The Bar... Volume#2

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 8:11 am

pinemom wrote:
weeee...both inspiration and finally some motivation to boot!

send some my way. I'm sitting in pile of wires and speakers and am likely to go see if there's a netflix in the mailbox.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 9:12 am

littleflower wrote:good morning!
thanks for the coffee ... i made some muffins .....

*grabs snuggy, snuggles into corner booth*

Recipe please!

Corn muffins check
Bacon check
What's the sauce?

On another topic, did you get to meet the guys from the college gymnastics team?

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 9:19 am

I think the sauce should be something with maple syrup

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 9:23 am

Tastes like almond paste?

magicmarty · Post by **magicmarty** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 10:03 am

Could be marzipan???

Looks delish. I'll have some with my coffee this rainy morning please.

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend

littleflower · Post by **littleflower** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 10:04 am

it was a maple syrup based sauce, as le chef suggested.

does maple syrup taste like almond paste????

college gymnastics team? i did ride in an elevator with a lady basketball player ... at least, she looked like one ... no one would have mistaken her for a male gymnast, though.

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 6:41 am

Morning coffee on the Limpopo.

(wait for it)

the bounty
of . . . . and spring
they say
Spring is icummen in ---

William Carlos Williams

magicmarty · Post by **magicmarty** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 7:01 am

The Limpopo is a nice change from the Bar this morning, El.

I do agree, spring is a-comin'. Should be kinda spring like today. It will be tough to convince the folks buried in snow in the mid atlantic states of that fact. Glad I am here and not there. Got a tennis game this morning

Thanks for the coffee. Think I'll set awhile.

Enjoy the day Carpe Diem!

littleflower · Post by **littleflower** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 7:17 am

good morning!

a week ago i was in western maryland, and i thought it was snowy when i was there! total PIA. but .... the night before i left it snowed a few inches, and i was amazed how the snow stayed on all of the branches, even the teeny-tiniest at the very tops of the very naked trees. it was soooo pretty, a winter wonderland, and something i had never really seen other than in photos. magical, even .... it didn't look real! but the sun came out and within a few hours most of the snow had grown heavy and dropped out of the trees. still pretty, but not so magical as in the earliest dawn....

but even those storms i saw were a PIA ... this one is really amazing!

still, i'm also happy to be transported to africa for the morning ....

pinemom · Post by **pinemom** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 7:29 am

Mornin!

Well I didnt get the jacket finished but I did work on it...Im in a decision making time frame...what to do with the front adornment wise....and closure wise...

Today whilst everyones watching grown men chase each other, I shall try to figure it out...oh and Kernul Killbuck will be here...the worlds most inventive and creative man!

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 9:13 am

Victorian · Post by **Victorian** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 2:58 pm

Sad day today.
Being I'm only 21, I guess I didn't realize how hard it would be when you're the only one in your household with income due to your partner being fired... It's a first for me. It's really stressing me out. Stressing me about my BM trip. Was going to use my tax return to fund my journey. Looks like now I'll have to pay for bills instead.

Elliot · Post by **Elliot** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 3:23 pm

[The door slams violently open and a pudgy graybeard staggers in as if he just ran all the way from Clearlake, having started yesterday. His eyes are alight with passion and desire.]

Did... (pant, pant, wheeze...) did somebody say... (deep breath...) MARZIPAN???

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 4:39 pm

I am not a connoisseur, but I think we've found one of Elliot's buttons.

Victorian · Post by **Victorian** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 4:49 pm

Dirty Martini's, anyone?
I love my with EXTRA juice.. very dirty...

Elliot · Post by **Elliot** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 5:05 pm

Elorrum wrote: I am not a connoisseur, but I think we've found one of Elliot's buttons.

Marzipan is much more common in Norway, where I grew up, than here in the US, so the mere thought takes me back to the innocent happiness of childhood -- and my brother and I pigging out on marzipan til it oozed out our ears.
In Norway, the equivalent of the US Snickers bar is the "Marzipan Bread", which is marzipan covered with chocolate. And you can get them much larger than a Snickers bar.
Youse guys had to get me started, didn't you! Well, you had no way of knowing.

Note to self: Ask brother to bring a case of Marzipan BrÃ¸d if he comes to Burning Man.

Victorian · Post by **Victorian** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 5:10 pm

There was a hype on the internet as of late, of some artists making "babies" out of Marzipan paste... heehee

ragabashpup · Post by **ragabashpup** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 8:42 pm

Victorian wrote:There was a hype on the internet as of late, of some artists making "babies" out of Marzipan paste... heehee

CREEPY CREEPY CREEPY

magicmarty · Post by **magicmarty** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 8:54 pm

Marzipan is the confection of the gods! I love it and was not aware of its popularity in Norway. Thanks for the info, Elliot.

Marzipan babies, not so much.

A spring like day here in the Bay Area. Sunny and warm Yum!

Elliot · Post by **Elliot** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 9:03 pm

Imagine a typical American chocolate Easter bunny, which we always discover to our disappointment is... hollow. Now imagine all that empty space filled with marzipan. That's the Norwegian way.

Perhaps the situation has changed since I grew up there. Perhaps our friends the Herring Huggers will tell us that marzipan has gone out of fashion. But not to my palate it never will!

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 9:31 pm

Elliot wrote:
Elorrum wrote: I am not a connoisseur, but I think we've found one of Elliot's buttons.
Marzipan is much more common in Norway, where I grew up, than here in the US, so the mere thought takes me back to the innocent happiness of childhood -- and my brother and I pigging out on marzipan til it oozed out our ears.
In Norway, the equivalent of the US Snickers bar is the "Marzipan Bread", which is marzipan covered with chocolate. And you can get them much larger than a Snickers bar.
Youse guys had to get me started, didn't you! Well, you had no way of knowing. :lol: :lol:

Note to self: Ask brother to bring a case of Marzipan BrÃ¸d if he comes to Burning Man.
:D :D :D

Did you do the wacky German thing of having marzipan pigs for new year's?

Elliot · Post by **Elliot** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 9:51 pm

No, I don't remember any such for New Years. Most of the elaborate shapes were for Christmas. We'd buy big slabs of the stuff and shape pieces like you shape dough, and cut them out with cookie cutters and paint them with food coloring and so forth.

Now that I think about it, the pigs were for Christmas. Probably the most popular marzipan shape at Christmas. Jule Gris, Marsipan Gris -- yep, that rings a bell. Like Easter Bunnies here, but solid marzipan.

goathead · Post by **goathead** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 11:55 pm

gh wanders in from the dark,

has a cup,

wish I was home,

wanders back out into the dark.

pinemom · Post by **pinemom** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 6:34 am

yay saints!

If I was a foot ball watching person, I would say that....was a great game!

Good on New Orleans, hope that helps them with state moral!

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 9:39 am

No, not marzipan. I was trying to be disgusting, but it fell on deaf ears.

Here, this will cheer you up:

Victorian · Post by **Victorian** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 7:07 pm

Yummm.

goathead · Post by **goathead** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 9:38 pm

wanders in for a cup.
11 hours 30 more minutes of hell.
100 miles
then get to see my sweetie.

ragabashpup · Post by **ragabashpup** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 9:42 pm

That is a lot of hell time remaining

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 9:44 pm

carry on, Seniour goat.......

littleflower · Post by **littleflower** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 9:48 pm

coffee for goatsy

shots for the boys