The NYT article made me crave Peperkoek. Which is at least two weeks ahead of schedule for my annual Peperkoek craving.
Well, look who just popped open a fresh can of venom.
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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.
TomW - Oct 28, 2005 6:22:57 am PDT #9511 of 10002
"The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be."
bon bon - Oct 28, 2005 6:23:16 am PDT #9512 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
This line from the AP made me laugh:
NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City has many odors, but when the city began to smell a little too good, New Yorkers became alarmed.
sarameg - Oct 28, 2005 6:23:24 am PDT #9513 of 10002
Cute requires fuzzy.
msbelle - Oct 28, 2005 6:26:36 am PDT #9514 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
does not.
sarameg - Oct 28, 2005 6:28:17 am PDT #9515 of 10002
Peperkoek
Is that a bread or a cookie? Because my grandma always used to make peparkokr (that's how she spelled it, who knows?- ah. Looks like it is pepparkakor) which was a really thin spice cookie. I've made them and they are a royal pain in the ass (so much rolling!) so I get by on Anna's Ginger Thins.
TomW - Oct 28, 2005 6:36:02 am PDT #9516 of 10002
"The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be."
What I think of as Peperkoek is a cake/bread rather than a cookie. Dark ginger in color, comes in a rectangular log. Sometimes pre-sliced. Spicy and delicious with unsalted butter. In Belgium, there were also "Honeykoek" (I don't know if it's a variation) that came with pearl sugar pressed into the top.
The thin spice cookies are also delicious. I call them "Speculoos", which may be specific to Belgium. I have made them at home, courtesy of the book "Everybody eats well in Belgium".
sarameg - Oct 28, 2005 6:41:38 am PDT #9517 of 10002
Sound like they come from the same root. Pepparkakor is a swedish thing, but googling tells me it translates to pepper cake. Sounds like they kept the name as they changed the result.
Nutty - Oct 28, 2005 6:42:28 am PDT #9518 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
flea has a recipe for speculaas that she makes at Christmas. I know because I make a lame speculum joke every time I see the recipe lying around.
bon bon - Oct 28, 2005 6:45:32 am PDT #9519 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Maybe peppar maps onto "spice."
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 28, 2005 6:53:32 am PDT #9520 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I think there's good sense in NYCistas being worried. I'm sure Boston's Great Molasses Flood of 1919 smelled pretty good at first, too.
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