On 2011-02-12, Damaeus > wrote:
> I asked my friend to pick up some mini semi-sweet chocolate chips --

I guess picking up actual milk chocolate chips was too much for your
feeble brain to handle.

nb

"notbob" > wrote in message
...
> On 2011-02-12, Damaeus > wrote:
>> I asked my friend to pick up some mini semi-sweet chocolate chips --
>
> I guess picking up actual milk chocolate chips was too much for your
> feeble brain to handle.
>
> nb


I agree! The OP doesn't even make sense. He ASKED for "mini" semi-sweet
chocolate chips in the post. What he got was a couple of bags of the
regular sized semi-sweet chocolate chips. So what? What's the difference
from the other than the size? Why is he suddenly thinking they should be
milk chocolate chips? And what did he expect this friend to do, go back to
the store for him? Unless he's an invalid I suggest he go get his own
chocolate chips.

Jill

In news:rec.food.cooking, "jmcquown" > posted on
Sat, 12 Feb 2011 23:13:56 -0500 the following:

> "notbob" > wrote in message
> ...
>
> > I guess picking up actual milk chocolate chips was too much for your
> > feeble brain to handle.
>
> I agree! The OP doesn't even make sense.

That's because you have the same reading comprehension problem as the
person you're replying to.

> He ASKED for "mini" semi-sweet chocolate chips in the post. What he got
> was a couple of bags of the regular sized semi-sweet chocolate chips.
> So what?

So what? It's a matter of taste. I don't like big chocolate chips in
cookies. I like tiny chocolate chips and a lot less of them than what
most recipes call for. If you like 70% cookie, 30% chocolate chips, YOU
eat the big chocolate chips. I don't like my cookies that way and I have
every right to have a preference for how I like my cookies, and a right to
bake them the way I like them.

> What's the difference from the other than the size?

The size is the only difference I care about. I don't like big chocolate
chips in my cookies. Is that too hard for you to understand?

> Why is he suddenly thinking they should be milk chocolate chips?

I never said that. My post was asking what method I should use to convert
them into milk chocolate chips. This is a cooking newsgroup, if you
haven't noticed.

> And what did he expect this friend to do, go back to the store for him?

He wasn't going "for me" to begin with. He was going for himself because
he asked me to bake 800 cookies for a Christmas party. Mini semi-sweet
chocolate chips go in the cookies, and I had them on a computer-generated,
printed list, but he got the wrong ones. We had a couple of extra bags of
semi-sweet LARGE chocolate chips left over and I don't want them in
cookies I'm going to be eating. I used the large ones in the cookies for
his Christmas party. While I would have liked the small chocolate chips
in the ones I sent to the party, since I wasn't eating them, I didn't make
a big deal about it. They were a hit anyway, and the women were slipping
them in their purses to take them home.

> Unless he's an invalid I suggest he go get his own chocolate chips.

And I suggest to you that you take a class on critical thinking. Your
post was full of so many hidden assumptions that from my view, you should
be pretty embarrassed with yourself. Unfortunately, like a jungle ape,
you don't have the mental faculties to be self-conscious enough to realize
what an idiot you look like, so I'll leave you now and you can go look
like a jungle ape somewhere else.

Damaeus

On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 22:34:29 -0600, Damaeus
> wrote:

> The size is the only difference I care about. I don't like big chocolate
> chips in my cookies. Is that too hard for you to understand?

If that's the problem, then chop them up with a knife. Chocolate
chunks are all the rage these days, so you'll be on the cutting edge
(so to speak).

--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

"Damaeus" > wrote in message
...
> In news:rec.food.cooking, "jmcquown" > posted on
> Sat, 12 Feb 2011 23:13:56 -0500 the following:
>
>> "notbob" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>> > I guess picking up actual milk chocolate chips was too much for your
>> > feeble brain to handle.
>>
>> I agree! The OP doesn't even make sense.
>
> That's because you have the same reading comprehension problem as the
> person you're replying to.
>
>> He ASKED for "mini" semi-sweet chocolate chips in the post. What he got
>> was a couple of bags of the regular sized semi-sweet chocolate chips.
>> So what?
>
> So what? It's a matter of taste. I don't like big chocolate chips in
> cookies. I like tiny chocolate chips and a lot less of them than what
> most recipes call for. If you like 70% cookie, 30% chocolate chips, YOU
> eat the big chocolate chips. I don't like my cookies that way and I have
> every right to have a preference for how I like my cookies, and a right to
> bake them the way I like them.
>
>> What's the difference from the other than the size?
>
> The size is the only difference I care about. I don't like big chocolate
> chips in my cookies. Is that too hard for you to understand?
>
>> Why is he suddenly thinking they should be milk chocolate chips?
>
> I never said that. My post was asking what method I should use to convert
> them into milk chocolate chips. This is a cooking newsgroup, if you
> haven't noticed.
>
>> And what did he expect this friend to do, go back to the store for him?
>
> He wasn't going "for me" to begin with. He was going for himself because
> he asked me to bake 800 cookies for a Christmas party. Mini semi-sweet
> chocolate chips go in the cookies, and I had them on a computer-generated,
> printed list, but he got the wrong ones. We had a couple of extra bags of
> semi-sweet LARGE chocolate chips left over and I don't want them in
> cookies I'm going to be eating. I used the large ones in the cookies for
> his Christmas party. While I would have liked the small chocolate chips
> in the ones I sent to the party, since I wasn't eating them, I didn't make
> a big deal about it. They were a hit anyway, and the women were slipping
> them in their purses to take them home.
>
>> Unless he's an invalid I suggest he go get his own chocolate chips.
>
> And I suggest to you that you take a class on critical thinking. Your
> post was full of so many hidden assumptions that from my view, you should
> be pretty embarrassed with yourself. Unfortunately, like a jungle ape,
> you don't have the mental faculties to be self-conscious enough to realize
> what an idiot you look like, so I'll leave you now and you can go look
> like a jungle ape somewhere else.
>
> Damaeus


You're the one with the comprehension problem. Your friend did you a favour
picking them up while at the store. That's great! Saved you a trip. Saved
on gas money, whatever. You still can't magically turn them into something
else. Take them back and get what you want. It's really not a difficult
concept.

Jill

In news:rec.food.cooking, "jmcquown" > posted on
Sun, 13 Feb 2011 04:44:02 -0500 the following:

> "Damaeus" > wrote in message
> ...
>
> > And I suggest to you that you take a class on critical thinking. Your
> > post was full of so many hidden assumptions that from my view, you
> > should be pretty embarrassed with yourself. Unfortunately, like a
> > jungle ape, you don't have the mental faculties to be self-conscious
> > enough to realize what an idiot you look like, so I'll leave you now
> > and you can go look like a jungle ape somewhere else.
>
> You're the one with the comprehension problem. Your friend did you a
> favour picking them up while at the store.

He didn't do ME a favor! He asked ME to bake the cookies for his
Christmas party. He wanted the cookies and they were HIS ingredients for
HIS cookies. Since he likes the cookies that I bake, I told him what to
buy. He got the wrong chocolate chips, so he didn't get exactly the same
cookie that he likes. The whole point is that we had two bags of
chocolate chips left over and I don't like big ****ing chips in my
cookies, nor do I want to stand there with a knife and chop them into
little pieces, but I would like some milk chocolate candy with nuts in
them and if I can put those chocolate chips to use (since I don't want to
use them in cookies), that's great.

> That's great! Saved you a trip. Saved on gas money, whatever. You
> still can't magically turn them into something else.

They're forever chocolate chips? That's pretty depressing. That means I
can't even melt them down to turn them into a chocolate bar. Oh, you're
wrong about that. Oh well, I'm not surprised.

> Take them back and get what you want. It's really not a difficult
> concept.

I don't think grocery stores take back food items unless there's something
wrong with them, or unless maybe it's a canned item.

Damaeus

In article >,
Damaeus > wrote:
> > Take them back and get what you want. It's really not a difficult
> > concept.
>
> I don't think grocery stores take back food items unless there's something
> wrong with them, or unless maybe it's a canned item.
>
> Damaeus

They very well might if you have the receipt. Without the receipt you
might be a screwed goose.

--
Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of St. Pectina of Jella
"Always in a jam, never in a stew; sometimes in a pickle."
Pepparkakor particulars posted 11-29-2010;
http://web.me.com/barbschaller

"Damaeus" > wrote in message
...
> In news:rec.food.cooking, "jmcquown" > posted on
> Sun, 13 Feb 2011 04:44:02 -0500 the following:
>
>> "Damaeus" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>> Take them back and get what you want. It's really not a difficult
>> concept.
>
> I don't think grocery stores take back food items unless there's something
> wrong with them, or unless maybe it's a canned item.
>
You'd be wrong. I got home once with a package of chicken that, when I took
the plastic wrapping off, stunk to high heaven. All I had to do was give
them a whiff of it at the customer service desk and they immediately
refunded my money. I can't imagine any grocery store that would refuse to
give you an exchange on a couple of bags of unopened chocolate chips. If
that's the case where you live I'd change grocery stores.

Jill

In news:rec.food.cooking, "jmcquown" > posted on
Mon, 14 Feb 2011 01:54:58 -0500 the following:

> "Damaeus" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In news:rec.food.cooking, "jmcquown" > posted on
> > Sun, 13 Feb 2011 04:44:02 -0500 the following:
> >
> >> "Damaeus" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >>
> >> Take them back and get what you want. It's really not a difficult
> >> concept.
> >
> > I don't think grocery stores take back food items unless there's
> > something wrong with them, or unless maybe it's a canned item.
>
> You'd be wrong. I got home once with a package of chicken that, when I
> took the plastic wrapping off, stunk to high heaven. All I had to do
> was give them a whiff of it at the customer service desk and they
> immediately refunded my money.

Well that's different. There's nothing wrong with these chocolate chips.
I just don't think a store will let me return something under the auspices
of nothing being wrong with them, but I just don't want them anymore. If
I find out that a grocery store routinely takes returns on things like
chocolate chips, candy bars, or other items that can be penetrated with a
syringe to shoot God-knows-what into it, I won't be shopping there
anymore, and I'll file a complaint with the health department. I can see
taking returns on canned goods, but I don't want to shop at a store where
someone has taken home a head of lettuce, then returned it to the store
for a refund when nothing was actually wrong with it. As a store manager,
I would be leary of people intentionally contaminating food out of spite
toward the human species.

> I can't imagine any grocery store that would refuse to give you an
> exchange on a couple of bags of unopened chocolate chips. If that's the
> case where you live I'd change grocery stores.

Well, what about exchanging 73/27 hamburger meat for 80/20 ground sirloin?
What about exchanging brown eggs for white eggs? What about exchanging a
package of ham for a package of balonga? Woulld you expect to get a
refund on a container of Yoplait yogurt even though an insulin syringe can
easily penetrate the foil cover and inject cyanide into it without the
buyer being aware of it?

If you want to shop at a store that gives refunds on groceries, good luck
staying well.

Damaeus

On Feb 13, 10:54*pm, "jmcquown" > wrote:
> "Damaeus" > wrote in message
>
> ... > In news:rec.food.cooking, "jmcquown" > posted on
> > Sun, 13 Feb 2011 04:44:02 -0500 the following:
>
> >> "Damaeus" > wrote in message
> . ..
>
> >> Take them back and get what you want. *It's really not a difficult
> >> concept.
>
> > I don't think grocery stores take back food items unless there's something
> > wrong with them, or unless maybe it's a canned item.
>
> You'd be wrong. *I got home once with a package of chicken that, when I took
> the plastic wrapping off, stunk to high heaven. *All I had to do was give
> them a whiff of it at the customer service desk and they immediately
> refunded my money. *I can't imagine any grocery store that would refuse to
> give you an exchange on a couple of bags of unopened chocolate chips. *If
> that's the case where you live I'd change grocery stores.
>
> Jill

WTF?? You just said there was something wrong with it...

On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 11:03:22 -0600, Damaeus
> wrote:

> He didn't do ME a favor! He asked ME to bake the cookies for his
> Christmas party.

Christmas is long over, and you need to get over it. Move on.

--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

In news:rec.food.cooking, sf > posted on Mon, 14 Feb 2011
00:07:20 -0800 the following:

> On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 11:03:22 -0600, Damaeus
> > wrote:
>
> > He didn't do ME a favor! He asked ME to bake the cookies for his
> > Christmas party.
>
> Christmas is long over, and you need to get over it. Move on.

This has nothing to do with Christmas, and I have nothing to get over. I'm
not even upset about having large chocolate chips. I'm just looking for
something to do with them that does not involve baking cookies.

Damaeus

In article >,
sf > wrote:

> On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 11:03:22 -0600, Damaeus
> > wrote:
>
> > He didn't do ME a favor! He asked ME to bake the cookies for his
> > Christmas party.
>
> Christmas is long over, and you need to get over it. Move on.

Don't be silly, sf. Christmas is just around the corner. I expect to
see the ads any day now.

:-)

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

> > Take them back and get what you want. *It's really not a difficult
> > concept.
>
> I don't think grocery stores take back food items unless there's something
> wrong with them, or unless maybe it's a canned item.
>
> Damaeus

Sure they will....you'll need the receipt, though. It would be
obvious if a pkg. of choc. chips had been opened....

N.

In news:rec.food.cooking, Nancy2 > posted on Mon,
14 Feb 2011 10:28:32 -0800 (PST) the following:

> > > Take them back and get what you want. +AKA-It's really not a difficult
> > > concept.
> >
> > I don't think grocery stores take back food items unless there's
> > something wrong with them, or unless maybe it's a canned item.
>
> Sure they will....you'll need the receipt, though. It would be
> obvious if a pkg. of choc. chips had been opened....

But not if it had been penetrated with a tiny little needle like you'd see
on the end of an insulin syringe. You could squirt a little cat **** into
a bag of chocolate chips and whoever buys them would not discover it until
they get them home. "Eww, what is this liquid!" Sure, you could exchange
those, but who wants to go through the inconvenience?

Damaeus

In news:rec.food.cooking, Sqwertz > posted on Mon,
14 Feb 2011 06:05:35 -0600 the following:

> On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 11:03:22 -0600, Damaeus wrote:
>
> > He didn't do ME a favor! He asked ME to bake the cookies for his
> > Christmas party. He wanted the cookies and they were HIS ingredients
> > for HIS cookies.
>
> So then he should every right to buy whatever size chips he wants so
> screw your damn "mini" chocolate chips.

He asked for "those cookies" (meaning the ones he likes in which I use
mini chocolate chips) and he mistakenly got the wrong chocolate chips. It
wasn't about his right to buy what he wants. If he just wants chocolate
chips, he certainly does have every right to get what he wants. But if he
wanted the cookies (as I make them) he should have gotten the mini ones.
Since he didn't, I have chocolate chips I'm not going to use in cookies.
Thankfully I've seen a few suggestions of what to do with them in this
thread from people who actually understand what's happening. Others are
getting caught up in my friend's rights, or getting caught up on my
somehow being ungrateful after he got the chocolate chips for me as some
kind of gift, which they weren't.

> <snork>
>
> This is a Classic RFC-style thread. Nobody knows the answer to the
> posed question so lets just quiz him to death about the rest of the
> post!

Many of my posts turn into this sort of discussion for some reason. I
don't know why.

Damaeus

On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:06:16 -0600, Damaeus
> wrote:

> Many of my posts turn into this sort of discussion for some reason. I
> don't know why.

Because what you're asking wasn't clear. Did you want to know how to
turn your semi sweet chocolate into milk chocolate or did you want
recipes using semisweet?

--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

In article >,
Damaeus > wrote:

> Many of my posts turn into this sort of discussion for some reason. I
> don't know why.
>
> Damaeus

It's a gift.

--
Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of St. Pectina of Jella
"Always in a jam, never in a stew; sometimes in a pickle."
Pepparkakor particulars posted 11-29-2010;
http://web.me.com/barbschaller

On 2/14/2011 3:06 PM, Damaeus wrote:

> Many of my posts turn into this sort of discussion for some reason. I
> don't know why.

I'd be proud if it was me. Try posting a math problem and see where
that gets you. Many help, a vast minority bring it up constantly as OT,
as if we never have OT threads here.

On Feb 14, 12:06*pm, Damaeus >
wrote:
> In news:rec.food.cooking, Sqwertz > posted on Mon,
> 14 Feb 2011 06:05:35 -0600 the following:
>
> > On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 11:03:22 -0600, Damaeus wrote:
>
> > > He didn't do ME a favor! *He asked ME to bake the cookies for his
> > > Christmas party. *He wanted the cookies and they were HIS ingredients
> > > for HIS cookies.
>
> > So then he should every right to buy whatever size chips he wants so
> > screw your damn "mini" chocolate chips.
>
> He asked for "those cookies" (meaning the ones he likes in which I use
> mini chocolate chips) and he mistakenly got the wrong chocolate chips. *It
> wasn't about his right to buy what he wants. *If he just wants chocolate
> chips, he certainly does have every right to get what he wants. *But if he
> wanted the cookies (as I make them) he should have gotten the mini ones.
> Since he didn't, I have chocolate chips I'm not going to use in cookies.
> Thankfully I've seen a few suggestions of what to do with them in this
> thread from people who actually understand what's happening. *Others are
> getting caught up in my friend's rights, or getting caught up on my
> somehow being ungrateful after he got the chocolate chips for me as some
> kind of gift, which they weren't.
>
> > <snork>
>
> > This is a Classic RFC-style thread. *Nobody knows the answer to the
> > posed question so lets just quiz him to death about the rest of the
> > post!
>
> Many of my posts turn into this sort of discussion for some reason. *I
> don't know why.
>
> Damaeus

I think it's your name that starts it...

Damaeus wrote:
> Many of my posts turn into this sort of discussion for some reason. I
> don't know why.
>
> Damaeus

Maybe you plan it this way, by NOT giving enough information in your first
post?

In news:rec.food.cooking, Sqwertz > posted on Mon,
14 Feb 2011 21:07:58 -0600 the following:

> On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:06:16 -0600, Damaeus wrote:
>
> > Many of my posts turn into this sort of discussion for some reason. I
> > don't know why.
>
> Well, the first time I responded to you genuinely with suggestions for
> Dallas restaurants you did com back with a response that indicated you
> were a big asshole. So that may be why people treat you the way they
> do.

I simply saw your post as one similar to replies in which people don't
actually say anything. They just post a link to Google. And at the time
I posted that messages, I didn't have access to dallas.food.

And as another poster mentioned, I don't really trust review sites all
that much, but the ones at Yelp looked geniune. Still there are no laws
saying restaurant managers or employees cannot go to review sites and make
up stories about their experiences. I saw no restaurant reviews at all on
epicurious.com. On chowhound.com, there are some Chinese restaurants
listed for Rockwall and Rowlett, but none of them have reviews.

Still, yelp was helpful, but I ended up not having to go on the trip,
anyway so it doesn't matter anymore.

And finally, as one who enjoys usenet, I like replying to posts. If I
hadn't posted my question on a newsgroup, someone else who likes answering
posts would have had nothing to do that day.

Wouldn't it be funny if usenet dies, not because people lose interest, but
because nobody posts any more questions since they've all been answered in
the past.

Damaeus

In article >,
"jmcquown" > wrote:

> "Damaeus" > wrote in message
> ...

> > He wasn't going "for me" to begin with. He was going for himself because
> > he asked me to bake 800 cookies for a Christmas party.
>
> You're the one with the comprehension problem. Your friend did you a favour
> picking them up while at the store. That's great! Saved you a trip. Saved
> on gas money, whatever.

Whatever, is right.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

On 12/02/2011 11:34 PM, Damaeus wrote:
> In news:rec.food.cooking, > posted on
> Sat, 12 Feb 2011 23:13:56 -0500 the following:
>
>> > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>> I guess picking up actual milk chocolate chips was too much for your
>>> feeble brain to handle.
>>
>> I agree! The OP doesn't even make sense.
>
> That's because you have the same reading comprehension problem as the
> person you're replying to.
>
>> He ASKED for "mini" semi-sweet chocolate chips in the post. What he got
>> was a couple of bags of the regular sized semi-sweet chocolate chips.
>> So what?
>
> So what? It's a matter of taste. I don't like big chocolate chips in
> cookies. I like tiny chocolate chips and a lot less of them than what
> most recipes call for. If you like 70% cookie, 30% chocolate chips, YOU
> eat the big chocolate chips. I don't like my cookies that way and I have
> every right to have a preference for how I like my cookies, and a right to
> bake them the way I like them.
>



If you have to be so damned anal about your chocolate chips why not just
get a knife and cut htem into halves or smeller?

In news:rec.food.cooking, Dave Smith > posted on
Sun, 13 Feb 2011 10:23:36 -0500 the following:

> On 12/02/2011 11:34 PM, Damaeus wrote:
>
> > So what? It's a matter of taste. I don't like big chocolate chips in
> > cookies. I like tiny chocolate chips and a lot less of them than what
> > most recipes call for. If you like 70% cookie, 30% chocolate chips,
> > YOU eat the big chocolate chips. I don't like my cookies that way and
> > I have every right to have a preference for how I like my cookies, and
> > a right to bake them the way I like them.
>
> If you have to be so damned anal about your chocolate chips why not just
> get a knife and cut htem into halves or smeller?

Why don't I just start a latch-hook project, knit a pair of socks or maybe
mow the lawn with a pair of scissors?

I'm not being anal about the chocolate chips. I'm being anal about people
misunderstanding what's going on here. I provided a little background
story about how I ended up with chocolate chips I don't want, and now
everybody is being judgmental toward me, as if I should be happy to have
chocolate chips at all. They act as if the chocolate chips were a special
gift to me and that I'm unappreciative of my friend's generosity. That is
nothing like what this is about. *HE* got the wrong chips for *HIS*
cookies. I used what was needed and we had a couple of bags left over.
Neither he nor I like big, fat chocolate chips. I don't want to cut them
into little pieces with a knife when I can more easily go to the store and
get the teeny-tiny chocolate chips. I will turn the big chocolate chips
into something else.

Damaeus

On 13/02/2011 12:08 PM, Damaeus wrote:

>>
>> If you have to be so damned anal about your chocolate chips why not just
>> get a knife and cut htem into halves or smeller?
>
> Why don't I just start a latch-hook project, knit a pair of socks or maybe
> mow the lawn with a pair of scissors?
>
> I'm not being anal about the chocolate chips. I'm being anal about people
> misunderstanding what's going on here. I provided a little background
> story about how I ended up with chocolate chips I don't want, and now
> everybody is being judgmental toward me, as if I should be happy to have
> chocolate chips at all.



You could have given the chips back to your friend. I don't think that
large chips are going to make much of a difference to the cookies....
for a normal person. If you think they are too big you can cut them into
half or quarters or put them in a blender..... but you don't want to.





They act as if the chocolate chips were a special
> gift to me and that I'm unappreciative of my friend's generosity. That is
> nothing like what this is about. *HE* got the wrong chips for *HIS*
> cookies. I used what was needed and we had a couple of bags left over.
> Neither he nor I like big, fat chocolate chips. I don't want to cut them
> into little pieces with a knife when I can more easily go to the store and
> get the teeny-tiny chocolate chips. I will turn the big chocolate chips
> into something else.

In news:rec.food.cooking, Dave Smith > posted on
Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:45:23 -0500 the following:

> On 13/02/2011 12:08 PM, Damaeus wrote:
>
> > I'm not being anal about the chocolate chips. I'm being anal about
> > people misunderstanding what's going on here. I provided a little
> > background story about how I ended up with chocolate chips I don't
> > want, and now everybody is being judgmental toward me, as if I should
> > be happy to have chocolate chips at all.
>
> You could have given the chips back to your friend.

That would be funny since we live in the same house and share all the same
groceries.

> I don't think that large chips are going to make much of a difference to
> the cookies.... for a normal person.

I guess I'm abnormal because I like tiny dots of chocolate in my cookies,
not big fat wads of it.

> If you think they are too big you can cut them into half or quarters or
> put them in a blender..... but you don't want to.

That's because I'm tired of cookies. I want something besides cookies.
When I get ready to make cookies again, I'll get mini chocolate chips.

Damaeus

On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 11:08:47 -0600, Damaeus
> wrote:

> *HE* got the wrong chips for *HIS* cookies.

Chill out, dude. HE got the CORRECT chips for *HIS* cookies. You're
spazzing out because he didn't buy the chips *YOU* like. He's fine
with them, but YOU aren't and Christmas is long over, so RELAX!
Nobody builds a long lasting relationship this way. It's the middle
of February. Let it go.




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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 11:08:47 -0600, Damaeus
> > wrote:
>
>> *HE* got the wrong chips for *HIS* cookies.
>
> Chill out, dude. HE got the CORRECT chips for *HIS* cookies. You're
> spazzing out because he didn't buy the chips *YOU* like. He's fine
> with them, but YOU aren't and Christmas is long over, so RELAX!
> Nobody builds a long lasting relationship this way. It's the middle
> of February. Let it go.
>
>

They're probably cheap chips too. If he gave the brand, I don't remember.

In news:rec.food.cooking, sf > posted on Mon, 14 Feb 2011
00:30:46 -0800 the following:

> On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 11:08:47 -0600, Damaeus
> > wrote:
>
> > *HE* got the wrong chips for *HIS* cookies.
>
> Chill out, dude. HE got the CORRECT chips for *HIS* cookies.

He asked me what he needed to get because he likes the cookies the way I
bake them when I have baked them for us. He wanted my cookies as I have
baked them in the past, but his acquisition of large chocolate chips
resulted in cookies that were not exactly like the ones I bake for us.
Nevertheless, he was not bothered by that, and neither am I. The point is
that neither of us want large chocolate chips in our cookies, nor are we
in the mood for cookies right now. That is why I posted the original
message which simply asked about how I should try to use these semi-sweet
chocolate chips to make a sweeter chocolate candy that would be more like
milk chocolate.

> You're spazzing out because he didn't buy the chips *YOU* like. He's
> fine with them,

No, he isn't fine with them. He likes chocolate even less than I do. He
does not want large chocolate chips in his cookies, either. When I make
chocolate pie, he likes so little chocolate that it looks more like a
mocha pie -- something that is light brown, not dark brown. I like the
regular, dark brown chocolate pie.

> but YOU aren't and Christmas is long over, so RELAX! Nobody builds a
> long lasting relationship this way.

Our relationship will be better if I don't bake cookies with large
chocolate chips. And again, we're tired of cookies. I'm going to use the
chocolate chips to make something else. This thread was not about mini
chips versus regular chips. It was about what to do with semi-sweet
chocolate chips when I don't want to use them to bake cookies.

> It's the middle of February.

The month is irrelevant to the point of the thread.

> Let it go.

Let what go?

Damaeus

On Feb 13, 9:08*am, Damaeus > wrote:
> In news:rec.food.cooking, Dave Smith > posted on
> Sun, 13 Feb 2011 10:23:36 -0500 the following:
>
> > On 12/02/2011 11:34 PM, Damaeus wrote:
>
> > > So what? *It's a matter of taste. *I don't like big chocolate chips in
> > > cookies. *I like tiny chocolate chips and a lot less of them than what
> > > most recipes call for. *If you like 70% cookie, 30% chocolate chips,
> > > YOU eat the big chocolate chips. *I don't like my cookies that way and
> > > I have every right to have a preference for how I like my cookies, and
> > > a right to bake them the way I like them.
>
> > If you have to be so damned anal about your chocolate chips why not just
> > get a knife and cut htem into halves or smeller?
>
> Why don't I just start a latch-hook project, knit a pair of socks or maybe
> mow the lawn with a pair of scissors?
>
> I'm not being anal about the chocolate chips. *I'm being anal about people
> misunderstanding what's going on here. *I provided a little background
> story about how I ended up with chocolate chips I don't want, and now
> everybody is being judgmental toward me, as if I should be happy to have
> chocolate chips at all. *They act as if the chocolate chips were a special
> gift to me and that I'm unappreciative of my friend's generosity. *That is
> nothing like what this is about. **HE* got the wrong chips for *HIS*
> cookies. *I used what was needed and we had a couple of bags left over.
> Neither he nor I like big, fat chocolate chips. *I don't want to cut them
> into little pieces with a knife when I can more easily go to the store and
> get the teeny-tiny chocolate chips. *I will turn the big chocolate chips
> into something else.
>
> Damaeus

LOL!!! This thread is hilarious, and you will burn in hell for even
asking for advise! How dare you!!!

In news:rec.food.cooking, merryb > posted on Wed, 16 Feb
2011 12:18:25 -0800 (PST) the following:

> LOL!!! This thread is hilarious, and you will burn in hell for even
> asking for advise! How dare you!!!

Some of us are made for Hell, but I'm glad you're enjoying yourself.

Damaeus

In news:rec.food.cooking, merryb > posted on Wed, 16 Feb
2011 12:18:25 -0800 (PST) the following:

> On Feb 13, 9:08+AKA-am, Damaeus > wrote:
>
> > Neither he nor I like big, fat chocolate chips. +AKA-I don't want to cut
> > them into little pieces with a knife when I can more easily go to the
> > store and get the teeny-tiny chocolate chips. +AKA-I will turn the big
> > chocolate chips into something else.
>
> LOL!!! This thread is hilarious, and you will burn in hell for even
> asking for advise! How dare you!!!

I think I would have been better off if I had not included the story about
how I ended up with the chocolate chips. More people focused on that than
the actual question about how to make semi-sweet chocolate chips more like
milk chocolate candy.

Damaeus

In news:rec.food.cooking, Andy > posted on Sun, 13 Feb 2011 13:53:06
-0600 the following:

> Damaeus > wrote:
>
> > I will turn the big chocolate chips
> > into something else.
>
> Melt them down and try your luck at a few of these...
>
> http://alturl.com/ednir
>
> We had to be really good to get treated to them. It didn't seem possible!

I like long links, not shortened ones. For all I know, that could take me
to http://hak.kpfjl.ru/kak399/scr.asp

I wish alturl.com site offered a way for us to paste links like yours into
a field so we can see the link that will be loaded into our browsers.

Damaeus

On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 03:13:15 -0600, Damaeus
> wrote:

> I wish alturl.com site offered a way for us to paste links like yours into
> a field so we can see the link that will be loaded into our browsers.

Ftttt. It's a dipped chocolate cone. Nothing that will blow up your
computer.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

On 2/14/2011 4:27 AM, Andy wrote:

> ASSTROLL!
>

That's a new one. lol

In article >,
"jmcquown" > wrote:

> "notbob" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On 2011-02-12, Damaeus > wrote:
> >> I asked my friend to pick up some mini semi-sweet chocolate chips --
> >
> > I guess picking up actual milk chocolate chips was too much for your
> > feeble brain to handle.
> >
> > nb
>
>
> I agree! The OP doesn't even make sense. He ASKED for "mini" semi-sweet
> chocolate chips in the post. What he got was a couple of bags of the
> regular sized semi-sweet chocolate chips. So what? What's the difference
> from the other than the size?

To you, nothing. To him, he did not get what he requested and what he
expected. Somewhere in the thread he said he does not like the bigger
chocolate chips in his cookies. Just his preference. Seems as
reasonable as most of the stuff posted here.

> Why is he suddenly thinking they should be
> milk chocolate chips?

He is not. He wants to make the taste sweeter, "more like milk
chocolate," and make a drop candy that will use his too-big semi-sweet
chocolate chips. Personally, I don't think all the sugar in the bowl
will make the semi-sweet taste like milk chocolate ‹ there's more to it
than that. But his question was for some help from the

> And what did he expect this friend to do, go back to the store for
> him? Unless he's an invalid I suggest he go get his own chocolate
> chips.

> Jill

It doesn't look like he expects his friend to do anything; he was hoping
for some help here. My guess is that he will get for himself the
chocolate chips he expected. His request here was for suggestions to
use what he was provided with so as to not waste them. Didn't you just
say something about "waste not, want not" in your stovetop cooking
thread? It sounds like he's trying to use them rather than throw them
away. Kind of like you.

--
Barb

"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "jmcquown" > wrote:
>
> It doesn't look like he expects his friend to do anything; he was hoping
> for some help here. My guess is that he will get for himself the
> chocolate chips he expected. His request here was for suggestions to
> use what he was provided with so as to not waste them. Didn't you just
> say something about "waste not, want not" in your stovetop cooking
> thread? It sounds like he's trying to use them rather than throw them
> away. Kind of like you.
>
> --
> Barb


Then my sincere apologies. But he could always just take them back to the
store and exchange them. I happen to prefer milk chocolate chips when I
make fudge. But I don't expect a magic recipe to turn semi-sweet chips into
something they aren't. And it seems to be a size hang-up. Men...!

Jill

In article >,
"jmcquown" > wrote:

> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In article >,
> > "jmcquown" > wrote:
> >
> > It doesn't look like he expects his friend to do anything; he was hoping
> > for some help here. My guess is that he will get for himself the
> > chocolate chips he expected. His request here was for suggestions to
> > use what he was provided with so as to not waste them. Didn't you just
> > say something about "waste not, want not" in your stovetop cooking
> > thread? It sounds like he's trying to use them rather than throw them
> > away. Kind of like you.
> >
> > --
> > Barb
>
>
> Then my sincere apologies. But he could always just take them back to the
> store and exchange them. I happen to prefer milk chocolate chips when I
> make fudge. But I don't expect a magic recipe to turn semi-sweet chips into
> something they aren't. And it seems to be a size hang-up. Men...!
>
> Jill

The exchanging sounds like a good idea if it works. I was thinking that
he might very well NOT have the store receipt because the other guy
bought and paid - Damaeus is just the poor ******* who said he'd bake
800 cookies for a friend. I would not expect the grocery store to take
back the chips without a receipt or something to identify that they came
from that store.

I use a combination of milk chocolate chips and semi-sweet when I make
my fudge. And I usually prefer a milk chocolate candy bar unless it's a
Midnight Milky Way.
--
Barb
http://web.me.com/barbschaller

In news:rec.food.cooking, notbob > posted on 13 Feb
2011 03:02:00 GMT the following:

> On 2011-02-12, Damaeus > wrote:
> > I asked my friend to pick up some mini semi-sweet chocolate chips --
>
> I guess picking up actual milk chocolate chips was too much for your
> feeble brain to handle.

I guess reading comprehension is too much for your feeble brain to handle.
As I said in the original post, I asked my friend who was picking up some
groceries to bring home some mini semi-sweet chocolate chips, but he got
the big ones, not the mini ones. I don't like the big chocolate chips in
my cookies, so I don't want to use them for anything. I thought I might
try to convert them into some kind of candy, but I don't like "semi-sweet"
chocolate candy, either. But I do like mini semi-sweet chocolate chips in
cookies.

Why don't *YOU* grow a brain before you criticze mine.

Damaeus