# Decemberrants: Yule post'em here, plz **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 1, 2013, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207 "2013-12-01T14:01:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 29
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/561 "2013-12-23T04:40:28Z")
> [@SerafinaPekala](#): > > Reading that recipe of yours _yum_ I see this: > > “1 cup (250 mL) shredded **old** Cheddar cheese” > > Is that a Canadian thing? Just HOW old?:dubious: Well, the average cheese at the store here comes in mild, medium and old. Basically old has a stronger flavour to it. Last time I made it I used two year old cheese, which I treat myself to sometimes. Or even the five year old. Mmm. Is it a Canadian thing? Maybe. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/562 "2013-12-23T04:44:18Z")
> [@SerafinaPekala](#): > > Got Bisquik? > > [Garlic Cheddar Biscuits (a la Red Lobster) | Gimme Some Oven](http://www.gimmesomeoven.com/garlic-cheddar-biscuits-a-la-red-lobster/) > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > [Or, try this version.](http://www.instructables.com/id/Cheddar-Bay-Biscuit-Recipe/) > > I’ll confess that I don’t have any experiences that establish the other versions as being inadequate, but the reasoning given for the extra step with this recipe rings true, and I CAN report that the results are perfect. > [@Flutterby](#): > > Funnily enough, I’m sitting here in Red Lobster for the very first time and I tried a biscuit to discover they are basically my recipe only with parsley added. On my phone but the recipe is [this one](http://m.canadianliving.com/#!/food-quick_and_easy/quick-cheese-biscuits/4ab9f3eeb2f47a128ed8fa7cbe66603c). Not bad. Thanks for all the recipes; I may never have to go to Red Lobster and have lukewarm biscuits again. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/563 "2013-12-23T04:51:48Z")
> [@Flutterby](#): > > Well, the average cheese at the store here comes in mild, medium and old. Basically old has a stronger flavour to it. Last time I made it I used two year old cheese, which I treat myself to sometimes. Or even the five year old. Mmm. Is it a Canadian thing? Maybe. We would call it “sharp” cheddar. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/564 "2013-12-23T05:26:46Z")
Good grief, I hope my sister learns to dial it down. We had our family christmas this weekend because she wouldn’t be here the 25th and everyone else stuck to the standard $25-50 dollar range but she and her fiance blew past that getting me a stand mixer and my brother a 3DS. I love you sis, but I’m not going to break the bank on your christmas present so I’d suggest ratcheting down that spirit of giving. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/565 "2013-12-23T13:07:49Z")
My grandmother died. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/566 "2013-12-23T13:10:55Z")
**{{Helena330}}** Sorry to hear that. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/567 "2013-12-23T14:17:50Z")
{{Helena330}} ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/568 "2013-12-23T16:02:44Z")
> [@Helena330](#): > > My grandmother died. I’m so sorry for you and your family. Sounds like it was time for her to go … ? (Not like that ever makes anything any easier.) ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/569 "2013-12-23T16:14:58Z")
((( **Helena330** ))) Very sorry to hear this. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/570 "2013-12-23T16:30:12Z")
Just in time for the holidays, there are again abandoned kitties here at work. I love working in a wooded setting but damn, the animals dumped here can make if so stressful. This time it’s a mother and two kittens. We’ve seen the mom around for a week or so. Someone saw her with a mouse in her mouth last week so we had decided to just let her be. But today I saw the two kittens. They are living up in an old delivery truck that’s been parked in the woods behind our buiding for years. (And is a popular place for kitties to end up.) So now we will have to do something. We can’t let a feral population get started. But it’s going to have to wait until after the holidays. No one wants to deal with it right now. I’d brought some food in for the mom today (which is how I discovered the kittens, who look to be about 6-8 weeks old) so I guess I’ll just feed them until we can figure out what to do. This brings the total for the year to 13 cats/kittens and 2 puppies found. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/571 "2013-12-23T16:39:02Z")
You are a swell person **aurora maire** ; bless you for taking care of the babies and the mom. If you’d like contributions to the rescue cause and have paypal, PM me. 'Tis the season, after all. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/572 "2013-12-23T17:59:51Z")
People are bastards. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/573 "2013-12-23T20:05:42Z")
Dear random people sitting in front of us at the ballet: no, your newborn twins don’t enjoy loud music and clapping, so you probably shouldn’t take them to the ballet. And passing them back and forth doesn’t make them shut up. Now, please fuck off. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/574 "2013-12-23T22:18:43Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > It used to make me nuts when all of us normal people would be properly bundled up in gloves and jackets Weirdo. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/575 "2013-12-23T23:16:11Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > You are a swell person **aurora maire** ; bless you for taking care of the babies and the mom. If you’d like contributions to the rescue cause and have paypal, PM me. 'Tis the season, after all. **kayT** , what a sweet offer and I really appreciate the thought. But there are folks here who pitch in to buy food on these occasions and so far we’ve always been able to find homes. I talked to someone today who said her son is looking for a kitten and she can probably talk him into taking two. So we’ll just have to figure out something for the momma. It’s going to be in the low 20s tonight so at lunch I went to the thrift store and found a large polyester-type standup laundry bag and got some puffy jackets and a blanket. I fixed it up and laid it down under the truck. Hopefully, they’ll get in there where it will at least be soft and maybe somewhat warm. And on another note, earlier some of my co-workers rescued a sick dog they found down the street and took him to a vet. They didn’t come back so hopefully I’ll find out tomorrow if he was ok. He could have wandered here but we are miles from any residential area. So probably another dump. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2013, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/576 "2013-12-24T02:38:07Z")
**(((Helena330)))** I am truly sorry for your loss. **aurora maire** You just fucking rock. > [@Kimballkid](#): > > Weirdo. > > 😃 Yeah, well, you are probably one of _those_ people who think that a windless, sunny 50 F (10 C) day is warm. I already know that **Cat Whisperer** is. She was out in that blizzard voluntarily. Come to think of it, I don’t think I’d even get out of bed with that sort of weather happening around me. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2013, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/577 "2013-12-24T03:23:21Z")
Right now it’s a balmy -12F. I may have to get a jacket out. 😉 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2013, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/578 "2013-12-24T03:28:30Z")
Yeah, right now, I’d appreciate 0F. That’s be nice and warm. ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2013, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/579 "2013-12-24T03:57:34Z")
Do they still have K-turns on the driver’s license test? I ask because that’s the closest related skill to backing out of a parking space and turning. I see people (usually in huuuuuge vehicles) pull straight, halfway out, stop, and THEN start turning the wheels. Don’t they know you should start turning the wheels as soon as you’re nearly clear of the car in the next spot, with the car still moving? It turns much easier that way. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2013, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/580 "2013-12-24T04:05:15Z")
Temps were pushing 70F yesterday and in the 50’s today. I had to turn the window a/c on. Had lots of rain that probably would have been snow so I was happy. Whenever you kick off the first full day of winter with a record high temp, it gives me reason to feel hopeful for the rest of the season. It doesn’t really mean jack since all it takes is a detour in the jet stream and I’ll have tusk-like snot-cicles just from going out to get the mail. But I try to be optimistic. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207.md?page=28) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207.md?page=30)