I'll be making dessert for my veggie parents this year (mom doesn't eat dairy or eggs). I was thinking of making Pumpkin Creme Brulee for me and DH and something similar-ish but maybe soy-based for my parents, so we can all have individual ramekins of dessert.

Whoa, Time Cube is sort of like Dr. Bronner's Soap, without the happy feeling that peppermint soap can save the world.

Reminds me of DR. PLUTONIUM

I've seen recipes for pie-sized flan that use a souffle dish, but I think unmolding them would be a giant PITA.

Jess, use a sloped pie pan. The caramel with which you coat the bottom of the pan stays very loose and liquid while the custard sets, which allows the flan to come out fairly easily, provided you make certain the sides are loosened away from the pan. (A little spray of non-stick doesn't hurt either.) The one thing to be careful with, with respect to a flan, is to make sure you turn it out onto a plate that is slightly concave so you can catch all the syrup. It's a bit of a trick to turn it out the first couple of times, but generally easy.

IOFoodN, took my best friend to Cheesecake Factory for her birthday. We couldn't even eat the cheesecake, but we each brought pieces home. I have red velvet cheesecake waiting in the fridge.

I've always found cheesecakes very easy, but mine are always thin and dense. I've never been quite successful with making a (relatively) tall and fluffy one

Time Cube is the website by which all other crazy on the internet can be measured

Yikes. I hope someone is keeping an eye on that guy. There are some pretty blatant threats on there (even if vague about targets). And I only read a little.

no moving things in or out on weekends

Your rule, or condo rule?

I'm still thinking about that swearing relieving pain story. I recently found myself swearing up a storm while in a situation that set off my claustrophobia. Once I was out of that place (a packed full of junk, low ceiling, dirt floor cellar) I was back to being polite and relatively pleasant. They should expand that study beyond physical pain into other forms of distress.

I've always found cheesecakes very easy, but mine are always thin and dense. I've never been quite successful with making a (relatively) tall and fluffy one.

Cheesecake should not be fluffy! That is all.

Quick mememe announcement: I just got the email accepting me to the Masters of Library Science program at Dominican University!!!!!!!!

Um, excuse me while I plotz.

Whoa, Time Cube is sort of like Dr. Bronner's Soap, without the happy feeling that peppermint soap can save the world.

That is a brilliant description.

I'm still thinking about that swearing relieving pain story. I recently found myself swearing up a storm while in a situation that set off my claustrophobia.

I was swearing a lot during my sofa-moving experience on Saturday -- I kept apologizing to my parents! Even though I learned to swear from my mother....

YAY KATHY!!!!