Disaster Averted (Only To Occur Later)

So there is a little bit of a story behind the Oreo cheesecake, a story of narrowly averted disaster.
Everything was going fine; the chocolate graham cracker crust had been shaped in the spring form pan, and the filling was all mixed and creamy.
We poured half the filling in, placed a bunch of crushed Oreos on top, then poured in and smoothed out the rest of the filling.
At that point, per the instructions given, Kathleen began banging the pan on the counter in order to drive out air bubbles.
Unfortunately, to our shock and horror, the bottom of the pan was not securely locked, and it came loose, causing the contents to come loose all over the counter.
I stood there stunned, Kathleen nearly cried, and the teacher simply encouraged us to scoop it back up and start over.
We did, and the only “negative” end result was that the cheesecake didn’t have a crust around the sides.
Despite that, it held together well after we removed it from the pan.
Not so once we had to cut it do divide it up, though, as the time constraints of the class meant that we didn’t have enough time to let it set properly.
So once we cut it the center essentially collapsed.
Oh well.
I had to keep restraining myself in class, as did Kathleen, because people kept making various comments about things being “huge.”
In discussing the possibility of the cheesecake cracking, the teacher made reference to having a “huge crack.” I’m surprised that my tongue didn’t bleed from being bitten so hard.
In the course of the discussion, though, Kathleen did manage to say “Just say no to crack,” so that was something, anyway.
What was funny, though, was that when we first arrived there was only one other person there. Right before we got started two others arrived, and we split into two groups consisting of the three of them and Kathleen and I.
Later, one other person, the one who had originally been grouped with Kathleen and I during the first class, and who we subsequently ditched in the second class (there was one person working by herself, so we encouraged her to pair up with her), came in about a half an hour late and immediately went over to join up the other three.
That made us laugh.
We have no class next week, as it’s spring break, and our teacher will be off on vacation.
After class Kathleen and I stopped to eat at “Red Robin” and she called Brian to join us.
I had a “BLTA” croissant. The BLT portion was what you’d expect, but the A was for fresh Avocado slices, which I requested be left out. It also contained sliced turkey, so it was really more in the way of a club sandwich, but whatever.
In any case it was pretty good.
And that was pretty much the evening’s excitement.
Tomorrow I have a dentist appointment, which I’m sure will be the first of many.
As that is fairly early in the morning, and there’s not much else going on, I think I’ll call it a night.