Unrelatedly: the leftover pork chop I had for lunch might have been more delicious than when I first cooked them. I love when that happens.
We're taking a moment ... and we're done.
Oz ,'Chosen'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
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.
-t - Jun 09, 2014 10:46:29 am PDT #29503 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Calli - Jun 09, 2014 10:47:46 am PDT #29504 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I want to eat all the chocolate right now. I know it's stress. The last time I had chocolate it didn't even taste that great. And yet. Homemade chocolate chip cookies are calling my name.
Burrell - Jun 09, 2014 10:53:09 am PDT #29505 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Dang now I want cake. I even have some in the fridge, but I'll need to wait to cut into it. Turns out I made a wee spare cake.
Hil R. - Jun 09, 2014 11:06:30 am PDT #29506 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
The vegan wheat-free cakes I've tried have usually been a bit denser and drier than I like, but I've had a few good ones. I once saw someone trying to find a vegan, wheat-free, oil-free, sugar-free cake. I wasn't quite sure what could go into it that would still make it a cake.
tommyrot - Jun 09, 2014 11:14:04 am PDT #29507 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Rice cakes!
Jesse - Jun 09, 2014 11:21:45 am PDT #29508 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh yeah, I just realized that I grew up making a cake that actually is vegan (assuming sugar is vegan), but not billed as such! But it's the oil and sugar that make it good. And the cocoa.
Steph L. - Jun 09, 2014 11:22:33 am PDT #29509 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I once saw someone trying to find a vegan, wheat-free, oil-free, sugar-free cake. I wasn't quite sure what could go into it that would still make it a cake.
Did "sugar-free" encompass honey and/or dates, or was it just refined sugar? Because I've seen some recipes for cakes made with dates but no refined sugar. (I have no idea if they would be any good, because I've never tried them, because as much as I *should* give up sugar, I still bake with it.)
-t - Jun 09, 2014 11:31:15 am PDT #29510 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
If Splenda is allowed, I think I could do that.
Steph L. - Jun 09, 2014 11:39:14 am PDT #29511 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
A friend has made my apple crisp recipe with Splenda, and says it's pretty good. It's only about 1/3 of a cup of sugar, so subbing Splenda for sugar in that recipe probably isn't a big deal.
Related to sugar 100%: at Tim's nephew's graduation party yesterday, they had a COTTON CANDY MACHINE! And we all stood around it, fascinated, and watched it make cotton candy like we were watching TV. I only had one cone of cotton candy.
Jesse - Jun 09, 2014 11:51:34 am PDT #29512 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Cotton candy is magic.