Read somewhere that feathering the clutch helps on ice, @barbaraschmidt.

People have a hard time saying no in the moment, especially when someone's all excited about something they love. You see it everywhere... at work when the boss asks for volunteers, at family dinners when someone pushes a recipe, or even just picking a movie with friends. Everyone nods along to keep the peace but nobody actually follows through. It took me a while to learn that just because people don't argue with you doesn't mean they agree with you. Now I ask directly what folks actually want and it's like a weight gets lifted off the whole room. Good on you for catching that before the book club fell apart completely.

lol my banana bread used to look like a crater on the moon, I guess I was basically making banana soup and wondering why it wouldn't hold together.