The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[epcotisbest]

It is the dessert of the gods. How have you missed out on it?

I'm just an uninformed country bumpkin I suppose.

 

[21stamps]

Good luck. Things around here are booked up with people trying to get out due to being cooped up for so long. A local hiking area near where you went at Tallulah Gorge had multiple cars towed because the parking area was full and people were parking along the sides of the roadway creating dangerous conditions for passing motorists.
According to the local news, if any of the wheels were still on the road and no one could be located to move the car, it got towed. Many unhappy out of town hikers who found out the hard way you don't park in the road around here.

That’s crazy!

A lot of People are staying local or road trips. I called every white water rafting company and adventure resort in West Virginia. Zero availability...unless one can go on a random day midweek.

I’m running into the same problem with lodging that I want on Lake Michigan.., in several different cities.
Here’s what we’re doing tomorrow...https://www.landofillusion.com/

They sell quickly due to limited capacity for Covid.. so I just have to buy online first thing in the morning. 1st come 1st serve online day-of only right now.

 

[Tony the Tigger]

And the stupid side of Brian’s family just posted a lovely (but stupid) pic of “the next generation” - 20 younger folks and an infant. No masks (I mean, who would pose for that with masks, I guess?) and all touching each other. Unfortunately, three of B’s nephews with whom we are close are all there. We haven’t even seen an adult pic yet.

I hope we don’t see them all in the news in two weeks.

ETA: damn. Make that 4 nephews and two wives. The fourth is the one B officiated their wedding last year, and the infant is theirs. That kid’s Dad (B’s brother) is in the hospital with cirrhosis (obviously high risk.)

I don’t get it.

 

[Gabe1]

@Gabe1 and @MinnieM123 would be so proud of me Canning jars are on sale at our local hardware store and 4 dozen quart jars are going to be contactless picked up tomorrow

Love. I did my sons Birthday presents this weekend contactless this weekend. I’m doing my part. We aere solitary to help the nation. So wish the rest of the world tried half as hard.

 

[MinnieM123]

It is the dessert of the gods. How have you missed out on it?

This reminds me of the trifles that were sold on the outside food cart, near the Rose & Crown area at EPCOT. I LOVED those trifles, and haven't had one in years now.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

That looks great. I don't really know what a trifle is, but with strawberries it must be good.

It has layers of a strawberry cake, lemon curd, strawberries, and a black raspberry cream. I also made a strawberry sauce to go with it.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

This reminds me of the trifles that were sold on the outside food cart, near the Rose & Crown area at EPCOT. I LOVED those trifles, and haven't had one in years now.

I remember those. They were so delicious.

 

[MinnieM123]

I remember those. They were so delicious.

Let's you and I go to EPCOT and get one, whaddaya say?

 

[Goofyernmost]

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It has layers of a strawberry cake, lemon curd, strawberries, and a black raspberry cream. I also made a strawberry sauce to go with it.
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I remember those. They were so delicious.

They come in many flavors and although what they had in Epcot was good, the homemade stuff was unspeakably good.

and so on!

 

[John park hopper]

Never new what a trifle was---- this old dog learned something new --love chocolate

 

[epcotisbest]

It has layers of a strawberry cake, lemon curd, strawberries, and a black raspberry cream. I also made a strawberry sauce to go with it.

That sounds good. I have had desserts like that in different flavors, just did not know what they were called. Around here at reunions and church dinners and such they were called layered cakes or layered puddings or stack cakes or something more country sounding. Us silly country folk.

 

[FutureCEO]

So wish the rest of the world tried half as hard.

The US is not doing that good with this virus so I'm not sure what this comment means

 

[epcotisbest]

And the stupid side of Brian’s family

Some of us only have one side...not necessarily saying which side.

 

[Lilofan]

This reminds me of the trifles that were sold on the outside food cart, near the Rose & Crown area at EPCOT. I LOVED those trifles, and haven't had one in years now.

In the late 1990s there was a food stand outside Canada/Epcot. It sold fresh fried Beaver Tails. It's a weird looking cinnamon sugar fried dough goodness. I missed that. It's a very popular sweet snack in Canada.

 

[John park hopper]

3 years ago we did a road trip to Nova Scotia and was introduced to Tim Hortons, they had a apple fritter doughnut(guess that's what you call it) I must have gained 10 lbs eating so many --so good wish they were here in the States

 

[Figgy1]

Of course!

I'm going to regret asking but how many coffee gizmos does one need?

 

[Figgy1]

Grocery shopping is done and I'll have enough time to get fermentation project 2 going today, daikon/carrot/ginger pickles. That is after I have some coffee

 

[Lilofan]

3 years ago we did a road trip to Nova Scotia and was introduced to Tim Hortons, they had a apple fritter doughnut(guess that's what you call it) I must have gained 10 lbs eating so many --so good wish they were here in the States

I looked it up, Tim Horton locations are in MI, ME, CT, OH, PA, RI, MA and NY.

 

[epcotisbest]

I'm going to regret asking but how many coffee gizmos does one need?

I have three different Keurig machines, two different size French press pots, two different pour over makers with kettles and an old fashioned perculator too, so the answer to how many does one need. One.
Now how many would one like or want is a whole different thing.

 

[Tony the Tigger]

Grocery shopping is done and I'll have enough time to get fermentation project 2 going today, daikon/carrot/ginger pickles. That is after I have some coffee

Do you ever make the Italian pickled eggplant? (I think we called it something like “aboubad” but can’t find anything like that word online lol. It was prized when Grandma made it once a year.