# An 1830's Style MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [October 3, 2011, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-1830s-style-mmp/598406 "2011-10-03T04:00:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-1830s-style-mmp/598406/82 "2011-10-04T19:07:26Z")
_sigh_ My computer is broke. Well, not completely broke, but the keyboard and trackpad don’t work and I have to fiddle with it to get it too boot (Computer: ‘the keyboard isn’t working!’ Me: ‘Yes, moving on…’ Computer: ‘the keyboard isn’t working!!’ Me: ‘…’ Computer: ‘Well, I guess I could start up windows…’ ) I’m hoping it’ll be covered by the warranty. I got everything backed up (probably not strictly necessary, but…) which took like twelve hours. _sigh_ Apparently getting fed at work today. I hope it’s better than last time (it’s usually good, last time was meh). Went to taijitsu last night. Now I have a big old bruise on my thigh. My parents’ were upset because I stayed and talked for about a half an hour after class and I didn’t have my cellphone. :rolleyes: But I have a new uniform jacket with my last name! (As opposed to the one I changed it from) ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-1830s-style-mmp/598406/83 "2011-10-04T19:21:36Z")
((())) to all the owie-d. Feel Better soon! I forgot to tell you,\*\* Shortdrum\*\*, I thought this was a great OP. Probably Miracle Chikin for dindin. It’s allllllllll \*\*Swampy’s \*\*fault 😛 OK, now kitchen tackleage. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-1830s-style-mmp/598406/84 "2011-10-04T19:26:23Z")
I just finished building 28 mini pizzas - I had a dozen english muffins that I bought today and 2 that were in the freezer, and adding one can of tomato sauce to leftover sketty sauce made enough pizza sauce for all of them, so yay! 😃 We’ll have some for supper and the rest are in the freezer for future meals or snacks. And the kitchen is mostly tidy. Go me! 😃 Now, what does one serve with mini pizzas? Tiny bottles of wine? 😕 😃 ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-1830s-style-mmp/598406/85 "2011-10-04T19:29:36Z")
Itty-bitty breadsticks? ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-1830s-style-mmp/598406/86 "2011-10-04T19:32:02Z")
Microscopic antipasto? ETA: VWife and I are going out to play trivia tonight. We’ve won every time so far. Gets us cheap din-din for the effort. ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-1830s-style-mmp/598406/87 "2011-10-04T19:33:37Z")
Thimblefulls of soda? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-1830s-style-mmp/598406/88 "2011-10-04T19:47:10Z")
Micro-greens! ---
**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:** [October 4, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-1830s-style-mmp/598406/89 "2011-10-04T19:50:59Z")
Small side sallits? Home from irk earlyish today. Country fried steak, smashed **N.O.T.** , steamed cabbage, geen beans and cornbread for dindin. Da bear is in cook mode! ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-1830s-style-mmp/598406/90 "2011-10-04T20:26:32Z")
Glad the story had a happy ending, **smalldrum**! Congrats, **Rebo**! {{{ **wiki** }}} **BooFae** , it sounds like you’re handling unemployment about as well as **FCM** is handling retirement. You’re supposed to have free time, not be busier than when you were working! 😛 > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I would dearly love for someone to create a recipe web site that prohibits any recipe that has cream-of-anything soup as an ingredient. Then again, I’m probably the only person in the world who _HATES HATES HATES_ cream-of-anything soup in any recipe. I refuse to use it. There are tons of sites that don’t use cream-of-whatever soup. I can’t say I’ve looked at every recipe on every one of these sites, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen any of them use cream-of. [101cookbooks](http://101cookbooks.com/) [Life’s Ambrosia](http://www.lifesambrosia.com/) [Smitten Kitchen](http://smittenkitchen.com/) [NYTimes’ Recipes for Health](http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/series/recipes_for_health/index.html?8qa&scp=1-spot&sq=recipes+for+health&st=nyt) [Two Peas](http://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com) And really, most Food Network folks don’t use it. Just avoid Sandra Lee’s recipes. I think [Epicurious](http://www.epicurious.com/) would be pretty cream-of free too. My parents were here from Thursday afternoon until Sunday afternoon. It was good to see them, but it’s tough having two extra people in the house for 3 days. We were busy, too, so I was exhausted by the time they left. I did make good food, though. Pastitsio on Thursday; lamb with tabouli, hummus, and Greek salad as sides for Friday; Saturday lunch was out so just salads for dinner; veal meatballs with a blue cheese cream sauce for Sunday lunch; and apple crisp and maple bacon ice cream for various desserts (i.e. not together). It was good stuff. Now I want to go on a pumpkin kick. Don’t these sound good? [Pumpkin chocolate chip bars](http://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/pumpkin-chocolate-chip-bars/#more-11807), [pumpkin cinnamon streusel pancakes](http://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/pumpkin-cinnamon-streusel-pancakes/), and [pumpkin granola](http://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/pumpkin-granola/). ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-1830s-style-mmp/598406/91 "2011-10-04T20:26:39Z")
I’m making shrimp stir-fry and fried rice. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-1830s-style-mmp/598406/92 "2011-10-04T20:34:15Z")
Last month a plastic thingy on the right rear wheel well of my car came off and was thwacketythwatety (I’m trying to make a Don Martin noise here). I ignored it until yesterday when it made me mental(er) so I took it to the dealer who reattached it for free in about 5 minutes. Thank you Toyota dealer place. And I’m going to my fave yoga class after work AND I have a candy bar for apres din-din snack. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-1830s-style-mmp/598406/93 "2011-10-04T20:35:16Z")
> [@taxi78cab](#): > > Now I want to go on a pumpkin kick. Don’t these sound good? [Pumpkin chocolate chip bars](http://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/pumpkin-chocolate-chip-bars/#more-11807), [pumpkin cinnamon streusel pancakes](http://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/pumpkin-cinnamon-streusel-pancakes/), and [pumpkin granola](http://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/pumpkin-granola/). Anything with pumpkin sounds good. My favorite to make this time of year is pumpkin whoopie pies with spiced cream cheese filling. But, this looks insanely good too so I might try it instead. [Ginger whoopie pies with pumpkin spice filling](http://sugarcomaheaven.wordpress.com/2011/10/02/ginger-whoopie-pies-with-pumpkin-spice-cream-cheese/) ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-1830s-style-mmp/598406/94 "2011-10-04T20:44:46Z")
> [@congodwarf](#): > > Anything with pumpkin sounds good. My favorite to make this time of year is pumpkin whoopie pies with spiced cream cheese filling. But, this looks insanely good too so I might try it instead. [Ginger whoopie pies with pumpkin spice filling](http://sugarcomaheaven.wordpress.com/2011/10/02/ginger-whoopie-pies-with-pumpkin-spice-cream-cheese/) Oooh wow that sounds good! ---
**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:** [October 4, 2011, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-1830s-style-mmp/598406/95 "2011-10-04T21:04:59Z")
There’s strange doings at work today, which seem to involve me. After deadline is going to be interesting. And probably entertaining for the MMP. 😛 I was disappointed in the iPhone announcement today. Traffic was backed up all morning around Cupertino just for that? Bah! ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-1830s-style-mmp/598406/96 "2011-10-04T21:20:26Z")
_waves_ Happy new baby **Grebo**! We’re getting new computers at work tomorrow night. Clusterfuck is expected. All the components are in Big Boss’s office. When I left this afternoon, he was sitting at his desk and it looked like he was in a box fort. 😃 I told him that, too. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-1830s-style-mmp/598406/97 "2011-10-04T21:28:12Z")
The pancakes sound amazing! I may have to try them. Altho my sweetie is just as happy with punkin pies. There’s a local cafe that makes incredibly yummy sweet N.O.T. pancakes - I’ve gotten them the last 2 times we went there for breakfast. Muy delicioso! Pardon my drool. Mini pizzas have been inhaled - they were quite tasty! I’m having some nanner bread for dessert. Also tasty. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-1830s-style-mmp/598406/98 "2011-10-04T21:40:48Z")
Forgot to say earlier, glad to hear you’re feeling better, **shadow**! It’s too bad they couldn’t figure out what was wrong ages ago though. Why can’t I go home right now and make all of those pumpkin things?? ---
**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:** [October 4, 2011, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-1830s-style-mmp/598406/99 "2011-10-04T22:06:06Z")
My lab went boom today. :eek: One student hurt (not severely, but burns). Students did awesome in emergency. I spent day with fire marshal. Ugh. Thank goodness for safety gear! ---
**Author:** ![Bri2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/48db29/32.png) [@Bri2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bri2k)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-1830s-style-mmp/598406/100 "2011-10-04T22:13:39Z")
I took the yearly-mandated Compliance & Ethics training at work today. I found out I am 100% ethical which is a 4% increase over last year. It’ll be challenging to top this next year. Great OP and congrats and hugs as needed. You’ll make one amazing Nanna, **Grebo**! I’m fighting off an impending cold by drinking hot blackberry tea with rum, so forgive me if this is a little short. Bri2k ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-1830s-style-mmp/598406/101 "2011-10-04T22:22:44Z")
You know, I never et pumkpin before last year… (waits for shock) Had verra tedious day- I’m trying to register as unemployed, had to spend an hour yesterday wrestling with the stoopid online system which does things like autocomplete the address… then ask you what country it’s in, and ask you how many bedsitting rooms you have in the house , you put in none and it asks you ‘out of that none, how many are yours?’ That sort of fun. Then when you finally fill in all the stuff about your granny’s budgie’s name and what socks you wore yesterday, they have to phone you back for some reason, ‘sometime in the next few days’. And as I’m a dinosaur who prefers to use a landline for that sort a thing (do have a mobile, but it only gets reception when the stars are aligned right), I’m stuck the house, with me bad back, being grumpy. They didn’t phone today, so had to drive meself down to my allotment as soon as their office closed to frantically try and plant all the seedlings that arrived by post this morning (which was at least a fun thing to do) before it went dark an hour later. Didn’t get any slug protection (that’s protection _from_ slugs, not little sluggy armour) in place though, so I hope they survive at least until I make it down tomorrow- after the stoopid phone call I hope! Hope all you people had a more productive and exciting day! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-1830s-style-mmp/598406.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-1830s-style-mmp/598406.md?page=6)