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.
I like the way the walls go out. Gives you an open feeling. Firefly is a good design. People don't appreciate the substance of things. Objects in space. People miss out on what's solid.
Early ,'Objects In Space'
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.
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
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.
Laura - Jun 09, 2014 11:55:16 am PDT #29513 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Y'all are making me hungry.
shrift - Jun 09, 2014 12:02:16 pm PDT #29514 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Coworkers remarked on the healthiness of the small Greek salad I was bringing back to my desk. I told them it was better than faceplanting a bag of potato chips. They were all, "Ha ha, I don't know how you find the willpower!"
Ho ho, I don't know? The same place I find the willpower not to fling what I'm carrying at your faces and run screaming from the elevator? Because the other options are things like unemployability and death?
Sheryl - Jun 09, 2014 12:16:23 pm PDT #29515 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Not much going on here, other than me trying not to panic that it's less than two weeks until Contata, where I am Listener Guest of Honor. I know what I need to do, I'm just being a bit of a slacker.