They're floppy, which drives me nuts, but
the finished goods pop right out, and they
are easy to clean.

I like the easy to clean part, don't like the floppy part.

Imagine trying to transport a silicone tray
full of batter from work table to oven. I
don't know how people manage.

I suppose one could have it on a cookie sheet for stability..

So two containers where one used to suffice:
ecological and practical unsoundness rolled
up into one.

Finished goods popping out--enough other "grease" will do the

same thing.

But affluent America is still largely in
the trying to avoid grease stage.

How silly of them.... ;)

As above, how silly and how 21st century.

True, not hard to beat the commercial ones.

Most mass-produced cookies aren't that enjoyable.
My guilty exception is the waffley sandwich
cookies, sugar wafers I think they're called.

Likewise.... haven't given in lately, but every so often, the urge just
takes me... ;) Particularly the chocolate or the vanilla sugar
wafers...

Oh, yes, I agree, not the pink ones.

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They probably started off as one, and one
hopes they will coalesce at some point, with
more humane practices of the one intertwined
with the intellectual rigor of the other.

And not the other way around...

The story goes about some famous socialite of the
day accosting George Bernard Shaw, saying that they
should make a baby together, because such a one,
with his brains and her beauty, would be the pinnacle
of human accomplishments, but Shaw demurred: "What if
the child turned out to have my looks and your brains?"

I saw him yesterday, and he hasn't made a
plan of any kind. He's moping around as in
a depression.

That doesn't sound good... Are there any fallback plans...?

Other than letting him crash and burn and
the state pick up the pieces? No. I tried
to reassure him by saying I'd not completely
abandon him, but I'm not eager to do so, and
if he does as he has threatened to do and
gives his assets to the poor and the Catholic
church, I don't see that I can do anything for
him financially.

The fall board meeting wouldn't have been in late August anyway... it's lately been generally in October... but the most likely weekend in
October also happens to be Richard's 50th highschool reunion, which we
are planning to go to... I'd hope that the following weekend would work for the board meeting, actually....

As well, I've been asked to play at my college
reunion, which is October 11-14.

Hope that is enjoyable... :)

I'm supposed to be playing in the school talent
show along with the first flute of the Riverside
Orchestra and the director of the New York
Children's Orchestra. That part will be fun.
Other than that, shelling out several hundred
dollars for a few mediocre meals and a late 20th
century-style mixer, I'm not so sure.

a kind of sweet-and-savory meatball dish that no
doubt used the wings and trimmings.

You're sure that it was chicken scraps for the meatballs and not
something else...? ;) Butter chicken made with thigh meat sounds
pretty good... :)

It was a halal restaurant in a Boston suburb
of good reputation, so I don't much fear the
inclusion of *at or *og meat.

The Vietnamese really slice their bo thin. I think
they freeze it and then use a machine, at least over
here. No clue what they do in Vietnam.

Not sure how these people did it... :)

Had the boss standing in front of them,
no doubt.

I kind of like spice cakes but have forgotten
them in favor of chocolate.

Spice cake with penuche icing continues to be probably the favorite
choice for birthday cake in my extended family... ;)

An interesting choice, but I say so whose
first choice would be no cake and no party.

Caramel & whisky sauce
Yield: 1 L (3 x 330 mL jars)
150 mL whisky

Now that looks interesting... :)

And boozy enough to give you a buzz if
you took a decent serving of it.

And that could also be interesting... (G)

As you wish. Keeps the kids quiet, too.

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Title: Chocolate Frosting
Categories: Chocolate, Cakes
Yield: 6 servings

1 1/2 c Sugar
1/2 c Milk
1 tb Butter <could be tsp, but I
-think it's T.)
1 ts Vanilla
2 Sq. chocolate

RE: Chocolate Frosting DATE: 04-08-91 AREA: COOKING

CONTAINS RECIPE

Grandma Ruby's Famous Chocolate Birthday Frosting

Beat when cool.

I suppose you melt all this in a double boiler...

If any frosting experts recognize that this is missing a crucial step,
please inform me. I haven't made this yet, but will as soon as an
occasion comes up...

From the files of Grandma Ruby Williams. Handwritten.

Valerie Whittle

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