“I begin quietly eating the butter off of my hands.”

December 19, 2020 2:50 PM

In a fine entry into the genre of recounting-trying-to-do-things-while-high, Rachel Handler writes for Vulture about trying to recreate the croissant making scene from the [Nancy Meyers] movie It’s Complicated at home: “I Got High and Made Croissants Like Meryl Streep”:

[W]atching this scene feels like putting my own brain in a pastry oven, setting it to high, and letting it crisp. I especially enjoy it as someone who is deeply incompetent at cooking and baking and… doing anything whatsoever while stoned, save for watching Nancy Meyers movies. Which is why… one of the first ideas I presented [for Nancy Meyers Week] was re-creating this scene as a self-punishing stunt.

posted by Going To Maine (11 comments total)

hurf durf
posted by The Hamms Bear at 2:58 PM on December 19, 2020 [5 favorites]

"That was my whisk, dude!"
posted by Windopaene at 3:08 PM on December 19, 2020

I have absolutely no investment in this (I haven't seen the movie, don't plan to, and rarely get high) and yet I found this so, so funny and charming. The dough child! I was RIVETED!
posted by babelfish at 3:32 PM on December 19, 2020 [5 favorites]

Is there a non-paywall version?
posted by mefireader at 4:12 PM on December 19, 2020 [1 favorite]

This made me sob laugh
posted by stray at 4:51 PM on December 19, 2020 [1 favorite]

It’s nice to make things high.
posted by Ten Cold Hot Dogs at 4:58 PM on December 19, 2020 [5 favorites]

This was really great , thanks for posting!

I have no plans tonight, but do have weed gummies, flour, salt and butter ..... Hmm.....
posted by Sparky Buttons at 6:04 PM on December 19, 2020 [5 favorites]

Before we hang up, her tone turns conspiratorial and a bit flirty. “Do you know who would have been the best croissant maker of the whole group?” she asks me. “Who?” I asked. “Steve,” she says. “His hands, because he’s a banjo player. He would be a great baker. I told him that at the very end.” I ask what he said in reply. She grins. “He kind of liked that I said that to him.”

To quote Mad Magazine: Blech.
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 9:46 PM on December 19, 2020

I watched the movie clip and, as someone who made croissants at home for years, had so many questions. When did the risings and refrigerations happen? Where was the butter?

Then I read the article and, when not chortling, approved of her actually having access to a proper procedure.
posted by doctornemo at 7:26 AM on December 20, 2020

It also makes me miss baking croissants. Ever since having a family member diagnosed with celiac, those are off the table.

Unless someone has a gluten free croissant recipe that actually works...
posted by doctornemo at 8:46 AM on December 20, 2020

I do not eat marijuana gummies (or any weed products because I'm too square) or bake croissants, but now I think I might need to reenact this article.
posted by Reverend John at 8:46 PM on December 31, 2020