Another use for egg whites is a chiffon cake (popular in the 1950s) which is made with egg whites and vegetable oil. They're pretty good.

You guys make it way too complicated.

Buffistas, though, isn't a bar, it's more like a coffeehouse.

David S. likes to call it a cocktail party. And yes, we're a lot less jostle-y than several male-dominated boards I've been on.

And like a barfly in a Starbucks, I feel like I'm just jostling around and making an ass of myself.

This is called "falling into the guacamole" and is a time-honored tradition! Okay, it is just something we all do. I haven't noticed an conspicuous avocado today, but, I haven't been 100% paying attention.

Although I am a fan of lurky information-gathering (I am kind of a sneak myself), I do hope you'll rejoin the conversation when you feel qualified to do so, dw. New perspectives are always good. Also, whom else can I ask stupid questions about the geography and culture of Oklahoma? We have several Utah peeps, folk from KC, Minnesota representing, and numerous foreign correspondents, but nobody else from Oklahoma that I know of.

Is gingerbread bread or cake?

Gingerbread is (are?) bats. Which I might bake a batch of when the weather stays cool for a few days.

So... I'm just going to curtail my posting significantly and lurk a lot more. This isn't a culture I understand well enough yet to be a productive member of b.org. The less I talk, the less damage I can do.

Maybe I over-skimmed, but you really seemed to fit right in and I don't think you so much as annoyed anyone much less pissed anyone off. Like Gud, I also thought you were an old-timer. Anyway, we totally need more barflies in our coffeehouse. Seriously.

dw, it takes a while to adjust to board culture, but I haven't noticed any higher level of kerfuffling today than usual, so don't take it too much to heart, whatever happens.

For me, cakes contain eggs. Breads do not.

dw, I don't see it that way. Sorry you feel uncomfortable.

Even oatmeal cookies? I'm all about the chewiness.

I already put in over and above the usual amount of oatmeal, so I get the chewiness that way. It's purely a me distinction, I think.

Is gingerbread bread or cake?

This is a question for the ages, I think.

I never saw gingerbread in bread/cake format until I was an adult. I always had gingerbread cookies, so I thought that was what gignerbread meant -- flat, hard cookies. Seeing inch-tall cake was a bit alarming.

Oh, and Nutty's totally right about the guacamole. I'm never getting the green stains out of that one sweater from back in 2001...