TO MOLLIFY LINGJACKSON OVERDRIVEBERT WHO IS THE SQUEAKY DESERT FIEND, POST ON THIS THREAD AND ONE OF YOUR FRIENDLY ITR MODS WILL TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE WICKED AWESOME, AND POSSIBLY OFFER AN EFFUSIVE ST

COOOOOOOOOOOOOKIEEEEEES

Tom also apparently looking for something to do in his old age.

tehresa, you are hilarious. How did your mom accidentally mail you trash?!

i offer a comprehensive employment package with benefits and plenty of room for personal and professional development.

i don't know what ANY of that means, but i bet i do.

hahaha one day maybe I can be that dude

-- El Tomboto, Thursday, April 24, 2008 7:07 PM (2 minutes ago)

the one wearing pearls and heels while vacuuming?

cuz actually you can probably live out that dream if you really want to

I think I own about six cookbooks devoted to cookies alone. I am a bit compulsive about desserts. (IMPORTANT NOTE: I usually do "soft/chewy" cookies as opposed to "crisp/crunchy" cookies.)

If Tom vacuums while wearing pearls and heels, I INSIST that we have an ITR/WDYLL thread. That should be the first post.

hey by the way when you never see me again it will be because my login has been "disappeared" by a shadowy hardman cabal

shadowy hardman cabal would be a great next thread title

stop trying to show me up, eleven!

sara, i had asked her to mail me a bunch of stuff since she's always asking me when i'm gonna get all my shit out of her house, and she ended up sending a whole bunch of crap i didn't ask for and none of the stuff i did. among the contents of the box: an old computer keyboard (instead of the piano-like keyboard i'd intended) and an empty contacts box.

tehresa, I fear our mothers may have a lot in common...

SHADOWY HARDMAN CABAL

I'm quite compulsive about desserts myself. I'm definitely impressed with your approach to cookies.

*shuffles papers*
next interview question: What are your feelings regarding CAKE?

... although I like to think that mine would send me some of what I asked for at least. Really, my mother has always been more about throwing away my things without asking me about them. Also, one time I got home to find that she had taken away my one shelf of books and taken the sweaters out of my drawers and put them on the shelf the books had been on. The drawers were empty. When I complained, she said, "well, the books weren't in any order..." UH YES THEY WERE, IT IS CALLED ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY AUTHOR, MOM

Ahem, okay, CAKE. Here is the thing about it: I can make cakes that taste very good, but I'm not much for making them look fancy. Also, I like those Cake Mix Doctor books - you fix a cake mix and doctor it up and somehow it turns out better than a scratch cake. Frosting always done from scratch, however, because you can't fake that.

she also sent me shoes that were like, hers or my little sister's or something because they were 1.5 sizes to small, and a bunch of clothes that she asked me if i wanted and i'd told her no, she could give them to goodwill.

I don't like to think about how many cake-related cookbooks are upstairs.

I should really learn how to cook actual food you guys.

sara, we could team up on cakes. i have made some fancy ones in my day. i will have to find the fancy candied orange cake picture bc i'm afraid uptoeleven's gonna win you over.

tehresa, are we related? Your mother isn't afraid of cats, is she?

cake is really easy for me, but i don't know how to cook it except by weighting all the ingredients: i can't use standard measures at all, and i fuck up a lot when i try.

Well, I could make cookies for both of you and nag you to STOP TALKING AND GO TO SLEEP. I just have to make you both hang out in the same general area.

DUCT TAPE xxpost

remy, that's right - you do the fancy wedding cakes!

We have a food scale, but I only used it during my nutrition class. Hmmmm. Maybe I should try that.

hehe. how come my google reader is now recommending me a MN blog? do they know i am posting on this thread?!

Fantastic cake answers all round. I don't trust fancy-looking cakes anyway. Those are the cakes that deceive. This is turning into a head-hunting....

Your computer knows you are fraternizing with Minnesotans, and apparently wants to encourage this behavior.

I don't know what to make of that.

"head-hunting" sounds faintly alarming

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/reesielicious/100_0105.jpg

do i win?

moooooooom the internet's making me hungry....

p.s. that is sponge cakes from scratch, pastry cream made with vanilla bean and diced candied orange, and then those oranges around the outside were candied with grand marnier.

how did you preserve the shape/texture?

That is very fancy! - and wow, what a description!

But I can't choose between the two of you, so you're going to just have to live with becoming adopted ILX siblings or something.

shellac xpost

spring form pan, buttered and sugared, then lined with the oranges. the cake and pastry cream layers were built into it, then refrigerated for many hours to set. flipped over just prior to serving.

I think what most impresses me about that cake is the oranges that were candied with grand marnier. Yum and so pretty!

re: shellac - NOT EVERYONE DOES THAT TO PRESERVE THEIR FOOD, JOHN. IN FACT, I THINK IT MIGHT ONLY BE YOU

http://blog.menupirate.com/images/drooling_homer.png

Am I the only person here who loves to eat dark chocolate covered orange peel? SO GOOD

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2043/2142697544_854c38bfac.jpg

rose napoleon i made for xmas this year.

omg sara i LOVE those! there was a place in rochester that made them with very minimal gel and more peeliness. it was awesome.

YES YES YES ALL THE PUDDINGS AND SWEET THINGS PLEASE

john is a turd-polisher

and no sara, i love it to eat chox-coated orange peel but diet means i can't.

That is usually what I buy when I go to the candy store. My MIL made a bunch of it one year for us for Xmas, but I think it is a *lot* of work.

Also, now I must visit that store in Rochester. NY is kind of a ways off, but...

Oh yay, pudding! I will make it from scratch sometimes, but not often because my husband doesn't like it that much. (Well, except for the chocolate bread pudding, but that's kind of different).

remy, I am sad for your diet not allowing for chocolate orange peel! ;_;

my diet doesn't allow a lot. but soon i will be in shape and can eat again. (176 --> 145 + 5lbs muscle)

GO REMY!

I suppose I should go pick up my biological children from school...

T/S "turd-polisher" vs. "turd-burglar"

i think turdburgler has a nicer poetic ring to it