Missing the Paigow (et al.) [sniff] - Page 93

Fugee · 12-10-2005, 03:19 AM

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Originally posted by TexLex
I've been wrong before, but is there any difference between snickerdoodles and round sugar cookie dough balls rolled in cinnamon and sugar and baked?

Yes. My Cook's Illustrated baking book says:

Traditionally a snickerdoodle has a subtle tang or sour undertone that contrasts with the cinnamon sugar coating. Most recipes rely on baking soda and cream of tartar as the leavening agents for two reasons. First, the cream of tartar provides the characteristic tang. Second, the cream of tartar and baking soda cause the cookie to rise very quickly and then collapse somewhat. The result is the characteristic crinkly top.

12-10-2005, 12:53 PM

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Originally posted by Fugee
Yes. My Cook's Illustrated baking book says:

Traditionally a snickerdoodle has a subtle tang or sour undertone that contrasts with the cinnamon sugar coating. Most recipes rely on baking soda and cream of tartar as the leavening agents for two reasons. First, the cream of tartar provides the characteristic tang. Second, the cream of tartar and baking soda cause the cookie to rise very quickly and then collapse somewhat. The result is the characteristic crinkly top.

Thank you. Hmmm...my favorite sugar cookie recipe requires cream of tartar and a little lemon juice. Perhaps it is not a full-blooded sugar cookie recipe afterall, but the lovechild product of an illiicit affair with a snickerdoodle recipe? How tawdry. But yummy nonetheless.

ltl/fb · 12-10-2005, 03:46 PM

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Originally posted by TexLex
In addition to no longer being my own secretary, legal assistant, administrative professional, whatever-the-hell, I am also no longer my own boss, but I'm pretty sure I deserve some alcohol anyway. Alas, I am reluctantly dry right now, so a spa-day it is. Or three.

Three. Or, a spa day with three treatments (nice long ones), if you are not feeling profligate.

Hank Chinaski · 12-10-2005, 06:18 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Three. Or, a spa day with three treatments (nice long ones), if you are not feeling profligate.

Are you working out a special to-do list for your outside counsel over Christmas weekend?

12-10-2005, 07:08 PM

We dig it.

ltl/fb · 12-11-2005, 04:06 AM

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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Are you working out a special to-do list for your outside counsel over Christmas weekend?

Indeed I am. Good call! There are some things I really need to have on the 26th that I am planning to tell them about on the 23rd.

At least one of them does not celebrate Christmas, if that helps.

Hank Chinaski · 12-11-2005, 01:05 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Indeed I am. Good call! There are some things I really need to have on the 26th that I am planning to tell them about on the 23rd.

At least one of them does not celebrate Christmas, if that helps.

Jewish lawyer? Is this Thurgreed's firm?

Gattigap · 12-11-2005, 01:05 PM

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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Assuming one's secretary/assistant/whatever-the-accepted-jargon-of-the-moment-is gave notice and will be leaving the firm prior to Christmas, one would be totally off-the-hook with respect to the customary holiday gift purchase, no?

Mental note: Be really mean to my assistant/secretary every October (allows prep time for interviews, offers and acceptance of alternative job).

No. Starting so close to the end of the year, the secretary won't get shit from em's new firm, so you'd better pony up with the generic holiday gift in order to avoid bad juju.

Atticus Grinch · 12-11-2005, 01:08 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Indeed I am. Good call! There are some things I really need to have on the 26th that I am planning to tell them about on the 23rd.

At least one of them does not celebrate Christmas, if that helps.

Doesn't matter. The Jews were the only ones smart enough to tell everyone God forbids them to work on particular days. It's almost as if Moses anticipated Title VII. Meanwhile, the Catholics ran civilization for 2,000 years but Christians still can't point to anything that says they don't have to work on Christmas, and now we can't even put a fucking crèche in the lobby at the law firm of Mick, Mick, Dago & Pole.

Hank Chinaski · 12-11-2005, 01:21 PM

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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Doesn't matter. The Jews were the only ones smart enough to tell everyone God forbids them to work on particular days. It's almost as if Moses anticipated Title VII. Meanwhile, the Catholics ran civilization for 2,000 years but Christians still can't point to anything that says they don't have to work on Christmas, and now we can't even put a fucking crèche in the lobby at the law firm of Mick, Mick, Dago & Pole.

Fuck that. The Muslims sussed it out best. They take a whole month where they don't eat. Do you think heavy construction firms in Kandahar get much done from a bunch of guys who've been fasting all day? Assuming they're union, those guys still get paid just for showing up. Anyone know if they get double time because they're working on a holiday?

Not Bob · 12-11-2005, 01:22 PM

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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
. . . and now we can't even put a fucking crèche in the lobby at the law firm of Mick, Mick, Dago & Pole.

Well, it was a virgin birth, Aloysius. Duh.

pony_trekker · 12-11-2005, 02:33 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Indeed I am. Good call! There are some things I really need to have on the 26th that I am planning to tell them about on the 23rd.

At least one of them does not celebrate Christmas, if that helps.

So make that one do all the work.

pony_trekker · 12-11-2005, 02:38 PM

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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Meanwhile, the Catholics ran civilization for 2,000 years but Christians still can't point to anything that says they don't have to work on Christmas, and now we can't even put a fucking crèche in the lobby at the law firm of Mick, Mick, Dago & Pole.

Yeah but we get eternal salvation. Small price.

taxwonk · 12-11-2005, 06:13 PM

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Originally posted by pony_trekker
Yeah but we get eternal salvation. Small price.

Unless you fuck up. We have a covenant with God. Another way we got it all over the goyim. We got it in writing and we lack the foreskins to prove it.

ltl/fb · 12-11-2005, 06:30 PM

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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Doesn't matter. The Jews were the only ones smart enough to tell everyone God forbids them to work on particular days. It's almost as if Moses anticipated Title VII. Meanwhile, the Catholics ran civilization for 2,000 years but Christians still can't point to anything that says they don't have to work on Christmas, and now we can't even put a fucking crèche in the lobby at the law firm of Mick, Mick, Dago & Pole.

I have not enquired as to her religion. I don't think she is Jewish.