Déjà vu Primate Style

It is a long standing and unquestioned tradition in the Paulsen house that when Charlene is out-of-town, late in the evening, Dave will settle in and watch a movie that Charlene would never select.  Never ever ever select.  This is why Saturday evening was no surprise.  There I was, settled all comfy into the couch.  An expensive high quality beer in hand.  A movie that Charlene would never select in the DVD player.  Planet of the Apes.  The most recent edition of the rebooted series.  The one I had yet to see.  Plus, monkeys give me the creepy crawlies.  I don’t know why, they just make me uncomfortable.  Perhaps, because they all want to kill me.  Yep, that’s it.  Any who, with a smile on my face, the lights out, and all ready to get scared, I hit play and…  disappointment.  Massive disappointment.  I had seen this one before.  Ugh.  Sadness.  Great primate sadness.  I had accidently rented “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” and not “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.”  Hey, a guy can be forgiven, they both have monkeys on the cover.  Mean looking monkeys.

Ugh.  I needed to carryon, so I turned to my trusted hobby baking.  Finding a new recipe, I realized that the cookies looked a lot like “Snowballs,” which are yummy little bites that often contain jelly beans inside.  Conducting some research, I found myself to be wrong.  “Snowballs” contained eggs and my selection, “Shortbread Buttons,” was sans eggs.  They did indeed look like a new selection.  Taking them into work today, a friend complemented me on my Russian Tea Cakes.  Oh dear, it dawned on me.  I had blundered.  Russian Tea Cakes = Polvorones = Mexican Wedding Cookies = Shortbread Buttons.  I had conducted another unintended repeat (although technically this one had a small change in the adding of the butter, so based on a technicality, it could be considered a unique cookie in a court of law).  I seemed to be in a rut.  A rut that only primates can truly appreciate.  Man smarter than ape?  Not in my case.

PS – Looking to bake tasty Mexican Wedding Cookies?  Turn to page 60 of my cookie cookbook, “Today is a Great Day for a Cookie,” and enjoy!

PPS – Turn to page 57 and there you will find “Surprise Snowballs.”  Enjoy!  Again!

 

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