I thought I did once as a kid. I used a very old cookbook and made a recipe
for some corn tortillas that I now know were anything but authentic. They
involved using canned hominy and grinding it in a meat grinder. The
tortillas were formed between sheets of waxed paper. They were then chilled
for a while between boards (I used cutting boards) before frying them. It
was a very time consuming process which was just the sort of cooking that I
liked to do as a child.

I made a layered dish out of them. I can't remember what all was involved
but I do remember using canned kidney beans. I would have used dried beans
had any been available to me. I just remember stacking the tortillas on
each plate and putting a layer of filling between. Sort of like those flat
enchiladas (Sonora style) except that I didn't soften the tortillas and I
don't recall putting any sauce over them. Actually more like some weird
stacked tostadas that a place like Taco Bell would be likely to come up
with.

At the time, I thought I had invented something new. I even submitted the
recipe to a magazine and hoped I would win their contest. I did not and I
never made those tortillas again, even though they did taste good. I did
make some others that involved Bisquick. Yep! Not sure where I got that
recipe from.

But more recently... Any time I try to think up something new to make, I
look it up and find that there is already a recipe out there that if not
exactly like what I'm going to make is very similar. I guess it's kind of
hard to come up with a new dish.

My FIL thought I invented something when I fried pasta. Nope. I read about
it somewhere. Dry the leftover pasta off fully. If something like
spaghetti, form it in little mounds before drying. Pan fry it and either
salt it and maybe sprinkle with cheese for a savory snack or use powdered
sugar for a sweet. That's really good, but I didn't invent it.

On 8/16/2012 10:39 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> I thought I did once as a kid. I used a very old cookbook and made a recipe
> for some corn tortillas that I now know were anything but authentic. They
> involved using canned hominy and grinding it in a meat grinder. The
> tortillas were formed between sheets of waxed paper. They were then chilled
> for a while between boards (I used cutting boards) before frying them. It
> was a very time consuming process which was just the sort of cooking that I
> liked to do as a child.
>
> I made a layered dish out of them. I can't remember what all was involved
> but I do remember using canned kidney beans. I would have used dried beans
> had any been available to me. I just remember stacking the tortillas on
> each plate and putting a layer of filling between. Sort of like those flat
> enchiladas (Sonora style) except that I didn't soften the tortillas and I
> don't recall putting any sauce over them. Actually more like some weird
> stacked tostadas that a place like Taco Bell would be likely to come up
> with.
>
> At the time, I thought I had invented something new. I even submitted the
> recipe to a magazine and hoped I would win their contest. I did not and I
> never made those tortillas again, even though they did taste good. I did
> make some others that involved Bisquick. Yep! Not sure where I got that
> recipe from.
>
> But more recently... Any time I try to think up something new to make, I
> look it up and find that there is already a recipe out there that if not
> exactly like what I'm going to make is very similar. I guess it's kind of
> hard to come up with a new dish.

There's not much new under the sun. I'm baking some bread in my rice
cooker but there's other people that have already done that. It's a
liquid yeast dough with cheese and dehydrated onions. I'm cooking it on
the warm setting of my cheap rice cooker. Unfortunately, I'm not at home
to watch it so it's gonna have to heat up for quite a few hours. I'm
thinking that one could make a pretty good cornbread in a rice cooker.
I'll try that next.

>
> My FIL thought I invented something when I fried pasta. Nope. I read about
> it somewhere. Dry the leftover pasta off fully. If something like
> spaghetti, form it in little mounds before drying. Pan fry it and either
> salt it and maybe sprinkle with cheese for a savory snack or use powdered
> sugar for a sweet. That's really good, but I didn't invent it.
>
>

"Andy" > wrote in message ...
> "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>
>> At the time, I thought I had invented something new. I even submitted
>> the recipe to a magazine and hoped I would win their contest. I did
>> not and I never made those tortillas again, even though they did taste
>> good. I did make some others that involved Bisquick. Yep! Not sure
>> where I got that recipe from.
>
>
>
> Julie,
>
> I invented the "Mexcellent Cheeseburger" probably 10 years ago.
>
> I submitted it to the Sutter Farm's (vineyard) "Build a Better Burger"
> annual contest. First prize: $100K. I wasn't called on to compete.
> Must've been considered less-than-original or just bl.asé.
>
> Did you name your dish?
>
> Best,
>
> Andy

Yes there was a name but now I forget what it was.

On Aug 17, 4:39*am, "Julie Bove" > wrote:

> But more recently... *Any time I try to think up something new to make, I
> look it up and find that there is already a recipe out there that if not
> exactly like what I'm going to make is very similar. *I guess it's kind of
> hard to come up with a new dish.


I guess in a world that's been around millions of years and now
totals 7 + billion people it's not possible to come up with anything
new period. But some ideas certainly can be more creative than
others. Standup comics argue about this all the time - some idea they
had that someone else is using, and then accusing that person of
stealing "his" idea. Still, I would say that if you thought of
something on your very own and made it and liked it, it is indeed your
creation even if someone else or even thousands of them have done the
same.

TJ

Il 17/08/2012 10:39, Julie Bove ha scritto:

> My FIL thought I invented something when I fried pasta. Nope. I read about
> it somewhere. Dry the leftover pasta off fully. If something like
> spaghetti, form it in little mounds before drying. Pan fry it and either
> salt it and maybe sprinkle with cheese for a savory snack or use powdered
> sugar for a sweet. That's really good, but I didn't invent it.

Just this saturday. chatting with my GF, we invented erbazzone
cannellini. They are still to be made and that will happen tomorrow when
I'll buy spinach, pancetta and pre-made cannellini shells. Cannellini is
the name for a pastry item one can find all over Italy: just a cilindric
shell of puff-pastry, usually brusehd with beaten eggs, filled with
custard, usually creme patissiere but also cocao based custards fit well.
So, we re-thougth of it as a savoury dish with a filling of erbazzone,
which a local "torta salata" based on a spinach, eggs, breadcrumbs,
grated reggiano and pancetta filling between two layers of a kind of
pastry, something between puff-pastry and brisee.
We'll be trying this savoury cannellini version ASAP!

If you thought it up on your own, you invented it, but you weren't
neccesarily the first to have the idea :-)

I invented coating buttered bread with poppy seeds before making grilled
cheese. Why, the Food Network magazine even had a 50 recipe insert for
grilled cheese, yet no one mentioned poppy seeds! I am now developing
other ideas for poppy seeds.

I invented caramel apple in a spoon-put red apple Jelly Belly's, green
apple Jelly Belly's, caramel chips, miniature choc chips, and chopped
pecans in a bowl, and eat with a spoon. Dead ringer. (OMG good!) This
would make an excellent gift in a pretty jar.

On Aug 19, 12:14*pm, (z z) wrote:


> If you thought it up on your own, you invented it, but you weren't
> neccesarily the first to have the idea :-)


That covers it. In standup comedy there are more arguments of this
regard than just about anything I've yet encountered. Nobody has a
brand new idea, but they can have a fresh and original and
entertaining way of bringing themselves to it. I agree with you and
already told Bove or whoever made the original post that if she
thought she created it, she did. I have created some dishes by my own
standards of creation. For the past 6 days - today being the last - I
have been eating a dish I call "Food" consisting of already broiled
boneless pork and already microwaved yukon gold potatoes. Each day I
slice a small amount of keilbasa into a bowl along with some of the
cooked pork and a potato chopped up. Then I add a palmful of cold
water and a quarter of a lemon, not much, and some olive oil along
with some chopped cilantro and some chopped fresh cabbage and a half a
jalapeno, then mix it up and set it in the fridge to be tossed on a
plate later and eaten. I get two meals out of this. I have used the
microwave nicely for some things. The meat and taters do not overcook
while about 4 minutes (on my old machine), manages to cook down the
raw stuff I've added to the dish. Oh yes, and garlic of course, fresh
minced in there. If someone is given some and asked what it is, my
response is, "I call this "Food"......."

TJ

z z wrote:
> If you thought it up on your own, you invented it, but you weren't
> neccesarily the first to have the idea :-)
>
> I invented coating buttered bread with poppy seeds before making
> grilled cheese. Why, the Food Network magazine even had a 50 recipe
> insert for grilled cheese, yet no one mentioned poppy seeds! I am now
> developing other ideas for poppy seeds.
>
> I invented caramel apple in a spoon-put red apple Jelly Belly's, green
> apple Jelly Belly's, caramel chips, miniature choc chips, and chopped
> pecans in a bowl, and eat with a spoon. Dead ringer. (OMG good!) This
> would make an excellent gift in a pretty jar.

Nice!

On Sun, 19 Aug 2012 14:10:12 -0700 (PDT), Tommy Joe wrote:

> That covers it. In standup comedy there are more arguments of this
> regard than just about anything I've yet encountered. Nobody has a
> brand new idea, but they can have a fresh and original and
> entertaining way of bringing themselves to it.

Back in the early 90s, during my first deployment to Saudi Arabia, once
we landed at Riyadh Air Base our duffel bags were taken off the C-130 on
pallets and set on the ground. We were all told to search through them
for our own.

It's somewhere around 5:30am in the morning after a long flight from the
US and we're all pretty beat up. I feel like I've looked at the same
duffel bags over and over when I decide to yell out, "Mine is the green
one!" In our tired state everyone thought the weak joke was pretty
funny.

Years later I'm in a doctors office flipping through a Readers Digest
and come to "Humor in Uniform". There is my very joke, under the very
same circumstances, told from the perspective of someone else. I'm sure
they didn't steal the joke from me.

--

-Jeff B.


"Freedom Through Vigilance"

"Yeff" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 19 Aug 2012 14:10:12 -0700 (PDT), Tommy Joe wrote:
>
>> That covers it. In standup comedy there are more arguments of this
>> regard than just about anything I've yet encountered. Nobody has a
>> brand new idea, but they can have a fresh and original and
>> entertaining way of bringing themselves to it.
>
> Back in the early 90s, during my first deployment to Saudi Arabia, once
> we landed at Riyadh Air Base our duffel bags were taken off the C-130 on
> pallets and set on the ground. We were all told to search through them
> for our own.
>
> It's somewhere around 5:30am in the morning after a long flight from the
> US and we're all pretty beat up. I feel like I've looked at the same
> duffel bags over and over when I decide to yell out, "Mine is the green
> one!" In our tired state everyone thought the weak joke was pretty
> funny.
>
> Years later I'm in a doctors office flipping through a Readers Digest
> and come to "Humor in Uniform". There is my very joke, under the very
> same circumstances, told from the perspective of someone else. I'm sure
> they didn't steal the joke from me.

Aw...

On Aug 19, 8:37*pm, Yeff > wrote:

> Years later I'm in a doctors office flipping through a Readers Digest
> and come to "Humor in Uniform". *There is my very joke, under the very
> same circumstances, told from the perspective of someone else. *I'm sure
> they didn't steal the joke from me.


Absolutely, an interesting example. I'm not a pro comic and
wouldn't want to be, although I wouldn't mind being a professional
talk-show guest - no act required, just the right guy asking me the
right questions. But while I am not a pro comic I have done comedy
and have known many of these clowns and believe me they are a
competitive bunch. Some have a more balanced view, but most I've met
think every last thought that enters their brain is theirs - and it
is, in their own brain. At the same time it is nice to be told that
something you've done is creative or unique. Unique is fine with me.

I have a similar one to yours. When I was hanging out at the
poolroom in Hollywood back in the late 60s we were young and sitting
around talking about which ethnic group was the worst cause of our
problems. Everyone had their own pick for worst of the lot. As each
ethnicity was bashed I expressed sentiment with the put-down but added
my own, saying, "Those groups are nothing compared to American
Indians. Why don't they just go back where they came from?"

Now that is not hilarious but I thought so at the time and so did
the others. A few years later I was watching a Marx Brothers movie in
which Groucho was at a socialite party and he said that same thing to
a dime-store indian-looking guy at the affair. Now, maybe I heard
that when I was really young, but more likely the conversation us guys
were having brought it out of me, the way exchanging ideas with other
people is bound to brings new ideas to the heads of all. Sometimes a
guy can say something funny and not even know it's a joke till someone
laughs, at which time he might even think at first that he's being
laughed AT. Then he laughs himself when he realizes the joke he just
told without knowing it was a joke. That means the guy who laughed
was as much the author of the joke as the guy who told it.

TJ

Tommy Joe wrote:
> On Aug 19, 8:37 pm, Yeff > wrote:
>
>> Years later I'm in a doctors office flipping through a Readers Digest
>> and come to "Humor in Uniform". There is my very joke, under the very
>> same circumstances, told from the perspective of someone else. I'm
>> sure they didn't steal the joke from me.
>
>
> Absolutely, an interesting example. I'm not a pro comic and
> wouldn't want to be, although I wouldn't mind being a professional
> talk-show guest - no act required, just the right guy asking me the
> right questions. But while I am not a pro comic I have done comedy
> and have known many of these clowns and believe me they are a
> competitive bunch. Some have a more balanced view, but most I've met
> think every last thought that enters their brain is theirs - and it
> is, in their own brain. At the same time it is nice to be told that
> something you've done is creative or unique. Unique is fine with me.
>
> I have a similar one to yours. When I was hanging out at the
> poolroom in Hollywood back in the late 60s we were young and sitting
> around talking about which ethnic group was the worst cause of our
> problems. Everyone had their own pick for worst of the lot. As each
> ethnicity was bashed I expressed sentiment with the put-down but added
> my own, saying, "Those groups are nothing compared to American
> Indians. Why don't they just go back where they came from?"
>
> Now that is not hilarious but I thought so at the time and so did
> the others. A few years later I was watching a Marx Brothers movie in
> which Groucho was at a socialite party and he said that same thing to
> a dime-store indian-looking guy at the affair. Now, maybe I heard
> that when I was really young, but more likely the conversation us guys
> were having brought it out of me, the way exchanging ideas with other
> people is bound to brings new ideas to the heads of all. Sometimes a
> guy can say something funny and not even know it's a joke till someone
> laughs, at which time he might even think at first that he's being
> laughed AT. Then he laughs himself when he realizes the joke he just
> told without knowing it was a joke. That means the guy who laughed
> was as much the author of the joke as the guy who told it.
>
> TJ

A few months ago a woman I know referred to a girl has having no filter. I
assumed she had coined the term. But now since then I have heard this
almost daily. So it must have been used in some movie or some TV show that
I haven't seen.

On 20/08/2012 5:03 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> A few months ago a woman I know referred to a girl has having no filter. I
> assumed she had coined the term. But now since then I have heard this
> almost daily. So it must have been used in some movie or some TV show that
> I haven't seen.


I refer to it as Frank Disease, named for Frank, a friend of my
brothers. Whatever comes into his mind comes out his mouth.

On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 02:03:47 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

> A few months ago a woman I know referred to a girl has having no filter. I
> assumed she had coined the term. But now since then I have heard this
> almost daily. So it must have been used in some movie or some TV show that
> I haven't seen.

It's a grown up way to say that someone is immature... the kind of
immature that has nothing to do with age.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On 17/08/2012 6:39 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> I thought I did once as a kid. I used a very old cookbook and made a recipe
> for some corn tortillas that I now know were anything but authentic. They
> involved using canned hominy and grinding it in a meat grinder. The
> tortillas were formed between sheets of waxed paper. They were then chilled
> for a while between boards (I used cutting boards) before frying them. It
> was a very time consuming process which was just the sort of cooking that I
> liked to do as a child.

Every time I cook something, I invent a new dish. That's because, apart
from rice and very basic stuff, nothing I cook ever turns out the way I
expect. Sometimes, in the more extreme cases, it can't even be given a
basic name like "FOOD"!
>
<snip>

--

Krypsis

sf wrote:

> > A few months ago a woman I know referred to a girl has having no filter.

> It's a grown up way to say that someone is immature... the kind of
> immature that has nothing to do with age.

Immaturity isn't the only reason for that behavior. You also see it
with several personality disorders, including bipolarness.

Krypsis wrote:

> Every time I cook something, I invent a new dish. That's because, apart
> from rice and very basic stuff, nothing I cook ever turns out the way I
> expect. Sometimes, in the more extreme cases, it can't even be given a
> basic name like "FOOD"!

I admire your honesty. What do you tell your guests to expect when
they come over for dinner?

On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 07:03:30 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 02:03:47 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:
>
>> A few months ago a woman I know referred to a girl has having no filter. I
>> assumed she had coined the term. But now since then I have heard this
>> almost daily. So it must have been used in some movie or some TV show that
>> I haven't seen.
>
>It's a grown up way to say that someone is immature... the kind of
>immature that has nothing to do with age.

Sometimes 'no filter' is immature--- sometimes it is just *honest*.

Frankly, I prefer talking to people with no filter-- aka no bullshit,
IMO.

Jim

On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 10:36:10 -0400, Jim Elbrecht >
wrote:

> On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 07:03:30 -0700, sf > wrote:
>
> >On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 02:03:47 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
> >
> >> A few months ago a woman I know referred to a girl has having no filter. I
> >> assumed she had coined the term. But now since then I have heard this
> >> almost daily. So it must have been used in some movie or some TV show that
> >> I haven't seen.
> >
> >It's a grown up way to say that someone is immature... the kind of
> >immature that has nothing to do with age.
>
> Sometimes 'no filter' is immature--- sometimes it is just *honest*.
>
> Frankly, I prefer talking to people with no filter-- aka no bullshit,
> IMO.
>
I don't because they are rude, obnoxious and socially "inept" for a
supposed adult.


--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On 21/08/2012 12:20 AM, George M. Middius wrote:
> Krypsis wrote:
>
>> Every time I cook something, I invent a new dish. That's because, apart
>> from rice and very basic stuff, nothing I cook ever turns out the way I
>> expect. Sometimes, in the more extreme cases, it can't even be given a
>> basic name like "FOOD"!
>
> I admire your honesty. What do you tell your guests to expect when
> they come over for dinner?
>
>
Well, I can't blame my wife. They all know how well she cooks.
Basically, to cover for me, she quickly whips up something. Quite
amazing at doing that, really she is. Put her in front of a wok and it
is quite amazing the things she comes up with. I gather she learnt most
of her skills from her grandmother before she even reached her teens. I
suspect the guests only come because they know my fare rarely makes it
to the table.

But then, most people know how well I "don't" cook. ;-)

I have managed to cook reasonable steaks, lamb chops and snags as long
as it's a barbeque.

My wife is insisting I learn to cook a broader range of items... she is
suggesting cookery classes....

--

Krypsis

On 8/16/2012 10:39 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> I thought I did once as a kid. I used a very old cookbook and made a recipe
> for some corn tortillas that I now know were anything but authentic. They
> involved using canned hominy and grinding it in a meat grinder. The
> tortillas were formed between sheets of waxed paper. They were then chilled
> for a while between boards (I used cutting boards) before frying them. It
> was a very time consuming process which was just the sort of cooking that I
> liked to do as a child.
>
> I made a layered dish out of them. I can't remember what all was involved
> but I do remember using canned kidney beans. I would have used dried beans
> had any been available to me. I just remember stacking the tortillas on
> each plate and putting a layer of filling between. Sort of like those flat
> enchiladas (Sonora style) except that I didn't soften the tortillas and I
> don't recall putting any sauce over them. Actually more like some weird
> stacked tostadas that a place like Taco Bell would be likely to come up
> with.
>
> At the time, I thought I had invented something new. I even submitted the
> recipe to a magazine and hoped I would win their contest. I did not and I
> never made those tortillas again, even though they did taste good. I did
> make some others that involved Bisquick. Yep! Not sure where I got that
> recipe from.
>
> But more recently... Any time I try to think up something new to make, I
> look it up and find that there is already a recipe out there that if not
> exactly like what I'm going to make is very similar. I guess it's kind of
> hard to come up with a new dish.
>
> My FIL thought I invented something when I fried pasta. Nope. I read about
> it somewhere. Dry the leftover pasta off fully. If something like
> spaghetti, form it in little mounds before drying. Pan fry it and either
> salt it and maybe sprinkle with cheese for a savory snack or use powdered
> sugar for a sweet. That's really good, but I didn't invent it.

I like to fry leftover spaghetti with cheese. Fry the noodles in a good
amount of oil in a non-stick pan. Add cheese and let that melt down to
the pan surface, fry until browned. Flip and fry other side. Fried
cheese? It's tasty!

I found brisket at the Safeway yesterday. I've never bought an plain old
brisket before. I dumped some liquid smoke on it and then coated it with
a dry rub with Korean chili pepper and the usual dry rub suspects. This
was wrapped tightly in aluminum foil and left to marinate at room
temperature. This morning I put the foil wrapped meat in a glass pan
with a little water. The pan was sealed with foil and is roasting in a
200 degree oven until I get home.

Yesterday, I made boxed mashed potatoes in the rice cooker - it works
great and even keeps the potatoes warm.

On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 10:19:45 -0400, George M. Middius wrote:

> Immaturity isn't the only reason for that behavior. You also see it
> with several personality disorders, including bipolarness.

Minor nit: Bipolar Disorder is a mood disorder not a personality
disorder. Two different things.

--

-Jeff B.


"Freedom Through Vigilance"

On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 10:20:25 -0400, George M. Middius wrote:

> I admire your honesty. What do you tell your guests to expect when
> they come over for dinner?

Ever see the movie, "Repo Man"? Generic cans of, "Food - Meat Flavored"
and "Drink".

--

-Jeff B.


"Freedom Through Vigilance"

Yeff wrote:

> > Immaturity isn't the only reason for that behavior. You also see it
> > with several personality disorders, including bipolarness.
>
> Minor nit: Bipolar Disorder is a mood disorder not a personality
> disorder. Two different things.

I did not know that. I wish I could use that factoid to raise my
income, but alas, it's not to be.

On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:48:53 -0400, George M. Middius wrote:

> Yeff wrote:
>
>>> Immaturity isn't the only reason for that behavior. You also see it
>>> with several personality disorders, including bipolarness.
>>
>> Minor nit: Bipolar Disorder is a mood disorder not a personality
>> disorder. Two different things.
>
> I did not know that. I wish I could use that factoid to raise my
> income, but alas, it's not to be.

You and me both, brother, you and me both.

--

-Jeff B.


"Freedom Through Vigilance"

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 02:03:47 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>> A few months ago a woman I know referred to a girl has having no filter.
>> I
>> assumed she had coined the term. But now since then I have heard this
>> almost daily. So it must have been used in some movie or some TV show
>> that
>> I haven't seen.
>
> It's a grown up way to say that someone is immature... the kind of
> immature that has nothing to do with age.

No, it wasn't in this case. I don't want to get into what she was saying
here. But it wasn't that at all.

"George M. Middius" > wrote in message
...
> sf wrote:
>
>> > A few months ago a woman I know referred to a girl has having no
>> > filter.
>
>> It's a grown up way to say that someone is immature... the kind of
>> immature that has nothing to do with age.
>
> Immaturity isn't the only reason for that behavior. You also see it
> with several personality disorders, including bipolarness.

In this case it was more a case of something that used to be a sort of taboo
subject say...50 years ago but isn't necessarily now. At least not in this
country. I really don't want to get much more into it than that.

"Jim Elbrecht" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 07:03:30 -0700, sf > wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 02:03:47 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:
>>
>>> A few months ago a woman I know referred to a girl has having no filter.
>>> I
>>> assumed she had coined the term. But now since then I have heard this
>>> almost daily. So it must have been used in some movie or some TV show
>>> that
>>> I haven't seen.
>>
>>It's a grown up way to say that someone is immature... the kind of
>>immature that has nothing to do with age.
>
> Sometimes 'no filter' is immature--- sometimes it is just *honest*.
>
> Frankly, I prefer talking to people with no filter-- aka no bullshit,
> IMO.

In this case it was honest. And she was being honest about herself.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 10:36:10 -0400, Jim Elbrecht >
> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 07:03:30 -0700, sf > wrote:
>>
>> >On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 02:03:47 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> A few months ago a woman I know referred to a girl has having no
>> >> filter. I
>> >> assumed she had coined the term. But now since then I have heard this
>> >> almost daily. So it must have been used in some movie or some TV show
>> >> that
>> >> I haven't seen.
>> >
>> >It's a grown up way to say that someone is immature... the kind of
>> >immature that has nothing to do with age.
>>
>> Sometimes 'no filter' is immature--- sometimes it is just *honest*.
>>
>> Frankly, I prefer talking to people with no filter-- aka no bullshit,
>> IMO.
>>
> I don't because they are rude, obnoxious and socially "inept" for a
> supposed adult.

Again, this was a girl I was talking about. She was not rude, obnoxious or
socially inept in any way shape or form.

"Yeff" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 10:20:25 -0400, George M. Middius wrote:
>
>> I admire your honesty. What do you tell your guests to expect when
>> they come over for dinner?
>
> Ever see the movie, "Repo Man"? Generic cans of, "Food - Meat Flavored"
> and "Drink".

I loved that move!

Julie Bove wrote:

> > Ever see the movie, "Repo Man"? Generic cans of, "Food - Meat Flavored"
> > and "Drink".
>
> I loved that move!

Naturally you loved it. It had acid trips and space aliens.

George M. Middius wrote:
> Julie Bove wrote:
>
>>> Ever see the movie, "Repo Man"? Generic cans of, "Food - Meat
>>> Flavored" and "Drink".
>>
>> I loved that move!
>
> Naturally you loved it. It had acid trips and space aliens.

I am not a big movie person. Seems that the ones that I do like are mostly
rather odd. Gone With The Wind being the exception. But they did use the
word "damn" in it.

On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 01:39:08 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:
....

I created my own recipe for my Chocolate Covered Cherries some years
ago. I did research on how to formulate it, and used an existing
recipe for the liquifying fondant that I wrap each cherry in before
covering in chocolate, but other than that it's my unique creation.

John Kuthe...

"John Kuthe" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 01:39:08 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
> ...
>
> I created my own recipe for my Chocolate Covered Cherries some years
> ago. I did research on how to formulate it, and used an existing
> recipe for the liquifying fondant that I wrap each cherry in before
> covering in chocolate, but other than that it's my unique creation.
>
> John Kuthe...

Hmmm... I have done chocolate covered cherries before and IIRC the fondant
did liquefy. I don't think I had to do anything to make it do that but
maybe I did and I just didn't realize it.

On Aug 20, 5:13*pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
> "John Kuthe" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> > On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 01:39:08 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > > wrote:
> > ...
>
> > I created my own recipe for my Chocolate Covered Cherries some years
> > ago. I did research on how to formulate it, and used an existing
> > recipe for the liquifying fondant that I wrap each cherry in before
> > covering in chocolate, but other than that it's my unique creation.
>
> > John Kuthe...
>
> Hmmm... *I have done chocolate covered cherries before and IIRC the fondant
> did liquefy. *I don't think I had to do anything to make it do that but
> maybe I did and I just didn't realize it.

That's exactly right- it takes a day or so for the fondant to liquify.
It happens on it's own free will!

On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:19:20 -0700 (PDT), merryb >
wrote:

>On Aug 20, 5:13*pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>> "John Kuthe" > wrote in message
>>
>> ...
>>
>> > On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 01:39:08 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > > wrote:
>> > ...
>>
>> > I created my own recipe for my Chocolate Covered Cherries some years
>> > ago. I did research on how to formulate it, and used an existing
>> > recipe for the liquifying fondant that I wrap each cherry in before
>> > covering in chocolate, but other than that it's my unique creation.
>>
>> > John Kuthe...
>>
>> Hmmm... *I have done chocolate covered cherries before and IIRC the fondant
>> did liquefy. *I don't think I had to do anything to make it do that but
>> maybe I did and I just didn't realize it.
>
>That's exactly right- it takes a day or so for the fondant to liquify.
>It happens on it's own free will!

Happens better if you make the fondant with invert sugar and add
invertase. Invert sugar and invertase is a well known candymaker's
"secret".

John Kuthe...

I'm late catching up on all the posts by about two weeks, as our
granddaughter has been here visiting before starting another year of
college, so was spending most of the time with her and enjoying every
minute of it! I've been like grandma/mother, since her own mother left
her and youngster sister (and our son) for a old boyfriend. They were
only 11 and 12 at the time.

Anyway, yes, I've concocted my own dishes for a very long time, and
can't think of a time when I haven't. Main dishes especially, but also
desserts of all kinds, and most turned out well and was pleased with the
results. I sometimes have a over-active imagination, and I just let it
run wild and go with it, so have come p with some "interesting"
combinations that usually work. Just lucky, I guess!

Judy

On Aug 20, 2:05*pm, John Kuthe > wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 01:39:08 -0700, "Julie > wrote:
>
> ...
>
> I created my own recipe for my Chocolate Covered Cherries some years
> ago. I did research on how to formulate it, and used an existing
> recipe for the liquifying fondant that I wrap each cherry in before
> covering in chocolate, but other than that it's my unique creation.
>
> John Kuthe...

My understanding is that an enzyme is added to the fondant to speed up
the liquification process however, my guess is that most of them don't
do this and the result is a creamy liquid center rather than a clear
liquid center. My guess is that's the way yours turns out. You you
might want to try adding meat tenderizer to your next batch to see if
it comes out differently. Spit might work too. ;-)

On Aug 20, 5:03*am, "Julie Bove" > wrote:

> A few months ago a woman I know referred to a girl has having no filter. *I
> assumed she had coined the term. *But now since then I have heard this
> almost daily. *So it must have been used in some movie or some TV show that
> I haven't seen.


Never heard that expression but I'm not getting it in context.
Without being in context I would guess no filter would imply she
speaks before she thinks. Yep, your friend probably got the
expression from the media and you never heard it because you may not
watch the same crap she does - and now everywhere you turn you hear
the same expression from everybody - kind of like how for years when
the celebrity egotists would kiss each others asses they'd say they
were paying homage, pronouncing it ah-medge with the accent on ah, but
today it's pronounced oh-mage with the accent on mage. When I receive
my homage I don't care how they pronounce as long as they're down on
their knees when they deliver it. I have a thought though, one I've
had for a while, that even horrible cliches such as one that seems to
bug a lot of people - "have a nice day" - have merit to have been
around and lasted as long as they have. So, I am admitting that in
some cases, maybe all, any expression or cliche, no matter how boring
or annoying, has merit of some sort, because to become a cliche is not
any easy accomplishment - although I will agree that not all cliches
are the same as some live on a long time while others die away.

I go now,
TJ

TJ

On Aug 20, 10:08*am, Krypsis > wrote:

> Every time I cook something, I invent a new dish. That's because, apart
> from rice and very basic stuff, nothing I cook ever turns out the way I
> expect. Sometimes, in the more extreme cases, it can't even be given a
> basic name like "FOOD"!


I see a mother about to put the dish on the table in front of her
child and the child asking what it is and the mother saying, "Do you
want it or not?", as she tosses it sideways onto the table so it
slides perfectly into position in front of the spoon-wielding brat.

Just eat it and shut up,
TJ