I grew up on margarine, but I love real butter. I even love unsalted butter. Like, if I didn't know it'd make me ill, I could eat spoons of the stuff. Cold, preferably.
Lorne: Snakes? Uh-huh. And they came out of your what? Okay. Okay, well, did they get up there themselves or is this part of a, you know, a thing? No, I'm not judging...Do we fight snakes? Angel: Only if they're giant. Or demons. Or giant demons. Are they giant demon snakes? Lorne: Well, unless this guy's 30 feet tall, I'm thinking they're of the garden variety.
'Lineage'
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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.
sarameg - Nov 07, 2009 5:38:07 pm PST #17825 of 30001
Kat - Nov 07, 2009 5:38:21 pm PST #17826 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I just did a google search for maple stirs and the only websites that have them are the ones that reference where I grew up.
Oh man, I love maple stirs -- it's essentially partially boiled down maple sugar. They pour it into a paper bowl and give you a stick and you stir it as it cools and hardens. If you eat it before it's all the way hard, it's the most amazingly delish consistency.
Steph L. - Nov 07, 2009 5:38:54 pm PST #17827 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Also, I am now fat.
I spent almost 20 years drinking skim milk because of the fat-is-BAD hype. When I moved in with The Boy, I discovered that he drinks 2%, which made me recoil in horror. But I'm too lazy to buy 2 types of milk, so we just get 2%.
Lo and behold, I haven't gained weight from that evil evil 2% milk. And oh, my god, it tastes SO much better!
Amy - Nov 07, 2009 5:40:07 pm PST #17828 of 30001
Because books.
I grew up on margarine, but can't stand the stuff now.
This is me. Real butter all the way. And you can get the butter bells to leave on the counter so it stays softer and spreadable, instead of having it in the fridge.
Kathy A - Nov 07, 2009 5:41:09 pm PST #17829 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
"Butter bells"?
§ ita § - Nov 07, 2009 5:41:10 pm PST #17830 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I grew up on a lot of margarine too, but am a butter ho. I keep a little out of the fridge at all times, so no bread tearing for me.
Amy - Nov 07, 2009 5:43:00 pm PST #17831 of 30001
Because books.
Like this, Kathy.
Jesse - Nov 07, 2009 5:43:59 pm PST #17832 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Maple stirs sound amazing! And yes, Kat, I was going to come back to comment on the wrongness of Tropical brand syrup. At least Log Cabin sounds cold!
§ ita § - Nov 07, 2009 5:47:38 pm PST #17833 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My sister lives in the tropics and she gets us to bring her maple syrup. So that's how they roll.
She doesn't really care that maple syrup isn't especially cheap in California (she's used to us bringing it from Canada) but it beats Kingston prices.
Lee - Nov 07, 2009 5:50:32 pm PST #17834 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Trader Joes has some amazing Grade B syrup that comes in a wine shaped bottle for a pretty reasonable price.