I halved my earlier recipe to make muffins for Eric . He 's coming up today and I wanted to have something sugary and tasty waiting here for him in addition to his usual request of a pot of white rice . The recipe halves nicely , but I only had a quarter cup of strawberries once I 'd hulled and diced them all .

Answer the following question: Why did they make muffins for Eric ?
They wanted to surprise Eric .