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October 2009 
no direction prone
Posted on May 6th, 2009
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maze
maze
To me, prone is predictable, so I like it when I take alternate routes on my way home. Push when I should pull, go left when I should go right, walk when it says don't & maybe even piss in the wind. Honey, where are you? I'm at the corner of walk and don't walk. Well, are you anywhere close to a place that sells cream of tartar? Did you check the cupboard, I'm pretty sure we must have some in there. I did check, and we have a little McCormick container of cream of tartar...but I think it's old, and I want to bake this special (whatever the fuck it is...cake, pie or cookie) recipe for the annual ladies of good charity bake sale and I want it to be not only good, but fresh tasting too. Yeah honey I have to agree with you on this one...remember the time we went to a bake sale at Corpus Christi school and we bought the chruscki...and we detected the taste of cigarette smoke. Yes, that was gross. It kinda makes me wonder what bad cream of tartar would taste like. And come to think of it honey, I have no idea of what cream of tartar is, or, what it does, in the realm of baking. Does it have a taste, or is it just a substance that makes people run around and go chasing for. Something like a left handed wrench or a sky hook. I really should find out more about this substance, for it seems to me, that it may have more value than diamonds, or zircon for that matter too. I suppose it depends on what you're prone to believe in. Some I have heard actually believe in gnomes. And me, if I could get this little make believe gnome like person to assist me in finding the least expensive best version of the best local cream of tartar powder....I'll call it a night.
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maze, dahlink! only you could blog about cream of tartar and make it interesting and funny. Delightful!
I still wonder about cream of tartar. It sounds quite exotic. I remember my mom having an old can of cream of tartar - the lid has rust on it. I remember her asking me to find the cream of tartar in the cupboard when she was baking.
I bought a can of it and used it once in 10+ years. I have no idea what it does. Maybe put it in egg whites when you beat them? What a stupid product. I am never buying it again.
At last I get it Maze… you are a Surrealist.
Nah you are all the way Dada.
Yeah.
You got me curious about cream of tartar, which, btw, I've never used. I googled it, and here's what I found:
“Cream of tartar is obtained when tartaric
acid is half neutralized with potassium hydroxide, transforming it into
a salt. Grapes are the only significant natural source of tartaric
acid, and cream of tartar is obtained from sediment produced in the
process of making wine.”
Cream of tartar is best known in ourkitchens for helping stabilize and give more volume to beaten eggwhites. It is the acidic ingredient in some brands of baking powder. It is also used to produce a creamier texture in sugary desserts such ascandy and frosting, because it inhibits the formation of crystals. It is used commercially in some soft drinks, candies, bakery products,
gelatin desserts, and photography products. Cream of tartar can also be
used to clean brass and copper cookware.”
–from Chef http://www.ochef.com/933.htm
So–did you pick up the cream of tartar for your wife?
BTW, I love your photo.
Hey Peace, that is fabulous information about the much misunderstood cream of tartar. I thought it was a stupid product…….but…..I might just go out and buy me a nice new fresh can (?does it still come in cans?) Hell, I might just stabilize ALL my food ;>))
cream of tartar like steak tartare.