There's One DU Discussion Group that Everyone Should Avoid

[MineralMan]

Devoted to sensual pleasures, it is full of temptation for the unwitting visitor. Detailed descriptions of sensuality and excess are a commonplace in this DU group, and it's also full of photos that will entice you into staring at them and lusting after what is in those photos. It's addictive, this group is, and it deals with an activity that all of us seek out and sometimes even pay for. Beware the seductive language and images you might find there!

I warn you all: Avoid the Cooking & Baking Group. If you value your waistline and don't want to be encouraged to excesses of consumption, DO NOT GO THERE. The DUers who frequent that group will present you with temptations aplenty to distract you from serious issues that really need your attention. They'll lead to to commit the deadly sin of Gluttony by describing fleshly pleasures and even instructions for preparing those pleasures to inflict on your friends and families.

DO NOT VISIT THE COOKING & BAKING GROUP! If temptation threatens to overcome your will, and you yearn to click the link below:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1157

Do not say I did not warn you!

[monmouth3]

1. And of course as one of those people who NEVER listens (my Mother's emphasis, may she RIP) I just

absolutely knew it would concern the Cooking and Baking Forum. A neighbor uses me as her taste tester for brownies, just for starters...LOL. Thanks MM, I will try harder.

[MineralMan]

2. All I can do is post the warning. Really.

[niyad]

3. so very thoughtful of you, mm. of course, completely ignored your warning. D*** that group.

now I have to go make fudge, and cookies, and a baron of beef, and. . . .

[MineralMan]

4. And now you'll be caught up in their obsession with food.

Don't say I didn't warn you. BTW, read the post about goose. Goose is a great, fresh change from the usual holiday fare. You see, I'm lost in the sensuality of it all, too.

[niyad]

5. now I am going to be really sadistic, and share one of my favourite sites

(talk about sensuality and pounds!!)

http://www.virtualchocolate.com/

[MineralMan]

8. That's just obscene!

Yummy, but obscene, I'm sure.

[Jazzgirl]

6. Now I'm going to duly ignore this post

And see what everybody's cooking tonight. BTW....... What waistline??!!??

[MineralMan]

7. Proceed at Your Own Risk

[rock]

9. OK, I'll bite. Which one should I avoid?

[MineralMan]

10. Be forewarned by my post, if you value your trim figure.

OTOH, if you like the sensual pleasures, by all means, go for it.

[BlueToTheBone]

11. now you know what kind of human

I am! One of my favorite forums! and you're right! It is a place of sensual, sticky, gooey love fest filled with all things to make life yummy.

[roody]

12. Thanks for the info. I need a good

sweet potatoe pie recipe.

[Todays_Illusion]

13. Drats! Reading this caused me to dig out my Pecan Pralines recipe, bye now.

Very simple and easy, no gmo corn syrup.

2 cups sugar.

1 cup half and half

1/3 stick butter

1/8 teaspoon baking soda

1 1/2 cups pecans.

Combine all ingredients except the pecans in a heavy saucepan. Over medium heat stir mixture until it boils and bubbles. Turn heat down to medium low, continuing stirring until all sugar melted. (Remember to stir any sugar down from the sides of the pan.)

Cook and continue to stir until mixture temperature is 238 to 241 deg. F. or soft ball stage. (A drop of mixture in cold water forms soft ball.)

Add pecans, stir until mixture begins to thicken and changes to creamy and cloudy, drop by spoonful onto parchment paper.

While pralines are cooling, make fresh coffee and call friends and/or neighbors to join you.

[NastyRiffraff]

22. Pralines! That takes me back

When I was newly married at 18 years old we went to Mobile Alabama to live and rented a garage apartment. (First time I'd ever been to the South.) The landlady lived in the big antebellum house and kind of adopted me. She taught me how to make pralines. I will definitely try your recipe, Todays_Illusion. Thanks!

[glowing]

14. Just pulled chess cake out of the oven lol.

[edbermac]

15. Yeah, a lot of master bakers over there.

[alfredo]

19. I have dough proofing right now.

[awoke_in_2003]

30. Have you no shame?

[BlancheSplanchnik]

16. heeee!

[alfredo]

17. I was just about to post my whole wheat focaccia recipe, but maybe

I should wait. It has garlic, rosemary, and koshered salt on top, but it's just too sinful.

[MineralMan]

20. More food porn, eh?

See what I'm saying? Now, my taste buds are aroused, and on Christmas Eve. For shame!

[alfredo]

28. Yes, I even took a photo of my most recent freeform loaf. Warning, food porn below.

[Hekate]

18. mmmmmmmmmmm, cooooookies

[MineralMan]

21. Cookies are a gateway food, and lead to pie and cake.

It's insidious.

[Hekate]

23. My mother taught me to incise a Pi into pie crusts...

Talk about your gateway behavior!

[MineralMan]

24. Passed down through the generations, this lust for food is.

Whatever will we do?

[awoke_in_2003]

31. And pies make you say nonsense...

like pie are squared. No they are not, they are round.

[SoapBox]

25. LOL

...it's one of THE best sections on DU. There...I said it!

Happiest Holiday Wishes to All!!!

[mike_c]

27. C&B is a notorious hotbed of..., um, stuff....

Noms.

[eridani]

29. I made you a cookie