making lemonade

Well, not really lemonade but the concept is the same.  There is an old saying "When life hands you lemons, make lemonade."  I didn't get lemons but I did get sour cream.  When I ordered groceries for pick-up earlier this week, I lost track of what I had ordered and ended up with a pint of sour cream but no baking potatoes.  So, thinking it would be s shame to waste all that sour cream, I decided to bake sour cream sugar cookies.  I found a really good recipe on Google and went to work gathering my ingredients.  It was a bit of a treasure hunt.  I just barely had enough sugar after I used everything in the canister and my sugar bowls.  It didn't look like I would have enough flour.  The recipe called for three cups.  I had one and a half, but I dug deeply into the back of my pantry shelves (kind of scary but I was determined) and found an almost full bag of self rising flour.  I deliberately did not look at the expiration date.  I mean really, can flour go bad?  I cut back a little on the baking powder and baking soda and hoped for the best.  They aren't pretty cookies, kind of puffy and lopsided, but they are delicious.  As an added bonus, my apartment smelled wonderful all afternoon.  And one more good surprise.  As I dug deeply, looking for ingredients, I discovered a long forgotten half bag of dark chocolate chips. I did not add them to these cookies but they are a wonderful snack.  Again, I did not check the expiration date. Chocolate chips, like flour, do not go bad. If this tale of surprises inspires you to search through your pantry, happy hunting.  I mean, what else do you have to do?