It bothers me

[MissHoneychurch]

when I give someone a piece of home baked chocolate cake and the person rolls her eyes because I mentioned the sweet cream in there instead of saying "Thank you". Yes it is a chocolate cake, you helped me baking the cake, you read the recipe. What is your problem?? That you won't fit size XS anymore and have to move up to size S??? It makes me upset. And she is a good friend of mine.

[Guava Jelly]

1. I'm sorry MissH

I think you look perfect :)

[MissHoneychurch]

3. It has nothing to do with my weight

it has to do with not being grateful.

[Guava Jelly]

6. It doesnt sound like she was very grateful

If she isnt normally like that she may have been having a bad day.If not she is just rude.
I still need to get a piece of your tastey lemon pie :9
Oh good morning MissH :hug: :hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

8. It wasn't her mood

or maybe her general mood she has these days. She told me the other day that she is pissed because her jeans size XS are starting to get tight. So what? You are weighting not enough anyway and look like a skeleton. Some more pounds would suit you. Food is an issue with her.

Good morning GoP. I am sorry I am pissed.

[Guava Jelly]

11. Oh you are fine

I hope your friend isnt anorexic.
I hope your mood improves :)

[MissHoneychurch]

15. She is close to it

She doesn't cook for herself, barely eats anything. She thinks it is unhealthy to eat a warm meal in the evening. She eats a toast with cheese. I cook for myself almost every evening. I do believe my relation to eating is better than hers.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

2. Guten Morgen !

[MissHoneychurch]

4. Guten Morgen!!

Wie geht es Dir?

Is that creepy supervisor still a problem?

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

21. No everything is alright now. Its in the past. He actually apologized to me .

Es geht mir gut. I just spent two hours reading Wikipedia.org - I started reading about Queen Esther , Jezebel , Mordecai and I ended up back on Gnosticism again - I have been personally studying it for a year and a half now. Its a very interesting subject that for some reason I have been naturally drawn into and once I get into , time around flies by :) Have a good day :)

[MissHoneychurch]

Glad to hear

Also that he apologized.

I wish you a good day as well.

:loveya:

[chknltl]

5. Damn...now I am dieing for German baked treats....

cakes, cookies, (especially lebkuchen), strudels...damn I need them all. You guys have those incredible bakeries everywhere... someday, (but not in my lifetime) America will be so civilized. If you should ever feel the need to do good deeds for the needy, please send some of your chocolate cake my way...I promise to be appreciative and thats no lie!

[MissHoneychurch]

7. It was really good

the friend I visited Saturday was really happy about it. She loved it. I am sure you would as well. I enjoy baking, I am just not baking that often as I am by myself and baking a cake for myself is just not my thing. But if I have an excuse I enjoy it. You would be a great excuse.

[chknltl]

9. Now please understand:

My absolute ulterior motive is a greedy desire for gluttony of German bakery products! What can I trade? Smell is a ferocious thing in that I can still smell those bakeries even though there is a gulf of over thirty years separating my nose from your beloved country! Again: WHAT CAN I TRADE?
(hint I live in Seattle...we do have some pretty good smoked Salmon here for instance)

[MissHoneychurch]

10. I don't eat fish

sorry ... and the difference in the smell of chocolate cake and fish is rather .....

If there would be a way to send cake through the internet I would do it in a second.

[chknltl]

14. Sorry

fish is supposed to be good for you but I confess I hardly eat any either. I was just trying to think up a good trade...my first thought was Starbucks....eventually the world will blame Seattle for that one and maybe even hold us accountable so that choice was quickly "x"ed off my list. Salmon seems to be a popular trade item between us and all points east which is why I mentioned it.

I fear your countries fine bakers have so addled my thinking that I had hopes we could find trade relations here...I am sad that this may not happen... but should you think of anything that we have out here in the Pacific Northwest I'll gladly find a way to exchange it for Lebkuchen...(they should ship well I think)


I have an unrelated question for you...one I could likely look up on my own but never got around to because I spend so much time here. (Besides it is much funner to say that all I need to know I learned in the DU Lounge)
What is the difference between the town of Nurnberg and the town Nuremberg as in the famous Nuremberg trials? Are they the same place with different spelling like Munich and Muenchen or are they two different places?

and finally thanks for mentioning my name in a list a few weeks ago, I forget the details but you were the first to do so...made me feel downright special, thank you

[MissHoneychurch]

16. Do you have shrimp or something like that in Seattle??

I am happy to trade that.

And if you pm me your snail mail adress I would be happy to send you some chocolate or Lebkuchen (even though the time is over for Lebkuchen till end of the year).

To your question: it is the same town, just different spelling. In German it is Nürnberg. English Nuremberg.

[chknltl]

29. I am in three way chat at this moment and

...in much need of sleep. Shrimp huh? Let me work on it....I might suggest a specific kind of tea instead, one that is made here in Seattle but hardly known outside of here...they DO export and I must add that their blends are....well you know from your own experience that I do not exaggerate about you Germans and your bakings...I think one of these tea blends is just as phenomenal.

I am sorry that I was in the middle of a three way conversation with you and two others at the same time...The other two were seeking my thoughts on something quite important to them so it has been difficult for me to divide my time here. I am quite aware that it is never a good plan to keep a young lady waiting regardless of which country she lives in and especially one who may send me something I am SOOO fond of... I am off to bed way later than normal...I would very much like to continue this scheme of ours a bit later after I have had some much needed sleep. It has been decades since I last spoke any German but every-now and then I dream that I am talking to someone in German and my language skills are back where they once were: Almost good enough to hold a normal conversation.
Tonight as I sleep I am willing to bet that my dreams will include a piece of chocolate cake with powdered sugar lightly dusted across its top.
Guten Nacht Frauline Honeychurch
c

[MissHoneychurch]

30. Good night

and sweet dreams (how appropriate, huh? :rofl:)

Tea sounds fantastic to me as well. And it is shipable. I am a tea drinker and would love to get to know new tea. And I ment it serious when I told you I could mail you something.

:hug:

[ScreamingMeemie]

12. Oh.... I would have gobbled that thing up, given you great big hugs

and went in search of elastic banded jeans another day. :hug: :hug: :hug:

[MissHoneychurch]

17. It is pretty easy to bake

maybe I should send you the recipe :D

Thanks MrsGrumpy :hug:

And it is good to have you back here. I missed you :loveya:

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

13. I don't know of a German bakery near me ...

... but there's a Polish bakery on the way to work. I can feel the pull on my steering wheel already ...


Miss HC, the cake sounds delicious.

Your friend sounds a little bit obsessed. Friends have quirks, so don't be upset. She must have other qualities.

[MissHoneychurch]

18. Follow your steering wheel

:D

She is obsessed with food and her clothes sizes, yes. And yes, she does has other qualities, otherwise she wouldn't be my friend. My upsettness (is that a word????) with her will pass. I am not in the best mood today myself so her reaction didn't really help me.

[Callalily]

19. After all your

hard work, all you get is the eyes roll? Franky, I'd give you that look if sweet cream was not one of the ingredients.

:hi: :loveya: :hug:

[MissHoneychurch]

20. LOL

I asked her at lunch break if she liked it. Yes she did. And she called me to thank me because she forgot her breakfast and it was her substitute. Still, the look she gave me or the cake this morning wasn't nice.

OK, let me water you your mouth: I baked the cake Friday, with eggs (a lot), shredded haselnuts, melted chocolate, flour, sugar. Then I let it cool off. Saturday I scooped out the middle part of the cake and made crumbs out of it. Mixed it with the sweet cream (beaten) and more shredded chocolate and put it back in the cake. I tell you, a dream!!! I will make that cake again for sure


How are you today? How was your weekend?

:loveya: :hug: :hi:

[Callalily]

22. OMG! That sounds

utterly decadent. And I just love hazelnuts.

My weekend was pretty calm. I got motivated and started to purge my closet and drawers. Am tossing out a bunch of stuff and bringing anything good to the thrift shops. My closet and drawers still look full though, so I may have to do another round of purging.

We had a wonderful dusting of snow yesterday. Looked just beautiful, so I took a nice long walk.

So I guess I can say it was a productive weekend.

[MissHoneychurch]

25. It snowed in Frankfurt Friday evening

and covered everything in a layer like powdered sugar. Now the temps are up again and all the snow is gone.

Yes, it surely was a productive weekend. I am proud of you :)

The hazelnuts in the cake ... you could taste them but they weren't overbearing. Just right.

[Callalily]

27. Yes, it was

very productive. I'm going to attempt to continue my purging this weekend. I'm trying to do it with a mindset of possibly moving. Sometimes that helps to toss things one would otherwise keep "just in case"

I ordered hazelnuts from a place winter of 2005. They said they ran out and I would get some from this year's crop. Hmmmmmm . . . think I'll send them a reminder e-mail.

Well, I best fill up my travel mug and head out to work.

Wishing you a great day, and please, pace yourself when eating that cake.

[MissHoneychurch]

28. The cake is done

I diveded the rest of it today between my co-workers. Aren't I selfless :D

you have a great day at work!!

:loveya:

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

23. Reminds me of my 20th birthday in Germany.

That was the first time I had Schwarzwald Kirsche Torte . It was soooooooooooooooooo good !

[MissHoneychurch]

24. Yes

Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte is really good!! Haven't baked that one though ... LOL I bet you loved the alcohol in it :D

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

26. Oh snap - you know what ... I did not know there was alcohol in that cake !

LOL ! No wonder it was so addictive.


Wahhhhhhhhhhh I miss DEUSTCHLAND! I fear if I came there for a vacation, I would'nt want to come back to the States. Sigh ... I need to hit the lotto soon so I can buy a house there or something. Nevermind , German tax laws - ouch.

[Porcupine]

31. I would never roll my eyes at good cake.

But you would have to take a small persimmon pudding in return.

[MissHoneychurch]

32. Homemade??

from the scratch??

:D

[Porcupine]

53. What? There's another kind?

I only bake/cook from scratch. This morning the little porcupines had buckwheat-applesauce pancakes with maple syrup; from scratch. Ok not the applesauce or the syrup but still, it was a school day. I'ts kind of like and OCD thing with me.

[AirmensMom]

33. Whaaaat?

:wow: If she's worried about having to move up to size S, maybe she should skip the cake altogether. Why just pick on the sweet cream? That foot she stuck into her mouth might be free of calories, but it's still not harmless. :shrug:

Honestly, I doubt she meant to hurt your feelings. But it was damn rude. Send me a piece and I'll say "Thank you" and tell you how delicious it was! :9

:loveya: :hug:

[MissHoneychurch]

34. I guess another recipe

I need to make when I visit you

:rofl:


You are right though, I doubt also that she ment to hurt me.

[AirmensMom]

35. Don't forget!

Or you'll have to sleep in the garage. :rofl:


I bet she doesn't even know she hurt you. :hug:

[MissHoneychurch]

36. Only if you give me Sylvester or Sophie

to sleep with me :rofl:

No, she doesn't know it. She asked me during the lunch break if she did something because I was so quiet. I didn't say anything because then she gets upset over that and I don't need that.

[AirmensMom]

37. Well, OK.

:rofl:

Yikes ... that's hard. She sounds like someone who doesn't like to hear when she hurts someone. :(

[MissHoneychurch]

38. Nope

because then she is down and eats even less and I don't want that x(

[wildhorses]

39. the cake sounds wonderful!! poor girl, that she can not enjoy

good things in life. :hug::hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

40. Hi wildhorses

:hi:

You know what: you just put your finger on it!!! Exactly!!!

:loveya:

[wildhorses]

41. ----

truly, it is a sickness. has joani quit posting on here? i see her post very rarely:shrug:

good to see you:loveya:

[MissHoneychurch]

43. But nothing I can help her with

and sometimes I need a break of her.

Joani has problems with her connections I believe. :shrug:

Good to see you too :loveya:

[wildhorses]

50. yes, keep your distance for a time and then it will be okay.

:hug: i am sure she did not mean to hurt your feelings. :hug:

[MissHoneychurch]

52. we work together

and see each other every day. No chance to keep the distance at the moment. Except in the evenings by working longer.

Thanks for the hug.

[AirmensMom]

54. Hi wildhorses!

:hi: :loveya: :hug:

MissHC is going to make me a cake ... I'll share it with you. :9

[wildhorses]

55. hiya airmensmom

:loveya::hug::hi:


we are going to have the best time:bounce:


i think she should cook a 'german' meal and finish it off with this cake:9

[AirmensMom]

56. I agree!

We will have a the best time! :bounce:

And I agree about the German meal with cake. I LOVE spaetzle and haven't had it in years. Maybe she'll make us some of that, too! :9

[MissHoneychurch]

57. Uh-oh

:scared:

Guess I need to start practicing :P

[AirmensMom]

59. That's right!

But go ahead and use the sweet cream in the cake! :9 :rofl:

[MissHoneychurch]

60. Oh thank you

too kind of you :rofl:

[AirmensMom]

61. Not at all.

:D

If I'm going to eat sweets, I want to eat the best ones. No fat-free goodies for me! :bounce:

[MissHoneychurch]

62. Sounds like me

if I have to sin, I wanna sin with pleasure :evilgrin:

[AirmensMom]

63. Otherwise,

what's the point? :shrug:

[MissMillie]

42. you may give me cake any day

:hug:

[MissHoneychurch]

44. Thanks MissMillie

:hug:

[sakabatou]

45. Sounds yummy

:9

[MissHoneychurch]

48. It was yummy

:9

[BarenakedLady]

46. It would bother me too.

The cake sounds yummy. Can I have some? :hug:

[MissHoneychurch]

49. If it wouldn't be gone by now

you could have a piece of course :hug:

[reyd reid reed]

47. I'll take her slice.

Chocolate cake? Most definitely. I'll take hers.

I'm sorry if she made you feel bad. Just keep on baking, don't let one grump dissuade you.

:hug::hug::hug:

[MissHoneychurch]

51. I keep on baking

no worries. There are enough people who enjoy my baking.

:hug: :hug:

[SPKrazy]

58. I'd Have A Piece

of cake

:shrug:

sounds yummy

:P

[Anarcho-Socialist]

64. awwww...

...I like home-baked chocolate cake :9

I'm sorry she was unappreciative sweetie. :hug: