Comments on: Chiffon pie that doesn't look right http://boingboing.net/2012/07/09/chiffon-pie-that-doesnt-look.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 02:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Rezeya Montecore http://boingboing.net/2012/07/09/chiffon-pie-that-doesnt-look.html#comment-1474407 Rezeya Montecore Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=170014#comment-1474407 Okay, after running across http://boingboing.net/2012/06/30/excellent-list-of-reasons-to-h.html#comment-573167765 it seems pretty obvious that you've got a hammer and you're just running around looking for nails. I really regret bringing this matter up with you. Okay, after running across http://boingboing.net/2012/06/30/excellent-list-of-reasons-to-h.html#comment-573167765 it seems pretty obvious that you’ve got a hammer and you’re just running around looking for nails. I really regret bringing this matter up with you.

]]> By: Rezeya Montecore http://boingboing.net/2012/07/09/chiffon-pie-that-doesnt-look.html#comment-1474387 Rezeya Montecore Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=170014#comment-1474387 Uh... you know, I think it's pretty safe to say that Lileks started this one. He's said some pretty abusive and uncharitable things about causes and people I really care about. I don't think you have any right to assume that I'm being a fanatic because I find his beliefs both dangerously extreme and profoundly uncivil, thank you very much, Kaden. Given that sweeping, insulting generalizations -- and NOT any specific political affiliation -- are what turned me off of Lileks to start with (and I used to be quite a fan, actually, so it took him some effort), you are certainly not endearing yourself to me by committing a similar offense. If you had bothered to get to know me, you'd know I'm extremely skeptical of mainstream "liberals" and a pretty harsh critic of the left's history of collaboration with Stalinism, and I have a habit of playing devil's advocate for right-wingers when I think they have a reasonable point getting lost amid all the partisan noise. More than anything, I'm deeply insulted you'd put me on a political scale I don't even believe in, just for correctly characterizing Lileks's beliefs as (a) right-wing and (b) crackpot without insinuating in the slightest that those two concepts necessarily must coincide. (TL;DR: "I don't know who shat in your cornflakes, Kaden, but it was not me.") Uh… you know, I think it’s pretty safe to say that Lileks started this one. He’s said some pretty abusive and uncharitable things about causes and people I really care about. I don’t think you have any right to assume that I’m being a fanatic because I find his beliefs both dangerously extreme and profoundly uncivil, thank you very much, Kaden.

Given that sweeping, insulting generalizations — and NOT any specific political affiliation — are what turned me off of Lileks to start with (and I used to be quite a fan, actually, so it took him some effort), you are certainly not endearing yourself to me by committing a similar offense. If you had bothered to get to know me, you’d know I’m extremely skeptical of mainstream “liberals” and a pretty harsh critic of the left’s history of collaboration with Stalinism, and I have a habit of playing devil’s advocate for right-wingers when I think they have a reasonable point getting lost amid all the partisan noise.

More than anything, I’m deeply insulted you’d put me on a political scale I don’t even believe in, just for correctly characterizing Lileks’s beliefs as (a) right-wing and (b) crackpot without insinuating in the slightest that those two concepts necessarily must coincide.

(TL;DR: “I don’t know who shat in your cornflakes, Kaden, but it was not me.”)

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/07/09/chiffon-pie-that-doesnt-look.html#comment-1473326 Antinous / Moderator Tue, 10 Jul 2012 23:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=170014#comment-1473326 I suffered the boiling, too.  But we had carrots, turnips, parsnips and other root vegetables year round.  Probably why I won't touch them as an adult.  Broccoli was year round.  Spring and summer vegetables like beans, peas, corn all came from the local farm stand.  We never ate canned.  Frozen was a back-up for the occasional too busy to cook fresh days.  This was in New England in the 60s. I suffered the boiling, too.  But we had carrots, turnips, parsnips and other root vegetables year round.  Probably why I won’t touch them as an adult.  Broccoli was year round.  Spring and summer vegetables like beans, peas, corn all came from the local farm stand.  We never ate canned.  Frozen was a back-up for the occasional too busy to cook fresh days.  This was in New England in the 60s.

]]> By: penguinchris http://boingboing.net/2012/07/09/chiffon-pie-that-doesnt-look.html#comment-1473301 penguinchris Tue, 10 Jul 2012 23:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=170014#comment-1473301 I have not actually seen this movie, but I was 13 when it came out so I heard about pretty much every scene at summer camp and so I am aware that this happened: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCAOKR1jpp0 I have not actually seen this movie, but I was 13 when it came out so I heard about pretty much every scene at summer camp and so I am aware that this happened: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCAOKR1jpp0

]]> By: Melinda9 http://boingboing.net/2012/07/09/chiffon-pie-that-doesnt-look.html#comment-1473244 Melinda9 Tue, 10 Jul 2012 22:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=170014#comment-1473244  I don't think there was much variety as far as fresh vegetables in the grocery. We ate frozen or canned vegetables that my mother boiled for a half hour. Not good.  I don’t think there was much variety as far as fresh vegetables in the grocery. We ate frozen or canned vegetables that my mother boiled for a half hour. Not good.

]]> By: doggo http://boingboing.net/2012/07/09/chiffon-pie-that-doesnt-look.html#comment-1473193 doggo Tue, 10 Jul 2012 21:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=170014#comment-1473193 "I can't escape the feeling that this is a pie filled with ground organ meat and shredded pickles." You say that like it's a bad thing. “I can’t escape the feeling that this is a pie filled with ground organ meat and shredded pickles.”
You say that like it’s a bad thing.

]]> By: James Young http://boingboing.net/2012/07/09/chiffon-pie-that-doesnt-look.html#comment-1473084 James Young Tue, 10 Jul 2012 20:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=170014#comment-1473084 Anyone else notice that the top left corner looks like the profile of a pig? Anyone else notice that the top left corner looks like the profile of a pig?

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/07/09/chiffon-pie-that-doesnt-look.html#comment-1473059 Antinous / Moderator Tue, 10 Jul 2012 20:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=170014#comment-1473059 We ate real food, as well. Homemade chocolate cake with homemade chocolate buttercream frosting. We ate real food, as well. Homemade chocolate cake with homemade chocolate buttercream frosting.

]]> By: Spleenal http://boingboing.net/2012/07/09/chiffon-pie-that-doesnt-look.html#comment-1473002 Spleenal Tue, 10 Jul 2012 19:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=170014#comment-1473002 It doesn't look nice, but I would try to eat it. It doesn’t look nice, but I would try to eat it.

]]> By: Kaden Harris http://boingboing.net/2012/07/09/chiffon-pie-that-doesnt-look.html#comment-1472816 Kaden Harris Tue, 10 Jul 2012 16:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=170014#comment-1472816  Some of you guys won't let up on the whole 'Left/Right' thing for even a second will you?  Some of you guys won’t let up on the whole ‘Left/Right’ thing for even a second will you?

]]> By: Rachael Hoffman-Dachelet http://boingboing.net/2012/07/09/chiffon-pie-that-doesnt-look.html#comment-1472653 Rachael Hoffman-Dachelet Tue, 10 Jul 2012 13:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=170014#comment-1472653 Having recently resumed eating meat after 30+ years as a vegetarian I also have recently resumed eating gelatin.  One of the wonderful gelatin based marvels I have discovered is chiffon pie.  While this picture looks horribly quiche like, I must say this entire post and thread have left me wanting to make a chiffon pie.  Mmmmm, strawberry chiffon pie.... Having recently resumed eating meat after 30+ years as a vegetarian I also have recently resumed eating gelatin.  One of the wonderful gelatin based marvels I have discovered is chiffon pie.  While this picture looks horribly quiche like, I must say this entire post and thread have left me wanting to make a chiffon pie.  Mmmmm, strawberry chiffon pie….

]]> By: AlexG55 http://boingboing.net/2012/07/09/chiffon-pie-that-doesnt-look.html#comment-1472614 AlexG55 Tue, 10 Jul 2012 13:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=170014#comment-1472614 Water, oil, crack and egg? That's an interesting cake... Water, oil, crack and egg? That’s an interesting cake…

]]> By: Melinda9 http://boingboing.net/2012/07/09/chiffon-pie-that-doesnt-look.html#comment-1472594 Melinda9 Tue, 10 Jul 2012 12:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=170014#comment-1472594 Just speaking as someone who grew up in the 50s and 60s, my mother never served the prepackaged, instant  food except for the occasional jello. Not even the mashed potatoes in the box. Nor did I see it much in friends' homes. We didn't even have such junk food as existed then because junk food 'cost too much'.  Just speaking as someone who grew up in the 50s and 60s, my mother never served the prepackaged, instant  food except for the occasional jello. Not even the mashed potatoes in the box. Nor did I see it much in friends’ homes. We didn’t even have such junk food as existed then because junk food ‘cost too much’. 

]]> By: jackbird http://boingboing.net/2012/07/09/chiffon-pie-that-doesnt-look.html#comment-1472340 jackbird Tue, 10 Jul 2012 04:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=170014#comment-1472340 What about http://www.thesneeze.com/steve-dont-eat-it/  ?  I still occasionally giggle about his shooped Huitzilopotchli can years later. What about http://www.thesneeze.com/steve-dont-eat-it/  ?  I still occasionally giggle about his shooped Huitzilopotchli can years later.

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2012/07/09/chiffon-pie-that-doesnt-look.html#comment-1472273 pjcamp Tue, 10 Jul 2012 03:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=170014#comment-1472273 The unholy spawn of a fruit cake and a cellulose sponge. But it needs more Spam. The unholy spawn of a fruit cake and a cellulose sponge.

But it needs more Spam.

]]> By: rattypilgrim http://boingboing.net/2012/07/09/chiffon-pie-that-doesnt-look.html#comment-1472219 rattypilgrim Tue, 10 Jul 2012 02:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=170014#comment-1472219  I can just see a Kids in the Hall skit where Bruce in drag whines about having to add water and oil to the cake mix! "I thought this was supposed to get me out of the kitchen and, and,...."  I can just see a Kids in the Hall skit where Bruce in drag whines about having to add water and oil to the cake mix! “I thought this was supposed to get me out of the kitchen and, and,….”

]]> By: Ian Wood http://boingboing.net/2012/07/09/chiffon-pie-that-doesnt-look.html#comment-1472186 Ian Wood Tue, 10 Jul 2012 02:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=170014#comment-1472186  But not <i>too</i> free. Betty Crocker's original boxed cake mix included powdered eggs--all you had to do was add water and oil to it. But focus testing results were interpreted as showing that this made housewives feel "lazy," like they weren't doing enough for their families. They took the powdered eggs out, so you had to add water, oil, and crack and egg into it. Thus! Homemakers could feel modern <i>and</i> fulfilled.  But not too free. Betty Crocker’s original boxed cake mix included powdered eggs–all you had to do was add water and oil to it. But focus testing results were interpreted as showing that this made housewives feel “lazy,” like they weren’t doing enough for their families. They took the powdered eggs out, so you had to add water, oil, and crack and egg into it. Thus! Homemakers could feel modern and fulfilled.

]]> By: Hugh Johnson http://boingboing.net/2012/07/09/chiffon-pie-that-doesnt-look.html#comment-1472148 Hugh Johnson Tue, 10 Jul 2012 01:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=170014#comment-1472148 Wow, a pie will give me a happy ending? Where have I been? Wow, a pie will give me a happy ending? Where have I been?

]]> By: Rezeya Montecore http://boingboing.net/2012/07/09/chiffon-pie-that-doesnt-look.html#comment-1472142 Rezeya Montecore Tue, 10 Jul 2012 01:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=170014#comment-1472142 Written by a deranged right-wing crank, sadly. It's a shame, Lileks's politics are as petty and mean as his retro sites are funny. Written by a deranged right-wing crank, sadly. It’s a shame, Lileks’s politics are as petty and mean as his retro sites are funny.

]]> By: rattypilgrim http://boingboing.net/2012/07/09/chiffon-pie-that-doesnt-look.html#comment-1472135 rattypilgrim Tue, 10 Jul 2012 01:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=170014#comment-1472135 Post WWII America's sudden appearance of a huge middle class, their faith in science, industry, and the possibilities the future might bring, gave birth to "instant" foods. It promised women more freedom and hyped itself as the modern way to cook. Using real ingredients (not to mention fresh) was your grandmother's way. Pre-packaged, instant foods was the stuff of astronauts and would take little shelf room in your backyard atom bomb shelter. Fifty years later, name your dooms day scenario freak, is stacking up on more high tech, less fluffy versions. It was Julia Childs (with a little help of the Back to the Earth movement) who got Americans to consider what they were eating and why they were eating it. Post WWII America’s sudden appearance of a huge middle class, their faith in science, industry, and the possibilities the future might bring, gave birth to “instant” foods. It promised women more freedom and hyped itself as the modern way to cook. Using real ingredients (not to mention fresh) was your grandmother’s way. Pre-packaged, instant foods was the stuff of astronauts and would take little shelf room in your backyard atom bomb shelter. Fifty years later, name your dooms day scenario freak, is stacking up on more high tech, less fluffy versions. It was Julia Childs (with a little help of the Back to the Earth movement) who got Americans to consider what they were eating and why they were eating it.

]]> By: Robbo http://boingboing.net/2012/07/09/chiffon-pie-that-doesnt-look.html#comment-1472132 Robbo Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=170014#comment-1472132 That is the mortadella of pies. That is the mortadella of pies.

]]> By: BombBlastLightingWaltz http://boingboing.net/2012/07/09/chiffon-pie-that-doesnt-look.html#comment-1472120 BombBlastLightingWaltz Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=170014#comment-1472120 Awesome link to a well written and humourous site.  Awesome link to a well written and humourous site. 

]]> By: Kaden Harris http://boingboing.net/2012/07/09/chiffon-pie-that-doesnt-look.html#comment-1472109 Kaden Harris Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=170014#comment-1472109 Nobody does regrettable food better than James Lileks...  http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/  Nobody does regrettable food better than James Lileks…

 http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/ 

]]> By: Halloween_Jack http://boingboing.net/2012/07/09/chiffon-pie-that-doesnt-look.html#comment-1472106 Halloween_Jack Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=170014#comment-1472106 <i>I can't escape the feeling that this is a pie filled with ground organ meat and shredded pickles.</i> I can't believe that there isn't something in British cuisine that is essentially this. I can’t escape the feeling that this is a pie filled with ground organ meat and shredded pickles.

I can’t believe that there isn’t something in British cuisine that is essentially this.

]]> By: MadRat http://boingboing.net/2012/07/09/chiffon-pie-that-doesnt-look.html#comment-1472089 MadRat Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=170014#comment-1472089 I thought it was quiche before I read the text. I thought it was quiche before I read the text.

]]> By: salsaman http://boingboing.net/2012/07/09/chiffon-pie-that-doesnt-look.html#comment-1472074 salsaman Mon, 09 Jul 2012 23:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=170014#comment-1472074 "Ineluctably" kind of ruined the happy ending for me.  Not as bad as "bespoke" but... not a word to use.  Ever. “Ineluctably” kind of ruined the happy ending for me.  Not as bad as “bespoke” but… not a word to use.  Ever.

]]> By: swlabr http://boingboing.net/2012/07/09/chiffon-pie-that-doesnt-look.html#comment-1472072 swlabr Mon, 09 Jul 2012 23:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=170014#comment-1472072 Larks Tongues in Aspic.  Larks Tongues in Aspic. 

]]> By: ryuthrowsstuff http://boingboing.net/2012/07/09/chiffon-pie-that-doesnt-look.html#comment-1472070 ryuthrowsstuff Mon, 09 Jul 2012 23:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=170014#comment-1472070 Looks like mullet roe Looks like mullet roe

]]> By: malindrome http://boingboing.net/2012/07/09/chiffon-pie-that-doesnt-look.html#comment-1472048 malindrome Mon, 09 Jul 2012 23:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=170014#comment-1472048 Pearl Harbor Day.  It's like a sneak attack on your stomach. Pearl Harbor Day.  It’s like a sneak attack on your stomach.

]]> By: malindrome http://boingboing.net/2012/07/09/chiffon-pie-that-doesnt-look.html#comment-1472046 malindrome Mon, 09 Jul 2012 23:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=170014#comment-1472046 Chiffon pie ... with 'release'! Chiffon pie … with ‘release’!

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