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RE: Saturday Rant!!! (Don't worry, if you miss this one, there will be more)
The burning question is....what kind of cake? (because you mentioned cake, so now what was all the rest of the article about? haha just kidding). It's unfortunate that there's the usual case of "a few people ruining it for everyone" going on and I'd be sad to see folks bail for the competition--yet it's understandable. I've seen some of the whale war posts, but for the most part I'm here for the community and writing experience (and cake) so I tend to ignore the financial drama. Maybe I ought to take more notice...
Good for you to keep yourself out of it. Especially if you're not here because of any financial implications, you have a lot better chance of "staying pure" of intention. And you don't have to worry about all the other garbage that goes on here. I like numbers, so even if I didn't care, I would still want the numbers to match. It's a quirk. :)
Hmmm, that's a tough call. I don't really discriminate when it comes to cake. I like vanilla, chocolate, cheese, seven layer, marzipan, birthday, wedding, Costco, you-name-it. I'd like to see if someone could come up with a type of cake that I don't like. If you know some obscure, weird ones, let me know and I'll tell you if I'd eat it. :P
Do you eat fruitcake? ;)
You'd better believe it! I can destroy a fruit cake. I can do the same to fruit without the cake. :)
I used to like cake a lot, but now I have a hard time with most frosting being way too rich. I generally like chocolate, as long as it's not triple chocolate where it's just too much chocolate.
I had a red velvet cake once that was the best cake i've ever tasted ever, but since I haven't been able to duplicate it, so I'm not sure what else was in it, but wow was it good.
I haven't had it in a very long time but pineapple upside down cake has been one of my favorites. And it's really hard to beat a fresh strawberry shortcake (as long as pound cake is not used).
I think I would rather eat pies, though. Not that I would choose death instead of cake, mind you. Fortunately, Death by Chocolate was not an option. :)
I get what you mean about it being too rich. I think the sugar content in sugar has gone up. Is that possible? :D
There are many great options with pie. I wouldn't mind pie either. Discussing pie and all of its merits was one of the first things my now-wife and I talked about. :)
"You like pie?"
"Yeah, you?"
"Yes, I do. Speaking of 'I do,' want to get married?"
"I'd love that... almost as much as I love you!"
Ha ha, I guess that's why I write fiction about cowboys and horses, not romance. :P
Maybe they've been measuring out Stevia instead of sugar. One little packet goes a loooooooooong way.
Now I need to know who started this pie conversation. :) In my case, it was my wife, though she denies it went down that way and had nothing to do with pie.
Actually, that's probably some of the best romance writing to ever be written in the history of romance writing.
Something I've never really understood. Why do we need romances? If someone likes them, what is that saying about their spouse, partner, special someone, significant other? I mean, I like watching movies with explosions, but then I don't go home and expect to see explosions. With romance, it's like the reader wants more than what's available. I don't see how it could be an escape and not a reminder of what they come to think they're missing out on.
I don't do artificial sweeteners. They mess with the bacteria in your gut. From what I've heard and read, it's basically steroids for the bad bacteria that want to grow in your gut. I'm pretty ok with plain flavors anyways. I'm a simple kind of man, as they say. ;)
Either one of us could have started that conversation. We both love pie and love each other.
I think romances are like looking at sports cars. Yes, you have a car, but look at how pretty/fast/new that car is. It's not necessarily wrong to dream, but if you're not thankful for what you have, you're always going to be dissatisfied.
I think Stevia is natural. But give me good old cane sugar! I can't stand artificial sweeteners; to me they taste like chemicals and not sweet at all.
I beg to differ on the romances only in that the rare decent one might provide new ideas :))) Most typical romance novels annoy me because the characters are so vapid. But I'll read them anyway and then my husband seems extra sexy to me because he's not vapid and annoying...so there is a benefit for him, haha.
You have me stumped. I cannot think of any bizarre uneatable cakes!
So @mtnmeadowmomma is right, Stevia isn't an artificial sweetener. It is all natural, and according to the information I just read, is 150 times or more sweeter than sugar (so smaller doses are in order), and the sweetness is slower to start but lasts longer. It also has zero calories.
It comes from the plant Stevia rebaudiana somewhere in South America.
I don't like artificial sweeteners either. It seems like after the FDA approves them, we find out later that they can cause some kind of health problem, which makes you wonder what's going on at the FDA?
re: romances
I get the car analogy. I guess I wouldn't think of my car and my wife in the same terms, specifically dreaming for a newer, nicer model. :) It is true, though, we do need to be thankful for all that we have, especially our spouses, because, as you say, if were not, we're almost certain to live in an ongoing state of dissatisfaction.