# The emergency MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [November 23, 2009, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emergency-mmp/518676 "2009-11-23T19:24:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emergency-mmp/518676/181 "2009-11-29T18:09:52Z")
Feeling blurf, but definitely better than I’ve felt the last few days. Swelling has gone down considerably, and apart from waking up with a headache I’m doing much better. Off to make some lunch. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emergency-mmp/518676/182 "2009-11-29T18:23:30Z")
Someone go to the store for me. I hate grocery shopping. **Mindy** –that sounds awful! Hope you’re better soon. ---
**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 29, 2009, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emergency-mmp/518676/183 "2009-11-29T18:59:03Z")
**koff koff** Break time from mulch/vac/raking the back yard. We’ve spent just about the last 2 hours trying to beat those leaves into submission. Once I catch my breath and refuel the mower and the mulcher, I’ll go out and do the side yard along the road. Then I quit, since I have laundry to do. \*\*swampy \*\*- yep, the sponge mop was left leaning on the front door. Real classy, eh? I’d made a list of things I wanted to talk to them about, and when I got home, they’d done the things I was going to yell about, so that’s good. I also made a note that said “rotisserie” - meaning I was going to show them how to disassemble and clean it, since they’d never done that before, and it was obvious by their after-Thanksgiving cleanup. Anyway, SIL is at work, daughter and friends are out - in my car - running around. Her battery is dead because they were using my car while I was gone. Nice, huh? I don’t recall them asking me… Anyway, thirst has been quenched and there’s only so much sunlight left, so I better get out there. Stoopit autumn, stoopit early sunset. Stoopit leaves. At least it’s nice out - in the low 60s. That’ll end tomorrow, but for now, today’s nice… ---
**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 29, 2009, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emergency-mmp/518676/184 "2009-11-29T19:07:43Z")
Sorry about the kid stress, **FCM**. Glad the infection seems to be getting under control, **Mork**. I’ve thoroughly cleaned behind the credenza, including shampooing the carpet, and cleaned the credenza itself and am slowly re-stocking it, including making decisions on re-locating things I forget I have so that I actually use them once in a while. I’m also taking inventory while I’m there. Slow, but overdue. Back to productivity land… GT ---
**Author:** ![Dottygumdrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Dottygumdrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dottygumdrop)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emergency-mmp/518676/185 "2009-11-29T19:14:40Z")
I have decided to make good use of my sick leave and make chili and cornbread this week. Only problem is, Recipezaar has a gazillion recipes for chili and a bajillion more for cornbread. Halp!!! **swampus** (or another self-respecting Southerner out there), please give me a good recipe for cornbread and for kid-friendly chili. Kthxbye!!! Ohh, and could somebody please explain the difference between white cornmeal and yellow cornmeal? I didn’t want to make two trips to the store, so I bought both (Aunt Jemima’s White Cornmeal and Quaker’s Yellow Cornmeal). Ta muchly! ---
**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 29, 2009, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emergency-mmp/518676/186 "2009-11-29T20:17:41Z")
**Dotty** , I’m not a southerner, but I’d guess yellow cornmeal comes from yellow corn, and white cornmeal… well, you know. I know around here, white corn is sweeter than yellow, so maybe that’s the difference. And I don’t think I’ve ever seen cornbread made with white cornmeal, but looking at the recipes [here](http://allrecipes.com/Search/Recipes.aspx?WithTerm=cornbread), I didn’t notice either one specified from the few I opened. I cheat - I use Jiffy corn muffin mix. 😃 We quit. The leaves along the side yard were soggy, so un-mowable. But the back yard looks good. My sweetie just finished showering, and I’m about to go get cleaned up myself. Our fish are hilarious. He just went over and turned the lights on and they all came up to be fed. They’re as bad as the land critters! Well, off to shower… ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emergency-mmp/518676/187 "2009-11-29T21:03:54Z")
I was a bad boy and slept in instead of being deheathanated. I did go to the Canes practice, and got my jersey signed by a few of the players. I took the zoo to the DOGPARK! There was a little white terrier there. Jusding by the way he follwed her around, and was fighting off any dog(including Gordie) that came near her, I think it might have been the dog Nelly was travelling with on her migration last year. **FCM** , I hope the fish don’t start barking you awake at 0600, like the rest of the critters. Yay for **mmmmmm**! ---
**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:** [November 29, 2009, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emergency-mmp/518676/188 "2009-11-29T22:22:19Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > **MOOOOOOM** a mop leanin’ against the front door seriously? Why haven’t you bashed them repeatedly upside their haids with the handle already? I am picturin’ you openin’ the front door and havin’ a mop handle come flyin’ at you. That would have been my cue to get all _Mommy Dearest_. NO MOPS ON DOORS! I’m incredibly tired. Today I got a new (to me) pair of New Balance sneakers that fit from the never-claimed lost and found bag. One of the unexpected benefits of working all the time–now I don’t need to buy new sneakers! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emergency-mmp/518676/189 "2009-11-29T22:38:45Z")
> [@gardentraveler](#): > > Back to productivity land… > > GT where is that, exactly? ---
**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 30, 2009, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emergency-mmp/518676/190 "2009-11-30T00:51:13Z")
😃 This week, it’s in my living room, **rosie**. Credenza is all organized and clean. Next stop: the mantel. GT ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emergency-mmp/518676/191 "2009-11-30T01:22:46Z")
Had two nothing fire pages last night, and today my fahr department hung the town Christmas decorations. Life is so exciting… ---
**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 30, 2009, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emergency-mmp/518676/192 "2009-11-30T01:33:54Z")
Hi folks. Anyone on for tomorrow’s MMP? If not, I’ll do it… ---
**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 30, 2009, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emergency-mmp/518676/193 "2009-11-30T02:00:25Z")
All in favor of **Soapy** bein’ our hostess with the mostest say “AYE” **AYE!!!** All those opposed [del]like any of us care[/del] say “NAY” **::crickets::** The “AYES” have it! Hostess away **Soapy**! 😃 Now, did I hear **Dotty** say cornbread recipe? **Buttermilk Cornbread** 1-1/2 cups cornmeal 3/4 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. salt 1 and one-third cup buttermilk 2 eggs 1/4 cup shortening, melted Sift cornmeal, soda and salt. Combine buttermilk and well-beaten eggs. Add cornmeal mixture. Beat well. Add hot melted shortening and beat well. Pour into well-greased skillet. I use shortening to grease the skillet. Bake at 450 degrees for 20-30 minutes. **Sour Cream Cornbread** 1-1/2 cups cornmeal 3/4 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. salt 1 and one-halfcup sour cream 2 eggs 1/4 cup shortening, melted Sift cornmeal, soda and salt. Combine buttermilk and well-beaten eggs. Add cornmeal mixture. Beat well. Add hot melted shortening and beat well. Pour into well-greased skillet. I use shortening to grease the skillet. Bake at 450 degrees for 20-30 minutes. Note the subtle differences. One has buttermilk and one has sour cream! Oh and I assume you are using cornmeal and not cornmeal mix. If you’re using the mix then you don’t need to add the baking soda and salt cause it’s already there. There’s not a real difference between yellow or white cornmeal. Yellow cornmeal tends to have a more grainy texture which is not a bad thing, but I use white cornmeal cause, well, that’s what my mama taught me to use. What? Y’all didn’t think I’d come runnin’ with cornbread recipes? 😛 I survived work. RAH! No work tomorrow though. I need at least _one_ day off after all! Oh and OYKW is home but I’m not seein’ him tonight. Poor thing is all tuckered from drivin’ and went to bed shortly after gettin’ home. I shall cook a nice meal tomorrow and “appreciate” his bein’ back home. 😉 ---
**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 30, 2009, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emergency-mmp/518676/194 "2009-11-30T02:03:08Z")
Aw shucks. Such overwhelming support… I don’t know who to thank first. I’ll have the new MMP up soon. Get off my back, will ya? 😃 ---
**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 30, 2009, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emergency-mmp/518676/195 "2009-11-30T02:32:13Z")
**Soapy** is the new MMP ready yet? Is it? Is it? Is it? Huh? Huh? Huh? Is it ready yet? Is it? Is it? Is it? Huh? Huh? Huh?😃 ---
**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 30, 2009, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emergency-mmp/518676/196 "2009-11-30T02:34:15Z")
Almost. But if you’re not asleep, the MMP fairy won’t leave aaaaaaaannny MMP under your tree. So close your eyes now, and go nite, nite. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emergency-mmp/518676/197 "2009-11-30T02:34:20Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > **Soapy** is the new MMP ready yet? Is it? Is it? Is it? Huh? Huh? Huh? Is it ready yet? Is it? Is it? Is it? Huh? Huh? Huh?😃 Is it? ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emergency-mmp/518676/198 "2009-11-30T02:42:40Z")
What a nice long weekend! Good to have you back, btw, **FCM**. And very nice shots of the fish and tank! Back to work tomorrow. ☹ OMG, it’s almost December too. I’m left wondering where in the world 2009 has gone! Time to start thinking of who to put on my 2010 celebrity death list. Heh, yeah, sicko, I admit it! **Rosie’s** sig to any and all - I’m sending healing vibes out to those who need em too. I’ve had my low fat frozen yogurt and pretzels for the night, I’m afraid. LOL ---
**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 30, 2009, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emergency-mmp/518676/199 "2009-11-30T02:44:25Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > Is it? [ok, settle down everybody](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11830456#post11830456) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emergency-mmp/518676.md?page=9)