# Don't MAKE ME do the MMP for you.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [December 27, 2004, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-make-me-do-the-mmp-for-you/281784 "2004-12-27T16:28:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-make-me-do-the-mmp-for-you/281784/41 "2004-12-28T15:55:40Z")
> [@taxi78cab](#): > > Have you tried wearing a light, long-sleeved t-shirt under wool sweaters? That helps keep me from itching, and the t-shirt can be washed, cutting down the frequency with which the wool sweater needs to be dry-cleaned. šŸ™‚ That would probably work if I still lived in upstate NY but probably too much layering for Central FL. I grew up in Binghamton. Where abouts are you, **Taxi**? > [@merrily](#): > > Tupug, from a knitter, you donā€™t have to dry clean. In fact, you are probably better off doing the following, to get any itchy chemicals or sizing out of it: > > Fill your washer on the lowest level water setting with hot water. Put some shampoo with conditioner in the water, let it agitate. Stop the agitation. Put the sweater in, and either swish it around some, or let it gently agitate for a minute. Then turn off the washer and let the sweater soak for about 15 minutes. (It takes that long to get into the wool fibers.) Then spin it, add more hot water with some vinegar in it. Let it sit again, then put it through a spin cycleā€“this should make it almost dry. I will definitely give that a try. For as long as I can remember, wool has made me itchy. I can wear any of the synthetics, cotton, or silk knits, but woolā€¦yargah! **tanooki** , did I space something out? What happened to you??? **swampy** in orange short shorts \ Seriously, the hooters girls probably love you guys cause you donā€™t stare into their buzooms and try to pat them on the butt. **misstake** , if I was you, Iā€™d be planninā€™ next yearā€™s holidays way, way far away from those awful people. Jeese, whatever happened to the holidays being a time of peace and goodwill? I have a serious case of _cubeland inertia_. Maybe it was too many carbs over the weekend. Tupug ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-make-me-do-the-mmp-for-you/281784/42 "2004-12-28T18:51:59Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > **Ex** has a quesadilla-maker? I have three of them. But I usually just call them ā€œfrying pansā€. Pfft. Frying pans are _versatile_. You can make all kinds of other stuff with frying pans besides quesadillas. This electric thing we got is the mutant bastard cousin of a waffle iron, and itā€™s no good for anything except making quesadillas. Just like a waffle iron is no good for anything except making waffles. Itā€™s the frigginā€™ _pinnacle_ of pointless culinary consumerism. Youā€™re just jealous. ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-make-me-do-the-mmp-for-you/281784/43 "2004-12-28T19:11:25Z")
> [@scout1222](#): > > I made sausage, apple and cheddar bread pudding for Christmas Eve. I just had the last serving of it tonight for dinner. It was the YUM. Your husbandā€™s missing out, is all I can say. Is that the CL recipe from one of the recent issues? Thatā€™s on my evergrowing list of things to make. I am so not in the mood to cook, though - this week is going to be sandwiches and frozen dinners. Then mom & dad come, and itā€™s dinner out. Well, at least my kitchen will stay clean - cleaners come tomorrow. I actually have done some work today - truly a miraculous thing. I also did some research into a long weekend down in FL in a couple weeks - yay! Yesterday I ordered highspeed cable service. I have no idea when I will get it. I want it NOW! Itā€™s very amusing, though - when I turn on my new computer, it tries to log in to other peopleā€™s networks - it picks up almost half a dozen signals. When I get my network set up, Iā€™m going to make it private - donā€™t want to have others using it! Susan ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-make-me-do-the-mmp-for-you/281784/44 "2004-12-28T20:20:55Z")
Yep, **susan** , thatā€™s the one. Thereā€™s another one from that same issue with butternut squash and Parmesan (I think itā€™s Parmesan) that I also want to try, but I donā€™t want to OD on bread puddings. Besides, I have to use the heck out of my new crockpot. Iā€™ve already found a potato chowder recipe that Iā€™ll make over the weekend. Why didnā€™t I get a crock pot sooner?!? ---
**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-make-me-do-the-mmp-for-you/281784/45 "2004-12-28T20:37:29Z")
> [@Tupug Anachi](#): > > **tanooki** , did I space something out? What happened to you??? I broke my arm and not a normal break where you get a cast for people to color whoo nope not me I went and twisted it so the ligament yanked a piece of bone off and so now I sit with my arm in a sling (canā€™t put a cast on your shoulder dontcha know!) and hope that little piece of bone stayed put so the next time I go to the doctors they say Iā€™m healing up right and donā€™t say eeep thatā€™ll need to be pinned. sassafrassin ice! ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-make-me-do-the-mmp-for-you/281784/46 "2004-12-28T20:47:12Z")
> [@Exgineer](#): > > Pfft. Frying pans are _versatile_. You can make all kinds of other stuff with frying pans besides quesadillas. This electric thing we got is the mutant bastard cousin of a waffle iron, and itā€™s no good for anything except making quesadillas. Just like a waffle iron is no good for anything except making waffles. Itā€™s the frigginā€™ _pinnacle_ of pointless culinary consumerism. > > Youā€™re just jealous. Well, but waffles canā€™t, AFAIK, be made _without_ a waffle iron. Quesadillas are easily made in a skillet that is oven save. And I thought that Starbucks was the pinnacle of pointless culinary consumerism. Youā€™re right, maybe Iā€™m just jealous. But **Susan Foster** might be coming to Florida, so Iā€™ve go _that_ going for me. Woot! ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-make-me-do-the-mmp-for-you/281784/47 "2004-12-28T20:54:42Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Quesadillas are easily made in a skillet that is oven save. Thatā€™s precisely the beauty of it. I have an electric appliance that can only do one thing, and it isnā€™t even _necessary_. Itā€™s positively hedonistic. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-make-me-do-the-mmp-for-you/281784/48 "2004-12-28T21:10:05Z")
> [@Exgineer](#): > > Thatā€™s precisely the beauty of it. I have an electric appliance that can only do one thing, and it isnā€™t even _necessary_. Itā€™s positively hedonistic. Oh yeah? Well, I got a pizza oven for Christmas. So šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-make-me-do-the-mmp-for-you/281784/49 "2004-12-28T21:10:09Z")
> [@Exgineer](#): > > Thatā€™s precisely the beauty of it. I have an electric appliance that can only do one thing, and it isnā€™t even _necessary_. Itā€™s positively hedonistic. Iā€™d love to make fun of you for this, but really canā€™t bring myself to do it. Whereā€™s **Welby** when you need him? I recall once seeing a demonstration for a kipfel maker in a department store. This was close to your hedonistic level, since until that moment Iā€™d never even heard of a kipfel. ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-make-me-do-the-mmp-for-you/281784/50 "2004-12-28T21:33:51Z")
So, do all you people rent pods or something to store all these extraneous appliances? I was lucky I could find space for the hand mixer I bought recently. ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-make-me-do-the-mmp-for-you/281784/51 "2004-12-28T21:35:10Z")
Whatā€™s a Welby? šŸ˜• ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-make-me-do-the-mmp-for-you/281784/52 "2004-12-28T21:41:17Z")
The one room in my condo that actually has lots of storage is my kitchen. But as it stands, the crock pot is on my counter. I have lots of counter space, so thatā€™s probably where itā€™ll stay. The only other closet in the joint is in my bedroom. ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-make-me-do-the-mmp-for-you/281784/53 "2004-12-28T21:45:30Z")
> [@Tupug Anachi](#): > > That would probably work if I still lived in upstate NY but probably too much layering for Central FL. I grew up in Binghamton. Where abouts are you, **Taxi**? Capital Region. But I grew up near Oneonta so Iā€™m at least familiar with the Southern Tier. Bet youā€™re glad youā€™re not here in the snow and single-degree weather! ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-make-me-do-the-mmp-for-you/281784/54 "2004-12-28T21:48:44Z")
> [@Tupug Anachi](#): > > So, do all you people rent pods or something to store all these extraneous appliances? I was lucky I could find space for the hand mixer I bought recently. ā˜¹ I got four kitchen items for Christmas, a set of nice colanders, a pizza cutter, a cheese plate and a sturdy pepper mill. These all tuck nicely into the existing space. Beyond that my children gave me a pair of female hamsters, which _somehow_ reside in their room. :dubious: But thatā€™s okay, I got myself a bottle of Armangac. Helps with the cooking, you know. ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-make-me-do-the-mmp-for-you/281784/55 "2004-12-28T21:51:52Z")
> [@scout1222](#): > > Why didnā€™t I get a crock pot sooner?!? I got mine last Christmas and wondered the same thing! Itā€™s great! ---
**Author:** ![Ashes\_Ashes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ashes\_Ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashes_Ashes)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-make-me-do-the-mmp-for-you/281784/56 "2004-12-28T22:11:40Z")
Oog, I just now woke up. **Mr. Bear** made a very comfy landing pad after my candy crash. Guess what Iā€™m having for breakfast? No, not chicken wings, Mr Bear said no, 'member? Iā€™m having jordan almonds and chicory coffee, breakfast of champions! **Scout** , you are waaay behind in your candy technology if youā€™re just now trying Toffifay. I remember those from when I was in grade school so that was a million years ago. Get down to the Circle K and catch up, then go to Cost Plus and into the hard stuff-- candy from Europe and Asia! Kiwi flavored gummis from Japan, Violet Crumble, Fred Ferkel, Italian licorice! Ha ha **Wintermute** , I have the last Peeps maker, my mommy found it at a drugstore and snatched it up, beating off hordes of ravening parents to do it, too. Console yourself with pink grapefruit flavored mentos, I mean theyā€™re mentos, how much actual pink grapefruit could they possibly have in them? Iā€™m guessing none, maybe even negative pink grapefruit flavor, so you could use them as an antidote next time somebody sneaks actual citrus into something. I havenā€™t tried the Peeps maker yet, but it seems you have a great big hypodermic needle injector of Peeps ooze that you squirt into a mold and then roll in sugar and decorate with stuff. And _of course_ Peeps are disgusting. Thatā€™s what makes them so good! But theyā€™re not satanā€™s snot, that is reserved for watermelon Jolly Ranchers. **Lissla** , one of my students bought a hat with flaps on it. It made him look disconcertingly like Goofy from that cartoon where they went camping. But the closest to mukluks weā€™ve gotten was knock-off Uggs from Target. Why anybody would need either item is beyond me because the lowest the temp has gotten is about forty and that was an overnight low! This is the desert children; wear shorts and a light sweater like normal people! ---
**Author:** ![merrily](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@merrily](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/merrily)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-make-me-do-the-mmp-for-you/281784/57 "2004-12-28T22:13:01Z")
Thatā€™s what I remember about microwaves: most people fought having them. You would hear things like, ā€œI understand it is good for boiling water. I donā€™t really mind waiting for water to boil.ā€ Then people got them, and now they are indispensible. The freezer industry must be ecstatic. I have an idea for a diet: nothing microwaved. That would mean cooking would take more effort, and leftovers would take longer to heat up. You would have to weigh the effort against the result, and I bet most people would lose weight. Going out to eat instead would be cheating. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-make-me-do-the-mmp-for-you/281784/58 "2004-12-28T22:18:55Z")
> [@Tupug Anachi](#): > > So, do all you people rent pods or something to store all these extraneous appliances? I was lucky I could find space for the hand mixer I bought recently. ā˜¹ Iā€™m blessed with a nice, big kitchen with plenty of counter and cupboard space. Itā€™s getting a little crowded now, though, what with the toaster oven, pizza oven, microwave, smoothie maker (which I got last year for Christmas!), and Foreman grill. Iā€™m thinking of storing away that silly coffee pot that we never use anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-make-me-do-the-mmp-for-you/281784/59 "2004-12-28T22:20:12Z")
> [@taxi78cab](#): > > Capital Region. But I grew up near Oneonta so Iā€™m at least familiar with the Southern Tier. Bet youā€™re glad youā€™re not here in the snow and single-degree weather! Can you hear a big HELL, YES!! > [@shibb](#): > > (snip) my children gave me a pair of female hamsters, which somehow reside in their room. But thatā€™s okay, I got myself a bottle of Armangac. Helps with the cooking, you know. Are you **SURE** they are both female??? šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-make-me-do-the-mmp-for-you/281784/60 "2004-12-28T22:31:18Z")
> [@Tupug Anachi](#): > > Are you **SURE** they are both female??? šŸ˜‰ Weā€™ll see someday, I suppose. Worse comes to worst Iā€™ll have to explain to my kids what the term ā€œlesbianā€ means. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-make-me-do-the-mmp-for-you/281784.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-make-me-do-the-mmp-for-you/281784.md?page=4)