Zoe: First rule of battle, little one. Don't ever let 'em know where you are. Mal: Whoo-hoo! I'm right here! I'm right here! You want some of me? Yeah, you do! Come on! Come on! Aaah! Whoo-hoo! Zoe: Of course, there are other schools of thought...

'The Message'


Natter 62: The 62nd Natter  

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.


Hil R. - Dec 14, 2008 4:42:26 pm PST #6136 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

If the recipe isn't American, though, it'll be different. European butter comes in different sizes.


dcp - Dec 14, 2008 4:48:59 pm PST #6137 of 10002
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

ita, I'd say the typo is more likely to be in the recipe than on the butter. Standard US packaging is 4 oz. per stick.

The brownie recipe I like uses 4 oz. melted butter per batch, one batch per 8"x8"x2" pan, and they are very rich.

eta: Hah! Wow, look at the x-posts!


§ ita § - Dec 14, 2008 5:08:31 pm PST #6138 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I hate to assume that Cook's Illustrated ever makes a mistake, so maybe more fool me. We shall see in about an hour.


sarameg - Dec 14, 2008 5:11:03 pm PST #6139 of 10002

Well, even if they were wrong, it just mean super gooey brownies, right? Or double volume. Either way, it is still brownies. Spoon or extra.


Liese S. - Dec 14, 2008 5:18:25 pm PST #6140 of 10002
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Now I'm craving brownies. I have cocoa. I have butter. Who better than me?


§ ita § - Dec 14, 2008 5:20:11 pm PST #6141 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

There's cream cheese in mine.


msbelle - Dec 14, 2008 5:22:18 pm PST #6142 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

baking word problem:

each section of dough yields two trays of cookies. each tray holds 12-14 cookies. It takes me 5 minutes to roll out and cut the dough and 7 minutes for each tray to bake. If I have 1.5 sections of dough left, how long before I'm done?


Kat - Dec 14, 2008 5:22:22 pm PST #6143 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Mmm.... Want brownies!!

I have enough peripheral heartbreak, thankyewverymuch.

Liese is me.

Also, Target at 7 on a Sunday night before Xmas is not as bad as I thought it might be.

I'm having issues thinking of something good for my secret santa buffista.


dcp - Dec 14, 2008 5:24:33 pm PST #6144 of 10002
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

24 minutes. Half a section of dough takes just as long as a full one.

eta: Errrr, maybe not. You didn't say whether you could bake more than one tray at a time, but assuming not, I suppose that you could be prepping the 2nd tray while the first is baking.


Amy - Dec 14, 2008 5:25:04 pm PST #6145 of 10002
Because books.

each section of dough yields two trays of cookies. each tray holds 12-14 cookies. It takes me 5 minutes to roll out and cut the dough and 7 minutes for each tray to bake. If I have 1.5 sections of dough left, how long before I'm done?

Wow, I can't even do baking math.

::wanders off to find cake::