said he didn't like asparagus... really.. because I just made an asparagus sauce on your chicken AND your asparagus, you knob. That's what the green was.

[Milims]

Your my kind of mother! Love it!!

[Lardyvegan]

I'd have maybe said something like 'you don't like toilet bowl either, but you still use your toothbrush every day'

But I am evil

[Silver Ether]

Awesome .... I have done similar with mine ... but you have to be carefull the power can go to your head ... mhwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

[Rosendula]

I'd have maybe said something like 'you don't like toilet bowl either, but you still use your toothbrush every day'

But I am evil

[Milims]

I'd have maybe said something like 'you don't like toilet bowl either, but you still use your toothbrush every day'

But I am evil

That reminds me of when my son was younger he kept leaving his tooth brush on the edge of the sink rather than in the pot. So I told him that if he didn't put it away I would clean the toilet with it. The next morning he'd left his tooth brush out again. I put a splat of chocolate spread on the back of the toilet bowl and as I was drying him after his bath I commented on it and said that I must clean the toilet - funnily enough his toothbrush went straight into the pot that night!

[old tree man]

nice one rosey, we have done similar stuff over the years its great when you catch them out

[snapdragon]

Way to go Rosey
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[thesunflowergal]

Well you certainly had enough to use up. What a fab idea, what did it taste like??

Poor old Chrissie, but I did think it was very funny.

[Rosendula]

Well you certainly had enough to use up. What a fab idea, what did it taste like??

Poor old Chrissie, but I did think it was very funny.

Too right, poor Chrissie. It was only the night before that I had her eating mushrooms without knowing. Thankfully, she does see the funny side and is learning some valuable lessons that no doubt she will use herself a few years from now.

I thought it was a bit too sweet and will use less sugar next time. Everyone else said the lemon was the dominant flavour. No hint of any parsnippy taste, and it was 'normal' cake colour, rather than the orangey colour of carrot cake. I think it worked well. The only problem I had with it was trying to turn it out of the tin. Despite it being well-greased, the top of the cake came out and the bottom stayed in and had to be scraped out. It doesn't really matter when you're serving it up with custard, but if I was going to ice and slice it, I would probably line the tin.