Comments on: And later… https://wolfhusky.net/duncan/wp/2004/09/and-later/ My little corner of the web Thu, 02 Sep 2004 06:42:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: woofwoofarf https://wolfhusky.net/duncan/wp/2004/09/and-later/#comment-1865 Thu, 02 Sep 2004 06:42:03 +0000 http://woofwoofarf.wordpress.com/2004/09/01/and-later/#comment-1865 Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.0.5) Copyright © 2004 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved.</i>]]> In reply to neowolf2.

Entry: euphemism
Function: noun
Definition: nice talk
Synonyms: delicacy, floridness, grandiloquence, inflation, nice Nelly, ornateness, pomposity, pretense, purism
Antonyms: crass term, crude term, dysphemism
Source: Roget’s New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.0.5)
Copyright © 2004 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved.

]]> By: woofwoofarf https://wolfhusky.net/duncan/wp/2004/09/and-later/#comment-1864 Thu, 02 Sep 2004 06:39:29 +0000 http://woofwoofarf.wordpress.com/2004/09/01/and-later/#comment-1864 In reply to neowolf2.

Re: Cause?
Actually, amazingly enough, it turned out OK. Not pretty, but pretty darned tasty. I made three errors in making the crust:
1. I pulsed the flour/butter/shortening mixture a few too many times in the food processor, which led to small butter chunks in the dough – this cut down on the flakiness but wasn’t catastrophic.
2. I let the dough get too warm while rolling it out, so it got greasy and tended to stick to the rolling pin unless I applied a couple of teaspoons of flour.
3. I rolled the dough out too thinly in a couple of places.
Fortunately, since this was going on a cobbler I was able to go for a “rustic” look , so if the pastry got a bit crumpled and folded on itself, it didn’t really matter. And in the end, it worked out pretty well – not quite as flaky as I’d have liked, but very tender, which is good.

]]> By: feren https://wolfhusky.net/duncan/wp/2004/09/and-later/#comment-1863 Thu, 02 Sep 2004 06:29:15 +0000 http://woofwoofarf.wordpress.com/2004/09/01/and-later/#comment-1863 In reply to neowolf2.

[Is there a nicer word for ‘euphemism’?]
Synecdoche.

]]> By: neowolf2 https://wolfhusky.net/duncan/wp/2004/09/and-later/#comment-1862 Thu, 02 Sep 2004 06:21:48 +0000 http://woofwoofarf.wordpress.com/2004/09/01/and-later/#comment-1862 Cause?
What went wrong with it? My usual failure modes for pie crusts are: soggy, burnt, or cakey (not all in the same crust, though.)

]]> By: neowolf2 https://wolfhusky.net/duncan/wp/2004/09/and-later/#comment-1861 Thu, 02 Sep 2004 06:20:14 +0000 http://woofwoofarf.wordpress.com/2004/09/01/and-later/#comment-1861 In reply to feren.

Is there a nicer word for ‘euphemism’?

]]> By: Anonymous https://wolfhusky.net/duncan/wp/2004/09/and-later/#comment-1860 Wed, 01 Sep 2004 14:22:34 +0000 http://woofwoofarf.wordpress.com/2004/09/01/and-later/#comment-1860 I’ve heard that some pie crusts make great shoe soles. Most I ever attempted certainly wouuld qualify. Seems the apple doesnn’t fall far from the tree.

]]> By: feren https://wolfhusky.net/duncan/wp/2004/09/and-later/#comment-1859 Wed, 01 Sep 2004 13:49:03 +0000 http://woofwoofarf.wordpress.com/2004/09/01/and-later/#comment-1859 In reply to woofwoofarf.

One hell of a euphemism, there.

]]> By: woofwoofarf https://wolfhusky.net/duncan/wp/2004/09/and-later/#comment-1858 Wed, 01 Sep 2004 13:23:45 +0000 http://woofwoofarf.wordpress.com/2004/09/01/and-later/#comment-1858 In reply to roho.

Save me from pugilistic puppets!

]]> By: roho https://wolfhusky.net/duncan/wp/2004/09/and-later/#comment-1857 Wed, 01 Sep 2004 13:18:47 +0000 http://woofwoofarf.wordpress.com/2004/09/01/and-later/#comment-1857 Mixed up the balance between tender (*whap*) and flakey (*whap*-*whap*)?

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