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...
Had to get a whole new wardrobe, don't get me started...
The money was too good. I got stupid.
Jayne ,'Ariel'
Natter .38 Special
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Wolfram - Aug 31, 2005 12:32:10 pm PDT #3246 of 10002
Visilurking
Scrappy - Aug 31, 2005 12:33:21 pm PDT #3247 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
DW, I like your posts and like having you around. You have slid into the conversation much more seamlessly than most folks do, honest!
Consuela - Aug 31, 2005 12:33:42 pm PDT #3248 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Real breads use yeast, and they can be sweet, but generally aren't. They may or may not use eggs. I have a recipe for banana-chocolate-chip bread, which is a yeast bread. It doesn't taste like the banana bread you usually get. Yeast breads require kneading.
Quickbreads use other leavenings than yeast, take less time to prepare, and are closer to cakes. They are almost always sweet (although my beer bread and soda breads are not). They usually use eggs. No kneading required.
Cakes are sweet and use no yeast. They usually use baking powder or baking soda as leavenings, and eggs.
ChiKat - Aug 31, 2005 12:36:15 pm PDT #3249 of 10002
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Chikat, is challah a cake then, in your mind? Because, my thought was no, and that takes 4 eggs. But brioche, yes, and that is several eggs. Both of them totally drown in butter, too.
Well, poop. You just robbed me of my efficient definition because I do think of challah and brioche as bread. Hmmm...maybe I can adjust.
Eggs, non-kneaded=cake
Eggs, kneaded=bread
No eggs=bread
§ ita § - Aug 31, 2005 12:36:47 pm PDT #3250 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Brioches are bread for you, 'suela? And yeasty coffee cakes are bread?
Hmm. Ties into my crumb thing -- if you pour, it's not bread. If you can roll/knead/arrange, it's more likely bread.
Nilly - Aug 31, 2005 12:36:54 pm PDT #3251 of 10002
Swouncing
ita, if your bread converted to Judaism, it would emerge as a cake on the other side of the circumcision (if it's a male bread) and the mikveh.
(That's the strangest way I've ever spelled "oh, now I want to try that recipe. And now I'm imagining a bread with a little kipa on its top).
P.M. Marc - Aug 31, 2005 12:39:44 pm PDT #3252 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
No eggs=bread
Vegan cakes stand up and say, "HEY!" to that one.
brenda m - Aug 31, 2005 12:40:37 pm PDT #3253 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Cake is sweet; bread is not. Banana bread and that ilk are cakes masquerading as bread. Just like muffins, they're a clever excuse to have cake for breakfast. But they're not fooling anyone, ok?
Lee - Aug 31, 2005 12:42:18 pm PDT #3254 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Speaking of cake bread, Starbucks has a new apple/ginger bread. I tried it this morning, and it's gross, and people should learn from my mistake and skip it.
§ ita § - Aug 31, 2005 12:42:43 pm PDT #3255 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Just like muffins, they're a clever excuse to have cake for breakfast.
God yes! Muffins have long ceased to not be cupcakes -- I blame coffee shops and their need to serve cakelets and not have people admit to what they were doing.