On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!

Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'


Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Sue - Sep 16, 2014 11:21:57 am PDT #6299 of 30000
hip deep in pie

I keep thing that my phone is vibrating in my purse when it is not in my purse.

Hello from Ireland on my last night. Of course, I have started getting a cold today. Almost made it a whole vacation without gettingg sick. At least it was the last day. I am sad to leave, but I'm looking forward to going home.


meara - Sep 16, 2014 11:32:59 am PDT #6300 of 30000

Whereas I have just arrived home! Or well, in Seattle. I am not quite home yet but am enjoying what I think is the fanciest bit of this business class ticket--a towncar ride home!


Connie Neil - Sep 16, 2014 11:36:08 am PDT #6301 of 30000
brillig

My bleeping god, how is it only 2:30?


Typo Boy - Sep 16, 2014 11:59:37 am PDT #6302 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

OK here is some evidence [link]

But she said, there is such a thing as too much butterfat, which she found out the hard way.

“Long before I got into making ice cream, I experimented a little bit at home. I tried to make my own chocolate ice cream,” she said. “It was basically like a frozen butter log. It was awful.”

As she learned, when there’s too much butterfat, it kind of coats the mouth and has a waxy feel, which as one can imagine, is not a pleasant ice cream experience.

I suspect it is a difference between butterfat and clearer fats -- too much is a flavor blocker rather than a flavor carrier. I heard about it as a kid when an ice cream chain called "Will Wrights" which had to change its recipe when too high a proportion of butterfat made them an unpopular brand.


Typo Boy - Sep 16, 2014 11:59:40 am PDT #6303 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

-t - Sep 16, 2014 12:02:50 pm PDT #6304 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

When I say "I would need a demonstration" I mean, "Someone should give me some ice cream".


Connie Neil - Sep 16, 2014 12:05:37 pm PDT #6305 of 30000
brillig

I'm also thinking the correct wine would work as well.


-t - Sep 16, 2014 12:07:46 pm PDT #6306 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I think ice cream and wine might be two great things I don't want to taste together.


Amy - Sep 16, 2014 12:09:05 pm PDT #6307 of 30000
Because books.

Champagne ice cream could be intriguing. Or maybe sherbet?


brenda m - Sep 16, 2014 12:15:46 pm PDT #6308 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

They have merlot chocolate chip at a place around here. Very tasty. Champagne sherbet must be a thing somewhere.