Bright Moments Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 happy birthday!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 Hope you had a very happy birthday, Larry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 :party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 Good birthday. Best piece of chocolate cake I ever ate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 Hmm. They give old guys cake where you live? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ayers Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 I told them it was *jazz* you'd been caring for all this time but they thought 'children' would play better with the local press. As if. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 Hmm. They give old guys cake where you live? It was baked for me, by a woman who's obsessed with making the perfect chocolate cake. I think she got it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 Does she obsess over all her cooking the way she does the chocolate cake? Hey, if madam can burn, that should not be taken lightly in this day and time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 Does she obsess over all her cooking the way she does the chocolate cake? Actually, no. As someone who is a very good cook explained to me, cooking and baking are two very different worlds/mind sets. That may be why most upscale restaurants have a chef and a baked goods person (whatever the term for the latter is). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 Yeah, baking is chemistry above all else, pure and simple. Cooking is much less tied to the empirical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 Yeah, baking is chemistry above all else, pure and simple. Cooking is much less tied to the empirical. I don't get the impression from my friend the chocolate-cake fanatic that the above is true. Her approach -- and I've observed her at it -- is highly empirical; nothing comes out quite the same twice. I'll ask my chef friend to explain what he thinks the differences are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 All the bakers in my life tell me that the proportions of ingredients are crucial to a successful outcome due to the chemistry involved, much more so than with meats and vegetables and asphalt and such. Same thing holds true for the mixing and the oven temp and the pan-greasing and all that...even things like altitude and humidity come into play. It's one giant ongoing chemical reaction, baking is. Of course, all cooking is to one extent or another, but there are people who bake well, people who cook well, and not all that many who do both equally well. It's a knack! That's just what they tell me, though. It might be one giant chain-yank, but it seems logical on the surface, the whole "chemistry" thing. I mean, you start throwing around with stuff like baking powder, you got some science class stuff right off the bat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted May 20, 2016 Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 Happy Birthday 2016 Larry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted May 20, 2016 Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 I guess we're late, But hope you had a great birthday, Larry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 Thanks. A good birthday it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 What did you have to eat? Anything celebratory? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 1 hour ago, JSngry said: What did you have to eat? Anything celebratory? Delicious skirt steak with mashed potatoes and crinkly fried onions at a local restaurant that's been around since 1947 -- a place with veteran waitresses (though not the original ones), red leather booths, and a central bar area where I assume some elders start drinking at 5 p.m. and are poured out at closing time. They brought me a hot slice of apple pie a la mode gratis with two candles ( a "7" and a "4") on top for dessert. My stepson had an anchovy pizza, my wife had scallops with pasta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 YEAH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 Belated Happy Birthday !  The apple pie sounds good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
page Posted May 25, 2016 Report Share Posted May 25, 2016 Yes, it does. Sorry to have missed your birthday. I hope it was a good one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ayers Posted May 25, 2016 Report Share Posted May 25, 2016 I can't see the bithday reminders any more... Â HB2U! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim McG Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 Happy Belateds! Hope it was a great Birthday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted May 16, 2017 Report Share Posted May 16, 2017 Happy Birthday 2017 Larry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted May 16, 2017 Report Share Posted May 16, 2017 All the best, Larry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted May 16, 2017 Report Share Posted May 16, 2017 Thanks to all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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