# The Really Bad Cookies and Other Stuff MMP
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Tags:** mmp
**Created:** [March 11, 2013, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625 "2013-03-11T10:14:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2013, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625/21 "2013-03-11T13:36:27Z")
Good morning and welcome to Monday. đ I love parsnips, and my favorite way of fixing them is to roast them with potatoes, carrots and onions. That brings out more of the sweetness in them, btw, so if you have a problem with a bitter taste, you might find you like them prepared that way. I have trouble finding good parsnips here in ABQ, believe it or not. Too many large ones that are indeed pithy and not so good tasting. Iâve also added rutabagas to mashed potatoes - delicious stuff!
Can I have a blurf even though Iâm retired? đ
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### Author:  [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2013, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625/22 "2013-03-11T13:50:51Z")
> [@swampbear](#):
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> ETA: **ThelmaLou** (nickname to follow shortly Iâm sure) great idea about the N.O.T. and turnips!
**ThelmaLou** â\> Thelma & Louise = **Fugitive** , which works unless **One armed man from Chicago** joins the MMP.
Then thereâs **Swampy** , because âMr.-the-next-person-who-posts-after-me-on-Sunday-afternoon-has-to-start-the-new-MMP-cause-I-wonât-start-one.-Oh-wait,-FCM-says-sheâll-start-it,-but-no,-Iâll-just-start-it-anywayâ is just too damn long. :dubious:
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### Author:  [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2013, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625/23 "2013-03-11T14:03:23Z")
> [@swampbear](#):
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> **Freebie** that sounds good. You need to post some kind of recipe for what you make. We Mumpers like new recipes!
What I posed WAS the recipe! đ No, seriously. Cut up peeled potatoes, turnips, and apples in any proportion you want, cook until soft and mash with butter and sour cream. If youâre not crazy about turnips, put in more potatoes than turnips.
Whenever I hear the phrase âIrish Stew,â what immediately goes through my head is Daffy Duck singing (to the tune of âThe Irish Washerwomanâ):
Oh, the taters are old
And the meat is a fright.
Everything is leftover
From Saturday night.
We throw it all into
A big iron pot
And we call the whole mess
Irish Stew, but itâs not!
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### Author:  [@Wintermute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wintermute)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2013, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625/24 "2013-03-11T14:20:38Z")
Both turnips and parsnips are vile. I agree with John Pinette: youâre not supposed to eat them, which is why God hid them in the ground.
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### Author:  [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2013, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625/25 "2013-03-11T15:11:17Z")
Usually, only the good stuff is hidden, but maybe Mother Earth was so ashamed that she tried to hide the parsnips.
DH likes them in soup. Thereâs just one store around us that has them dependably, but theyâre often so old and floppy that it irritates me to be spending close to three bucks a pound for them. Maybe if they didnât charge so much, more people would buy them so theyâd be fresher?
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### Author:  [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2013, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625/26 "2013-03-11T15:28:37Z")
I gets parsnips the cheap way- sowed the seeds last week. Theyâre about as low maintenance as crops get- chuck seeds around, then leave them to get on with it, so I like 'em. Plus the slugs donât seem to eat the leaves.
I really am in a breaking things phase today- I keep breaking felting needles now. I blame the cold, itâs snowing again⌠Brrr.
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625/27 "2013-03-11T15:35:17Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#):
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> Iâve never had parsnips, or turnips, or rutabagas - I donât know that I could identify them if you plopped one down in front of me.
Turnips and rutabagas are pretty much interchangeable. Rutabagas are generally bigger than turnips and sometimes tougher but the taste is basically the same.
Parsnips, however, are a different thing entirely. They look like white carrots. And they donât taste like turnips or rutabagas. Like their appearance, their taste is closer to carrots.
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### Author:  [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625/28 "2013-03-11T16:00:18Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> I guess North Carolina qualifies you as a Yankee.
> Tsk, tsk.
Sir, you have maligned my good name. Choose your second: trouts at dawn.
> [@swampbear](#):
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> Pickled okra is good. Okra in gumbo is good. Okra in soup is good. Okra in peas ân butterbeans is good. Boiled okra is good. Fried okra is good. Grilled okra is good. Okra is good. However, I can understand not havinâ it in Winter. Okra is a Summer veggie and the best way to have it durinâ Winter is to put you up some fresh okra in the Summer. Okra, the Pod of God!
I have a new addition to my .sig!
Got out of the dentistâs office with nary a cavity! Got the squeaky belt tightened on my car, evaluated the line at the Social Security office and determined it was Too Long To Wait In since I left my book at home, and got a nice Cuban sammich at the awesome deli. Now I shall assume what FCM calls the knit position and work on this blanket for Dad.
Oh, and the dental hygienist complimented my makeup. đ I forgot I was going to the dentist and put on lipstick, but it worked out because she really liked it. Me too. [I love this stuff](http://uk.rimmellondon.com/products/lips/lasting-finish-kate-moss). It smells like berries.
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### Author:  [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625/29 "2013-03-11T16:02:41Z")
> [@SpazCat](#):
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> Sir, you have maligned my good name. Choose your second: trouts at dawn.
I thought brickbats were the weapon of choice around here.
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### Author:  [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625/30 "2013-03-11T16:24:56Z")
> [@Wintermute](#):
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> I agree with John Pinette:
A fellow John Pinette fan!! đ I lurves him to death!! Heâs hilarious without getting crude, which seems to be rare among stand-ups I hear these days⌠You have good taste in comics! đ
Late lunch break. Iâve been doing some administrative stuff for our PA office involving PDFs of schematics. Itâs not hard, but the volume of work is quite huge and the tedium is getting to me. I had to force myself to take a break. Hope I can finish it all today.
I shall have to check out the produce section of our local stores a bit more carefully - same with the Amish veggie stands when they reopen. I shall try some more adventurous cooking - for me, anyway.
And okra is slimy and disgusting and totally inedible - ick! đ
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625/31 "2013-03-11T16:41:56Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#):
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> And okra is slimy and disgusting and totally inedible - ick! đ
That is why I bread it or cook small uncut pods.
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### Author:  [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2013, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625/32 "2013-03-11T16:52:19Z")
I made the bestest chili again. Yummers, going to get a bowl.
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### Author:  [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625/33 "2013-03-11T16:53:29Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> That is why I bread it or cook small uncut pods.
okra is divine, even when slimy. LOVE IT
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### Author:  [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2013, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625/34 "2013-03-11T16:55:27Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#):
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> And okra is slimy and disgusting and totally inedible - ick! đ
agreed đ
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2013, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625/35 "2013-03-11T16:59:37Z")
> [@anyrose](#):
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> agreed đ
You canât help it, Cute One.
Youâre Not From Around Here.
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625/36 "2013-03-11T17:03:56Z")
> [@anyrose](#):
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> I thought brickbats were the weapon of choice around here.
As the challenged, the choice of weapons is indeed mine.
Dirty gym socks filled with lemon Jell-o at two feet.
If Spatz is brave enoughâŚ
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### Author:  [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2013, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625/37 "2013-03-11T17:04:09Z")
Happy Moonday!
Iâm getting damn tired of typing stuff out only to have it go poof! before I can hit the post key.
So hi, Iâm alive and over the ick,
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### Author:  [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2013, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625/38 "2013-03-11T18:03:52Z")
Howdy!! Blurf!! Okra is good anyway it is cooked even slimey. Parsnips are hard to find here too. Iâve only had them a few times. It is not a food we had when I was a kid. I donât know why though.
We are having a Blue Angels Air Show in two weeks. This will be their last show until the budget, sequestration issue gets worked out. I will be working in the VIP seating area.
I still have not had a notice yet about furlough but since I am NAF I donât know if it will happen. I personally would not mind the time off but I know some of my coworkers live paycheck to paycheck and may be more affected.
Did any of you guys get furlough notices yet?
I didnât sleep good last night either. I was awake most of the night except when it was time to get up. :smack:
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### Author:  [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625/39 "2013-03-11T18:06:04Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> As the challenged, the choice of weapons is indeed mine.
>
> Dirty gym socks filled with lemon Jell-o at two feet.
> If Spatz is brave enoughâŚ
_begins preparing jello_
Pickled okra is not slimy a-tall.
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### Author:  [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625/40 "2013-03-11T18:23:36Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> As the challenged, the choice of weapons is indeed mine.
>
> Dirty gym socks filled with lemon Jell-o at two feet.
> If Spatz is brave enoughâŚ
Assuming cotton socks, when you whap someone, does the jello ooze thru the sock or stay inside?
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