24 Carrots!

So, it's a really beautiful thing to be able to say that Devon and I giggle a lot together. Now, from my (Kira) point of view, I don't laugh that much. I'm not really a serious person... I don't think? But, I am definitely particular, and so is my sense of humor; my funny bone is very preferential. In turn, not much good ol' fashioned, guttural laughing happens on my part. I feel confident enough to say that Devon is not so preferential and actually has a soul, and laughs a great deal in her day to day. BUT, when we are together... we laugh so much, that my husband (who is usually watching my dear daughter, while I bake and giggle, but mostly giggle) gives us "the look" like.... geez you guys are weird. It happens, ya know. So, Kira, get to the point already. No one wants to read a novel and yet you are so good at writing them. 24 carrots! So, as responsible business owners, who are dedicated to their customers, we have to price every little ingredient, every time we try a new recipe out. When we price our items, we aren't just guessing. When it came time to make our zucchini bread, I was fiddling around making the recipe, therefore, I called upon my assistant to price out some items, try to get a couple things done at a time (especially since it was only getting later and we were both losing steam). I needed her to find out how many cups of carrots we could get out of the bag we had. So, I'm doing my thing, and I check back with my dear cousin and my husband is doing the mathematical calculation for us ('cus let's be honest, he's WAY better at it than the two of us) and he's ready for the carrot price. All I remember is my cousin piping up and saying: "24 carrots!" and I'm like "What?!" and thinking to myself there's no way we get 24 cups out of that bag.... and I'm like "24 carrots? What are you talking about?" and my cousin very seriously restated that it took 24 carrots to get a cup! And I'm laughing at this point, I'm laughing as I write this, even.... "Noooo! How many cups in the whole bag, not how many carrots in 1 cup, silly!" Of course, my cousin thinks it's hilarious too, but you can tell she's like "oh man, seriously?!" We proceed to laugh, a lot, a lot... and for the rest of the evening, every once and a while, I call out "24 carrots!" and it remains funny, even to this day.

SO, the point of this story is that we have decided to call our zucchini bread "24 Carrot Bread", which is ironic because the zucchini bread takes one cup of carrots, which is 24 mini carrots AND 24 carat, is indicative of high quality, which fits our zucchini bread, because this zucchini bread is nothing short of grand! Zucchinis, pineapple, carrot, orange juice, spices, zest, walnuts AND golden raisins. Yum. We hope you'll try some.

With love,
Kira and The Sonoran Sweets Tribe