Comments on: Happy holiday post, with cookies.

By: Historiann

Historiann — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:23:08 +0000

*Green* wool army surplus pants from the Korean Conflict era, with red suspenders, actually. (He also used to ski in these until about 5 or 6 years ago.)

He also has to wear a shirt, because otherwise the chest and back hair would terrify the children.

By: Comradde PhysioProffe

Comradde PhysioProffe — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:01:13 +0000

You and FratGuy look pretty fucken good as cookies. I assume he really does wear red shorts and red suspenders on the wards! HAHAHAHAHAH!

By: Indyanna

Indyanna — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:22:28 +0000

I’m not going to eat anything *except* wheat anymore (overwhelmingly in the form of pasta products), so since I’ve largely moved on from candy, maybe we could set up a candy-for-semolina exchange program? They grow some pretty good stuff out there on the western plains, I’ve always heard.

By: Historiann

Historiann — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:05:18 +0000

Susan: you are welcome, any time! Pecan brittle sounds pretty terrific. Fratguy has decided not to eat wheat any more, so candy sounds like something he should try if he wants to have holiday sweets.

By: koshembos

koshembos — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 04:16:44 +0000

Don’t laugh, I also used to bake for my doctoral students for our weekly let’s mix it up meeting. Bought cookies turned out to be easier to sustain.

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 01:31:15 +0000

I baked chocolate chip cookies and oatmeal cookies for my students — not very Christmas-y, but good. I’m not doing my usual crescents this year. But I did make an awesome pecan brittle: basically pecan pie without the crust.

But I think I’m coming over to your place, as the selection looks awesome!

By: Indyanna

Indyanna — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:39:32 +0000

We definitely needed some of this!

Wassail!!

By: Contingent Cassandra

Contingent Cassandra — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:51:00 +0000

Looks like you’re making good use of the break (and like you have some quite artistic helpers). Thanks for the holiday cheer!

By: Historiann

Historiann — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:16:39 +0000

Heh. He does look like Mr. Bill, doesn’t he?

And Perpetua: yes, it’s corn flakes. The easiest, most fun, and almost the tastiest cookie around, plus RED HOTS: 1 stick butter, 1 bag marshmallows, squeeze of green food coloring, 1 t vanilla, 4 C corn flakes, and red hots to taste. Easy squeezy!

Just make sure to enforce hand washing among child chefs before, during, and after the cookie shaping. Little fingers go right into the mouth without thinking.

By: nicoleandmaggie

nicoleandmaggie — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 14:05:26 +0000

oh nooooo!