Fifty-Eyed Fred's Ferociously Fanatical and Fabulously Fascinating Random Banter #151

[AtlanteanTroll]

That reference will have no meaning to the Troll. That movie is too old for him.

Pfft. I've seen plenty of old films. Like Snow White and The General.

[Gullara]

You mean Zombieland, right?

... yes.

Too many movies with somethingland. How is guy supposed to keep them straight? And don't mention Google.

[AtlanteanTroll]

... yes.

Too many movies with somethingland. How is guy supposed to keep them straight? And don't mention Google.

The fact that Zombieland came out in 2009 would help.

[Gullara]

The fact that Zombieland came out in 2009 would help.

Adventureland did too. That's part of the reason I got mixed up. Not to mention there were amusement parks in both.

It's all very confusing.

[AtlanteanTroll]

Well, Adventureland did poorly in the Box Office.

[Gullara]

*shrugs* The point is I've seen them both. Not to mention I have a poor memory at best. So yay, confused RPGs.

[CurlyKitGirl]

I am now attempting to eat a rather large slice of Christmas cake.

For those unaware of this Britlander tradition:
It is traditionally a cake with fruits, nuts and candied peel that one starts making in October and involves about half a bottle of brandy to start off before being left to' settle' until a few days before Chrismas day
Then every week between the original making and the icing one has to add about a tablespoon (or more) of brandy to keep it moist.
Then it's covered in marzipan and then smothered in a lot of royal icing.

It will then last until about next June or longer.

Some people say it's not a proper Christmas cake unless it bleeds brandy when cut.
It is in fact extremely possible to get drunk off one slice of Christmas cake due to it containing the best part of at least two bottles of brandy.

This particular cake was made in mid-Spetember and contains a little more than three bottles of brandy. I can taste brandy, some icing and if I concentrate, some food.

[Ranger Mattos]

I am now attempting to eat a rather large slice of Christmas cake.

For those unaware of this Britlander tradition:
It is traditionally a cake with fruits, nuts and candied peel that one starts making in October and involves about half a bottle of brandy to start off before being left to' settle' until a few days before Chrismas day
Then every week between the original making and the icing one has to add about a tablespoon (or more) of brandy to keep it moist.
Then it's covered in marzipan and then smothered in a lot of royal icing.

It will then last until about next June or longer.

Some people say it's not a proper Christmas cake unless it bleeds brandy when cut.
It is in fact extremely possible to get drunk off one slice of Christmas cake due to it containing the best part of at least two bottles of brandy.

This particular cake was made in mid-Spetember and contains a little more than three bottles of brandy. I can taste brandy, some icing and if I concentrate, some food.

Wierd Britlanders... In Wisconsinland we just eat cheese.

[Thufir]

For those unaware of this Britlander tradition:
It is traditionally a cake with fruits, nuts and candied peel that one starts making in October and involves about half a bottle of brandy to start off before being left to' settle' until a few days before Chrismas day
Then every week between the original making and the icing one has to add about a tablespoon (or more) of brandy to keep it moist.
Then it's covered in marzipan and then smothered in a lot of royal icing.

I didn't even know the bolded bits, and I'm fairly certain we've never done them. Brandy may be involved in the making, I'm not sure, but if it is, it'll evaporate during the baking, so the finished cake won't actually be alcoholic.

[Coidzor]

But Absolutely Fabulous is fabulous.

...So you don't like fabulous things? Because that's what I leant my support to anyway. Just, apparently, for the wrong reasons.

None can resist the charms of the Goddess.

'strue.

Though I never would've pegged Koorly as a christmas cake eater. Hey-oo!

Who you gunna call?

Ahh, ghost busters...

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

We have something like that in my family, the Christmas Pudding. We make it the day of, or the day before, it's cooked with brandy, but it's also liberally doused in brandy when it's served, and then it's set aflame, and it makes beautiful blue flames that dance around it. It's delicious.

[CurlyKitGirl]

I didn't even know the bolded bits, and I'm fairly certain we've never done them. Brandy may be involved in the making, I'm not sure, but if it is, it'll evaporate during the baking, so the finished cake won't actually be alcoholic.

It doesn't evaporate. It honestly doesn't, don't know why, don't care. I like to think there's so much brandy in the cake that if it evaporated there would no longer be any cake to eat.
But I've helped in making these kinds of cakes and participated in eating them, there's a lot of brandy.I think it's to do with the soaking, so that the brandy binds chemically (yeah, I'm mnaking all this up now) with the actual atomic structure of h=the food, and thus the brandy doesn't evaporate at all.

...So you don't like fabulous things? Because that's what I leant my support to anyway. Just, apparently, for the wrong reasons.

Wrong reasons, but right thing.

I pegged Koorly as a christmas cake eater. Hey-oo!

Well, given my love of Freddie Mercury and David Bowie . . . yeah. I'll have my Christmas Cake and eat it.

[Coidzor]

Well, given my love of Freddie Mercury and David Bowie . . . yeah. I'll have my Christmas Cake and eat it.

I love how you made my quote even dirtier out of context than it was to begin with. XD

...And now I'm imagining Zombie Freddy Mercury. And it is still awesome.

[Thufir]

It doesn't evaporate. It honestly doesn't, don't know why, don't care. I like to think there's so much brandy in the cake that if it evaporated there would no longer be any cake to eat.
But I've helped in making these kinds of cakes and participated in eating them, there's a lot of brandy.I think it's to do with the soaking, so that the brandy binds chemically (yeah, I'm mnaking all this up now) with the actual atomic structure of h=the food, and thus the brandy doesn't evaporate at all.

Well, I once had a minor dispute over this with Baking Ex-Housemate when I swore I got mildly tipsy on his Bailey's brownies, but he produced the "It evaporates and just leaves the flavour" argument.
Anyway, the impression I got from what you said was that the additional brandy to keep it moist was applied post-baking, in which case it obviously wouldn't evaporate. Was I wrong?

Well, given my love of Freddie Mercury and David Bowie . . . yeah. I'll have my Christmas Cake and eat it.

It is a fact acknowledged on TVTropes that some old people are still really attractive. David Bowie is one of those people.

[Coidzor]

Is the first half bottle of brandy pre or post baking?

If it's pre-baking then it should get cooked and thus no longer be alcoholic. Now as for the post-baking stuff, I believe the alcohol remains, for the most part, with it mainly being the water evaporating.

[CurlyKitGirl]

I love how you made my quote even dirtier out of context than it was to begin with. XD

...And now I'm imagining Zombie Freddy Mercury. And it is still awesome.

I aim to please.
Zombie!Freddie would be awesome. It would also make 'Another One Bites The Dust', 'All Dead' and such all the funnier.

Well, I once had a minor dispute over this with Baking Ex-Housemate when I swore I got mildly tipsy on his Bailey's brownies, but he produced the "It evaporates and just leaves the flavour" argument.
Anyway, the impression I got from what you said was that the additional brandy to keep it moist was applied post-baking, in which case it obviously wouldn't evaporate. Was I wrong?

Coidzor (below post) says otherwise. But I fail science and math, so I defer to his expertise.

It is a fact acknowledged on TVTropes that some old people are still really attractive. David Bowie is one of those people.

Indeed.

Is the first half bottle of brandy pre or post baking?

If it's pre-baking then it should get cooked and thus no longer be alcoholic. Now as for the post-baking stuff, I believe the alcohol remains, for the most part, with it mainly being the water evaporating.

It's added pre-, post- and during the baking process. So a bit of everything.

Aaaargh, half an inch thick icing.

[CynicalAvocado]

It is a fact acknowledged on TVTropes that some old people are still really attractive. David Bowie is one of those people.

thanks to tvvtropes i k now daid bowie's crotch has it's own religion

[CurlyKitGirl]

Thanks to TV Tropes I know David Bowie's crotch has its own religion.

Well yeah. Labyrinth. If you've seen that you're no longer a virgin.

[Thufir]

I aim to please.

I'm sure you do.

It's added pre-, post- and during the baking process. So a bit of everything.

So, there, you see, the alcoholic...ness... will be from the post- and possibly the during.

Well yeah. Labyrinth. If you've seen that you're no longer a virgin.

...
I don't quite know whether to or
You're deliberately prompting and propagating dirty thoughts and conversation trends, this is not normal!
Also, I need to watch that film.

[Ranger Mattos]

Aaaargh, half an inch thick icing.

Is that a good kind of aaaargh or a bad kind of aaaargh?

[Coidzor]

...
I don't quite know whether to or
You're deliberately prompting and propagating dirty thoughts and conversation trends, this is not normal!
Also, I need to watch that film.

It is, however, new and exciting! I for one welcome our Koorly Overlady.

I've only ever caught bits and pieces of the film, but the parts I have seen make me want to pick it up if I ever see it. Still eludes me, however.

[AtlanteanTroll]

Ahh, ghost busters...

Forget the Ghost Busters, we have Nappa.

[Teddy]

It doesn't evaporate. It honestly doesn't, don't know why, don't care. I like to think there's so much brandy in the cake that if it evaporated there would no longer be any cake to eat.
But I've helped in making these kinds of cakes and participated in eating them, there's a lot of brandy.I think it's to do with the soaking, so that the brandy binds chemically (yeah, I'm mnaking all this up now) with the actual atomic structure of h=the food, and thus the brandy doesn't evaporate at all.

Silly Koorly. There's no such thing as a double bonded hydrogen atom.

[Heliomance]

But, but, I WASNT HITTING ON HER.

Whyever not?

Manliness is overrated for sure. There're more attractive things than simply having a quantity of testosterone.

Depends. It can be done right.

[Thufir]

It is, however, new and exciting! I for one welcome our Koorly Overlady.

Oh, I welcomed her some time ago (IF you know what I mean), but this departure from the normal run of things (If you know what I mean?) nonetheless arouses* my questioning nature (...if you know what I mean)

You see. This is what it has done to me!

ION: The vagaries of my internet connection amuse me sometimes. The last few posts I made before this one were made from my bed, upstairs. The modem is downstairs. Occasionally my internet connection cuts out as a result of the distance. When this happens, my usual response is to take my laptop off my legs and put it down on the surface of the bed. And then it generally starts working again.

*OK, slipping that in there (If you know what I mean) was a bit of a stretch (If... OK I'll stop now)

[Gullara]

Ahh, ghost busters...

I was wondering how long it would be until some one did this. I salute you.

[AtlanteanTroll]

Whyever not?

Well... Why? She's, like, 3 years older then me.

[Mordokai]

I just had a biggest spontaneous nosebleed ever. Now I finally understand how the anime characters feel. If I didn't loose a 0.1 gallon of blood there...

Seriously, it wasn't a pleasant experience. I'm feeling a little light headed atm and I should probably see a doctor about it. Of course, with new year coming up and whatnot, I'll probably just forget about it until it happens next time. Oh well. Lets hope it was a lonely happenstance.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

Don't talk to me about nosebleeds.


IN MORE AWESOME NEWS
We are inaugurating our new deep fryer today. We`re just heating up the oil for yamfries, and it will be glorious.

[CynicalAvocado]

Don't talk to me about nosebleeds.


IN MORE AWESOME NEWS
We are inaugurating our new deep fryer today. We`re just heating up the oil for yamfries, and it will be glorious.

deep friers are fun. especially for shrimp, or catfish, or gator