The New And Improved Fashion Board

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Cinnamonny, nutty, crumbly goodness.

You are so into nutcase, sensitive, aren't you?

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
At Thanksgiving, pumpkin pie is the correct choice. At all other times if only one is allowed, it would be apple. Of course, you could always make both and send pie home with your guests. I'm just saying.

Streusel topping for the apple pie. Cinnamonny, nutty, crumbly goodness.

If said guests are willing to take essentially all of the extra pie, two kinds of pie can be made. If the guests want ice cream on their pumpkin pie, they might want to bring the ice cream. Or non-fat frozen yogurt. Or whatever.

Pathetically, I will probably buy crusts. Because I'd rather have mediocre crust than crappy crust, having experienced my mom's crappy crust. Also if I were to try making crust, I would want to use lard, and I won't need enough to make it worthwhile to buy it.

What kind of nuts would go into this nutty streusel topping? And would there be oats involved, in an ideal world, or no?


ETA is it clear that I'm into food yet? and in answer to ppnyc's question about holidays, Thanksgiving wins because of turkey, stuffing, gravy AND special dessert (pumpkin pie -- we had apple pie a few times a year, at least, but pumpkin only once a year). Christmas's standout is yorkshire pudding, with red cabbage and prime rib bringing up the rear (but far, far behind -- red cabbage is a vegetable, and prime rib is not that distinguishable from other roasts/steaks).

EATA that food beat any gift I've ever gotten, except maybe when I was really little. Now, I can buy myself what I want, so gifts are kinda meh.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by LessinSF
I'm with PPNYC on this one. Like crippled children, sick people suck.

Crippled chidren are preferable. You don't have to work around them.

[pony_trekker]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
You don't have to accept it. I hear you about the rent being high thing. I actually had an odd love/hate relationship with law I think a lot of the litigators who post here have.

You're a smart guy, people tell you you'd make a good lawyer, and you know how to write. For a reason that eludes you in hindsight, you didn't go into finance or sales, though you probably could have done well at either (well, maybe not finance). Anyway, you find yourself working around a lot of tools in the law. Not nerds, because nerds are interesting - no, these are tools. Rotten, craven chickenshit types. So you stick it out. You get better at it, start making a few bucks at it and develop a "fuck them, I'm going to make it at their game and still not be part of their shitass 'law as life' world..."

Then you wake up one day and realize that game's pretty fucking dumb, and struggling to succeed at something you hate - to become like the largely wretched people who make this jobs their lives - just ain't worth it.

I've given up any pride I had at "making it" in law.* I'm in Less's world, and will soon be even further from law than he is. I realize the past ten years that I've spent bitching about this job and the people who do it were silly. I can't get them back, but I'll tell you this - getting off the merry go round... psychologically giving up the need to "win" a brass ring I never wanted out of anger and disgust at all the amoral curs around me who profit in this business is really nice.

The idea of turning into one of these miserable suits and effectively depriving my kid of my actual personality is nauseating. We're all too self-actualized for the law. But you knew that already.

* This doesn't mean I ain't going to make money via law.

I sympathize. The audacity of these bastards on the plaintiffs' side. I am working past 7:00 for the second time this year all for the lousy 600k they pay me. Fuckers.

[J. Fred Muggs]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
I'm not making two kinds of pie for a group that probably won't even be able to finish one

You're dropping them off somewhere and not staying?

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by J. Fred Muggs
You're dropping them off somewhere and not staying?

I don't want to end up eating a pie and a half.

You should be more supportive.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I've always been a crust fan, but it has to be good crust. There's a whole chapter in The Man Who Ate Everything, by Jeffrey Steingarten, the food critic for Vogue (which might very well be the best job ever AND he's a former lawyer), dedicated to making pie crust. I'm going to reread it tonight before I attempt my crust for the (test) pumpkin pie tomorrow.

I've found that the pre-made Oreo Cookie pie crust goes well with my ginger cheesecake. Of course, now I can't find them anywhere anymore.

TM

[tmdiva]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
Crust is relentlessly difficult to get right.

Try to touch it as little as possible.

That's all I got.

That's a very good tip.

I made the best crusts of my life last year. The difference was that my butter was still mostly frozen when I added it to the dry ingredients in the Cuisinart, and when I rolled it out, I could see discernible flecks of butter. Not as big as pea-sized, but 1/8 - 3/16 across in the rolled dough. Those crusts were flaky as hell.

Another secret for flaky tender crusts is leaf lard. If you can find a provider of pork fat from inside the belly of the pig, you can even render it yourself.

This should really be on the food board.

tm

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I've found that the pre-made Oreo Cookie pie crust goes well with my ginger cheesecake. Of course, now I can't find them anywhere anymore.

TM

That is so gay.

[Cletus Miller]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I've found that the pre-made Oreo Cookie pie crust goes well with my ginger cheesecake. Of course, now I can't find them anywhere anymore.

TM

Here they are:

http://www.amazon.com/Nabisco-Oreo-P...s=gourmet-food

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by pony_trekker
I sympathize. The audacity of these bastards on the plaintiffs' side. I am working past 7:00 for the second time this year all for the lousy 600k they pay me. Fuckers.

600? You'd have to get some insane cases to hit that number doing standard issue plaintiff's work in Philly.

Well, not counting getting some killer referral fees here and there.

Originally posted by pony_trekker
I sympathize. The audacity of these bastards on the plaintiffs' side. I am working past 7:00 for the second time this year all for the lousy 600k they pay me. Fuckers.

Suing McDonald's is the new asbestos.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by tmdiva
That's a very good tip.

I made the best crusts of my life last year. The difference was that my butter was still mostly frozen when I added it to the dry ingredients in the Cuisinart, and when I rolled it out, I could see discernible flecks of butter. Not as big as pea-sized, but 1/8 - 3/16 across in the rolled dough. Those crusts were flaky as hell.

Another secret for flaky tender crusts is leaf lard. If you can find a provider of pork fat from inside the belly of the pig, you can even render it yourself.

This should really be on the food board.

tm

Please don't ruin my illusion (delusion?) that I am not eating a dead animal every time I have a slice of pie. Thank you.

[dc_chef]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
sheepskin

Ever try a sheepskin condom? Nasty. I didn't even put it on.

Polypropylene condoms are better than latex.

[Flinty_McFlint]

Originally posted by dc_chef
Ever try a sheepskin condom? Nasty. I didn't even put it on.

Polypropylene condoms are better than latex.

Will someone PM Hank and ask him which is tastier?