Happy Birthday!
I think your suit has some wrinkles...
HAH! I'm still young enough not to have any creases or wrinkles yet!
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HAH! I'm still young enough not to have any creases or wrinkles yet!
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'ey all. Howie didn't win the contest. Someone came in w. 31 votes 'n he only had 25, but sure appreciate your help with it. Anyone who needs a vote (if you voted) I'm here for you. Many thx. Happy week!
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Happy birthday, MrWrite! Wishing you an unwrinkled year!
Hey. I invented a zero-calorie chocolate Easter egg!
I did. Briefly.
My daughter is on a serious diet, which excludes any form of sugar and good stuff like chocolate, so I thought I'd try and make an Easter egg for her that kept inside the rules of her diet. I bought a couple of slabs of Candarel chocolate - I don't know if you get that brand in the US, but it's artificially sweetened - which I melted and poured into Easter egg molds. The chocolate took ages to set, even in the fridge, but once it had I mixed up some of that calorie-free jelly (Jell-O) and filled the eggs with it. They looked awesome. I wrapped them up in a basket, tied a ribbon on it and gave it to my daughter when she arrived. But oh, when she opened the wrapping there was just a sludgy pile of something quite indescribable sort of glooped in the bottom of the basket.
Turns out that this Candarel chocolate doesn't have quite the same properties as ordinary chocolate - maybe it's the lack of sugar - but it doesn't set properly once it's been melted and doesn't stay set at room temperature even though the no-cal jelly does. What a mess! But my daughter tucked in with a spoon and said it wasn't bad.
Mmm. I don't see a marketing opportunity here.
Happy birthday, MrWrite!
Wishing you an unwrinkled year! Hey. I invented a zero-calorie chocolate Easter egg!
I did. Briefly.
My daughter is on a serious diet, which excludes any form of sugar and good stuff like chocolate, so I thought I'd try and make an Easter egg for her that kept inside the rules of her diet. I bought a couple of slabs of Candarel chocolate - I don't know if you get that brand in the US, but it's artificially sweetened - which I melted and poured into Easter egg molds. The chocolate took ages to set, even in the fridge, but once it had I mixed up some of that calorie-free jelly (Jell-O) and filled the eggs with it. They looked awesome. I wrapped them up in a basket, tied a ribbon on it and gave it to my daughter when she arrived. But oh, when she opened the wrapping there was just a sludgy pile of something quite indescribable sort of glooped in the bottom of the basket.
Turns out that this Candarel chocolate doesn't have quite the same properties as ordinary chocolate - maybe it's the lack of sugar - but it doesn't set properly once it's been melted and doesn't stay set at room temperature even though the no-cal jelly does. What a mess! But my daughter tucked in with a spoon and said it wasn't bad.
Mmm. I don't see a marketing opportunity here.
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At least you tried.
I once made a pecan pie with splenda and artificial syrup. it was interesting.
I once made a pecan pie with splenda and artificial syrup. it was interesting.
Happy Birthday, Mr. Write! 
Did everyone hear about that 16 year old boy who supposedly stowed away in the wheel well of a Hawaiian airlines 767 from San Jose to Maui??? How did he survive??
Did everyone hear about that 16 year old boy who supposedly stowed away in the wheel well of a Hawaiian airlines 767 from San Jose to Maui??? How did he survive??
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The Queen is 88 today. That woman is amazing.
Long live Queen!
I loved Bohemian Rhapsody.
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According to Queen only the good die young. That probably means you're going to live forever!
Just think: You and the muppet battling each other throughout eternity...
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Sat Nam! (literally "Truth Name"--a Sikh greeting)
Happy Birthday, Mr. Write!
I collect edible disaster stories. Gail, yours is a good one. My favorite such story, though, remains one of the first. My mother, who liked to try new dishes, decided to make a croquembouche for a dinner party. It's a tower of small filled cream puffs covered with a caramel sauce. Well, she made this elegant dessert early, then made the rest of dinner. When the time came to serve dessert, she brought it out to oohs and aahs. Then she tried to delicately lift the caramel covered puffs to put on people's plates. No dice. The caramel was supposed to go on just before serving. The reason? It hardens to sugary rock once it cools. Mom tried hacking it. Didn't work. She eventually peeled the caramel off the puffs to be able to serve them. Tasted just fine. But...
and birthday cookies all around.
Blessings,
Siri Kirpal
Happy Birthday, Mr. Write!
I collect edible disaster stories. Gail, yours is a good one. My favorite such story, though, remains one of the first. My mother, who liked to try new dishes, decided to make a croquembouche for a dinner party. It's a tower of small filled cream puffs covered with a caramel sauce. Well, she made this elegant dessert early, then made the rest of dinner. When the time came to serve dessert, she brought it out to oohs and aahs. Then she tried to delicately lift the caramel covered puffs to put on people's plates. No dice. The caramel was supposed to go on just before serving. The reason? It hardens to sugary rock once it cools. Mom tried hacking it. Didn't work. She eventually peeled the caramel off the puffs to be able to serve them. Tasted just fine. But...
and birthday cookies all around.Blessings,
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Yay! Lavern's back!
Blessings,
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Yay! Lavern's back!
Blessings,
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