Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.

Buffy ,'Sleeper'


Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?  

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.


§ ita § - Jun 05, 2007 11:49:36 am PDT #1212 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I've got a recipe for Berliners. So far, it says to mix together 500g flour and 20g yeast, then mix together 100g sugar, 1 tsp salt, 100g butter, 1/4 liter milk, then 100g "Rorinen" or "Ronnen" or something like that. I've checked a dictionary and a few English recipes, and can't figure out what this is supposed to be. Any guesses?

Roman Catholic President?


Toddson - Jun 05, 2007 11:49:46 am PDT #1213 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

At a guess, I would say heat the sugar, salt, butter, and milk mixture. It might translate as "scald" (when I bake bread using this kind of method, you mix the yeast in with the flour then stir in warm milk).


Hil R. - Jun 05, 2007 11:51:12 am PDT #1214 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

At a guess, I would say heat the sugar, salt, butter, and milk mixture.

But it's got to be an ingredient -- it says "100g" of whatever it is.


Sparky1 - Jun 05, 2007 11:54:24 am PDT #1215 of 10001
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Hil, lemon rind/zest, maybe?


amych - Jun 05, 2007 11:55:03 am PDT #1216 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Berliners are filled, right? Could it be something to do with that? Jam, custard, preserves, .... um, yum....?


sarameg - Jun 05, 2007 11:58:21 am PDT #1217 of 10001

I think my emails are being eaten by the junkmail filter. Either that, or people are just trying to find out how long they can ignore me before I appear at their door. This isn't rocket science, here! Answer the damned questions!


Vortex - Jun 05, 2007 11:58:58 am PDT #1218 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

It looks like she's about to audition for A Chorus Line


Ginger - Jun 05, 2007 11:58:59 am PDT #1219 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Berliners usually have lemon rind and sometimes are flavored with rum or vanilla, then filled with jam.


§ ita § - Jun 05, 2007 12:03:45 pm PDT #1220 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I scored a win! Telling the neurologist's receptionist that I don't know what else to do has gotten my appointment moved up by three weeks.

At this point I'm just about ready to be hospitalised.


Hil R. - Jun 05, 2007 12:06:12 pm PDT #1221 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

It's way too much to be lemon rind, vanilla, or rum -- it's the same amount as the amount of sugar and butter. I thought it could be the jam, but it's all enclosed within a bracket, which has so far always meant to mix the things together in one bowl. There's another column that looks like it's the jam, though I'm not sure -- I can't figure out any of the words there.