It reminds me of a MASH episode where Hawkeye was put in charge of the food. Finally! Some good stuff! So he tells the cook to make French toast for breakfast. It'll be the greatest! So cook dumps a bag of flour in the tub. Then dumps a bag of powered egg. Then dumps in loaves of bread. Hawkeye is starting in disbelief. It was the worst breakfast the camp ever had.
My friend who was suffering from some GI tract stuff went gluten free, and it resolved the problem, though it robbed her of the menus she relied on for a lifetime of cooking. But she's lived in France for a few years now and eats products with gluten in them, no problem. So when I went to France with Mom, who had stopped eating bread and pasta because they "made her feel bad," she tried the breads, cakes and pastas there with no "bad feeling" in her digestion. The over-processed stuff we generally get in the US is where I place the blame, though perhaps the wheat itself is problematic.
Once my BAKER DAD was all cranked up because the dry yeast that he used wouldn't reactivate. He managed to find other yeast to get going again though. He called the company that made the yeast to let them know about it. The company tried to imply that he wasn't using it properly. KABLOOY went his head. Such a rage was never before seen in him.
I feel your dad is a kindred spirit. Not about baking but about KABLOOY when a customer service person tried to explain something to me like I hadn't a clue about it.
I think "Jingle Bells" is actually a Thanksgiving song, since they're going to grandmother's house. And why would you go to grandmother's house but for a Thanksgiving Feast.
Thanksgiving is the orphaned holiday, squeezed in between Halloween and Christmas.
IRT holiday music, after my husband died in November 2020, I wasn't in the mood for traditional holiday music, so I created an eclectic holiday playlist on Spotify. It clocks in at 4 hours (oops), but I don't have the SNZ song on it! I'll fix that. Long story short, there are a lot of great holiday songs that are quirky.
There’s always a contingent in this country that is constantly telling singers and athletes to STFU about politics and to “stay in your lane,” unless said celebrities happen to agree with their views, in which it's perfectly fine and they should be fellated on Fox and Fools.
But we never hear anyone saying the same about CEOs because the default thinking in this country is that CEOs are special geniuses who need to be celebrated as experts on everything when the reality is that most of them are just glorified regional managers who got a leg up by winning the sperm lottery.
However, given Kempczinski’s comments, not to mention Trump’s old comments about the Exonerated Five (love that name for them, BTW), maybe it’s time we did.
Author Bill Bryson says that Thanksgiving is The Perfect Holiday, because you don't have to send cards, you don't have to wear themed clothing, you don't have to buy presents, you don't have to decorate the house, you just gather together with people you presumably like to eat a huge meal, and then you take a nap.
“Bidenomics” is reportedly “a term that mystifies Americans.”
It is a term that conservatives use to claim that gas is $8.00 a gallon, a burger is $17.00, eggs $19.00 a dozen, and that childcare costs three times more than it did under Trump in 2019.
Female snakes have a clitoris? Who knew? (Well, probably the snakes knew. At least the female ones.)
I confess I did not read the article, but the Tabs mention made me think this: clitorises go waaaaaay back, before the split that gave us the distinct lines of mammals, reptiles, birds, etc.
I never got into Pink Floyd, on account of I don't smoke dope and the Pink Floyd fans in high school told me Pink Floyd's music was created to be listened to while high, but I always figured that some day when I was bored, I'd explore their catalog.
Not any more. Roger Waters can go fuck himself. I'll never listen to one second of music that piece of shit is involved in.
"No one’s delivered at least one swinging Thanksgiving tune."
Once upon a time, driving the kid to middle school, early morning, both half awake, listening to the radio, when the local grocery chain aired a pre-Thanksgiving commercial feature a jingle featuring the catchy hook "Thank you, Squanto." I still think of that song every year in the run up to the holiday. And no, I am not making this up.
Today’s header gif has some newsreel footage from WW2, archived at British Pathé.
Bread, something we typically take for granted, was difficult to come by and its components regulated in the UK at the time. It even gave rise (YSWIDT) to political squabbles. Read more about the history of doughboys and dough here: https://open.substack.com/pub/martiniambassador/p/of-dough-doughboys-and-unpopular
It reminds me of a MASH episode where Hawkeye was put in charge of the food. Finally! Some good stuff! So he tells the cook to make French toast for breakfast. It'll be the greatest! So cook dumps a bag of flour in the tub. Then dumps a bag of powered egg. Then dumps in loaves of bread. Hawkeye is starting in disbelief. It was the worst breakfast the camp ever had.
The use of Souza's "Liberty Bell" hits just the right note.
"It's ..."
"I like bread!"
-Jester Lavorre (as a bat)
Caused indigestion, eh?
My friend who was suffering from some GI tract stuff went gluten free, and it resolved the problem, though it robbed her of the menus she relied on for a lifetime of cooking. But she's lived in France for a few years now and eats products with gluten in them, no problem. So when I went to France with Mom, who had stopped eating bread and pasta because they "made her feel bad," she tried the breads, cakes and pastas there with no "bad feeling" in her digestion. The over-processed stuff we generally get in the US is where I place the blame, though perhaps the wheat itself is problematic.
Boy do I miss a French baguette!
Somehow I was reminded of Boebert’s visit to the theater .... knead I say more?
Her ‘handiwork’ resulted in a flaky crust.
That got a rise!
She's a jerk.
Buttery Males?
I kneaded this.
I am definitely not going to rise to the occasion. I need proof,
Some people loave being a gluten for punishment.
Zing!
Ouch
It would be tough to cough up a noncomment about dough -
Desi Arnaz knows the struggle.
https://youtu.be/uZV40f0cXF4?si=e7qxyBkXAs60r25v
Although you put enough thought into it.
Be thorough.
***hiccough***
'Scuse me
Seriously Brough?
Are you about through?
I find Thoreauness comes naturally -
We'll get through it without breaking the bough.
Supposedly, dry yeast was developed in the U.S. ("us") so it could be easily shipped to mess halls in Europe.
Once my BAKER DAD was all cranked up because the dry yeast that he used wouldn't reactivate. He managed to find other yeast to get going again though. He called the company that made the yeast to let them know about it. The company tried to imply that he wasn't using it properly. KABLOOY went his head. Such a rage was never before seen in him.
I feel your dad is a kindred spirit. Not about baking but about KABLOOY when a customer service person tried to explain something to me like I hadn't a clue about it.
The century-old baking texts out there on Google Books and The Internet Archive have interesting yeast preparations using hops.
I did not know that. Very interesting.
Cardi B's bedroom?
<puts on pedant hat>
Technically Jingle Bells is a Thanksgiving song.
I thought festive gourds were a Halloween thing
I think "Jingle Bells" is actually a Thanksgiving song, since they're going to grandmother's house. And why would you go to grandmother's house but for a Thanksgiving Feast.
Thanksgiving is the orphaned holiday, squeezed in between Halloween and Christmas.
IRT holiday music, after my husband died in November 2020, I wasn't in the mood for traditional holiday music, so I created an eclectic holiday playlist on Spotify. It clocks in at 4 hours (oops), but I don't have the SNZ song on it! I'll fix that. Long story short, there are a lot of great holiday songs that are quirky.
Let’s face it, Thanksgiving is now less of a holiday in its own right than an awkward appendage to the Holy Orgy of Consumerism.
There’s always a contingent in this country that is constantly telling singers and athletes to STFU about politics and to “stay in your lane,” unless said celebrities happen to agree with their views, in which it's perfectly fine and they should be fellated on Fox and Fools.
But we never hear anyone saying the same about CEOs because the default thinking in this country is that CEOs are special geniuses who need to be celebrated as experts on everything when the reality is that most of them are just glorified regional managers who got a leg up by winning the sperm lottery.
However, given Kempczinski’s comments, not to mention Trump’s old comments about the Exonerated Five (love that name for them, BTW), maybe it’s time we did.
I’m looking at you, Muskrat.
Three years ago today.
“Remember, remember the 7th of November, dumb Rudy at 4 Seasons, I plotzed;
for there is a reason why dumb Rudy at 4 Seasons should ne'er be forgot.”
Squirrel Nut Zippers! I wore that disk out back in the late 90s. Also they are from Chapel Hill.
Author Bill Bryson says that Thanksgiving is The Perfect Holiday, because you don't have to send cards, you don't have to wear themed clothing, you don't have to buy presents, you don't have to decorate the house, you just gather together with people you presumably like to eat a huge meal, and then you take a nap.
“Bidenomics” is reportedly “a term that mystifies Americans.”
It is a term that conservatives use to claim that gas is $8.00 a gallon, a burger is $17.00, eggs $19.00 a dozen, and that childcare costs three times more than it did under Trump in 2019.
Female snakes have a clitoris? Who knew? (Well, probably the snakes knew. At least the female ones.)
I confess I did not read the article, but the Tabs mention made me think this: clitorises go waaaaaay back, before the split that gave us the distinct lines of mammals, reptiles, birds, etc.
"Christmas" songs that don't sufficiently name check Christmas things are "winter" songs. They still can't be played yet.
I hate November public music....
They play all the songs about snow all the time I Florida. I mean the whole happy holiday season. And I’m not fond of any of them.
I never got into Pink Floyd, on account of I don't smoke dope and the Pink Floyd fans in high school told me Pink Floyd's music was created to be listened to while high, but I always figured that some day when I was bored, I'd explore their catalog.
Not any more. Roger Waters can go fuck himself. I'll never listen to one second of music that piece of shit is involved in.
OHHHH Mr. SER! Thank you for the Squirrel Nut Zippers inclusion into the tabs!
I do love them. Especially THIS one which has seemed wonderfully relavent for over 6 years now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjGASsP2co0
Knew it would be “Bad Businessman”!
"No one’s delivered at least one swinging Thanksgiving tune."
Once upon a time, driving the kid to middle school, early morning, both half awake, listening to the radio, when the local grocery chain aired a pre-Thanksgiving commercial feature a jingle featuring the catchy hook "Thank you, Squanto." I still think of that song every year in the run up to the holiday. And no, I am not making this up.