Also randomly, I learned how to take screenshots on a mac and it's unaccountably easy.
Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
the internet has lost consensus
The internet needs a Light-bulb thread?
Thanks anyway, ita and Kat. [Edit: and Hil]
Oh, and Kat! In a book I read last night, somebody was described as wearing a chapeau. The first time I ever encountered that word and looked it up was, surprisingly enough, in a post from you. So I thought of you last night.
I would say that frosting has some form of solid or near-solid fat -- either butter, shortening, or whipped cream -- while icing has either water or milk, or I suppose it could be made with cream, though I've never seen that.
The CI icings:
Chocolate Butter Icing
9 ounces bittersweet chocolate , or semisweet
8 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 stick)
1/3 cup light corn syrup
Buttermilk Icing
2 tablespoons cream cheese , softened
2 tablespoons buttermilk
1 cup confectioners' sugar (4 ounces)
Last minute bookreport for Little Women. (Has sound.)
My favorite part is "They're 100% woman at 50% the size."
Polgara, did you friend do this one too? I LOVES IT!
Hey, Nilly started Chapeau so ^.
And yeah, good word, huh? I can't claim it as mine, nor can I claim the game as mine. I blame ita's best friend.
^
"They're 100% woman at 50% the size."
Which sounds like an ad for a porno movie featuring midgets.
Also randomly, I learned how to take screenshots on a mac and it's unaccountably easy.How? I thought I knew but not. And there are times I go through weird contortions when a screenshot would be the easier solution.
Gah. This day will never end, will it?
I blame ita's best friend.
Everything is my fault. But, yeah, good word.