[tesao]

okies, is anyone else smelling troll with a certain new poster who makes sweeping racist remarks in inappropriate threads whilst denying it all the way?

sooooooooooo annoying, i've almost risen to the bait.

anyone have a good recipe for chocolate cake? with chocolate frosting? made with baker's chocolate, not cocoa?

[culturehandy]

Tes, I agree. When I saw canned blue berries, I thought, WTF? Do they mean pie filling? So, I used the frozen mixed berries mix which has blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries.

I also used more lemon juice in the mixture as it was simmering. I wanted it with some zing. I s'pose you could add some lemon zest, too. I also added much more of the berries the second time around.

[tesao]

oh my YUM!

no hu hu, CH, i can't buy canned blueberries here, either! (hell, don't even know if i can buy blueberries, period!)

but i betcha it would be good with strawberries or other fruit that i can get here!

[culturehandy]

Tes, as requested the mixed berry oatmeal square.

Ingredients;

1 15oz can of canned blueberries (Okay, I don’t know where to get canned blueberries, so I took my some frozen mixed berries, measured it out with a 1 ½ soup cans, then let it melt, also added a bit of water, approx 1/8 of a cup)

2 tbsp corn starch

16oz frozen or fresh blueberries

Juice of 1 lemon

1 cup all purpose flour

1 cup whole wheat flour

1 cups quick cooking whole wheat rolled oats

1 tsp cinnamon

½ tsp nutmeg (I used 1 tsp, because I loves me some nutmeg)

¾ - 1 cup firmly packed, light brown sugar

½ tsp salt

1 ¼ tsp baking powder

1 cup non-hydrogenated margarine or butter (sounds like a lot, but this makes two square baking pans full of this stuff)


Directions;

Preheat oven to 400 degrees

In a bowl combine flours, oats, cinnamon, nutmeg, brown sugar, baking powder and margarine. Mix until it resembles crumbs.

Spread 2/3 crumbs into pan, bake for 15 minutes, spread the fruit mixture (see below) over this, spread remaining crumb mixture on top, bake for 20 – 30 minutes or until bubbly.

Drain blueberries over bowl save liquid in a bowl (see above about canned berries)

Whisk cornstarch into fruit liquid until smooth

Placed all fruit, liquid and fresh lemon juice into a sauce pan over medium – high heat, allow to boil, reduce heat to medium low and simmer for 3 – 5 minutes.

[pepper]

even if it was a serious inquiry, what does a total stranger think he's doing sending some girl a private message about his girlfriend's boobies? sorry, inappropriate. totally. i'd go with my first instinct of WTF?

[kittenb]

Just so you know, LMP, I don't think that you are an asshole b/c you deleted a private message from a total stranger asking about his g/f breast reduction. My guess, your instincts served you well.

[LoveMyPugs]

Makes me wonder then if it was honestly someone seeking advice. Shit, I probably shouldn't have dismissed it so quickly and deleted it. I'm an asshole sometimes. *sigh* Oh well...

Dude who messaged me,

If you still want advice please message me again and I'll try to help.

Pugs

[culturehandy]

Pugs, I also didn't get anything.

Tes, I'll post the recipe when I get to work tomorrow, I tweaked it a bit from the original and the jazzied up version is at work.

[tesao]

no, pugs, thank the gods i was spared that one!

culture, how did you make this wonder? post recipe, pretty please???

[LoveMyPugs]

Did anyone get a bust message from a guy asking them for a "female perspective" on his "large" girlfriend getting a breast reduction?

[culturehandy]

I have to discuss my love of berries. I made this kick ass oatmeal bar with mixed berries and it was orgasmic. Then I put organic vanilla yoghurt on it, and I came in my pants.

[shinyx3]

tesao, have you tried mango in your blended margarita? soooo yummy!

[tesao]

OMG YUM.

i may just have to make that this weekend. it is, joyfully, mango season here!

(i cracked up over this part:

Serving size: Me or 6 normal people.)

btw, i've made mango cheesecake AND mango topping for cheesecake. also mango ice cream. all wonderful.

*off to google more mango recipes*

[pollystyrene]

Hmm, I wonder if it would be texturally like a peach pie. I think mangoes get a little softer, so it may end up super sloppy...maybe it would be better to do with not-quite-ripe mangoes, so they'd start out a little firmer. I wonder if it would be better suited for a cheesecake, or at least a sauce on a cheesecake.

Ok, I googled it- there's lots of recipes out there, but I think I like the idea of a mango cream pie. Maybe I'll try it later this year when we get the Indian mangoes here in Chicago. $35/case, be damned!!

[tesao]

i googled it. there IS a connection with what the name advertises.

on the postive side, still no explicit in your face posts. which would, of course, be all right if posted in the self-congratulatory thread (can't remember the name - can someone help me out there?)

and just to keep up with the REAL purpose of this thread: i went on a chocolate spree this weekend. tollhouse cookies AND a german chocolate cake! when people come to visit, i ask for coffee, chocolate chips, german's sweet chocolate and evaporated milk!

hmmm. i wonder what a mango pie would taste like?

[culturehandy]

The name alone seems spammy. That's kinda what tipped me off, then I saw the posts.

[tesao]

right there with you polly.

[pollystyrene]

It's at least imminent spam, waiting until it hits the magic post limit before it can inundate us with new threads.

I reported it. *Sigh*

[culturehandy]

An irritation, like a pesky rash.

Ooooh sixela, that reminds me of this!!!

[sixelacat]

Didn't seem like a troll as much as, well, this: