Failed Cinnabonrolls and Canned Tomatoes

OH, failed Cinnabonrolls! Yesterday, Jordan and I volunteered to bring dinner to a local family that is in the middle of a family emergency. We wanted to bring something for breakfast, as well, and chose cinnamon rolls. The recipe gets 5 stars out of some 3,000 reviews and boasts tasting identical to Cinnabon brand cinnamon rolls (hence the Cinnabonrolls). I will be the first to say that if a recipe boasts a big talk like that and doesn't follow through, I will NEVER make the recipe again, regardless of how delicious it might be. I'm pretty sure Jordan feels the same way. Well, these Cinnabonrolls did NOT taste like Cinnabon in the very least. The worst part was how the cinnamon filling hardened to rocks on contact with saliva. They were tasty but not anywhere near Cinnabon quality.

Jordan and I have an inside joke but I'm about to go public on her with it. Canned tomatoes. We constantly joke each other about the use of canned tomatoes in Italian food and whether they make the food substandard. Of course, neither of us believe that. We both know Italians that use canned tomatoes. It's purely a cost and time-effective method to cooking that just wasn't available in the "good old days" of our great-great-grandparents. I think our jesting confuses some people, though, especially when we choose a public forum to pick on each other. It's nice to have met someone who was raised with the same, "I pick on you because we're friends" mindset that I was raised with. If my Dad doesn't make fun of you, he doesn't like you. Plain and simple. I guess the same goes for me. I take a minute to be sure I won't make someone cry with my joking, as I recognize not everyone was raised the same way, but if I know you well and I haven't cracked at least one joke, I probably don't like you. Then again, I might crack MANY jokes at your expense if I despise you. You'll know the difference.