The Cantina Staring Back At You From The Abyss

themindstream said:

Traditional trifle was spiked with sherry and such. Just saying.

(Yeah, yeah, I know it wouldn't work with Monkey eating it.)

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I am aware of the involvement of alcohol but am mostly keen on the cake aspect of the dessert. (So, here's a story about MIL who made trifle for family gatherings but never used alcohol. She and FIL went to a local restaurant that also had trifle on the dessert menu. They were not happy. So MIL asked the waiter to have the chef come out and then she gave him her traditional British recipe. [Note that she and FIL did immigrate from England in the 50s. She was a WWII child who spent some time evacuated to Wales during the Blitz. But her trifle recipe also included... Little Debbies.] And when I pointed out that Strawberry Rolls where not a traditional British food... well, the shade was strong.)

Cake? Cake? What about cake? You have my attention.

rusoluchka said:

Cake? Cake? What about cake? You have my attention.

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The past few years I've just done a dark chocolate cake with milk chocolate ganache, but... this year I feel like I want something a little more fancy.

Ooooh, do tell. I'm here for cake.

I think my last foray into "not quite cake" was tiramisu... mmmm, mascarpone cheese...

Going to try my hand at a No-Bake Nutella Cheesecake tomorrow for the hubs.

Aggy, wasn't there about not posting food pron? Especially for those of us trying desperately to be good.

And ya'll are torturing me with these incredible descriptions of deserts.

rusoluchka said:

Going to try my hand at a No-Bake Nutella Cheesecake tomorrow for the hubs.

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Why is it called cheesecake when it is patently NOT a cake, but a custard-style pie? False advertising! (for the record, I'm not a huge fan of cake, but with enough cream cheese frosting, I'll still eat it. Custy fruit pies, like apple or cherry, are similarly meh. Cheesecake and key lime pie, on the other hand, must all enter my mouth).

NathanBrazil said:

Aggy, wasn't there about not posting food pron? Especially for those of us trying desperately to be good.

And ya'll are torturing me with these incredible descriptions of deserts.

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KEY LIME PIE FOR ALL!

It's only Wednesday? It's only Wednesday.



Two more days until vacation...two.more.days.

greendragon said:

KEY LIME PIE FOR ALL!

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Hey, wasn't that the pie that Dexter was supposed to get for ...

Can someone cleanup aisle 3?! Twinks passed out ... twice.

tiddlywinks said:

I think I fell in the key lime pie...

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Does the five second rule apply under those circumstances?

Yes. I would just advise not licking the scythe. Not that I'm speaking from experience or anything.

ARG, SO MUCH CAKE! I can't have cake until my dad's birthday this weekend and there's no chocolate in the house because my mom's fasting it for Lent. TEH TORTURE!!!

LadyV said:

Oh whoops! I didn't realize it was Cobra's b-day.

Happy Birthday, Mr. Misfist!

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J'ADORE!

lilyWhite said:

Or maybe it's an accidental slip and Cobra actually is a superhero called Mistfist.

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Jade A said:

His powers include:
- Herding writers (which is even harder than herding cats)
- Turning his fist into mist

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Avengers, Vaporize!

greendragon said:

That's not what I thought of when I read 'misfist'. Has anyone seen the movie Caligula? Warning, NSFW!!!!

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MeWow!

greendragon said:

KEY LIME PIE FOR ALL!

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tiddlywinks said:

I think I fell in the key lime pie...

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At least that's not clumsiness. That's pre-vaca exhaustion.

E.F.B. said:

ARG, SO MUCH CAKE! I can't have cake until my dad's birthday this weekend and there's no chocolate in the house because my mom's fasting it for Lent. TEH TORTURE!!!

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I wouldn't touch that pie ... er cake. Especially if it's this one:



Why are you carrying Luke, EFB? I was kinda hoping for a Yoda-like scene, though probably wouldn't have been very fitting.

NathanBrazil said:

Why are you carrying Luke, EFB? I was kinda hoping for a Yoda-like scene, though probably wouldn't have been very fitting.

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He said he could only Force-sense the porgs we're hunting for supper if he was at a higher altitude, kind of like how you have to raise an antenna to get the reception on the TV and... I haz been bamboozled, haven't I?

Have I mentioned recently how much I love you guys? 'Cause I do.

NathanBrazil said:

Aggy, wasn't there about not posting food pron? Especially for those of us trying desperately to be good.

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Hear hear!

E.F.B. said:

He said he could only Force-sense the porgs we're hunting for supper if he was at a higher altitude, kind of like how you have to raise an antenna to get the reception on the TV and... I haz been bamboozled, haven't I?

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Don't eat the porgs! Chewbaka resisted temptation; so can you!

Jade A said:

Don't eat the porgs! Chewbaka resisted temptation; so can you!

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Oh, okay. It's pretty impossible with them sitting there staring at me with those big 'ol eyes, anyway. But I am NOT drinking the green alien-siren milk instead. I don't care how good Luke says it is!


I have to go run some errands this afternoon, so focus and wordage must happen this morning. Must!

I saw "green alien-siren" in the What's New? feed out of context, thought "O_O", then I clicked the post and read it in context and went "oh, that".

*tucks "green alien-siren" into an ideas document for possible later use*

Yes, excellent. I heard this song and heard 'city sirens' and probably thought along similar lines. Other than the obvious, I wonder what are 'city sirens' would be.

Hey, how do you guys start a dialogue when the PoV character only really starts listening in the middle of a sentence?

I use this "... < really listening >", but that's probably wrong.

"...would begin with an ellipsis where the character starts overhearing what is said," lily exposited.