Heart Palpitations: Blueberry Muffins
Something terrible happened a couple of months back.
I lost my wedding ring.
You might ask, “How could anyone lose their wedding ring?” Maybe you are wondering, “Did she REALLY lose her wedding ring? How does anyone ‘lose’ their wedding ring? Was it conveniently ‘misplaced’? Does this lady want an upgrade? Is she a deviant, moonlighting as a single-lady, looking for an escapade? A rendezvous? An extra-curricular activity?”
My husband and I have been in a relationship for 14 years and married for 7. We have 2 beautiful children and I am, in fact, happily married. So, for all you skeptics out there, I am NOT seeking an alternative relationship and/or mate.
We are in the process of replacing my wedding ring. In the meantime, I wear nothing on my wedding finger. I’ve tried on my other jewelry, but nothing fits as my hands have doubled in size since my last pregnancy (not sure if it is because I’ve gained weight or because I’m still retaining mass quantities of water) So. As I traipse around town with my two children in tow, I find myself wondering whether folks assume I am: 1) divorced, 2) widowed or 3) a lesbian.
Not that I really care what folks think.
One thing I didn’t anticipate was getting hit on at my neighborhood grocery store. During a recent grocery run (with my children), I asked a staff member whether they had any blueberries in stock. He ran in the back. Few minutes later, the store manager came out to assist.
What kind of store manager gives one (me) heart palpitations? One that seriously looks like my husband from approximately 10 years ago. They aren’t so much alike that that they look like brothers, but there are some general (frightening) similarities. Like the goatee. The swagger. The gorgeous smile and brilliant white teeth. The overall rugged/bad-boy/I can’t be bothered-with-societal-pressures.
Humm…..he was extraordinarily friendly and attentive. And also, incredibly observant. On multiple instances during our exchange about the blueberries, I noticed him observing my very empty, lonely looking ring finger. Long story short? I bought way too many pints of blueberries from this younger look-a-like.
What to do with these blueberries? Make blueberry muffins, of course. Here is a delicious recipe for all those blueberries that will shortly come in to full season.
To say the least, I’ll be avoiding that grocery store for some time…at least until I make my status blatantly clear to everyone …including the grocery store manager.
Zomppa’s Blueberry Muffins
Blueberry Muffins
Serves 18 medium muffins
Revision of http://www.recipezaar.com/recipe/Blueberry-Buttermilk-Muffins-6653
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
1 cup all purpose flour
1 teaspoon of lemon zest
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup canola oil
1 1/2 cup of blueberries
1 teaspoon vanilla
Directions:
Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees.
Sift the pastry flour, all-purpose flour, lemon zest, baking powder, baking soda, sugar and salt.
In a large bowl, beat 2 eggs. Stir in buttermilk, vanilla and oil. Add the flour mixture and mix until just combined. Add 1 cup of blueberries, gently.
Using an ice cream scoop, fill 18 muffin tins. Add additional ½ cup of blueberries to the top of the muffins.
Bake for 25-30 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes. Serve and enjoy!
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Oh gosh, Patty, you get me drooling over these delicious looking muffins! How I love those blueberris! Have a great day!
Cheers, Kristy
as far as i love your blueberry muffins (you can never go wrong with blueberry muffins), i also wouldnt mind having a little “situation” with that younger look-a-like.
These blueberry muffins look amazing!
So where is the photo of this heart-palpitation-inducing store manager?
I expected to see him along with all the mouth-watering muffin photos!
Patty, your blueberries muffins look so perfect
Love the idea of using lots and lots of blueberries 
lol that’s a fun story:) No wonder why you have to bake the blueberry muffins. Too many leftover blueberry. lol. That store manager must be a good salesman. Btw, sorry to hear you lost the wedding ring. Hope you can replace it soon. The muffins look amazing!
Lovely episode, lovely muffins. And good luck to your ring replacement, Patty.
Oh no! Sorry to hear about the wedding ring – at least you clearly have the perspective of knowing what’s really important!
Hysterical Patty! You know I’m feelin the muffins
! Thank you!
Those muffins look scrumptious! Funny your experience with the store manager. I often run around town without my wedding ring, and don’t ever think twice about it. LOL! I hope you get a beautiful new ring.
Sorry to hear that you lost your wedding ring…hope you’ll have a beautiful one soon…
The blueberry muffins are really to jump of joy…they are marvelous
Cheers,
Gera
Hello there Patty. Thanks for dropping by my blog giving me the chance to discover yours, which I find to be amazing.
It’s just great!
Love this post, it’s so humorous!
Your muffins look really good. I’ve never actually had blueberries before. Time to rectify that?
P.S. No excuses needed to buy some ouzo
Magda
These blueberries muffins look so wonderful! Love that crown top!
How funny!! I know exactly what you mean, I get so stinking paranoid when I don’t have my wedding ring…I get all worried about what people will think or what I will do if someone hits on me. Your muffins look delicious!!
hahahhaha hilarious
great post! mmm those muffins look gorg!
Sounds like a must try recipe. Love using whole wheat pastry flour and really like the idea of adding a few extra berries on top.
They look so yummy. I’ll have to try these muffins
This made me laugh. I am terrified of ever becoming engaged because I am the biggest jewlery loser in the history of the world. I lost a gold necklace & earrings just 3 days after they were given to me for my birthday.
The muffins look beautiful, theres something very humbling about the old blueberry muffin
Terrific muffins, but I like your story even better. I hope you get to replace your wedding ring soon! I lost a stone out of mine years ago and vacuumed the entire house hoping I would find it in the vacuum. Guess what? I did!
Great story. My husband lost his when we were in Australia. (He finally got it back 2 months later – the hotel had it.)
These muffins have me drooling!