tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660641345241219924.post361593238592964879..comments2024-02-11T15:52:39.974-08:00Comments on Caker Cooking: Caker Cooking says "Arrivee derche!"Brian Francishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02779793839672812019noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660641345241219924.post-5523918260216684332014-11-22T05:04:40.477-08:002014-11-22T05:04:40.477-08:00Thanks, Gumbee. I think granny hair blue should be...Thanks, Gumbee. I think granny hair blue should be a new Crayola crayon colour, don't you? Brian Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02779793839672812019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660641345241219924.post-66534382234023770432014-11-19T19:28:52.506-08:002014-11-19T19:28:52.506-08:00I'm bluer than my granny's hair, Brian; yo...I'm bluer than my granny's hair, Brian; you've made Mondays special for me. You will be missed!Gumbeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04573160308951088550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660641345241219924.post-56025836045327446322014-11-17T18:31:15.278-08:002014-11-17T18:31:15.278-08:00Thanks, Liz. Please keep making - and eating - Pin...Thanks, Liz. Please keep making - and eating - Pink Thing. We need to ensure we pass the recipe along to future generations of cakers.<br />I hope to make it to a Montreal bazar one of these days.Brian Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02779793839672812019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660641345241219924.post-12537260969849958922014-11-17T09:47:25.064-08:002014-11-17T09:47:25.064-08:00I've loved reading your blog and have been tic...I've loved reading your blog and have been tickled to recognize some of my favourite recipes among your posts: pink thing! Imperial cheese cookies! tomato soup cake! All in my repertoire :-) <br />I'll miss your posts and your sense of humour.<br />BTW next year you might want to pop down to Montreal in early November for the St Andrew and St Paul "Fall Fair" - a church bazaar extraordinaire! Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11754923023681584955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660641345241219924.post-59939572812547622402014-11-16T05:45:34.205-08:002014-11-16T05:45:34.205-08:00If I ever embark on a caker world tour (and strang...If I ever embark on a caker world tour (and stranger things have happened), Australia will be the first stop on the list.Brian Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02779793839672812019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660641345241219924.post-55699978102809264952014-11-16T03:15:43.862-08:002014-11-16T03:15:43.862-08:00Oh, this is sad - just when Caker Cooking was maki...Oh, this is sad - just when Caker Cooking was making its mark in my part of Australia. ;-) skiourophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200877834536477400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660641345241219924.post-81911937427172191762014-11-14T19:03:11.433-08:002014-11-14T19:03:11.433-08:00Thanks, Carrie! I'm happy to hear you found a ...Thanks, Carrie! I'm happy to hear you found a connection. I often think of cream of mushroom soup not just as a food, but also as a glue that binds us all together. Okay, that might've gone a little far. Thanks for reading. Hope our paths cross again soon. Brian Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02779793839672812019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660641345241219924.post-14475205723548168702014-11-14T18:59:55.518-08:002014-11-14T18:59:55.518-08:00Kate, I can't believe you've never made an...Kate, I can't believe you've never made anything. How have you managed to resist Mock Apple Pie? Pink Thing? Sex in a Pan? <br />There is a difference between me and those other "serious" cooking blogs - my food tastes better.<br />Thanks for making me part of your Monday mornings.Brian Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02779793839672812019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660641345241219924.post-47682522302301171782014-11-14T10:19:41.236-08:002014-11-14T10:19:41.236-08:00Sadness! Tears! Drowning sorrows in Jello salad! T...Sadness! Tears! Drowning sorrows in Jello salad! This blog will be much missed. I trust you're working on more writing to share, either through book or blog: please keep your readers updated! I also want to add that it was truly heartening to discover that the food of my childhood belonged…somewhere…culturally.Carrie Snyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11919664513529675842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660641345241219924.post-30376243528228163812014-11-11T16:29:13.709-08:002014-11-11T16:29:13.709-08:00Frown-y Face :-( I have to confess that I have ne...Frown-y Face :-( I have to confess that I have never tried any of your recipes (other than the one that I submitted for Reader Recipe Month), but I am going to miss my Monday morning smile. Your recipes often pop up next to recipes from one of the "serious" cooking blogs that I follow; but some weeks I can't tell the difference between the two, and your post is always the more amusing of the two!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12390357169573998035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660641345241219924.post-35314835267638802022014-11-10T18:18:40.877-08:002014-11-10T18:18:40.877-08:00Thank you, Sprocket. We're survivors. And you ...Thank you, Sprocket. We're survivors. And you just watch - we'll outlive all those kale eaters.Brian Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02779793839672812019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660641345241219924.post-10292807519846013692014-11-10T18:06:46.952-08:002014-11-10T18:06:46.952-08:00You'll always and forever be the man who intro...You'll always and forever be the man who introduced me to Tater Tot Casserole. My life has CHANGED because of you. Never forget that.Brian Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02779793839672812019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660641345241219924.post-913641255806146702014-11-10T18:04:38.854-08:002014-11-10T18:04:38.854-08:00Thanks, Goody. If I was musically inclined, I'...Thanks, Goody. If I was musically inclined, I'd write a song called "One Less Lonely Caker in the World." And I hear you about the robin's egg blue mascara. That's why I switched to emerald green.Brian Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02779793839672812019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660641345241219924.post-73071879995232483662014-11-10T17:56:54.707-08:002014-11-10T17:56:54.707-08:00Melanie, who am I going to count on to supply me w...Melanie, who am I going to count on to supply me with new words? (And now I'm craving a gob stopper.)Brian Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02779793839672812019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660641345241219924.post-2621381882356586612014-11-10T17:52:02.973-08:002014-11-10T17:52:02.973-08:00Judging by the department store displays, Christma...Judging by the department store displays, Christmas already came in July. It gets earlier every year, doesn't it? Pretty soon, there will be no non-Christmas time. (I think that makes sense, doesn't it?)Brian Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02779793839672812019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660641345241219924.post-36715611261000067162014-11-10T17:49:25.306-08:002014-11-10T17:49:25.306-08:00Thanks, Jennifer. I don't think it gets any bi...Thanks, Jennifer. I don't think it gets any bigger and better than Cool Whip, but who knows? Mother always told me to aim my arrow high.Brian Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02779793839672812019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660641345241219924.post-35995411159065995562014-11-10T15:30:46.154-08:002014-11-10T15:30:46.154-08:00I'm sorry to hear this. I have thoroughly enjo...I'm sorry to hear this. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading your blog and reliving my somewhat traumatising childhood culinary victimisation with your brand of humour.Sprockethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00844834232180622969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660641345241219924.post-18406694078379250722014-11-10T10:38:59.305-08:002014-11-10T10:38:59.305-08:00...OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO......OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!veg-o-matichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10063037378554820697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660641345241219924.post-50413263691963453822014-11-10T09:51:36.418-08:002014-11-10T09:51:36.418-08:00NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOveg-o-matichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10063037378554820697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660641345241219924.post-34118774992702876352014-11-10T07:11:47.269-08:002014-11-10T07:11:47.269-08:00If nothing else, your blog has brought together a ...If nothing else, your blog has brought together a group of people that previously thought it was, "Just my family." Discovering others that endured the same late 60's casseroles has been the best support group ever. I can't say it has given me a new appreciation for Jell-O or Cool Whip, but I'm a bit less harsh in assessing what passed for cooking in my family. <br /><br />I'm going to miss you. Write some more books so I can pester our library to buy them (in multiple copies, of course). <br /><br />I'd cry, but I just applied a fresh coat of robin's egg blue mascara-and that stuff runs horribly.Goodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17383404429461423998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660641345241219924.post-65534511543305081512014-11-10T06:41:38.410-08:002014-11-10T06:41:38.410-08:00GOBSMACKED!
adjective
British informal
Utterly as...GOBSMACKED!<br /><br />adjective<br />British informal<br />Utterly astonished; astounded<br /><br />Origin<br />1980s: from gob3 + smack1, with reference to being shocked by a blow to the mouth, or to clapping a hand to one's mouth in astonishment.<br /><br />"Nuff said. (weeping into my Phentex hankie)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137864090463056016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660641345241219924.post-12931268206990375122014-11-10T05:55:54.474-08:002014-11-10T05:55:54.474-08:00I just found you and now you're leaving me? It...I just found you and now you're leaving me? It is a sad day indeed. May Christmas never come!!!Propagatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07450679576020462553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660641345241219924.post-15067119449400166032014-11-10T04:43:45.612-08:002014-11-10T04:43:45.612-08:00What? Is it April Fools Day? Well, I'll real...What? Is it April Fools Day? Well, I'll really miss your posts. You elevated Caker Cooking to the celebrated status it deserves. On to bigger and better I hope. See you there.Jennifer Barnabyhttp://gustia.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660641345241219924.post-78829690766677673762014-11-10T03:58:26.632-08:002014-11-10T03:58:26.632-08:00Thanks, Sunny. If, through this blog, I've tur...Thanks, Sunny. If, through this blog, I've turned an Australian or two into a caker, well, that's about the highest compliment I can imagine.Brian Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02779793839672812019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660641345241219924.post-55674459145702289732014-11-10T03:56:55.378-08:002014-11-10T03:56:55.378-08:00Thank you, Madame M! I hope one of my fellow Canad...Thank you, Madame M! I hope one of my fellow Canadians carries on the salty torch.Brian Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02779793839672812019noreply@blogger.com