Here is your cup of coffee.  Brewed from the finest Colombian lighter fluid.

Xander ,'Chosen'


Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet  

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.


Tom Scola - Nov 19, 2012 9:27:58 am PST #1456 of 30001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

Most (but not all) computer voting systems record votes to paper, so that they can be audited.


Jesse - Nov 19, 2012 9:33:48 am PST #1457 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh, OK then. I R ignorant.


Connie Neil - Nov 19, 2012 9:39:14 am PST #1458 of 30001
brillig

There was a roll like a cash register receipt on my computerized system. I double checked that to make sure the print out matched what I put on the computer screen.


sarameg - Nov 19, 2012 10:10:22 am PST #1459 of 30001

I think getting over a 17-18 hr time difference might prove a little interesting; despite two cups of coffee and a good nights sleep, I totally passed out on the flight to Houston. At 1 pm. Yikes.


msbelle - Nov 19, 2012 10:13:06 am PST #1460 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

hee, sleepy girl.

I kinda want to eat a whole bowl of croutons, shredded cheese and Italian dressing. I am what is wrong with salads.


Lee - Nov 19, 2012 10:23:23 am PST #1461 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

msbelle, insent to your profile address


msbelle - Nov 19, 2012 10:27:42 am PST #1462 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

backflung.


Trudy Booth - Nov 19, 2012 10:34:30 am PST #1463 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

I don't know how to tweak 1/2 a cup of grated carrot, 1 cup of pineapple, and 1/2 a cop of raisins. What I'm tweaking is the cinnamon/ginger/nutmeg spices, but the bulk of the muffins' flavour is coming from ingredients whose volume and composition are a significant factor of the texture. I have no idea how I'd have gotten from your recipe to mine without reworking the whole thing so much I wouldn't know if I'd got fluffiness left. Or am I looking at it wrong? I've grabbed little bits of other recipes and put them in mine, and so far, I think it's okay.

Well, first I'd make a batch of someone's recipe to see if I even liked that texture.

If I did I'd make those muffins in a double batch, eliminate the 2 cups of bluberries, and put in 1/2 a cup of grated carrot, 1 cup of pineapple, and 1/2 a cup of raisins. The spices can probably just go in.

If the oatmeal or OJ was affecting the flavor negatively (I don't really taste them in the blueberry, they seem to be pretty much textural) I'd try and reduce them a bit. If the flavors I wanted weren't coming through, I'd up them a bit.

As a non-chemist baker I find it easier to swap out flavors than the more chemicaly-active components in baking. Fruit is easy, crumb is hard.


§ ita § - Nov 19, 2012 11:08:58 am PST #1464 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I'd rather have a bad batch of raisin/pineapple/carrot than a good batch of blueberry muffins, so the fact that it worked isn't the only reason I chose my set of constants and variables. 2 main considerations for changing the crumb--keep the dry/liquid ratio as consistent as possible while blending less, and back off the baking powder leavening a smidge while compensating with acid/baking soda (though I cheated by also starting with a hotter oven to punch up the baking powder action and cooling it to 375).

As far as fashion goes, is this an acceptable amount of "you can see clear through", or is it edgy? I mean, I know there's a certain amount of "let's not talk about the fact I can see your white bra under your sheer white shirt" if you're matching politely. But this just makes me feel I can see through her clothes and it's distracting.


Jesse - Nov 19, 2012 11:11:35 am PST #1465 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

There is a disgusting current trend of wearing lace outfits with just substantial underwear under it. Don't get me started.