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“More of this”, i said to the dog.

Come on, man.

I’d hate to be the candidate who lost to this guy.

Americans barely caring about Afghanistan is so last month.

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

Do not shrug your shoulders and accept the normalization of untruths.

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

People are complicated. Love is not.

I’d try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

No one could have predicted…

A sufficient plurality of insane, greedy people can tank any democratic system ever devised, apparently.

Nothing worth doing is easy.

When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?

Republicans do not pay their debts.

Authoritarian republicans are opposed to freedom for the rest of us.

In my day, never was longer.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”

You can’t attract Republican voters. You can only out organize them.

Jesus, Mary, & Joseph how is that election even close?

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

But frankly mr. cole, I’ll be happier when you get back to telling us to go fuck ourselves.

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Peanut Butter Cup Pie

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Real quick before the holiday, one last recipe: Peanut Butter Cup Pie.

Ingredients

1 cup chocolate graham crackers crumbs

8 ounces of unsalted butter

16 ounces of dark chocolate chips

2 cups of peanut butter (I prefer chunky, but if you like smooth that works too)

32 ounces of heavy whipping cream

Directions

Grease a 9 or 10 inch pie pan. Melt the butter and combine with the graham cracker crumbs. Cover the bottom and coat the sides with the graham cracker crumbs. Place in freezer. Place the dark chocolate chips in a medium sized mixing bowl. Divide the whip cream in half. Bring 16 ounces to a boil. Once it reaches a boil remove from heat and pour over the dark chocolate chips. Let stand for five minutes and then whisk until smooth to produce a dark chocolate ganache. Set aside at room temperature. Whip the heavy whipping cream into whipped cream. Set aside in the fridge. Clean whisk or mixer and attachments and whip the 2 cups of peanut butter until fluffy and smooth. Fold in 1/2 the whipped cream. Remove the pie pan from the freezer. Coat the bottom and sides with half the ganache and replace into the freezer for ten minutes. After ten minutes remove from the freezer and fill the pie with the whipped peanut butter/whipped cream filling. Place in the fridge for 20 minutes. Remove from fridge and pour the remainder of the ganache over the top of the filling smoothing it out until it is completely covered. Place back into the fridge and refrigerate for at least two hours. Once thoroughly chilled remove from the fridge, slice, and garnish with some of the remaining whipped cream for serving.

Enjoy!

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68Comments

  2. 2.

    The Golux

    Being a diabetic, I think my blood glucose went up 200 points just reading that. Ten years ago I would have been all over it. Now, just an eensy-weensy slice.

  3. 3.

    Satby

    My exchange daughter Qunoot thinks America is amazing because there are so many food variations on Reeses Peanut Butter cups (pie, cereal,ice cream). Her birthday is December 16th, and now I have a special pie to bake for it. Thanks Adam!

  5. 5.

    Old Dan and Little Anne

    I lost out going to see my sister and 3 kids for a pleasant Thanksgiving. I instead have the wife’s family coming to our house. Luckily the neighbors are having a Bloody Mary gathering a 10:00 a.m.

  6. 6.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym

    I’m at work. I’ll be at work tomorrow. I’ll be at work Friday. I’ll be at work for 12 hours on Saturday. I’ll be at work Sunday.

    I’m really tired of people leaving the building telling me to have a happy weekend.

  7. 7.

    SiubhanDuinne

    If it weren’t for the peanut butter part, I’m sure that would be delicious. I am not allergic, in the sense that I don’t actually go into anaphylactic shock, but I have had an incredibly strong aversion to peanuts and peanut butter since I was a little kid, 3 or 4 years old. For many years I couldn’t even stand to be in the same room with an open jar of peanut butter because SMELL UGH YUCK, but recently I’ve learned to control the visceral reaction somewhat. I’ve eaten cashew butter and some other nut butter (almond, maybe?) and they were fine — it’s only the peanut thing that sets me off. And I’m fine with peanut oil for cooking or as a salad dressing ingredient.

    (I can’t imagine why I thought you or anyone else would be interested in reading about my food preferences.)

  8. 8.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym

    @SiubhanDuinne: Peanuts are not actually nuts, so it isn’t surprising that you don’t react to nuts the way you do to peanuts. Peanuts are legumes.

  9. 9.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Tissue Thin Pseudonym:

    I’m really tired of people leaving the building telling me to have a happy weekend.

    Yeah, I understand why you are tired of hearing it, but I seriously doubt that any of the people expressing these wishes has a malevolent intent. Say what we say in the South: “Right backatcha!!” With a big smile :-)

  10. 10.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Tissue Thin Pseudonym:

    Oh, I know. And, perhaps coincidentally, perhaps not, I’m not a huge fan of any kind of beans, peas, etc., though I have learned to eat them if they’re an ingredient in, say, chili. I used to pick them out, and I manage not to do that any more. So, at age 73, progress!

  12. 12.

    PurpleGirl

    @SiubhanDuinne: A boyfriend remembered always getting a funny sensation in his mouth and throat when he tried to eat fish or seafood. He’d spit it out. His parents never forced the issue, just let him be. Before his first marriage he’s having dinner with his future MIL at a Chinese restaurant and she convinces him to have the seafood stew, tells him he won’t taste the seafood. Well, good thing the restaurant was near a hospital because he went into anaphylactic shock. The doctor tells him the next time he has seafood/fish he won’t even have the time to get an epinephrine shot. Every mucus membrane in his body dries out, that quickly. As a kid he knew from the funny taste that something was wrong; his parents were wise not to force the issue.

  13. 13.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @PurpleGirl:

    That must be incredibly scary for someone who is acutely sensitive. I remember many years ago having dinner in a restaurant with a friend in Durham, NC. I don’t remember what we ordered, but I do remember that my friend had to whip out the epinephrine she always carried with her, and it turned out to be because someone in the kitchen had used a spoon that had briefly stirred a seafood dish, hadn’t rinsed it properly before stirring our beef soup or whatever, and just that tiny trace was enough to send her into a severe allergic reaction.

  16. 16.

    SFAW

    8 ounces of unsweetened butter

    Do you mean unsalted butter? Asking because I had never heard of unsweetened butter before, and Teh Google indicates that you need to make it, and that it’s not easily found in stores, if at all.

    Disclaimer: Not a chef, do not play one on TV, etc.

  17. 17.

    Tazj

    @Satby: The top of my wedding cake was chocolate peanut butter, and I ate it two weeks later. I could eat junk like that then. I did have other flavored layers like white chocolate raspberry and key lime.

    December 16th is National chocolate covered anything day believe it or not. It’s my sister-in-law’s birthday so we’ve joked about that.

  18. 18.

    Glidwrith

    Ye gods! I have three pies in the house already and you post this now? I have GOT to make this but it’s going to be at least a month before sufficient sweets are cleared out of the house.

    ETA: whimper, whimper; I want it!

  20. 20.

    raven

    Back in from a day on the gulf. There were high winds and ass bustin waves. Good many sock people on the boat but I stay plugged into Petty and the Allmans on the long, nasty ride out and in so I was cool. Caught a nice big Red Snapper and some other fishies so I’m bloody but not beaten!

  22. 22.

    raven

    @Baud: It was but there we plenty of folks on the boat that were not happy. They told us before we left that anyone that wanted to to go was welcome. That is a dread give away, t’sonly happened twice in the years I’ve gone and it portends a very rough day.

  24. 24.

    raven

    @Baud: Not bad, chilly start in the upper 40’s but into the low 70’s by the end. Really perfect fishing weather if not for the brutal wind.

  26. 26.

    raven

    @Baud: One of the bait shops said they’d be open in the morning so I might get a couple of dozen live shrimp and give it a whirl. I’ll cook the bird and the girl and I will spend it alone together as has become the tradition for us.

  28. 28.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @raven:

    Years and years ago a whole bunch of us chartered a fishing boat and went trolling for tuna off Long Island Sound and, very gingerly, in the North Atlantic (not sure how many miles offshore we went). Point is that I was one of very very few apart from the captain and crew who managed to stay upright and well. Pretty much everyone else in our group ended up barfing up their guts and/or curling up in misery below decks, including one guy who had been in the US Navy during WW2 and should have been used to watercraft.

    I remember we caught a couple of huge (YOOOOOGE) tuna, gutted them on deck and ate them, à la sushi, with wasabi we had brought along. A blood feast perhaps, but a memorable meal nevertheless.

  29. 29.

    Helen

    I thought the only peanut butter I like is (chunky) spooned right outta the jar or on rye toast.

    But recently someone gave me Reeses Peanut Butter Cup and my childhood flooded back. My Mom loved them. But only if they were frozen. She would wake my dad up at 2am and say “Hey I want a RPC for breakfast; can you go get them now?” And he would do it. He’d get in the car and go buy her RBC. The 12 pack kind that would last a week. Cuz there’s a limit to that getting up at 2am and driving to the store. For candy.

  30. 30.

    Mnemosyne (tablet)

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    I’m still not sure if I got seasick on the whale watching cruise I went on or if I got a migraine — possibly a little of both since I lost my clip-on sunglasses over the side early in the cruise. It was really fun up until that point, especially when the pod of dolphins decided to race us.

  31. 31.

    raven

    @Baud: Lil Bit is in her box as she recovers from her ACL surgery and the Bohdi is snuggled up next to his mommy on the couch.

    You may have missed this last night. The vet has said Bohdi has to stop playing ball because of his back and legs. The boss brought the dogs down to the beach at sunset while I threw my last shot. He thought I was throwing him the ball and he went nuts with a joyous dive in the water and sprinted in circles. It was a real joy.

    https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/686/23262919466_a4c46a365b_b.jpg

  33. 33.

    raven

    @Mnemosyne (tablet): There was a dude today who didn’t hurl but he had that kind off headache. I find that staying on the back of the boat and listening to load ass rock and roll helps me greatly. I want though the Alma’s Live at the Fillmore and the Tom Petty Anthology today.

  34. 34.

    ruemara

    I have cranberries cooking on the stove, the dough is nicely risen from the no-knead challah and I’m working on titling graphics. I think once I get to the cupcakes, that will be all the dessert I can deal with. I just don’t do pies like yours, they just seem too much in flavor. Like my tongue is being swamped with big broad crushing things. I like it a bit more subtle with more notes. Pretty sure everyone around me would love it, though.

  37. 37.

    Helen

    Just watched Obama pardoning the Turkey. The girls are looking so mature. AWWW they were babies(ish) when he was sworn in.

  40. 40.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @raven:

    Yeah, it was. It was so long ago I am nearly the only one left who is still alive, but one of my all time fave memories. Sad that there’s nobody left to share it with.

  46. 46.

    JPL

    @raven: The ex took the sons on a fishing boat decades ago. The younger one couldn’t go on a car ride without getting sick. He gave him Dramamine and he went below deck to sleep. When he awoke, he fished and caught one bigger than his dad’s. The dad was pissed.

  50. 50.

    JPL

    @gogol’s wife: My older son works for a 24/7 shop and he volunteers to cover for those with younger children on holidays. Yes it sorta pisses me off, especially on X-Mas. He’ll come over Friday for leftovers.

  55. 55.

    schrodinger's cat

    I am hearing a devotional song written in the 14 century by an untouchable poetess, wife Soyrabai (whose husband, Chokha Mela is another famous saint poet), sung by Kishorie Amonkar. It is sublime.

    Avagha Rang Ek Zala (Rough translation: All the colors became one, when I found my beloved Panduranga)

    Untouchables were not allowed in the Pandharpur temple until May 1947.
    It was due to the efforts Pandurang Sadashiv Sane, that the gates of one of the most important temples in Maharashtra was open to all, irrespective caste.

    Guess what Narendra Modi’s parent organization, RSS was doing then?

  61. 61.

    Adam L Silverman

    @Satby: Two quick items. As you’ve no doubt noticed there’s no added sugar in this recipe. 1) If you find the peanut butter filling not sweet enough, please add sugar to taste. 2) If you are concerned that the peanut butter mixture will not set all the way because of the whipped cream, substitute one tub (usually that’s 8 ounces) of mascarpone cheese.

  63. 63.

    Adam L Silverman

    @SFAW: You’re correct, that’s a type as a result of typing too quickly to get the post up as I was heading out of the door. I’ve fixed it in the ingredients list.

  64. 64.

    ruemara

    I’m having the hardest time finishing this pitch. I just can’t pull the trigger & be done. I’ve got 3 hours to go and I am so unhappy with it.

  65. 65.

    Glidwrith

    @ruemara: Good artists are never satisfied with what they have created. They always see the flaws. Polish as much as you can and then let it fly.

  67. 67.

    Fred

    The peanut butter cup pie sounds too good. I think if I ever made it I could be obsessed.

    HAPPY THANKSGIVING

    Fred and clan

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