# A love for cookbooks: An Epicurean MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [November 10, 2008, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-love-for-cookbooks-an-epicurean-mmp/471971 "2008-11-10T01:49:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-love-for-cookbooks-an-epicurean-mmp/471971/281 "2008-11-13T21:48:04Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > It’s different when it’s about work! That’s perfectly acceptable to me. It’s the private stuff, like commenting on what you were saying to your husband on the phone or something. Yeah, he does that. :mad: Thanks for all the support, you guys! Oh good. Glad to hear I’m not offending my coworkers! I think everyone here’s pretty good about pretending not to hear non-work conversations. But it is awkward in Cubeville when you hear people talking to their spouses or their kids’ daycare or their doctor. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-love-for-cookbooks-an-epicurean-mmp/471971/282 "2008-11-13T21:52:34Z")
Ignore the fool **Rebo**. Except for work related stuff of course. Then you can’t. I took calls today! I was all nervous at first but got into it. I mean, it’s like I did learn sump’n in trainin’!😃 Tomorrow is more of the same plus I get to play with some QA stuff for a little bit. That’s hands on trainin’ which I likes! Ok, Ima go put on some jeans and a shirt cause I’m bein’ taken to dindin at Chili’s. YUM! Later Y’all! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Blue-Sighted_Shadow)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-love-for-cookbooks-an-epicurean-mmp/471971/283 "2008-11-13T22:04:23Z")
Well, \*#&$@! It’s one of the EA team’s last day. Seeing as it’s Thursday and he sent out a goodbye email, I’m assuming he quit. Since we are in a hiring freeze, one of us is going to have to step up to the desk from hell. I foresee…not being able to talk about this very much on a message board. Phooey! I’ve been making good progress through my to do list: setting up meetings that will be rescheduled, confirming meetings that will be cancelled, formatting documents that will be discarded, setting up schedules for training sessions that will be revised or thrown out and so forth. Bitter? Moi? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-love-for-cookbooks-an-epicurean-mmp/471971/284 "2008-11-13T22:50:14Z")
It’s been a rainy, dreary, chilly day. We need the rain, but it doesn’t do a lot for one’s mood. Oh well - at least my car is cleaner! 😃 I came home and attacked the chickie carcass I boiled last night. I broke up all the meat and tossed it back into the pot of broth. Then I added seasonings, carrots, green beans, and noodles. As soon as daughter gets her butt home, we’ll be having chickie noodle soup for supper. YUM! I don’t want to go to work tomorrow, but I don’t want to use vacation either, so I guess I’ll go to work. I signed up for the Commander’s 5K walk/run (I’ll be walking) but there’s a chance of rain tomorrow, in which case, I won’t be participating. Tomorrow is also when I find out what happens to me as a result of a recent reorg. They decided to combine 2 different teams into one, and some folks will be released for other projects. I have no idea whether I stay on the team or go. I don’t want to go, 'cause then I’ll lose my desk by the window! Glad the week is almost over… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Blue-Sighted_Shadow)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-love-for-cookbooks-an-epicurean-mmp/471971/285 "2008-11-13T23:54:54Z")
Ok, I was wrong. We had a “Congratulations, you survived the first round of layoffs” meeting this afternoon. We were already shorthanded, so now we’re really shorthanded. So much for the new car I was planning on buying this weekend. I think I’ll be saving my money instead, since in our department meeting yesterday, our team (just 3 of us) was mentioned as the next place they would be making cuts. (My team is separate from the group (that I’m a part of) that had cuts today, so my headcount could get cut from my team, but my headcount could then conceivably stay with the larger team. After all, the desk from hell is now open. But I’m certainly not going to count on it.) Considering that my job (and my group) is pure overhead, with no client revenue impact at all, I’m more than a little concerned. My co-worker was so upset by the layoffs that she went home early. She and one of the people who got laid off have worked together for over 15 years and have been friends for that long. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-love-for-cookbooks-an-epicurean-mmp/471971/286 "2008-11-14T00:10:14Z")
Oh, {{ **blue** }} that’s awful. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-love-for-cookbooks-an-epicurean-mmp/471971/287 "2008-11-14T01:13:56Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Dang, **GT** - I read your sig as “Rebo, all subsequent Mondays.” :eek: I ain’t that prolific! 😛 > [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Funny, I posted the same thing when my name was the last one! Heh. My evil plan is working. (It has no purpose, really, but it’s working!) [QUOTE=Soul Brother Number Two;10440712… **Mal** , I didn’t whip the whites and it was fine. I also used sweetened coconut and did not reduce the amount of sugar. Didn’t affect the awesome-al-ity of it all one bit…[/QUOTE] Cool. I had questions about both these aspects, too. I think I might whip some of these up for work. I paraphrased all of this in a comment on the recipe in the [blog](http://mumpersrecipes.blogspot.com/2008/11/pineapple-and-coconut-cookies-link.html) so that others with the same question would know. Glad you survived the layoffs **Shadow**. I love reading about the knives. **taxi** , I’m pretty sure I’ve seen signs at JoAnn Fabrics from time to time advertising scissor and knife sharpening. Also, there used to be a high-end kitchen store in Columbus that had a sharpener come in a few times a year. I had more to say, but I had an exhausting day and can’t remember what it was. 1 more day of chaos and then I can relax a bit. Off to lollygag. GT ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-love-for-cookbooks-an-epicurean-mmp/471971/288 "2008-11-14T01:21:10Z")
I tidied my pantry today - all of a sudden, there’s space in there! I didn’t toss too much out, but I stacked things neatly and organized. Now I can better determine what I need to buy for my two upcoming events. So yay! Glad tomorrow’s Firday - this has been a tiresome week and I want it to be done… ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-love-for-cookbooks-an-epicurean-mmp/471971/289 "2008-11-14T01:47:29Z")
I was _petrified_ when I got my first calls here, **swampy**. But I survived, and it sounds like you did too. Yay! {{{{{ **blue** }}}}} **FCM** , I’m off tomorrow! Nyah nyah! 🙂 'Course, I then work all weekend, but that’s fine by me. It’s easier to do some stuff I do on my off days, like laundry, on weekdays. Oh if I only had a washer and dryer…_sob_ I still love my house, but I hate hauling laundry around. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-love-for-cookbooks-an-epicurean-mmp/471971/290 "2008-11-14T02:38:01Z")
Damned deer. Hit another one tonight. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-love-for-cookbooks-an-epicurean-mmp/471971/291 "2008-11-14T02:47:42Z")
> [@taxi78cab](#): > > Oops. I do that sometimes. :o But I always say something like “Sorry for eavesdropping” and I only do it when I have something useful to add. (Like if person A is asking person B how to do something on our system and person B doesn’t know, I may jump in and answer the question.) I’d never to invite myself to someone else’s lunch! Ooh, just wanted to clear this up - it’s the personal stuff that these co-workers have made comments on sometimes, that I wanted to strangulate them about. And yes, it is hard to ignore the personal convos sometimes (esp. when someone talks louder than they realize … :smack:) – in some cases, that has gone in the opposite direction - I’ve overheard stuff that I wish that I hadn’t! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-love-for-cookbooks-an-epicurean-mmp/471971/292 "2008-11-14T04:55:14Z")
owie owie owie I hit the back of my head, and jerked my neck spasm, getting into the car earlier this evening. Now I have a MAJOR headache and by morning, I’m sure there’ll be a bump ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-love-for-cookbooks-an-epicurean-mmp/471971/293 "2008-11-14T05:12:01Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Damned deer. Hit another one tonight. :mad: Hand-to-hoof combat or is there a wrecked vehicle involved? (And hopefully not yours!) ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-love-for-cookbooks-an-epicurean-mmp/471971/294 "2008-11-14T05:14:22Z")
Ouch, **rosie**! Ok, so TVMan and I took a nap and just woke up. Oops. Soon, though, I’ll be going back to bed. ---
**Author:** ![Dottygumdrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Dottygumdrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dottygumdrop)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-love-for-cookbooks-an-epicurean-mmp/471971/295 "2008-11-14T05:27:37Z")
Morning all. Hooray for weekends! Hooray for toddlers sleeping until 7am! Hooray for 4 weeks until vacation! Boo for **rosie** ’s owies! ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-love-for-cookbooks-an-epicurean-mmp/471971/296 "2008-11-14T06:22:06Z")
> [@Mahna\_Mahna](#): > > I’ve had minor SAD symptoms in the past, but it looks like this year I may be in for a full-blown case. I really don’t want to resort to drugs to deal with it - has anyone had any experience using alternative solutions like sun lamps or the like? Yes, I live under a sunlamp in the winter. But I also live in CA where the sun still shines. The shorter days really affect me though. And the low humidity in the winter is also a factor in how I feel. I hope things go well for you this year. If you think I can help, PM me. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-love-for-cookbooks-an-epicurean-mmp/471971/297 "2008-11-14T10:31:38Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! It’s been a rainy night in Jawja. Plus it’s really warmish outside. Not quite tornado warm, but warmer than it should be now. Weird. I think the caffiene is startin’ to kick in. I feel the rush. 😃 Yay for Firday! Boo for the ouchie **BioRosie** and for the deer hit **BBBobbio**. Hmmmm… I do believe I hear thunderrumbles in the distance. Time for more caffiene and brekkies. Later Y’all! ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-love-for-cookbooks-an-epicurean-mmp/471971/298 "2008-11-14T10:38:13Z")
I’m back! Did you miss me for those long 5 hours that I was gone?😃 No? That’s ok. Today is baking day at the shop. We’ll be making pumpkin rolls and pumpkin cakes and whatever else comes along. Actually, there’s this recipe for buffalo dip that I’ve been dying to try. Possibly I’ll do that, too, and then I’ll let you all know how faaaabulous it was or not. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-love-for-cookbooks-an-epicurean-mmp/471971/299 "2008-11-14T12:11:28Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > Hand-to-hoof combat or is there a wrecked vehicle involved? (And hopefully not yours!) Obligatory blurf. In a near replay of the deer vs ambulance collision from July, Bambi came from the left side of the road, ran down the centerline, then veered into the side of the van. There’s a hefty dent between the gas filler and the taillight assembly on the driver’s side that is cosmetically ugly, but has 0 affect on drivability. I called the insurance company while we were waiting for the sheriff or highway patrol, and got a comedian on the line to start the claim. “Was the deer insured?” “Beats the hell out of me. It was a hit-and-run.” I’ve now hit 4 of the bastiges since moving to Mayberry, and VWife had one hit it’s hoof on the driver’s side mirror jumping across the hood last month. All of this since moving in July '06. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-love-for-cookbooks-an-epicurean-mmp/471971/300 "2008-11-14T12:12:49Z")
> [@Always Brings Pie](#): > > Actually, there’s this recipe for buffalo dip that I’ve been dying to try. How do you dip a buffalo? Head first? 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-love-for-cookbooks-an-epicurean-mmp/471971.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-love-for-cookbooks-an-epicurean-mmp/471971.md?page=16)