First-World Problems...

In retrospect I should have used my Speed Square, or at the very least marked out the correct angles with a knife before I cut the pie, but I was frantic, and the drool was getting out of hand.

Yet three days later I am left with a chaotic piece of pie that is embarrassing in its asymmetry. That is not to say that it didn't taste wonderful...the recipe calls for chopped pecans in the filling, which adds a wonderful texture and flavor!

Next year I will do better!

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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1 1st again

Posted by: Skip's Phone at November 28, 2021 02:00 PM (2JoB8)

2 Maybe a new freezer, power line was out hoping that's all it was

Posted by: Skip's Phone at November 28, 2021 02:02 PM (2JoB8)

3 Cover it with whipped cream and no one will notice the deformities.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 28, 2021 02:02 PM (U2p+3)

4 ...and here I was, thinking that the First World Problem was that there is only ONE slice of pie remaining!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 28, 2021 02:02 PM (llON8)

5 That pie pan needs to be scraped, with a fork, and the detritus consumed.

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at November 28, 2021 02:02 PM (IJES/)

6 How far the obsessive compulsive have fallen....

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at November 28, 2021 02:03 PM (2SdPm)

7 As kids my grandmother would make a pie and being oldest I had to cut pieces but got last pick of them, bet your butt I Made Everyone THE Same As Humanly Possible

Posted by: Skip's Phone at November 28, 2021 02:03 PM (2JoB8)

8 >>> 3 Cover it with whipped cream and no one will notice the deformities.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 28, 2021 02:02 PM (U2p+3)

*nods*

nurse is wise.

(I might possibly get a little carried away with whipped cream on dessert)

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 28, 2021 02:03 PM (llON8)

9 Yet three days later I am left with a chaotic piece of pie that is embarrassing in its asymmetry. That is not to say that it didn't taste wonderful

And in the end, that's what counts.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 28, 2021 02:03 PM (Xrfse)

10 That is pecan pie done right. The syrup is an afterthought and the pecans are the focus.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 28, 2021 02:04 PM (+io4N)

11 Cover it with whipped cream and no one will notice the deformities.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 28, 2021 02:02 PM (U2p+3)
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I thought sous vide was the go to for cooking solutions?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at November 28, 2021 02:04 PM (2SdPm)

12 Only problem with having Thanksgiving dinner at someone else's home is no leftovers to gorge on.

Posted by: Just a side note at November 28, 2021 02:04 PM (iXJM1)

13 All the shit he's done and the fact that he cannot name his favorite chowder is the one that gets you?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 28, 2021 02:04 PM (csEWM)

14 I am guilty of cutting a chunk out of the middle, taking no crust.

Totes pisses off my sibs.

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at November 28, 2021 02:05 PM (IJES/)

15
It all looks the same in your stomach.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 28, 2021 02:05 PM (yTMfZ)

16 What kind of pie is that CBD?

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2021 02:06 PM (L2ZTs)

17 Totes pisses off my sibs.
Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at November 28, 2021 02:05 PM (IJES/)
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They're not smart enough to beat you to the punch? Instead, they continue to get angry, thereby justifying your continued pie raiding?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at November 28, 2021 02:06 PM (2SdPm)

18 Willowed -

Congrats! Retired Buckeye Cop, that is great news.

Some of us are a bit slow on the uptake. I mean, it's like God only has to tell me 40 or 50 times over the course of 20 years and then it finally starts to seep into my pea sized brain.

Good for you. Praise God.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 28, 2021 02:06 PM (mD/uy)

19
Pie is a substrate for whipped cream.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 28, 2021 02:06 PM (yTMfZ)

20 What kind of pie is that CBD?
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2021 02:06 PM (L2ZTs)

Waffles, with maple syrup pie.

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at November 28, 2021 02:06 PM (IJES/)

21 Cake are squared, pie are round.

Posted by: Idahonian at November 28, 2021 02:07 PM (hD2j4)

22 That piece of pie probably tastes better than every other piece before it merely because it looks like cobbler now.

Posted by: Just a side note at November 28, 2021 02:07 PM (iXJM1)

23 Obviously, that misshapen hunk of pie needs to be covered in whipped cream and then eaten out of the pie pan. No dirty dish, yummy pie. Win! Win!

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at November 28, 2021 02:08 PM (pJWtt)

24 I've got a first world problem. I love my Soda Stream soda maker. But now they've got scumbag Snoop Dog advertising it. So what's a fella to do.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 28, 2021 02:08 PM (FVME7)

25 Pie sounds good right about now.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 28, 2021 02:08 PM (Xrfse)

26 >>> Cover it with whipped cream and no one will notice the deformities.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 28, 2021 02:02 PM (U2p+3)

I come in peace. I bring no artillery. But I'm here pleading with you, tears in my eyes; you must use a liberal scoop of vanilla ice cream on very warm pecan pie.

Trust me on this.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 28, 2021 02:08 PM (Psn3N)

27 Pie is a substrate for whipped cream.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 28, 2021 02:06 PM (yTMfZ

Heh. That's what I say about salad and salad dressing.

Posted by: Just a side note at November 28, 2021 02:08 PM (iXJM1)

28 I don't think that the stomach cares what shape the pie was in seconds before consumption.

Posted by: Reuben Hick (Bannon Didn't Kill Himself) at November 28, 2021 02:08 PM (6noaY)

29 -----------

They're not smart enough to beat you to the punch? Instead, they continue to get angry, thereby justifying your continued pie raiding?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at November 28, 2021 02:06 PM (2SdPm)

Best part...the younger brother that gets the maddest, is a supervisor for comcast. He takes it out on their human/machine interface irad engineers. This is the petty little shit i do that pays for my mom's guilt trip all year.

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at November 28, 2021 02:09 PM (IJES/)

30 25 Pie sounds good right about now.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 28, 2021 02:08 PM (Xrfse)
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I've got some cheesecake, it looks a lot like pie.

Posted by: Braenyard at November 28, 2021 02:09 PM (MLw1k)

31 21 Cake are squared, pie are round.
Posted by: Idahonian at November 28, 2021 02:07 PM (hD2j4)

Counter:

Cheesecake

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 28, 2021 02:10 PM (csEWM)

32 I've got a first world problem. I love my Soda Stream soda maker. But now they've got scumbag Snoop Dog advertising it. So what's a fella to do.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 28, 2021 02:08 PM (FVME7)

Make a ewetoob video how to showing the removal of their corporate logo from the soda maker?

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at November 28, 2021 02:11 PM (IJES/)

33 28 I don't think that the stomach cares what shape the pie was in seconds before consumption.
Posted by: Reuben Hick (Bannon Didn't Kill Himself) at November 28, 2021 02:08 PM (6noaY)

Your teeth kind of render it down to mush anyway. Like communism.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 28, 2021 02:11 PM (csEWM)

34
24 I've got a first world problem. I love my Soda Stream soda maker. But now they've got scumbag Snoop Dog advertising it. So what's a fella to do.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 28, 2021 02:08 PM (FVME7)

Drop it like it's hot.

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Sexual Racist. at November 28, 2021 02:11 PM (VarTq)

35 I'd love a Turkey sandwich on the most chemical infused white bread with tons of Mayo right now .

Posted by: Just a side note at November 28, 2021 02:11 PM (iXJM1)

36
Could be a big day today. Waiting on the news from Alabama.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 28, 2021 02:12 PM (yTMfZ)

37 The lovely wife just offered me the last of the pumpkin pie. Before the baking frenzy this season I pitched all the old, cheap spices I had and replaced them with the good stuff from The Spice House.

It made a world of difference.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 28, 2021 02:12 PM (mD/uy)

38 Today is NATIONAL FRENCH TOAST DAY!
I am going to pour some maple syrup into a glass and toast CBD.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 28, 2021 02:12 PM (NpAcC)

39 Well, time to wander. Mom is waiting to go to breakfast. Well, brunch.

Maybe lunch.

But certainly not dinner.

Or supper, depending on your region.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at November 28, 2021 02:12 PM (2SdPm)

40 I'd love a Turkey sandwich on the most chemical infused white bread with tons of Mayo right now .
Posted by: Just a side note at November 28, 2021 02:11 PM (iXJM1)

Just consumed a slice of turkey, slice of cheese, wrapped in a cold pancake. Killed two leftovers with one sammich.

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at November 28, 2021 02:12 PM (IJES/)

41 About a cup and a half of heavy whipping cream will make more whipped cream than you get in those tubs that are made with horse hooves. A whole carton of heavy whipping cream? You can go swimming in a lake of silky sweet yumminess like Scrooge McDuck. You can immerse your pie in an abyss of cloudy white scrumptiousness.

Crap, I'm going to go eat some pie now. BRBEP

Posted by: banana Dream at November 28, 2021 02:13 PM (Psn3N)

42 Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at November 28, 2021 02:12 PM (IJES/)

Have to say I've never had a Pancake wrap. Interesting.

Posted by: Just a side note at November 28, 2021 02:14 PM (iXJM1)

43 That piece of pie looks like it was subjected to a little midnight refrigerator raid.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 28, 2021 02:15 PM (MKXrw)

44 @Aetius452AD

Cheesecake is an amorphous blend of chemical amalgams, thus, crossing the pie/cake barrier of edible satiates.

Posted by: Idahonian at November 28, 2021 02:15 PM (hD2j4)

45 Posted by: Ben Had at November 28, 2021 02:15 PM (MKXrw)

Howdy!

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at November 28, 2021 02:15 PM (IJES/)

46 Whipped cream is only for pies?

You shmoes have no idea.

heh

Posted by: Very much alive Herb Alpert at November 28, 2021 02:16 PM (mD/uy)

47
Just made a big pot of creamy hash brown soup with bacon. It will mostly be used for Her Majesty to freeze in containers and take on the road with her for dinner. Potato soup is the best for cold weather.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 28, 2021 02:16 PM (yTMfZ)

48 This piece of pie is for breakfast.

Posted by: Idiot Mayor London Breed at November 28, 2021 02:16 PM (EZebt)

49 25 Pie sounds good right about now.
Posted by: Notorious BFD

Right? I just had the last piece of apple pie.
And yes, it was merely a vehicle for the whipped cream.

Hi Helena!!!

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 28, 2021 02:17 PM (U2p+3)

50 Hi Bif.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 28, 2021 02:17 PM (MKXrw)

51 Pie is a substrate for whipped cream.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 28, 2021 02:06 PM (yTMfZ

Heh. That's what I say about salad and salad dressing.

And gravy.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 28, 2021 02:17 PM (Pw26M)

52 Well, I'm back. I have a terrible thing to tell everyone. Four words.

there is no pie

Posted by: banana Dream at November 28, 2021 02:17 PM (Psn3N)

53 Pie schmie.

I'm making me some Three Musketeers hot chocolate!

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2021 02:17 PM (L2ZTs)

54 Soda Stream:
Until 2015, its principal manufacturing facility was located in the Mishor Adumim industrial park in the West Bank, creating controversy and a boycott campaign. In October 2015, under pressure from BDS activists, SodaStream closed its factory in Ma'ale Adumim and moved to a new facility in Lehavim, and laid off more than 500 Palestinian workers in the process.

Bwahahahahahahaha!!!!

Posted by: rickb223 at November 28, 2021 02:18 PM (uXonU)

55 Cheesecake is an amorphous blend of chemical amalgams, thus, crossing the pie/cake barrier of edible satiates.
Posted by: Idahonian at November 28, 2021 02:15 PM (hD2j4)

Damn tasty. As long as it is dense. Floofy cheesecake is wrong to me.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 28, 2021 02:18 PM (csEWM)

56 /spirit moved me to take this sock off

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 28, 2021 02:18 PM (EZebt)

57 First things first.

Cake > Pie

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 28, 2021 02:18 PM (EZebt)

58
Heh. That's what I say about salad and salad dressing.

And gravy.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 28, 2021 02:17 PM (Pw26M)

Biscuits and gravy, yes.

Chicken Fried Steak, no.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 28, 2021 02:18 PM (csEWM)

59 Hubbymayhem made his first pecan pie today! It has chopped pecans in the filling. We don't know how it tastes yet. Has not been cut.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 28, 2021 02:19 PM (Vxu+H)

60 Yes, the pecan pie recipe with the chopped pecans is a superior pie. I made it once and lost the recipe, although I should be able to duplicate.

And, Who the hell has leftover pie three days later?

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at November 28, 2021 02:20 PM (sJHOI)

61 Pie is about the pastry. You can eat the filling alone, often do. Yum, crust.

But cake is... magic.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 28, 2021 02:20 PM (EZebt)

62 Can't argue sciencey stuff.
With blueberries.

Posted by: Idahonian at November 28, 2021 02:20 PM (hD2j4)

63 The pecan pie recipe was great. Dwarfed the pumpkin and apple in its popularity. We had one leftover stub like the picture on Friday morning. To avoid further embarrassment I ate it with a cup of coffee for breakfast.

Posted by: Pete Bog at November 28, 2021 02:20 PM (bzrNB)

64 Willowed -

Congrats! Retired Buckeye Cop, that is great news.

Some of us are a bit slow on the uptake. I mean, it's like God only has to tell me 40 or 50 times over the course of 20 years and then it finally starts to seep into my pea sized brain.

Good for you. Praise God.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 28, 2021 02:06 PM (mD/uy)

Thanks. I had been struggling on how to progress in the Catholic Church. Do I go into the Diaconate (like your brother), lay ministry, or what? When I was praying for discernment a couple months ago, I heard the voice of God clearly tell me what to do. So, I'm now a Postulant in the Lay Fraternity of St. Dominic.

One of the charisms of the Dominican Order is fighting heresy and there's a problem of heresy within the Church right now. I'm a pretty good writer and researcher, so I think that is what I'm being directed to do.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at November 28, 2021 02:20 PM (pJWtt)

65 Cheesecake is nasty.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 28, 2021 02:21 PM (U2p+3)

66
Her Majesty can't have nuts or fruit with seeds because they can aggravate her diverticulitis. So no pecan pie.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 28, 2021 02:21 PM (/U27+)

67 My continued problem is leaves, still lots to go

Posted by: Skip's Phone at November 28, 2021 02:21 PM (2JoB8)

68 I come in peace. I bring no artillery. But I'm here pleading with you, tears in my eyes; you must use a liberal scoop of vanilla ice cream on very warm pecan pie.

Trust me on this.
Posted by: banana Dream at November 28, 2021 02:08 PM (Psn3N)

Unpopular opinion -- ice cream with anything warm is yucky. Warm stuff (such as hot fudge or warm pie) turns perfectly good ice cream into a soupy mess.

Posted by: Doof at November 28, 2021 02:22 PM (mZUr4)

69 Weird shaped pieces of pie need to be eaten immediately as to not scare the children. It is written.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 28, 2021 02:22 PM (VwHCD)

70 Unpopular opinion -- ice cream with anything warm is yucky. Warm stuff (such as hot fudge or warm pie) turns perfectly good ice cream into a soupy mess.
Posted by: Doof at

You're not eating it fast enough then.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 28, 2021 02:23 PM (U2p+3)

71
Ice cream on cobbler >>>>> Ice cream on pie

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 28, 2021 02:23 PM (/U27+)

72 I come in peace. I bring no artillery. But I'm here pleading with you, tears in my eyes; you must use a liberal scoop of vanilla ice cream on very warm pecan pie.

Trust me on this.
Posted by: banana Dream

Vanilla IC & Peach Cobbler

Posted by: rickb223 at November 28, 2021 02:24 PM (uXonU)

73 Unpopular opinion -- ice cream with anything warm is yucky. Warm stuff (such as hot fudge or warm pie) turns perfectly good ice cream into a soupy mess.
Posted by: Doof

AMEN!!!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 28, 2021 02:24 PM (Vxu+H)

74 Unpopular opinion -- ice cream with anything warm is yucky. Warm stuff (such as hot fudge or warm pie) turns perfectly good ice cream into a soupy mess.
Posted by: Doof

Nah, I'm wit 'ya. How do you feel about salty/crunchy in your ice cream? Smashed pretzels, for example?

Posted by: Very much alive Herb Alpert at November 28, 2021 02:24 PM (mD/uy)

75 65 Cheesecake is nasty.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 28, 2021 02:21 PM (U2p+3)
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mmmm
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... Soda Stream sold out to some American Co. iirc.

Posted by: Braenyard at November 28, 2021 02:25 PM (MLw1k)

76 Pecan Pie with a good butter pecan ice cream?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 28, 2021 02:25 PM (csEWM)

77 You actually had leftover pie three days later?

Posted by: Jim Dooger at November 28, 2021 02:25 PM (HeUGD)

78 Unpopular opinion -- ice cream with anything warm is yucky. Warm stuff (such as hot fudge or warm pie) turns perfectly good ice cream into a soupy mess.
Posted by: Doof at

You're not eating it fast enough then.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 28, 2021 02:23 PM (U2p+3)

Perhaps that applies to the pie thing. But hot fudge on ice cream is something that will never make sense to me.

Posted by: Doof at November 28, 2021 02:26 PM (mZUr4)

79 Who the hell has leftover pie three days later?

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at November 28, 2021 02:20 PM (sJHOI)

I was the only one to eat pecan pie at Thanksgiving dinner. Yes, I associate with some knuckleheads!

But it left me with enough for a slice (well...eaten out of the pie tin) with coffee for several days!

Life is good.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 28, 2021 02:26 PM (Q9lwr)

80 I still have pumpkin pie in the fridge.

Now I want pie.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 28, 2021 02:26 PM (Vxu+H)

81 You actually had leftover pie three days later?
Posted by: Jim Dooger

When there are only three folks for dinner and you made three pies, there will be a bit, but only a bit, left over.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 28, 2021 02:26 PM (Y07NH)

82 So my daughter is off at a sleepover with friends and it's just my wife and me in the house the night and morning. There was pie yesterday.

So this morning my wife starts off with a very detailed inventory of what leftovers remain in the fridge. Stuffing, ham, mashed potatoes, blah blah, I didn't think anything of it. Kind of weird though as it was very detailed. SHE NEVER SAID PIE!

It's like an M. Night Shyamalan movie about pie. She foreshadowed the twist at the end.

signed:
-pieless in georgia

Posted by: banana Dream at November 28, 2021 02:26 PM (Psn3N)

83 Soda Stream sold out to some American Co. iirc.
Posted by: Braenyard

Pepsico for $3.2 billion.
I would too.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 28, 2021 02:26 PM (uXonU)

84 Unpopular opinion -- ice cream with anything warm is yucky. Warm stuff (such as hot fudge or warm pie) turns perfectly good ice cream into a soupy mess.
Posted by: Doof at November 28, 2021 02:22 PM (mZUr4)

I'm with you on this. I also prefer chilled pies. If I order a pie at a restaurant, I tell them not to warm it: I want it cold. They look at me like I'm a weirdo, but that that's My Truth(tm).

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at November 28, 2021 02:26 PM (pJWtt)

85 Cheesecake is nasty.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 28, 2021 02:21 PM (U2p+3)

You've never had a good one then...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 28, 2021 02:27 PM (Q9lwr)

86 Vanilla ice cream on vanilla ice cream ain't too shabby either.

Posted by: Idahonian at November 28, 2021 02:27 PM (hD2j4)

87
I'm with you on this. I also prefer chilled pies. If I order a pie at a restaurant, I tell them not to warm it: I want it cold. They look at me like I'm a weirdo, but that that's My Truth(tm).
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at November 28, 2021 02:26 PM (pJWtt)

Your truth is that you're a weirdo.

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Sexual Racist. at November 28, 2021 02:27 PM (II3Gr)

88 Nah, I'm wit 'ya. How do you feel about salty/crunchy in your ice cream? Smashed pretzels, for example?
Posted by: Very much alive Herb Alpert at November 28, 2021 02:24 PM (mD/uy)

I don't hate it. Opposing tastes and textures work just fine. Opposing temperatures -- nah

Posted by: Doof at November 28, 2021 02:28 PM (mZUr4)

89 Pecan Pie with a good butter pecan ice cream?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 28, 2021 02:25 PM (csEWM)

I look forward to Thanksgiving all year...just for the pecan pie.

But butter pecan ice cream? Eh.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 28, 2021 02:28 PM (Q9lwr)

90 Your truth is that you're a weirdo.
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Sexual Racist. at November 28, 2021 02:27 PM (II3Gr)

Mrs Cop wouldn't disagree -- but she sticks around!

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at November 28, 2021 02:28 PM (pJWtt)

91 Hi nurse!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 28, 2021 02:28 PM (llON8)

92 Some years ago found cinnamon swirl ice cream and got a apple pie.
A dream matching

Posted by: Skip's Phone at November 28, 2021 02:28 PM (2JoB8)

93 I'm with you on this. I also prefer chilled pies. If I order a pie at a restaurant, I tell them not to warm it: I want it cold. They look at me like I'm a weirdo, but that that's My Truth(tm).
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at November 28, 2021 02:26 PM (pJWtt)

I'd like to subscribe to your newsletter

Posted by: Doof at November 28, 2021 02:29 PM (mZUr4)

94
Our favorite restaurant once had a splendid apple crumble with ice cream for dessert. We ordered some every time we ate there. So they dropped it from the menu.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 28, 2021 02:29 PM (/U27+)

95 >>>Only problem with having Thanksgiving dinner at someone else's home is no leftovers to gorge on.
Posted by: Just a side note at November 28, 2021 02:04 PM (iXJM1)

*nods*

Dinner for me Thursday night was a frozen pizza.

Posted by: Turn Two at November 28, 2021 02:30 PM (rPNPP)

96 >>> 85 Cheesecake is nasty.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 28, 2021 02:21 PM (U2p+3)

You've never had a good one then...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 28, 2021 02:27 PM (Q9lwr)

How do you like your cheesecake? Whenever I've had one claiming to be "New York style" it was bland, crumbly and dry.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 28, 2021 02:30 PM (llON8)

97 I also prefer chilled pies.

I've ended up having to leave store bought pies in the freezer. Leave them in the refrigerator and I end up with pie soup.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 28, 2021 02:30 PM (+io4N)

98 Pumpkin ice cream pie with graham cracker crust topped with whipped cream is my favorite Thanksgiving Day pie.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 28, 2021 02:31 PM (NpAcC)

99 speed squares are designed for frozen foods

Posted by: REDACTED at November 28, 2021 02:31 PM (us2H3)

100 But butter pecan ice cream? Eh.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 28, 2021 02:28 PM (Q9lwr)

I have been agnostic on butter pecan ice cream until I found this kroger 'southern butter pecan' Private Select stuff. Buttery, creamy. Pecany. It works well.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 28, 2021 02:31 PM (csEWM)

101 >>> Only problem with having Thanksgiving dinner at someone else's home is no leftovers to gorge on.
Posted by: Just a side note at November 28, 2021 02:04 PM (iXJM1)

*nods*

Dinner for me Thursday night was a frozen pizza.
Posted by: Turn Two at November 28, 2021 02:30 PM (rPNPP)

Every time I've had a big dinner or thanksgiving at someone's house they won't even let you out the door unless your arms are filled with leftovers. Some people make leftover portions just for this purpose.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 28, 2021 02:32 PM (Psn3N)

102 I also prefer chilled pies.
====

I think there's room for nuance here.

Apple, pumpkin, shoofly -> room temperature

Pecan -> still warm

Cream and lemon merengue -> right out of the fridge

Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at November 28, 2021 02:32 PM (sGnvY)

103 Turkey in one oven, 2 dressings (regular and oyster) in the other oven, greenbeanthingie just came out, potatoes getting ready to cook afore smashing, giblet gravy on deck, rolls bout to warm, pecan pie just two slices left, leave out anything? Dang forgot to thaw out a bag of boiled peanuts.

Posted by: Eromero at November 28, 2021 02:32 PM (0OP+5)

104 Cheesecake is nasty.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 28, 2021 02:21 PM (U2p+3)

You've never had a good one then...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 28, 2021 02:27 PM (Q9lwr)

Mrs Doof has a recipe for cupcake sized cheesecakes. Big hit every time we make them. Nilla wafer in the bottom of cupcake papers, mixture poured on top then bake. Soooo good!!

Posted by: Doof at November 28, 2021 02:32 PM (mZUr4)

105 How do you like your cheesecake? Whenever I've had one claiming to be "New York style" it was bland, crumbly and dry.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 28, 2021 02:30 PM (llON

It needs to be dense, but still moist. The one thing I do not like about the NY style ones I have had: the crust seems to suffer and dwindles down to a dusting of crust on the exterior of the cheesecake. Like it was brushed on.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 28, 2021 02:33 PM (csEWM)

106 Yet three days later I am left with a chaotic piece of pie that is embarrassing in its asymmetry

You see a chaotic piece of pie.
I see breakfast.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 28, 2021 02:34 PM (axyOa)

107 Mrs Doof has a recipe for cupcake sized cheesecakes. Big hit every time we make them. Nilla wafer in the bottom of cupcake papers, mixture poured on top then bake. Soooo good!!
Posted by: Doof

Try those with an Oreo cookie in the bottom and thank me later.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 28, 2021 02:34 PM (Vxu+H)

108 CBD,
I don't like the sour, cheesy, sweet taste of cheesecake. And the texture is gross.

Now, if you want to make me a Grand Marnier Souffl�......

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 28, 2021 02:34 PM (U2p+3)

109 What w terrible problem to have...

Posted by: Hawkpilot at November 28, 2021 02:34 PM (WsdF0)

110 Try those with an Oreo cookie in the bottom and thank me later.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 28, 2021 02:34 PM (Vxu+H)

Great idea!!

Posted by: Doof at November 28, 2021 02:35 PM (mZUr4)

111 How do you like your cheesecake? Whenever I've had one claiming to be "New York style" it was bland, crumbly and dry.
====

We made a "Basque Cheesecake" a couple of months ago. It looks like you did NY style and forgot to take it out of the oven, but it's actually moist and delicious.

Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at November 28, 2021 02:35 PM (sGnvY)

112 CBD, the crucial question is, "Did you put that piece of pie on a plate to eat it, or did you eat it out of the pan?"

Posted by: Gref at November 28, 2021 02:36 PM (AMIL/)

113 I might not be a typical pie person because I like warm cheery with ice cream, warm apple with cheddar cheese and warm pecan with ice cream, cold pumpkin with whipped cream.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 28, 2021 02:36 PM (Psn3N)

114 85 Cheesecake is nasty.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 28, 2021 02:21 PM (U2p+3
You've never had a good one then...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 28, 2021 02:27 PM
Mrs. E has the original Luby's double cheesecake recipe. What it is, any flavor and fruit topping you want, TWO htogether with craeesecakes put together with cracker crusts top and bottom. Lawdymercy!

Posted by: Eromero at November 28, 2021 02:36 PM (0OP+5)

115 How do you like your cheesecake? Whenever I've had one claiming to be "New York style" it was bland, crumbly and dry.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 28, 2021 02:30 PM (llON

New York Cheesecake, is that where the woman poses with attitude?

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 28, 2021 02:37 PM (oHd/0)

116 I'll microwave my pecan pie to get it warm, top it with vanilla ice cream, and re-nuke it for a few seconds to soften the ice cream.
Still drives my mom crazy to see me microwave ice cream, even though I've done it for 30-plus years.

Posted by: PabloD at November 28, 2021 02:37 PM (Mw9bd)

117 Yet three days later I am left with a chaotic piece of pie that is embarrassing in its asymmetry.

--

To save you from embarrassment, I committed the completely selfless act of eating the last piece.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at November 28, 2021 02:38 PM (h1jJh)

118 Using Luigis Carnacina"s receipe # 2106 for basic french vannila and a good old White Mountain

you can make Ice cream out about anything

Posted by: REDACTED at November 28, 2021 02:38 PM (us2H3)

119 microwave my pecan pie to get it warm, top it with vanilla ice cream, and re-nuke it for a few seconds to soften the ice cream.
Still drives my mom crazy to see me microwave ice cream, even though I've done it for 30-plus years.
Posted by: PabloD

Slowly backs away from the lunatic...

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 28, 2021 02:38 PM (Vxu+H)

120 New York Cheesecake, is that where the woman poses with attitude?
Posted by: Romeo13

Yes! She's got your cheesecake - "Right heear!!"

Posted by: Tonypete at November 28, 2021 02:39 PM (Y07NH)

121 Hide that embareassment with ice cream

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid, no llama sacrifice! at November 28, 2021 02:39 PM (TRGyz)

122 nasty chessecake is referred to as porn

Posted by: REDACTED at November 28, 2021 02:39 PM (us2H3)

123 When I was the Food Service Officer on the USS Camden (AOE-2) out of Bremerton WA from 1991 to 1992, I confess that whenever my mess cooks were making pies, I always had them make an extra pumpkin and pecan pie just for me.

ABUSE OF POWER!!!!

Yes, a delicious, yummy abuse of power.

Posted by: Sharkman at November 28, 2021 02:40 PM (M8yB3)

124 How do you like your cheesecake? Whenever I've had one claiming to be "New York style" it was bland, crumbly and dry.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 28, 2021 02:30 PM (llON

That sounds like a really shitty version. I like mine extremely creamy with a bit of a tang...I use sour cream and lemon zest.

I would be happy to send you my recipe...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 28, 2021 02:40 PM (Q9lwr)

125 But hot fudge on ice cream is something that will never make sense to me.
Posted by: Doof at November 28, 2021 02:26 PM (mZUr4)
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I feel faint.

Posted by: bluebell at November 28, 2021 02:40 PM (wyw4S)

126 Pi are squared.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at November 28, 2021 02:40 PM (vuisn)

127 Cheesecake is a bit different because you need to work your way up to liking the savory part of it first. Just slightly sweet, very rich, and savory. Just cutting straight to the sweet cheery topping or caramel-nut turtle is a bad idea until your tastebuds learn to like the cheesecake core. Start with a good simple cheesecake.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 28, 2021 02:40 PM (Psn3N)

128 I'll microwave my pecan pie to get it warm, top it with vanilla ice cream, and re-nuke it for a few seconds to soften the ice cream.
Still drives my mom crazy to see me microwave ice cream, even though I've done it for 30-plus years.
Posted by: PabloD at November 28, 2021 02:37 PM (Mw9bd)

Makes no sense to me - but you do you, Pablo.

Posted by: Doof at November 28, 2021 02:40 PM (mZUr4)

129 When ace gets back we should get to have a flame war. You people have problems.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 28, 2021 02:40 PM (Vxu+H)

130
I am waiting for science to give us pies with warm crusts and cold fillings. There's a Nobel Prize in this.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 28, 2021 02:40 PM (/U27+)

131 Our favorite restaurant once had a splendid apple crumble with ice cream for dessert. We ordered some every time we ate there. So they dropped it from the menu.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

We have a couple restaurants that make sheet chocolate chip cookies. They put a warm square in a small cast iron skillet, drop a scoop of vanilla ice cream on it and drizzle caramel on it.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 28, 2021 02:40 PM (uXonU)

132 >>> Pi are squared.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at November 28, 2021 02:40 PM (vuisn)

only half of 'em are

Posted by: banana Dream at November 28, 2021 02:41 PM (Psn3N)

133 I would be happy to send you my recipe...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

CBD - please hit me with that also! Thanks.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 28, 2021 02:41 PM (Y07NH)

134 When it comes to pie, it takes superhuman strength to measure twice, cut once.

Posted by: Sharkman at November 28, 2021 02:41 PM (M8yB3)

135 "Did you put that piece of pie on a plate to eat it, or did you eat it out of the pan?"

Posted by: Gref at November 28, 2021 02:36 PM (AMIL/)

I am not a fvcking savage!

Of COURSE I ate it out of the pan!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 28, 2021 02:42 PM (Q9lwr)

136 125 But hot fudge on ice cream is something that will never make sense to me.
Posted by: Doof at November 28, 2021 02:26 PM (mZUr4)
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I feel faint.

Posted by: bluebell at November 28, 2021 02:40 PM (wyw4S)
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Quietly takes bottle of fudge back to kitchen.

Posted by: Braenyard at November 28, 2021 02:42 PM (MLw1k)

137 I haven't watched network television in years - just turned on NBC. It's 1:30 Sunday afternoon. NBC is broadcasting a Monster truck race in an empty stadium... The mainstream media is slowly dying.

Posted by: MikeN at November 28, 2021 02:42 PM (2suaJ)

138 When ace gets back we should get to have a flame war. You people have problems.
Posted by: Madamemayhem

Oh, so now we're 'You people'?!

Posted by: Tonypete at November 28, 2021 02:42 PM (Y07NH)

139 I would be happy to send you my recipe...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

CBD - please hit me with that also! Thanks.
Posted by: Tonypete

Vacuum pack. Drop bag in water. 175 degrees for 16 hours.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 28, 2021 02:43 PM (uXonU)

140 I'll post a PDF of my cheesecake recipe in the Food Thread.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 28, 2021 02:43 PM (Q9lwr)

141 135 "Did you put that piece of pie on a plate to eat it, or did you eat it out of the pan?"

Posted by: Gref at November 28, 2021 02:36 PM (AMIL/)

I am not a fvcking savage!

Of COURSE I ate it out of the pan!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 28, 2021 02:42 PM (Q9lwr)

I call this 'Conservation of clean dishes'. Its down right environmental! Helps save water and soap from having to wash the dishes! Much more help than Millionaires flying their private jets!

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 28, 2021 02:43 PM (oHd/0)

142 Of COURSE I ate it out of the pan!

Because all of the plates were in the dishwasher by that point?

Posted by: NR Pax at November 28, 2021 02:43 PM (+io4N)

143 Vacuum pack. Drop bag in water. 175 degrees for 16 hours.
Posted by: rickb223

*snort*

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 28, 2021 02:43 PM (U2p+3)

144 So was anyone else besides me dumb enough to make a doctor's appointment where you have to get on the scale for the first thing Monday morning after Thanksgiving? No? Just me?

Posted by: bluebell at November 28, 2021 02:44 PM (wyw4S)

145 CBD - thanks! You are the Man!

Posted by: Tonypete at November 28, 2021 02:44 PM (Y07NH)

146 I feel faint.

Posted by: bluebell at November 28, 2021 02:40 PM (wyw4S)

Chocolate sauce (no warmer than room temperature) on ice cream? Absolutely!

Hot fudge that only stays hot long enough to melt the ice cream before the fudge itself then cools down on top of a pool of once-solid ice cream? Nah

Posted by: Doof at November 28, 2021 02:44 PM (mZUr4)

147 >>> 133 I would be happy to send you my recipe...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

CBD - please hit me with that also! Thanks.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 28, 2021 02:41 PM (Y07NH)

I think I have this right...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 28, 2021 02:44 PM (llON8)

148 Anyone know how to get a good picture of a cat's eyes? I'd like to send in a pic of Scotty, but if his eyes don't show, he just looks like a bland orange-and-white cat. With his mis-matched eyes, he's actually pretty striking.

Posted by: Ann Wilson, aka Empire 1 at November 28, 2021 02:44 PM (JJatH)

149 Maybe not?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 28, 2021 02:44 PM (llON8)

150 138 When ace gets back we should get to have a flame war. You people have problems.
Posted by: Madamemayhem

Oh, so now we're 'You people'?!

Posted by: Tonypete at November 28, 2021 02:42 PM (Y07NH)

Downright Deplorable!

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 28, 2021 02:44 PM (oHd/0)

151 I call this 'Conservation of clean dishes'. Its down right environmental! Helps save water and soap from having to wash the dishes! Much more help than Millionaires flying their private jets!
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 28, 2021 02:43 PM (oHd/0)

Or just eat things Bachelor Style like me -- over the sink.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at November 28, 2021 02:44 PM (vuisn)

152 Cheesecake is nasty.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 28, 2021 02:21 PM (U2p+3)

When you get your ass to jersey I'll get you cheesecake that will change your life. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 28, 2021 02:45 PM (VwHCD)

153 I'm with you on this. I also prefer chilled pies. If I order a pie at a restaurant, I tell them not to warm it: I want it cold. They look at me like I'm a weirdo, but that that's My Truth(tm).

There are some pies that would be ruined by warming. Village Inn's lemon supreme comes to mind.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at November 28, 2021 02:45 PM (SchxB)

154 Hot fudge that only stays hot long enough to melt the ice cream before the fudge itself then cools down on top of a pool of once-solid ice cream? Nah
Posted by: Doof at November 28, 2021 02:44 PM (mZUr4)
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I will take all the hot fudge. After my doctor's appointment.

Posted by: bluebell at November 28, 2021 02:45 PM (wyw4S)

155 Or maybe...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 28, 2021 02:45 PM (llON8)

156 Rookie! Pecan pie doesn't last that long in my house.

Posted by: GlendaleGreybeard at November 28, 2021 02:45 PM (cn6vO)

157 Or just eat things Bachelor Style like me -- over the sink.
Posted by: Dr. Varno

Sloppy Joes in the shower.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 28, 2021 02:45 PM (uXonU)

158 CBD, could you please send me your cheesecake recipe as well? Thanks in advance.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2021 02:45 PM (L2ZTs)

159 Ok, that was fun.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 28, 2021 02:46 PM (llON8)

160 >>> Anyone know how to get a good picture of a cat's eyes? I'd like to send in a pic of Scotty, but if his eyes don't show, he just looks like a bland orange-and-white cat. With his mis-matched eyes, he's actually pretty striking.
Posted by: Ann Wilson, aka Empire 1 at November 28, 2021 02:44 PM (JJatH)

People portrait mode for your phone/camera should work well on cat's too and prevent red eye which manifests differently on cats. Getting a cat to stay still? no idea.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 28, 2021 02:46 PM (Psn3N)

161 Sloppy Joes in the shower.
Posted by: rickb223

Do NOT look this up on the Urban Dictionary.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 28, 2021 02:47 PM (Y07NH)

162 Cheesecake is nasty. - Nurse ratched

The beauty of Cheesecake Factory is that they have cheesecakes that don't really have any cheesy taste left in them, just pure hunks of sweets and cream. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2021 02:47 PM (L2ZTs)

163 I was also apparently the first FSO in the history of the US Navy to discover that you can freeze milk and therefore serve it to the crew for an entire 6 month West Pac cruise.

Posted by: Sharkman at November 28, 2021 02:47 PM (M8yB3)

164 Helena, how's my favorite chicken doing?

Posted by: bluebell at November 28, 2021 02:47 PM (wyw4S)

165 Should make a square pie

Posted by: Skip's Phone at November 28, 2021 02:47 PM (c9UxW)

166 People portrait mode for your phone/camera should work well on cat's too and prevent red eye which manifests differently on cats. Getting a cat to stay still? no idea.

For a 35mm camera, maybe a bit of catnip on the plastic in front of the lens and snap as many as you can when he leans in to sniff?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at November 28, 2021 02:48 PM (SchxB)

167 when I visited my dad in Dallas, I would take a couple of clubs and go to one of the small parks and hit shag balls

I always thought it was cool that the city planted papershell pecan trees, on a perfect grid, in many of the parks

drive and eat

Posted by: REDACTED at November 28, 2021 02:48 PM (us2H3)

168 I will take all the hot fudge. After my doctor's appointment.
Posted by: bluebell at November 28, 2021 02:45 PM (wyw4S)[/i

Good luck at the appointment. Hopefully you can enjoy some ice cream soup after - haha!!

Posted by: Doof at November 28, 2021 02:48 PM (mZUr4)

169 I'm with bluebell.

Hot fudge sundae with chopped salty nuts on top.
Mmmmmmmmmm

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 28, 2021 02:48 PM (U2p+3)

170 Hey Sharkman!
Just a real quick side topic... glad you discovered the Tolkien Beowulf, I want to as well. Would you mind letting me know how many pages it is? Thanks in advance.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2021 02:48 PM (L2ZTs)

171 165 Should make a square pie
Posted by: Skip's Phone at November 28, 2021 02:47 PM (c9UxW)

Isn't that pretty much a cobbler then?

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 28, 2021 02:48 PM (oHd/0)

172 Only problem with hot fudge: it turns into sticky concrete fudge pretty quickly.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2021 02:49 PM (L2ZTs)

173 Of course pecan pie has pcans in the filling. Studies have also shown that pecan pies do not last more than a day.

Posted by: f'd at November 28, 2021 02:49 PM (Tnijr)

174 A square pie?
That's always a hit at the mathematicians' Christmas party!

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2021 02:49 PM (L2ZTs)

175 I wish everyone could see the pic of my grandson meeting Santa for the first time that my daughter just sent me.

Kid's like: "Who's THAT guy?!?!"

Posted by: Sharkman at November 28, 2021 02:50 PM (M8yB3)

176 Should make a square pie
Posted by: Skip's Phone

Isn't that pretty much a cobbler then?
Posted by: Romeo13

No - cobblers never have bottom crusts.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 28, 2021 02:50 PM (Y07NH)

177 >>> 164 Helena, how's my favorite chicken doing?
Posted by: bluebell at November 28, 2021 02:47 PM (wyw4S)

Hi there!

So far she is refusing to go into molt, although one of the other hens who has started shedding feathers also continues to lay eggs almost every day. They all had a delicious turkey day feast of stink mealworms, veggie scraps and unwanted cereal.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 28, 2021 02:50 PM (llON8)

178 28.

Add very finely chopped pecan or walnits to the graham.crackers for the NY style cheesecaake crust.

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid, no llama sacrifice! at November 28, 2021 02:50 PM (TRGyz)

179 I'm with bluebell.

Hot fudge sundae with chopped salty nuts on top.
Mmmmmmmmmm
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 28, 2021 02:48 PM (U2p+3)

As I said - I realize mine is an unpopular opinion.

Posted by: Doof at November 28, 2021 02:51 PM (mZUr4)

180 Studies have also shown that pecan pies do not last more than a day.
Posted by: f'd

Studies have also shown that putting ice cream on warm pie causes toxic gasses to form and renders the pie poisonous and inedible.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 28, 2021 02:51 PM (Vxu+H)

181 "No - cobblers never have bottom crusts"

I hate it when that happens.

Posted by: Shep at November 28, 2021 02:51 PM (Tnijr)

182 Bongino has a special show today with Mollie Hemingway, Margot Cleveland and Sen. Ron Johnson on:

https://youtu.be/p7p7Jspa6NE

Posted by: Sharkman at November 28, 2021 02:51 PM (M8yB3)

183 My parents loved 'hot tin roof' sundaes.

Vanilla ice cream, hot fudge, Spanish peanuts.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2021 02:51 PM (L2ZTs)

184
So was anyone else besides me dumb enough to make a doctor's appointment where you have to get on the scale for the first thing Monday morning after Thanksgiving? No? Just me?

Posted by: bluebell at November 28, 2021 02:44 PM

Giant helium balloons with Happy Birthday on them clutched in both hands is your only hope. Sorta like a Macy's parade.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at November 28, 2021 02:51 PM (dQvv7)

185 I've told before, but as a plebe at West Point, one of your duties at the dining hall was to cut the dessert for serving. Each table had 10 occupants, a mix from each class (Sr, Jr, yearlings and plebes). The dessert would be pies or cakes, brought to the table whole. The plebe would ask who desired a piece of dessert and would then cut the dessert into that many pieces, to be judged by the table commander on its equalness, with suitable punishment if not exactly even. That usually entailed you getting the smallest piece, but IIANM might have meant forfeiting your piece if the error was egregious. Most plebes kept a circular cardboard temolate in their hat which would be pre-marked for 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, etc. pieces, which when laid on top of the cake/pie would show where to cut for a given number of pieces. I usually used a little piece of bread to lay the template (centered on the cakpie) on to keep hair grease off the dessert!

Posted by: Muldoon at November 28, 2021 02:52 PM (m45I2)

186 Helena, I don't blame her. I wouldn't want to molt either. I'm cold enough as it is.

Posted by: bluebell at November 28, 2021 02:52 PM (wyw4S)

187 Madamemayhem, let me guess: you recommend all the pecan pies topped with ice cream be sent to you for safe handling and disposal! ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2021 02:52 PM (L2ZTs)

188 First World Problem: for some reason, Adobe Flash crashes when I exit. Can't find a reason on the internet. Working great a week ago.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 28, 2021 02:52 PM (OU+8W)

189 Only problem with hot fudge: it turns into sticky concrete fudge pretty quickly.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2021 02:49 PM (L2ZTs)

Evidently that's enjoyable on top of melted ice cream to many folks

Posted by: Doof at November 28, 2021 02:52 PM (mZUr4)

190 Doof, on top of ice cream it's fine. Anywhere else and, well... :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2021 02:53 PM (L2ZTs)

191 Been reading up on potato soup recipes. Found some crock pot/hash brown recipes that seem yummy. Will have to wait until friday when I'm off work. Tonight's dinner is already going.

Posted by: Infidel at November 28, 2021 02:53 PM (LZkdC)

192 My parents loved 'hot tin roof' sundaes.

Vanilla ice cream, hot fudge, Spanish peanuts.
Posted by: qdpsteve

Mom used to make what she called a "Dusty Road" sundae - basically, vanilla ice cream, nuts, chocolate sauce and malt powder on top. Damn good.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 28, 2021 02:53 PM (Y07NH)

193 Pi squared?

Who to burn - the cook or the.math witch?

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid, no llama sacrifice! at November 28, 2021 02:53 PM (TRGyz)

194 Tony, mmm!

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2021 02:53 PM (L2ZTs)

195 It all looks the same in your stomach.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

"Yep"

-- The Ty-D Bowl Man

Posted by: Sharkman at November 28, 2021 02:54 PM (M8yB3)

196
It's an honored spot in the Pie Cutters' Hall of Shame for you, CBD!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 28, 2021 02:54 PM (pNxlR)

197 There are some pies that would be ruined by warming. Village Inn's lemon supreme comes to mind.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at November 28, 2021 02:45 PM (SchxB)

Citrus based pies need to be chilled.

Posted by: Just a side note at November 28, 2021 02:54 PM (EeUIW)

198 Muldoon, I never heard that story before! Very clever of you guys.

Posted by: bluebell at November 28, 2021 02:54 PM (wyw4S)

199 It is better to look good than to taste good.

Posted by: Fernando Lamas from beyond the grave at November 28, 2021 02:55 PM (mNhhD)

200
Her Majesty prefers her Ice cream with Amaretto, whipped cream and chocolate sprinkles.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 28, 2021 02:56 PM (/U27+)

201 Madamemayhem, let me guess: you recommend all the pecan pies topped with ice cream be sent to you for safe handling and disposal! ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve

Yes. I am an expert in this matter. I will also rescue any poor innocent pie from being assaulted by ice cream. If it saves one pie from this fate I will consider myself to have lived a good life.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 28, 2021 02:56 PM (Vxu+H)

202 "Hunter Biden is seen pushing one-year-old son Beau in a stroller and chatting to Nantucket locals before heading to Mass with father" _DM
---------

Isn't that charming?

Posted by: Braenyard at November 28, 2021 02:56 PM (MLw1k)

203 The beauty of Cheesecake Factory is that they have cheesecakes that don't really have any cheesy taste left in them, just pure hunks of sweets and cream. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2021 02:47 PM (L2ZTs)

But they're more like ice cream sundaes with the sheer volume of topping, whipped cream, and no tang...

Which was not a bad thing...but not really what one thinks of for "classic" cheesecake.

Now, I can't eat both, but when I could, as I got older, I moved away from the CF candy overloads to their key lime version...at least that was kinda cheesecake...

Posted by: Nova local at November 28, 2021 02:56 PM (exHjb)

204 My first world problem: I really don't like the remote on the new tv.

Posted by: Fernando Lamas from beyond the grave at November 28, 2021 02:57 PM (mNhhD)

205 Good for you. Praise God.

Posted by: Tonypete

Congrats and blessings to both Tonypete and Retired Buckeye Cop.

Posted by: Sharkman at November 28, 2021 02:57 PM (M8yB3)

206 I wanted to make an aligator stew today but all i had was a crock pot.

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid, no llama sacrifice! at November 28, 2021 02:57 PM (TRGyz)

207 New recipe. Pecan drop pie.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at November 28, 2021 02:57 PM (MB1Rv)

208 The pecan halves make clean cuts difficult with a pecan pie. I find a Dremel tool helps mitigate this problem.

Or an angle grinder with a really thin blade.

Posted by: Muldoon at November 28, 2021 02:57 PM (m45I2)

209 After 3 days if it doesn't have fingerprints it's been treated well.

Posted by: DaveA at November 28, 2021 02:58 PM (FhXTo)

210
A vendor at a show was serving frozen cheesecake on a stick. Pretty good, too.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 28, 2021 02:58 PM (/U27+)

211 I ate the last of the (hangs head) grocery store pie this morning. Sans whipped topping cuz I forgot to buy any and didn't even rustle up enough energy to whip some from my heavy cream I use in my coffee.

Posted by: PaleRider. Yay long weekend at November 28, 2021 02:58 PM (3cGpq)

212 Nova local, yup.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2021 02:58 PM (L2ZTs)

213 CBD, the crucial question is, "Did you put that piece of pie on a plate to eat it, or did you eat it out of the pan?"

Posted by: Gref

I'm no barbarian! Plus you can't put metal pans in the microwave.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 28, 2021 02:59 PM (FVME7)

214 Cicero, ISWYDT

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2021 02:59 PM (L2ZTs)

215 First world problem? Gyaos, bird or bat?

Posted by: Shep at November 28, 2021 02:59 PM (Tnijr)

216 Most plebes kept a circular cardboard temolate in their hat which would be pre-marked for 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, etc. pieces, which when laid on top of the cake/pie would show where to cut for a given number of pieces.
Posted by: Muldoon

We don't understand. Why didn't your personal chef prepare a piece of dessert properly for you?

-- Pampered Zoomies of the Country Club Academy

Posted by: Tonypete at November 28, 2021 02:59 PM (Y07NH)

217 Posted by: Muldoon at November 28, 2021 02:52 PM (m45I2)

Wouldn't that be like using a crib sheet on a test. I thought that frowned upon. On a side note , you guys had the most beautiful location of any college football stadium I've been to.

Posted by: Just a side note at November 28, 2021 02:59 PM (EeUIW)

218 1st world problem - my dishwasher broke today, and it's a hardwire install. Finding both a new dishwasher somewhere that will either do a direct install or install an electrical plug outlet and then install is annoying at best...

It's a 6 year LG we repaired the motherboard for last year when there weren't any...now my spouse thinks it's a blown gasket, and I don't want to drop more into it, but nor do I want to live without a dishwasher with guests coming to stay in 2 weeks...

Posted by: Nova local at November 28, 2021 03:01 PM (exHjb)

219 Isn't that charming?

No.

Posted by: Infidel at November 28, 2021 03:01 PM (LZkdC)

220 Wouldn't that be like using a crib sheet on a test.

*****

Pie templates were deemed not to be a violation of the Honor Code.

Posted by: Muldoon at November 28, 2021 03:02 PM (m45I2)

221 A couple or three years ago, Marine ratched was in an Apple pie baking phase.

The house we lived in used to be an apple orchard and there were several fruit trees on the property. Apple (3-4 kinds) ,pear, plum, green gauge plums, plus blueberries, raspberries and blackberries.

He would bake a pie a week, sometimes more if his football buddies were around.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 28, 2021 03:02 PM (U2p+3)

222 Tonypete, LOL.

There's a full-service bar *on the campus* of University of California Irvine. When they run out of Bollinger, it's a crisis.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2021 03:02 PM (L2ZTs)

223 I also like good fruit cake. I know I'm the only person in the universe that does. It's insulted, ridiculed, and despised. But I love a good quality fruit cake.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 28, 2021 03:02 PM (Psn3N)

224 Health
White Smoke Emanates From Wuhan Lab Chimney Signaling A New Variant Has Been Named
November 28th, 2021 68

From the Bee.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 28, 2021 03:03 PM (FVME7)

225 Posted by: Nova local at November 28, 2021 03:01 PM (exHjb)

Hah !!! I read that as ' we repaired that Motherfu....before my eyes caught up with my brain.

Posted by: Just a side note at November 28, 2021 03:03 PM (EeUIW)

226 1st world problem - my dishwasher broke today, and it's a hardwire install. Finding both a new dishwasher somewhere that will either do a direct install or install an electrical plug outlet and then install is annoying at best...
Posted by: Nova local

I don't know what you want to spend but I have a 11 year old Miele that is so damn quiet you can't hear it at all. It was easily configured to go either way - hard wire or plug compatible. All the parts were in the box. Never a lick of trouble.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 28, 2021 03:04 PM (Y07NH)

227 Or an angle grinder with a really thin blade.

Posted by: Muldoon at November 28, 2021 02:57 PM (m45I2)

Remember those old-style paper cutters with the machete-like blade? I'll bet that would work perfectly!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 28, 2021 03:04 PM (Q9lwr)

228 Just made a big pot of creamy hash brown soup with bacon.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Wait. What?!

I have never heard of such a thing. Must Bing . . .

Posted by: Sharkman at November 28, 2021 03:04 PM (M8yB3)

229 Seven equal-sized pieces was the toughest.

Posted by: Muldoon at November 28, 2021 03:06 PM (m45I2)

230 I also like good fruit cake. I know I'm the only person in the universe that does. It's insulted, ridiculed, and despised. But I love a good quality fruit cake.
Posted by: banana Dream

Next time you get one, call me - I'm good for at least half of it. We recently finished the last of one my mil made - she's been gone now over 20 years. The fruit cake was still terrific.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 28, 2021 03:06 PM (Y07NH)

231 Remember those old-style paper cutters with the machete-like blade? I'll bet that would work perfectly!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

We have two at work. Grid marks and ruler on the edge.

Posted by: Infidel at November 28, 2021 03:06 PM (LZkdC)

232 CBD: Well you at least chopped your pecans, which should have made for easier slicing up. I wanted that picture perfect whole-pecan-halves look and it was a devil to slice up. Made a right mess. But it sure was good! I subbed bourbon (only Jack Daniels in this house) for vanilla, not sure my Italian guests got that distinction, but they snorfed it anyway.

Posted by: Here in Italy at November 28, 2021 03:07 PM (zGtnr)

233 Giblet gravy is done, fixin'to smash taters.

Posted by: Eromero at November 28, 2021 03:07 PM (0OP+5)

234 We recently finished the last of one my mil made - she's been gone now over 20 years.

******

We should carbon date that one.

/The guys on Oak Island

Posted by: Muldoon at November 28, 2021 03:07 PM (m45I2)

235 Posted by: Muldoon at November 28, 2021 02:52 PM (m45I2)

It just occurred to me that if my estimation of your age is correct, I watched you parade!

I grew up about 40 miles south of USMA and we used to go all of the time.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 28, 2021 03:07 PM (Q9lwr)

236 A Multi-Max flat cutting blade would be the best power cutting tool for pie

Posted by: Skip at November 28, 2021 03:07 PM (2JoB8)

237 "Peking energy firm chairman gifted Hunter Biden an $80,000 diamond after he agreed to help expand the business"
---

That's nice

Posted by: Braenyard at November 28, 2021 03:08 PM (MLw1k)

238 Stollen is the closest thing to fruitcake that I like.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at November 28, 2021 03:08 PM (vuisn)

239 Seven equal-sized pieces was the toughest.
Posted by: Muldoon at November 28, 2021 03:06 PM (m45I2)

Make 14 slices and give them each two.

Posted by: Just a side note at November 28, 2021 03:08 PM (EeUIW)

240 Next time you get one, call me - I'm good for at least half of it. We recently finished the last of one my mil made - she's been gone now over 20 years. The fruit cake was still terrific.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 28, 2021 03:06 PM (Y07NH)

Did you just say you ate TWENTY-PLUS YEAR OLD fruitcake??!!??

Posted by: Doof at November 28, 2021 03:08 PM (mZUr4)

241 225 Posted by: Nova local at November 28, 2021 03:01 PM (exHjb)

Hah !!! I read that as ' we repaired that Motherfu....before my eyes caught up with my brain.
Posted by: Just a side note at November 28, 2021 03:03 PM (EeUIW)

Yeah, I do feel that way! In good news, my home contractor has a contact at a local appliance store in the county over that DOES know how to do this install and DOES have a Bosch in stock. Most I'm ever gonna pay for a dishwasher, but unlike last year, it may be possible for me to actually replace this and do it within the month (I hope). Now, to call back and buy it, since I called around to see who would do it, before begging my old home contractor for a contact

...

Posted by: Nova local at November 28, 2021 03:08 PM (exHjb)

242 >>> Next time you get one, call me - I'm good for at least half of it. We recently finished the last of one my mil made - she's been gone now over 20 years. The fruit cake was still terrific.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 28, 2021 03:06 PM (Y07NH)

There's a place in Georgia that's famous for it, Claxton Bakery. But I don't rate their's very high. The best I've ever had was from some monks up north. But the lead time on what they make is large and I never think to buy any before it's all sold out.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 28, 2021 03:09 PM (Psn3N)

243 Brings a slingblade to the bakery.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at November 28, 2021 03:09 PM (MB1Rv)

244 Did you just say you ate TWENTY-PLUS YEAR OLD fruitcake??!!??
Posted by: Doof

Yup! But enough good brandy in it and that sucker will last!

Posted by: Tonypete at November 28, 2021 03:10 PM (Y07NH)

245 It just occurred to me that if my estimation of your age is correct, I watched you parade!

*******

Would have been '74-'75 or '75-'76 school years.

Each company had designated spotters to call out hot chicks in the audience during 'Pass in Review'.

Posted by: Muldoon at November 28, 2021 03:10 PM (m45I2)

246 I watched you parade!

****

I was the one doing a constant skip-step to get back into step with the rest.

Posted by: Muldoon at November 28, 2021 03:11 PM (m45I2)

247 Posted by: Muldoon at November 28, 2021 03:10 PM (m45I2)

My Uncle taught at West Point I believe during that period.

Posted by: Just a side note at November 28, 2021 03:12 PM (EeUIW)

248 Would have been '74-'75 or '75-'76 school years.

Each company had designated spotters to call out hot chicks in the audience during 'Pass in Review'.

Posted by: Muldoon at November 28, 2021 03:10 PM (m45I2)

Yup!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 28, 2021 03:12 PM (Q9lwr)

249 I'm no barbarian! Plus you can't put metal pans in the microwave.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 28, 2021 02:59 PM (FVME7)

Well, you can, but then you have to go microwave shopping afterward...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 28, 2021 03:12 PM (PiwSw)

250 I'd kill for a slice of pecan pie. For some reason, CA as a rule has no clue how to make it. I frequently get pies from a bakery that does a fantastic job on everything - except pecan pies. They do a "rum/pecan" pie that's nasty. Why rum? Why so sweet? Why skimp on the nuts and so much filling? What's wrong with roasted pecans? It's not like we don't grow the things.

Sadly, some of the best pecan pie I've had (here) was baked by my evil morbidly obese ex SiL. (evil enough to be on the sidebar a couple of years back). Sadly, I wouldn't touch one if handed to me. Damn, I miss that stuff. When I was in GA last I wept having a slice of pecan pie.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 28, 2021 03:13 PM (wAnMi)

251 Just finished vacuuming thousands of little shards of glass from the last of 4 rocks glasses. Going to plastic next and if I can't keep those whole I'm going to sippy cups.

Posted by: dartist at November 28, 2021 03:13 PM (+ya+t)

252 Hah !!! I read that as ' we repaired that Motherfu....before my eyes caught up with my brain.
Posted by: Just a side note

There's a kind of funny commercial in which Samuel L. Jackson asks Santa for a present and Santa asks is he's given up the bad language. Jackson says he has but Santa doesn't believe him.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 28, 2021 03:13 PM (FVME7)

253 Posted by: Muldoon at November 28, 2021 03:10 PM (m45I2)

My Uncle taught at West Point I believe during that period.
Posted by: Just a side note at November 28, 2021 03:12 PM (EeUIW)

Any of your teachers missing an arm?

Posted by: Just a side note at November 28, 2021 03:13 PM (EeUIW)

254 I subbed bourbon (only Jack Daniels in this house) for vanilla, not sure my Italian guests got that distinction, but they snorfed it anyway.
Posted by: Here in Italy at November 28, 2021 03:07 PM
=====================
What does Jack Daniels have to do with bourbon?

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at November 28, 2021 03:14 PM (/dLDZ)

255 Each company had designated spotters to call out hot chicks in the audience during 'Pass in Review'.
Posted by: Muldoon

Betcha none of the gals from Newburgh made the cut.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 28, 2021 03:14 PM (Y07NH)

256 Hot fudge sundae with chopped salty nuts on top.

Mmmmmmmmmm

Posted by: nurse ratched

And crumbled bacon.

Posted by: Sharkman at November 28, 2021 03:15 PM (M8yB3)

257 One of our kiddos has decided they are to be THE Pecan Pie Chef for the Family.

And they make a great pecan pie, just loaded with pecans with just enough syrup/custard(?) to hold the whole thing together and stay moist. With a touch of bourbon, thank you very much. Perfect every time.

This Thanksgiving they decided to also make a Bourbon Chocolate Pecan Pie and it was great.

Having now eaten a regular Pecan pie and a BCpecan Pie, I now have an opinion. I prefer the regular. The BCpecan pie probably would be better with say, vanilla ice cream by itself, but it's just too rich after a Thanksgiving meal. Regular Pecan Pie is just right.*

*The Goldilocks Standard

Posted by: naturalfake at November 28, 2021 03:15 PM (5NkmN)

258 Nova local, just to add to the fun, your local electrical code may also require GFCI protection on the new dishwasher.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at November 28, 2021 03:15 PM (8AONa)

259 Any of your teachers missing an arm?

*****

Heh. Not that I recall, but I didn't take wood shop.

Posted by: Muldoon at November 28, 2021 03:16 PM (m45I2)

260 I'm laconic texting with my wife:

Me: pie?

Wife:gone

Posted by: banana Dream at November 28, 2021 03:16 PM (Psn3N)

261 >>> Brandon! BRANDON ! pleases save us from tge skyrocketing profits the oil companies are making
Release more stockpiled oil

When Trump was president, prices were much lower and he filled up the stockpile that Brandon is selling off to Asian consumers.

So much stupid in one comment. You have outdone yourself, Kurt.

Posted by: fluffy at November 28, 2021 03:16 PM (UnQlg)

262 Did you just say you ate TWENTY-PLUS YEAR OLD fruitcake??!!??
Posted by: Doof

Yup! But enough good brandy in it and that sucker will last!
Posted by: Tonypete

Collin Street Bakery. The only truly edible fruitcake in America.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 28, 2021 03:16 PM (uXonU)

263 252 That will teach you to invite Russians to a drinking meal

Posted by: Skip at November 28, 2021 03:16 PM (2JoB8)

264 Heh. Not that I recall, but I didn't take wood shop.
Posted by: Muldoon at November 28, 2021 03:16 PM (m45I2)

Hah Good one.

But it would have been live grenade instruction ( earlier in his life)

Posted by: Just a side note at November 28, 2021 03:18 PM (EeUIW)

265
I'm no barbarian! Plus you can't put metal pans in the microwave.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 28, 2021 02:59 PM (FVME7)

My wife saw me put two metal pots in the microwave last night and remained calm after I hit 'start'. Our microwave has a 'Bake' setting that uses resistance heat to maintain a desired temperature. 200 degrees is a really nice temp to keep bowls and soup in prior to serving. Of course the soup drops 75 degrees due to wind chill factor just crossing the room to serve. Why does soup hate heat?

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at November 28, 2021 03:18 PM (dQvv7)

266 That will teach you to invite Russians to a drinking meal
Posted by: Skip

All meals are drinking meals to Russians.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 28, 2021 03:19 PM (uXonU)

267 I'm laconic texting with my wife:

Me: pie?

Wife:gone

Not saying you should go, but your local grocery store may have pies on sale today.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at November 28, 2021 03:19 PM (SchxB)

268 What does Jack Daniels have to do with bourbon?
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at November 28, 2021 03:14 PM (/dLDZ)

It actually technically qualifies as bourbon according to law - as does most other Tennessee whiskey

Posted by: Doof at November 28, 2021 03:21 PM (mZUr4)

269 Ceasar: crustum?

Pompeia: absens

Posted by: banana Dream at November 28, 2021 03:22 PM (Psn3N)

270 Thanks in advance.

Posted by: qdpsteve

Hey, qdpsteve. I'm not sure I purchased the correct volume. I downloaded this version to my Kindle:

https://tinyurl.com/Tolkien-Beowulf

The way Christopher Tolkien starts the book it seems like I need to have a manuscript of Tolkien's translation sitting on my desk with this book, while I go line by line from one to the other, studying. Rather than just reading the translation with running commentary in footnotes.

Posted by: Sharkman at November 28, 2021 03:22 PM (M8yB3)

271 I'll eat fruit cake in a bluey Moon but no jab for me Mr Marxists.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at November 28, 2021 03:22 PM (MB1Rv)

272 When Asked If The Stock Market Sell-Off Concerns Him, Biden Says, 'Why Would It?'

-
Let's go Brandon!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 28, 2021 03:23 PM (FVME7)

273 Retired Buckeye Cop --

Good on you, and blessings on your ministry.

Posted by: Ann Wilson, aka Empire 1 at November 28, 2021 03:24 PM (JJatH)

274 Done...amazed that Dec 7 will bring me a new Bosch 300 Scoop hardwired into my house for $1226.

I've never paid over $1K for a dishwasher, but I've never had a Bosch...and it's Covid with so few appliances around, so I'll take something that fits and works and can be here in 2 weeks (the guests get here Dec 10, so I'm golden)...

Now, to not cook much for 9 days...

Posted by: Nova local at November 28, 2021 03:26 PM (exHjb)

275 I like a high quality fruit cake, but have had very few. About this time of the year, the Dollar Store will have fruit cake displays. I can't even imagine. I suppose people must buy them. I shiver.

Posted by: washrivergal at November 28, 2021 03:26 PM (RMe+F)

276 Speaking of fruitcakes, my wife is getting ready to execute Alton Brown's version of it. I've done it myself in the past and it's a pretty decent recipe.

Don't forget the brandy spray.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 28, 2021 03:28 PM (ZSK0i)

277 I want that last piece of pecan pie.

Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2021 03:28 PM (+4oV5)

278 When Asked If The Stock Market Sell-Off Concerns Him, Biden Says, 'Why Would It?'
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
1. He is such an ignorant axxhole. He is getting every working/retired element of society pissed at him.
2. I hope people have just over reacted to omicron (yawn/spit), and the market will come back on Monday. Although maybe it is ratcheting downward?

Posted by: MikeM at November 28, 2021 03:29 PM (mgCYE)

279 Collin Street Bakery Fruitcakes

https://collinstreet.com

Posted by: rickb223 at November 28, 2021 03:29 PM (uXonU)

280 I want that last piece of pecan pie.

Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2021 03:28 PM (+4oV5)

Tough. It's mine! Breakfast tomorrow with a big cup of strong coffee.

That's hard to beat.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 28, 2021 03:29 PM (Q9lwr)

281 And on the topic of pie, I look at the post photo and I see a piece of pie that is "fork accessible".

So where, exactly, is the problem?

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 28, 2021 03:30 PM (ZSK0i)

282 One version of how bourbon got that name. Smithsonian Magazine article

https://tinyurl.com/2p9xkcp6

Posted by: Gref at November 28, 2021 03:30 PM (AMIL/)

283 Studies have also shown that putting ice cream on warm pie causes toxic gasses to form and renders the pie poisonous and inedible.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 28, 2021 02:51
--------------------------
Listen to this woman. She knows of what she speaks.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 28, 2021 03:30 PM (ju2Fy)

284 So, now I can relax and talk fruit cake...I only like fruit cake with fruits that are naturally dried or fresh...psychedelic colors are turn offs for my enjoyment...which I guess means I like cakes with fruits and alcohol glazes, but not fruitcake.

And now, I have to have the cake without tree nuts, too, so now I really don't eat anyone's traditional version, but make myself an 80% version when I'm in the mood in December...

Posted by: Nova local at November 28, 2021 03:30 PM (exHjb)

285 lol

Posted by: dartist at November 28, 2021 03:30 PM (+ya+t)

286 Her Majesty prefers her Ice cream with Amaretto, whipped cream and chocolate sprinkles.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

What is the goid news from Alabama we should be praying for? I assume it is hound related and not Tide.

Posted by: Sharkman at November 28, 2021 03:31 PM (M8yB3)

287 Collin Street, that looks like the cake mom and dad used to get from great uncle every year. TX.

Posted by: Infidel at November 28, 2021 03:32 PM (LZkdC)

288 Mr. Muldoon, might I ask in which branch you served? No problem if you would rather not answer.

Posted by: Javems at November 28, 2021 03:33 PM (d0F9W)

289
I assume it is hound related and not Tide.
Posted by: Sharkman at November 28, 2021 03:31 PM (M8yB3)

________

Yes, Hound related.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 28, 2021 03:34 PM (/U27+)

290
I hope people have just over reacted to omicron (yawn/spit), and the market will come back on Monday.

Posted by: MikeM at November 28, 2021 03:29 PM

If I was still in the market I'd be looking at the big losers on Friday and picking them up.

There was such a heaping helping of bullshit in the original stories it still has me shaking my head in disgust.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at November 28, 2021 03:35 PM (dQvv7)

291 I also like good fruit cake. I know I'm the only person in the universe that does. It's insulted, ridiculed, and despised. But I love a good quality fruit cake.

Posted by: banana Dream

I love fruit cake. Reminds me of my maternal grandmother. Of course, she made it so 10 year old Sharkman could get shitfaced off two pieces she put so much booze in it. But that's not what's important right now.

Posted by: Sharkman at November 28, 2021 03:36 PM (M8yB3)

292 Big fan of fruit cake. And fried okra. And boiled peanuts.

Posted by: Weasel at November 28, 2021 03:37 PM (0IeYL)

293 And boiled peanuts.

Posted by: Weasel at November 28, 2021 03:37 PM

Goober Peas!

Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at November 28, 2021 03:38 PM (bVYXr)

294 But that's not what's important right now.
Posted by: Sharkman

Is this some kind of bust?

Posted by: Tonypete at November 28, 2021 03:38 PM (mD/uy)

295 There was such a heaping helping of bullshit in the original stories it still has me shaking my head in disgust.
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus
Yup. I thought/hoped all the hysteria over Cv19 was about Trump. But now I see it is their attempt at the new normal/control. Fxck them if I can.

Posted by: MikeM at November 28, 2021 03:39 PM (mgCYE)

296 Sharkman, thanks!

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2021 03:39 PM (L2ZTs)

297 We had an old microwave we tried to wreck with foil and pans and light bulbs and stuff. It cracked and sparked and smoked a bit but never died.

Posted by: f'd at November 28, 2021 03:40 PM (Tnijr)

298 Tough. It's mine! Breakfast tomorrow with a big cup of strong coffee.

That's hard to beat.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 28, 2021 03:29 PM (Q9lwr)

+++
What is hard to believe is that that last piece of pie will last until tomorrow morning.

Posted by: washrivergal at November 28, 2021 03:40 PM (RMe+F)

299
I have a First World Problem:

Amazon's new-ish Ad selling program has rendered their Search totally useless.

Previously, if you entered even one word of a book title for example, Amazon search would take you directly to the book you wanted.

Now, even if you enter the complete title, you may be redirected to something like bath soap, and it takes multiple tries to get whatever you're looking for to show up.

I suppose this is a great opportunity for someone like Walmart, but their search is even more useless.

Booooo! Booooo! You greedy fucks at Amazon! Boooo!

Posted by: naturalfake at November 28, 2021 03:40 PM (5NkmN)

300 Yes, Hound related.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Which show? I don't know much about dog shows (if that's even how you refer to the sport), but your posts have piqued my interest.

Posted by: Sharkman at November 28, 2021 03:41 PM (M8yB3)

301 What is hard to believe is that that last piece of pie will last until tomorrow morning.

Posted by: washrivergal at November 28, 2021 03:40 PM (RMe+F)

My strength is as the strength of ten because my heart is pure!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 28, 2021 03:43 PM (Q9lwr)

302 What is hard to believe is that that last piece of pie will last until tomorrow morning.
Posted by: washrivergal at November 28, 2021 03:40 PM (RMe+F)

Yes!
Were I part of CBD's crew, while he was sitting on the sofa rubbing his hands together thinking about breakfast tomorrow, I'd be eating the last wedge with a nice cold glass of milk.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 28, 2021 03:43 PM (5NkmN)

303 Fruit cake. .meh.

Soak.golden raisens in rum overnight. Add to pumpkin bread recipe (pecans mandatory)

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid, no llama sacrifice! at November 28, 2021 03:44 PM (TRGyz)

304
Who would ever believe that the Batswana News Network would be in a battle with CNN for the title of 'Most Trusted Name in News'?

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at November 28, 2021 03:45 PM (dQvv7)

305 229 Seven equal-sized pieces was the toughest.
Posted by: Muldoon at November 28, 2021 03:06 PM (m45I2)

My engineer father made us do the math to get seven equal pieces. You'd think we would have written it down, but no, every damned time....

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at November 28, 2021 03:45 PM (aD8oV)

306 Hey! We all have to miss out on the last piece of pie sometime. No joke.

Posted by: Joe Biteum at November 28, 2021 03:45 PM (Tnijr)

307 292 Big fan of fruit cake. And fried okra. And boiled peanuts.
Posted by: Weasel at November 28, 2021 03:37 PM (0IeYL)

Have you considered that you may have lost your ever-lovin' mind?

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at November 28, 2021 03:46 PM (aD8oV)

308 There was such a heaping helping of bullshit in the original stories it still has me shaking my head in disgust.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at November 28, 2021 03:35 PM (dQvv7)

Futures are still down sharply. But I think it will calm down and we will be back to some semblance of normal in a day or two.

I have read that the newest variant is even less dangerous...which bodes well for all of us in the long run.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 28, 2021 03:47 PM (Q9lwr)

309 >>> 299
I have a First World Problem:

Amazon's new-ish Ad selling program has rendered their Search totally useless.
Previously, if you entered even one word of a book title for example, Amazon search would take you directly to the book you wanted.
Now, even if you enter the complete title, you may be redirected to something like bath soap, and it takes multiple tries to get whatever you're looking for to show up.
I suppose this is a great opportunity for someone like Walmart, but their search is even more useless.
Booooo! Booooo! You greedy fucks at Amazon! Boooo!
Posted by: naturalfake at November 28, 2021 03:40 PM (5NkmN)

You are searching for wrongthink and have been redirected, Comrade.

Posted by: Amazon at November 28, 2021 03:47 PM (llON8)

310 Speaking of fruitcakes, my wife is getting ready to execute Alton Brown's version of it. I've done it myself in the past and it's a pretty decent recipe.

Don't forget the brandy spray.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 28, 2021 03:28 PM (ZSK0i)

I read somewhere that the experts start theirs around Labor Day.

Posted by: Golfman at November 28, 2021 03:47 PM (zBUU6)

311 Seven equal-sized pieces was the toughest.
Posted by: Muldoon at November 28, 2021 03:06 PM (m45I2)
My engineer father made us do the math to get seven equal pieces. You'd think we would have written it down, but no, every damned time....
Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at November 28, 2021 03:45 PM (aD8oV)

*scribbles on Post-it*

Create, manufacture and sell on Amazon a -
Cake Compass!!!
All equal slices every time.
Vast fortune awaits.*

*Sits on sofa rubbing hands together like CBD anticipating pecan pie breakfast*

Posted by: naturalfake at November 28, 2021 03:48 PM (5NkmN)

312 *Sits on sofa rubbing hands together like CBD anticipating pecan pie breakfast*
Posted by: naturalfake at November 28, 2021 03:48 PM (5NkmN)

Just remember that pie are not squared, pie are round.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at November 28, 2021 03:49 PM (aD8oV)

313 I read somewhere that the experts start theirs around Labor Day.

Posted by: Golfman at November 28, 2021 03:47 PM (zBUU6)

I dated a woman for a long time (far too long) who made an absolutely spectacular fruit cake. It was amazing in every way.

My only regret when we broke up was that I didn't get the recipe.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 28, 2021 03:49 PM (Q9lwr)

314 >>> My engineer father made us do the math to get seven equal pieces. You'd think we would have written it down, but no, every damned time.

360/7

Posted by: fluffy at November 28, 2021 03:49 PM (UnQlg)

315
I have a First World Problem:

Amazon's new-ish Ad selling program has rendered their Search totally useless.

I know exactly what you're talking about. Having spent a couple decades in IT I thought I'd figure out some way to get a workaround method. But there isn't any.

Why are the Republicans doing this to the country?

/ CheChe

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at November 28, 2021 03:50 PM (dQvv7)

316 Seven equal-sized pieces was the toughest.
Posted by: Muldoon at November 28, 2021 03:06 PM (m45I2)

My engineer father made us do the math to get seven equal pieces. You'd think we would have written it down, but no, every damned time....
Posted by: tcn in AK

As someone above said, 14 pieces. All 7 get two pieces.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 28, 2021 03:50 PM (uXonU)

317 There's a theory that only five fruitcakes exist worldwide. Everyone just keeps handing them off the the next unlucky bastard.

*shudders*.
Some of them are 30 years old.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 28, 2021 03:52 PM (U2p+3)

318 It's the little green and red squares in fruit cake that kill it

Posted by: Skip at November 28, 2021 03:52 PM (2JoB8)

319 305 229 Seven equal-sized pieces was the toughest.
Posted by: Muldoon at November 28, 2021 03:06 PM (m45I2)

My engineer father made us do the math to get seven equal pieces. You'd think we would have written it down, but no, every damned time....

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at November 28, 2021 03:45 PM (aD8oV)

The math is easy. 51.43 degrees. Marking the cut-lines on the pie is the real problem, as CBD noted at the beginning. Be sure to buy a protractor while the stores are open the day before Thanksgiving!

Posted by: Gref at November 28, 2021 03:53 PM (AMIL/)

320 As someone above said, 14 pieces. All 7 get two pieces.

*****

But you're still left with the dilemma of cutting half a pie into seven equal pieces.

Javems, Army.

Posted by: Muldoon at November 28, 2021 03:53 PM (m45I2)

321 >>> I have read that the newest variant is even less dangerous, which bodes well for all of us in the long run.

Best not be complacent. Start chopping those antiques into firewood.

Posted by: fluffy at November 28, 2021 03:53 PM (UnQlg)

322 There's a monastery somewhere in the Ozarks that make fruitcakes that I'd fight you over.

Posted by: MkY at November 28, 2021 03:54 PM (Foq6I)

323 It's the little green and red squares in fruit cake that kill it
Posted by: Skip

Those should be the brandied cherries.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 28, 2021 03:54 PM (uXonU)

324 Usually I just take the whole pie and eat what I want then put it back. For some reason nobody else touches it. And I don't obsess about the shape or size of any one piece.

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 28, 2021 03:55 PM (BFigT)

325 Just to be clear, I did not graduate from West Point and I did not serve under arms. 13 years in the Army Medical Corps.

Posted by: Muldoon at November 28, 2021 03:55 PM (m45I2)

326 My mom loved fruitcake. She discovered Collins street bakery and would order from them for gifts and get one for the family. I liked theirs well enough to eat it. What I miss is mom's lemon meringue pie. I make a decent rhubarb pudding that I like for tart dessert, never mess with making a meringue pie but mom's were quite good.

Posted by: PaleRider. Yay long weekend at November 28, 2021 03:55 PM (3cGpq)

327 Usually I just take the whole pie and eat what I want then put it back. For some reason nobody else touches it. And I don't obsess about the shape or size of any one piece.

YMMV
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 28, 2021 03:55 PM (BFigT)

Claw marks may discourage some folks...

Posted by: MkY at November 28, 2021 03:56 PM (Foq6I)

328
I have read that the newest variant is even less dangerous...which bodes well for all of us in the long run.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 28, 2021 03:47 PM

The natural evolution of the virus is to become less deadly as time goes on. But then this crazy story comes out of Batswana (sic) where an AIDS/HIV patient is 'Ground Zero' and my mind is spinning with possibilities of drug interactions and long covid percolating in this cocktail of strangeness and OMG we're all gonna die!

All bullshit. The market took a small tank, airlines got whacked. Insert Mark Twain comment about lies, truth, and shoes.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at November 28, 2021 03:56 PM (dQvv7)

329 The math is easy. 51.43 degrees. Marking the cut-lines on the pie is the real problem, as CBD noted at the beginning. Be sure to buy a protractor while the stores are open the day before Thanksgiving!
Posted by: Gref at November 28, 2021 03:53 PM (AMIL/)

You have to determine it based upon the bumps Mom made on the edge of the crust, so, count the bumps, divide by....

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at November 28, 2021 03:57 PM (aD8oV)

330 Our ancestors struggled through primitive living conditions and many sacrificed themselves in battle so that you could call what they have bequeathed us "First World Problems"? No. You know what is a First World Problem? The people who keep the Third World mired in Third World Problems.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 28, 2021 03:57 PM (KAi1n)

331 Not pie but a first world problem that will get bigger

https://pjmedia.com/san francisco knife wielding afghan-refugee charges police is shot dead
https://tinyurl.com/v63tn35c
Possibly the 1st Jihadi of the new immigrants

Posted by: Skip at November 28, 2021 03:57 PM (2JoB8)

332 I've been playing with the idea of making a real Christmas Pudding for this year's Christmas.

I used to do it quite a bit...but got lazy. *Ahem*

Kinda late for it though. The best versions were when I made them shortly after Christmas and spent the year dosing them with rum and/or bourbon and/or brandy.

Atypical fruits work really well. Like dried blueberries and dried raspberries. Yum!

Posted by: naturalfake at November 28, 2021 03:58 PM (5NkmN)

333 There's a monastery somewhere in the Ozarks that make fruitcakes that I'd fight you over.

*****

Ah yes. The Monastery Monstrosity™

Posted by: Muldoon at November 28, 2021 03:59 PM (m45I2)

334 https://www.assumptionabbey.org/

Never underestimate the Cistercians.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at November 28, 2021 03:59 PM (aD8oV)

335 At least the police shot him dead Skip. Good thing it wasn't LA, who knows how many bystanders would have been sprayed the the jihadist probably would have been able to stab at least one LEO.

Posted by: PaleRider. Yay long weekend at November 28, 2021 03:59 PM (3cGpq)

336 325 Just to be clear, I did not graduate from West Point and I did not serve under arms. 13 years in the Army Medical Corps.

Posted by: Muldoon at November 28, 2021 03:55 PM (m45I2)

Ah, just wondering how you got into medicine from there. I grew up in the Medical Corps care, long before your service.

Posted by: Javems at November 28, 2021 04:00 PM (d0F9W)

337 the jihadist probably would have been ~~able to stab at least one LEO~~ promoted tomAssistant District Attorney.

Posted by: Muldoon at November 28, 2021 04:01 PM (m45I2)

338 FOOD NOOD

Posted by: Skip at November 28, 2021 04:01 PM (2JoB8)

339 Cut pie in lot 8 slices and drop one slice on the floor. Shows you had a contingency plan in case the pie battle went awry.

Posted by: Just a side note at November 28, 2021 04:01 PM (EeUIW)

340 Buy a Collin Street fruitcake in Sept, take it out of the wrapping, wrap in brandy soaked cheese cloth and put away until Dec.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 28, 2021 04:02 PM (wN0fu)

341
https://pjmedia.com/san francisco knife wielding afghan-refugee charges police is shot dead
https://tinyurl.com/v63tn35c
Possibly

I love a happy ending.

Posted by: Infidel at November 28, 2021 04:14 PM (LZkdC)

342 Hot fudge sundae with chopped salty nuts on top.
Mmmmmmmmmm
Posted by: nurse ratched

Nope ! I'm not gonna go there !

Posted by: JT at November 28, 2021 04:19 PM (arJlL)

343 First World Problem: for some reason, Adobe Flash crashes when I exit. Can't find a reason on the internet. Working great a week ago.

That would be sabotage from Microsoft via an update. They do this for various reasons. One is to get you to upgrade. Another is that they don't like Adobe Flash because they want you to use their equivalent etc.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at November 28, 2021 04:35 PM (A6Zk/)

344 It needs to be dense, but still moist. The one thing I do not like about the NY style ones I have had: the crust seems to suffer and dwindles down to a dusting of crust on the exterior of the cheesecake. Like it was brushed on.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 28, 2021 02:33 PM (csEWM)

You need to find a good Jewish baker east of the Hudson, south of the Westchester county line.

Posted by: , Flying Purple People Eater at November 28, 2021 04:35 PM (qyH+l)

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