Mousebumples sent us (TaMara and me) this sweet image.
As long as we are talking about something sweet…
Someone asked for my recipe for cherry galette awhile ago. Recipe below in .pdf format.
Now I want some. :-)
Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
It’s a good piece. click on over. but then come back!!
Republicans: “Abortion is murder but you can take a bus to get one.” Easy peasy.
The Supreme Court cannot be allowed to become the ultimate, unaccountable arbiter of everything.
JFC, are there no editors left at that goddamn rag?
You’re just a puppy masquerading as an old coot.
Good lord, these people are nuts.
Stamping your little feets and demanding that they see how important you are? Not working anymore.
Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.
One lie, alone, tears the fabric of reality.
People are weird.
Oppose, oppose, oppose. do not congratulate. this is not business as usual.
The revolution will be supervised.
Republicans got rid of McCarthy. Democrats chose not to save him.
Damn right I heard that as a threat.
Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.
There are consequences to being an arrogant, sullen prick.
I’m starting to think Jesus may have made a mistake saving people with no questions asked.
If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.
We won’t go back.
If ‘weird’ was the finish line, they ran through the tape and kept running.
… gradually, and then suddenly.
Dear elected officials: Trump is temporary, dishonor is forever.
Never entrust democracy to any process that requires Republicans to act in good faith.
You know it’s bad when the Project 2025 people have to create training videos on “How To Be Normal”.
WaterGirl
I had planned to post this later in the evening, but I don’t see either Cole or Adam in the backroom, so hit publish, but if one of them shows up soon I’ll just move this to later as planned.
J. Arthur Crank
I hope you have brought enough cherry galette for the rest of the class.
Baud
Like bear, I also have chosen to give up my efforts to understand other people.
eclare
Sweet cartoon.
J. Arthur Crank
Also too: that was a nice gesture by Ms. Bumples. I am a big fan of that artist.
WaterGirl
@J. Arthur Crank: Sadly, that is an image from a few months ago, so I don’t even have any for myself!
TaMara
It was a lovely moment in my day, for sure. Thanks Mousebumples.
Galette looks lovely.
I’m working on another cake recipe that doesn’t take eggs. But lots of chocolate.
WaterGirl
@TaMara: Is it something like a chocolate decadence cake?
Jackie
Thanks for some sweet relief after the crap just served from the MAGA House.
WaterGirl
@TaMara: I was raving about your chocolate chip recipe here the other day, it’s the only one i make now,
J. Arthur Crank
@WaterGirl: I think Mrs. Cole, the third grade teacher who frequently used that admonition, would accept that excuse.
WaterGirl
@Jackie: is that the final floor vote?
edit: I see David Anderson is working on a post on the House vote in the backroom. And Cole is working on a post now, too.
SpaceUnit
The cherry galette looks like it could use a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
TaMara
@WaterGirl: The first one I made, was lemon cake – just box mix and lemon-lime soda.
This one, is a full on cake from scratch that uses, wait for it, vinegar and baking soda instead of eggs. I’ll be interested to see what the texture is like. It’s from King Arthur, so I’m sure it’s pretty good.
TaMara
@WaterGirl: Are you air frying them? Because, damn, those a diet ruiners.
Kristine
Ohh, a recipe. Thanks, WG!
Quiet kindness in a cartoon. A needed thing. Thanks, Mousebumples.
WaterGirl
@TaMara: I do have an air fryer function on my countertop oven now, but no, I haven’t tried the air frying function on cookies.
Do you recommend it?
edit: I make up a batch of dough, and then I bake 3 of the cookies a day. :-)
WaterGirl
@Kristine: Was it you who had asked for the recipe? I couldn’t remember.
eclare
@WaterGirl:
That’s an interesting idea!
TaMara
@WaterGirl: Yes, and I do the same. Freeze them into pre-made into dough balls and pull out and bake as needed. Kind of like “break glass in case of emergency” food.
You might have to experiment with temp and time on your convection oven, but highly recommend air frying them. Crisp on the outside, super gooey on the inside.
FelonyGovt
@TaMara: Lemon cake yum! My little dwarf lemon tree has decided to explode with lemons. I hope I can use them all.
And I didn’t know you could air fry cookies? That could get dangerous…
Sweet cartoon, WG.
TaMara
Here’s the chocolate chocolate chip cookies recipe with air fryer directions that work for any dough cookie (at least, so far).
Mousebumples
@Baud: same here. I don’t know why you have such an aversion to pants, but you’re good people, so that’s your thing.
More general thread comment – I got this from an LGBTQ friend on socials, and I think it works. You do you. I’ll be here to support your vision of who you are.
Mousebumples
@TaMara: happy to give you a smile. I would have included more FPers, but it seems you and WaterGirl are the main ones I email!
Being a Front Pager is hard work – I certainly couldn’t balance it with everything else going on! Thanks for all your efforts.
stinger
Me too, so thanks for the alternative measurements! I have two sour cherry trees in my yard and am always looking for recipes.
Mousebumples
@Kristine: I’m spamming replies it seems, now that I’ve found this thread. You’re very welcome. I’m keeping in my back pocket whenever someone complains about not understanding… Whatever. Some might be well-meaning, and this will hopefully make things more clear.
zhena gogolia
@Kristine: The only thing that’s making me feel good these days is trying to be kind to the people around me. (It isn’t easy sometimes!)
Satanley (aka weasel)
Hooray! Was just reminiscing about when this joint used to have recipes featured more frequently (and from a wide variety of FPers too!) That’s one delicious looking pie!
Kristine
@WaterGirl: No, but I’m always up for a new dessert.
Rusty
Somewhere along the line I realized that one my barriers to acceptance was not trusting people in certain ways. Trust people to know themselves, know who they are, who they love and how they want to live in this world. That is true freedom. No one needs me or anyone else telling them who they are, should love and so on. As my kids have grown up, trusting them in themselves and in their decisions has allowed us to have good relationships, something I often see other parents struggling about with their adult children. The bear got it right.
Kristine
@zhena gogolia: Yup. I’m trying to share more nice things on social. Friends’ books. Art/photos. Answers to questions (when folks ask for them). I don’t always balance vs politics, but I try.
WaterGirl
@Rusty: Sounds like you did, too.
NutmegAgain
Yum, that looks delish! Reminds me of the strawberry shortcake made by an acquaintance; she used cornbread instead of a biscuit or sponge cake. Also yum!
scribbler
I was the one who asked, WaterGirl, so thank you!
I love galettes, and have been wanting to try a cherry one. Yours looks delicious!
WTFGhost
It’s a nice cartoon. I like the idea of “I’m just a bunny – not an ordinary one; you don’t have to figure me out before you can be my friend.”
I also like the idea that “you’re not *just* a bunny – you’re my special bunny friend, who is not a normal bunny.”
SpaceUnit
The bear actually eats that bunny.
With a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
schrodingers_cat
I haven’t shared my art in a long time.
So here are some watercolor hearts I made for Valentine’s Day
Its a Bluesky link.
zhena gogolia
@schrodingers_cat: Very nice!
WaterGirl
@scribbler: Oh, yay!
So much better than pie crust. I love this buttermilk corneal version. Love, love, love.
WaterGirl
@SpaceUnit: Pics or it didn’t happen.
SpaceUnit
@schrodingers_cat:
That’s amazing! It doesn’t look like watercolors. Great technique.
schrodingers_cat
@zhena gogolia: Thanks. I am glad you like it.
schrodingers_cat
@SpaceUnit: Japanese watercolors that I have used are a bit more opaque and I have used several layers to achieve that look.
SpaceUnit
@WaterGirl:
Heard it from a friend of a friend! Who read about it on Facebook.
Mel
@TaMara: Emergency frozen cookie dough is fantastic. We call it “freezer valium” .
Glidwrith
@WaterGirl: That would be me. I always make a blueberry version, three times now, and a fourth to be made this weekend.
Family loves this recipe-no guilt because there’s so much fruit. Thanks for the treat!
Gloria DryGarden
@zhena gogolia: yes, random acts of kindness, and senseless acts of beauty. And weird tidbits of unexpected generosity.
I seek out the chance to chat warmly w the mailman, or the cashier, or someone I don’t know yet at a school I visit.
really dumb easy stuff sometimes, can be the entry to some sweet delights:
oh I love your shirt
is that hello kitty on your backpack? I have something with hello kitty, too.
oh, you have Minnie Mouse on your shirt, I used to have a Minnie mouse t shirt, I love Minnie Mouse
your scarf, oh my god, the colors (the interaction was so wonderful and surprising, I wrote it up on blue sky)
are those shoes comfortable?(adults) are those new? (Kids)
that looks really soft, is it?
I notice….
Or at the food store, which if these is your favorite flavor; I really like this one, you must try it..
Dont worry, I won’t accost you for long at the organic foods aisle, I use it more with kids at work. As a sub, I’m new every day, and I have to work the room quickly.
MCat
@TaMara: So nice to hear from you! I have missed your posts and your lovely Danes and ducks and cats and of course your views. Please come back. All your sweet animals have helped me in the past when I have been having a hard time with life. I wish you the very best. Sincerely.
Elizabelle
@schrodingers_cat: Those are really good.
The Lodger
@TaMara: Vinegar and baking soda? Reminds me of a recipe in a Penn & Teller book. (Mind the quantities.)
The Lodger
@The Lodger: the link should be to TaMara @14, not wherever this one goes.