Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@ThanosReXXX nooo, it's not like a quiche at all... Carrot cake, zucchini bread, pumpkin bread etc are all "quick breads"... An unyeasted baking powder leavened cake like sweet bread. Sometimes used for breakfast like a pastry, and in the case of carrot cake, iced in a cream cheese icing and decorated like any cake. It's a sweet dessert cake, but the carrot neutralizes since sweetness making it rich without being savory. The carrot is shredded very very fine so it's only marginally visible or detectable by texture. It's just a heavier, heartier cake... You don't taste carrot in there, it adds to the flavor in a more subtle way. It often has raisins and walnuts in it. It's quite good "homestyle" or rustic dessert. But can be decadent as well.

@NEStalgia Ah, I see. Goes to show what I know about pies and pastries of other countries. The name certainly called up completely different images compared to the actual meaning, though.

But in all seriousness, it kinda sounds like there's actually not that much carrot in it, so I'm almost thinking it shouldn't even be called carrot cake. But let's move on to trains or something. Or dung beetles...

While it may be a Dutch saying, all it reminds me of is Chris farley blurting it out towards the skunks in the movie dirty work lol. I guess you'd have to see it to know what i mean.

@NintendoByNature Well, like I said, to ME it is Dutch, but it'll probably be known in some shape or form in other countries as well, and the meaning of it will probably always be the same as well.

@ThanosReXXX It’s been around since at least 500-300 CE 😂

@ThanosReXXX I got ya. It's worth checking out dirty work for that scene though. Might Even have some clips on YouTube

@ThanosReXXX there's actually quite a bit of carrot in it... About a whole bag (or two) in a 12" 2 layer cake. There's of course more flour, brown sugar, and oil.... But shredded finely, it spreads out thin among the other ingredients.

Also, sweet potato pie doesn't taste like potatoes. But is made of them.

Carrot is naturally sweet, so it just kinda blends in

@HobbitGamer CE? Carrot Event?

But laugh all you want. My head is a massive melting pot of 4 different languages, and in it, I contain vocabularies, metaphors and sayings in all of those, with various and/or similar meanings, so sometimes, I just don't know what's what anymore, especially nearing the end of the week...

It's actually a miracle that I'm still holding on to my English language, seeing as all the rest of my family either IS Dutch or has fully reformed into Dutch, so it's only due to my interest in languages, and probably the internet and it's predominance of English, that I'm able to keep my English language skills up to date.

Oh, and my job. Sales & marketing is rife with English, even over here.

@NintendoByNature I'll make a mental note of it. Comedy's always good to make the weekend extra enjoyable.

@NEStalgia @StableInvadeel Hey! Ganging up on the guy that doesn't know carrot cake? How politically incorrect. I'm offended...

You should absolutely try it. It's really easy to make, so your testosterone won't get in the way

@StableInvadeel I'm not really a cake baker. And I live alone, so I'd either have to make REALLY small ones, or give large parts of it away, and over here, there's no such thing as friendly neighbors, so we only say hi and bye and that's about it...

@ThanosReXXX you should. Have a rum n coke, pop in( or stream if its available) dirty work and enjoy the laughs. Artie Lange, Norm McDonald, Chris farley, and even an Adam Sandler/ Gary Coleman cameo will surely have you laughing.

It's basically just a cake sized muffin. So you can absolutely get away with making actual muffins.

@ThanosReXXX oh, grow a pear, snowflake!

"Little one"
You can make one layer in a brownie pan and cut in squares.... That's popular here in farm stores and such... Well, was when there were some... Now it's only high rise luxury apartments, 100 acres of 500 luxury townhomes, and office complexes, or the occasional strip with Starbucks, Panera, at&t, h&r block tax prep and supercuts hair, where the farms stood just 15 years ago. .

"Hi and bye"
wow, it really WAS the Dutch the effed up NY centuries ago!

We got four dozen cupcakes in four flavors for my kid’s combined birthday party this year, and the box of carrot cake cupcakes was about three times heavier than the other cupcakes. Carrot cake is so dense and moist, I guess from the... carrots?

@NEStalgia Ugh, I know what review you're talking about and that one was real nasty. And you're absolutely right, it was horribly inaccurate too. I played that game and it wasn't misogynistic at all.

Yeah VCRs don't feel like long ago at all. But I destroyed my last one in a comical way - when I was moving a few years ago, I had it on the floor at the foot of the bed where normally I never walked, but because of the boxes I woke up, forgot it was there and got out of bed at the foot, and dropped my not inconsiderable entire body weight on it. It never stood a chance. XD

@ThanosReXXX Well knowing the stereotype you likely see online I can assure you that my apartment isn't THAT small. It's about the size of an American college dorm room that would be shared by 4 students but with some of that space allocated for a kitchen a bathroom and a shower/bath "wet room" - one where I can spray water everywhere like a madman if I so choose and it's no biggie.

@ThanosReXXX Yeah, I figure your Titan brain is just a melting pot of different etymology at this point.
You should have a looksie in a bakery next time you’re out and about. You might find a small piece you can try.

So I’m finally watching Eli after hearing y’all talk about it. I’m 40 minutes in and horrified. This is a good movie.

@HobbitGamer dude I told you (or maybe someone else mentioned it too). I know I brought it up after watching it but no one replied so i assumed it missed the Mark. But yea be ready for a crazy @$$ ending