being eaten... Some instances of tough might be seen as chewy depending on the food in question, for instance... :)

Exactly - it depends on the eater's preloaded
ideas about the food in question. What's tender as
a steak would be unbearably chewy as a custard.

[chuckle] Yes, indeed... :)

One could imagine a molecular chef doing
something rude like making a wobbly gel
that tasted like a steak. It's the sort of
clever irritating thing one might do.

Yeah, maybe. Actually, a lot of evangelicals
and a bunch of Mormons around there. Not a Jew
in sight, and the Cathies are all Hispanics.

So the most of them wouldn't be too pleased with your misread....

I doubt they'd care, except some of the Mormons,
whom I don't come into much contact with, as my
forays into town are basically to the wineries
and two of the beer bars.

Yes, that should cut down immensely on contact, as they are generally teetotallers.... :) Or at least supposed to be....

I've known both kinds.

Speaking of some effort, it'll take me some
effort to figure this out at all.

Which, the actual seeing, or the being able to do anything about the issues thereof....?

Both, to some degree.

Hopefully you will get it figured out well... :)
... Q: What did the Gingerbread Man put on his bed? A: A cookie sheet.

Insulated, I hope.

Hopefully, especially in winter.... ;)

Bonnie made molasses chews (essentially identical
to the Elevator lady's spice cookies I posted last
week), and when she had me sample one, asking how
she could make them better, I said cut the soda in
half, but they were okay to serve at the post-concert
reception on Sunday, but, not taking criticism well,
she was incensed at my thinking it was okay to serve
to guests, tearfully threw them out, wasting a pound
of butter and nearly that in molasses. A couple days
later she made the cookies with 1 scant ts of soda
instead of 2 ts, and they were really good. Now she's
making peanut butter cookies which call for only 1/2 ts
of soda for a similar amount of flour; why Betty
Crocker makes that stupid distinction I can't guess,
unless the 2 ts is an age-old misprint for 1/2 ts,
perpetuated through hundreds of editions, borrowings,
and plagariasms over the years.

I didn't get a straight answer, and half of the
terminology they used I had no idea what it meant.

They're speaking a sublanguage which might as well be foreign... and
they probably thought they /had/ given you a straight answer..... ;)

Well, maybe, but a couple of the participants
in the conversation other than those with a
current academic interest in the subject admitted
to being flummoxed by the discussion as well.

A higher form of jargon.... understandable only to those in the know,
but they are so used to it it seems simple to them....

The other day we were sitting around at Helen's
house making jokes about a Haydn piece that is in
D major and B minor at the same time, and I could
see a casual overhearer wondering about our bizarre
jargonistication.

... "Abandon the search for Truth; settle for a good fantasy."

What's to say that we don't already?

You do have a point there.... :)

Hey, what's with this recent explosion of
"unicorn" products?

... For people who like peace and quiet: a phoneless cord.

Now there's an idea.

---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.01

Title: Cheesehorns
Categories: Breads
Yield: 12 servings

396 7/8 g Whole Wheat Flour 1 pk Yeast
170 1/8 g White Flour 1 ts Salt
300 ml Milk and Watermix Mixed Herbs
1 ts Honey 12 sl Cheese (Your choice)

1.Mahe a yeastdough and let it rise. 2.Roll out dough thinly and cut into
12 squares. 3.Put a slice of cheese on each square and sprinkle some
mixed
herbs over all. 4.Roll up the squares from one side into little horns,
bend
a little. 5.Put them on a cookiesheet and let them rise once more.
6.Brush
with a little milk and bake at 325 C ca. 25 minutes. Translated by
Brigitte
Sealing Cyberealm BBS 315-786-1120

-----
--- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5
* Origin: Fido Since 1991 | QWK by Web | BBS.FIDOSYSOP.ORG (1:123/140)

Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 03-09-19 07:59 <=-

being eaten... Some instances of tough might be seen as chewy
depending on the food in question, for instance... :)

Exactly - it depends on the eater's preloaded
ideas about the food in question. What's tender as
a steak would be unbearably chewy as a custard.

[chuckle] Yes, indeed... :)

One could imagine a molecular chef doing
something rude like making a wobbly gel
that tasted like a steak. It's the sort of
clever irritating thing one might do.

Not sure that I want to imagine that.... :) Not even as a substitute
should one be toothless and want something resembling a steak....

... Q: What did the Gingerbread Man put on his bed? A: A cookie sheet.

Insulated, I hope.

Hopefully, especially in winter.... ;)

Bonnie made molasses chews (essentially identical
to the Elevator lady's spice cookies I posted last
week), and when she had me sample one, asking how
she could make them better, I said cut the soda in
half, but they were okay to serve at the post-concert
reception on Sunday, but, not taking criticism well,
she was incensed at my thinking it was okay to serve
to guests, tearfully threw them out, wasting a pound
of butter and nearly that in molasses.

That's a bit over-reactive... After all, you didn't say they were bad,
just that next time they could be better.... ;)

A couple days later she made the cookies with 1 scant
ts of soda instead of 2 ts, and they were really good.
Now she's making peanut butter cookies which call for
only 1/2 ts of soda for a similar amount of flour; why
Betty Crocker makes that stupid distinction I can't
guess, unless the 2 ts is an age-old misprint for 1/2 ts,
perpetuated through hundreds of editions, borrowings,
and plagariasms over the years.

That does sound like a possibility.... :)

I didn't get a straight answer, and half of the
terminology they used I had no idea what it meant.

They're speaking a sublanguage which might as well be foreign... and
they probably thought they /had/ given you a straight answer..... ;)

Well, maybe, but a couple of the participants
in the conversation other than those with a
current academic interest in the subject admitted
to being flummoxed by the discussion as well.

A higher form of jargon.... understandable only to those in the know,
but they are so used to it it seems simple to them....

The other day we were sitting around at Helen's
house making jokes about a Haydn piece that is in
D major and B minor at the same time, and I could
see a casual overhearer wondering about our bizarre
jargonistication.

Indeed. :)

... For people who like peace and quiet: a phoneless cord.

Now there's an idea.

It has a certain appeal to it.... particularly on the days when the
phone rings off the hook with stupid calls.... ;)

ttyl neb

... Did you expect mere proof to sway my opinion?

___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20
--- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5
* Origin: Fido Since 1991 | QWK by Web | BBS.FIDOSYSOP.ORG (1:123/140)