I suppose this is another of those regional food questions: have you heard of blondies? As in, the dessert item? I baked some and brought them into my office today, and no one had any idea what I was talking about when I offered them. I had to explain to everybody what they were.
Damn it! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt monkey!
Xander ,'Lessons'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
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. - Jun 22, 2009 6:10:06 pm PDT #25295 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
amych - Jun 22, 2009 6:11:50 pm PDT #25296 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
have you heard of blondies?
Yes. And knew them intimately while growing up in DC. I think this is another case of the hopeless dorkitude of your office, not a regional problem at all.
Hil R. - Jun 22, 2009 6:13:57 pm PDT #25297 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Well, I offered them to five different people, who grew up in a bunch of different places (all in the US), and only one of them knew what they were.
brenda m - Jun 22, 2009 6:14:35 pm PDT #25298 of 30000
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
Know of them and now I want of them. Or something.
Barb - Jun 22, 2009 6:45:44 pm PDT #25299 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Seriously? No one knew what Blondies were? Huh.
Hil R. - Jun 22, 2009 7:01:38 pm PDT #25300 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
People who did not know what they were: one grew up in Maryland, one in Virginia, one in Alabama and Seattle, one all over the place but mostly North Carolina and New Orleans.
sumi - Jun 22, 2009 7:02:40 pm PDT #25301 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
I know what they are and wish I could have one right now.
Of course, I discovered them in a cookbook - not from family tradition.
Hil R. - Jun 22, 2009 7:17:09 pm PDT #25302 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I don't think I remember ever having them at home, but they were definitely a staple of bake sales and Girl Scout meetings.
Burrell - Jun 22, 2009 7:23:13 pm PDT #25303 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I love blondies. As a kid I never understood what the appeal was since in my head blondies were just brownies missing the chocolate. Then a friend made me a batch of the simplest, most delicious blondies ever. And I understood. And asked her for the recipe, of course!
erikaj - Jun 22, 2009 7:26:05 pm PDT #25304 of 30000
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
I've never had one. Are they yellow cake or white or what?