Leak It Up

Cheap meat is for the dogs, Mama would say. We were very happy with our brand new half-price blender, Grumpy anticipating endless freddoccinos (well, until our supply of freddoccino mix runs out, that is). Until we actually tried to make some, today.

One jiggle, to get the jug out and shake it, to make sure the ice cubes got crushed with something resembling uniformity, and the mix within started leaking everywhere without. Cue WTF? moment, then the dawning of realisation - realisation of the reason for the slashed price tag.

Grumpy and his uni pal, who's visiting for a couple of days, drank their freddoccinos, although I can't vouch for how much they enjoyed them. Me, on the other hand, I took the whole thing as it was, chucked it in the dumpster, and got down to mopping up the mess. The whole incident doesn't qualify as epic fail, since it didn't explode or anything, but the fail factor is going strong.

We'll get another blender, a reliable one, but as far as freddoccinos are concerned, I'm breaking out the meat tenderising mallet and the shaker.