tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post1518407078041298223..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: And So Flaky, TooMurr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger112125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-31792476706087469502012-09-22T14:41:31.834-07:002012-09-22T14:41:31.834-07:00Don't know about the pie, but loved your post!...Don't know about the pie, but loved your post!!<br />Right now I'm laughing so hard that my husband thinks I've gone completely off my rocker and tears are running down my face and puddling on my tummy!!! Oh my, what I would give to have someone laugh so much at my words of wisdom. I've been trying for 77 years and still haven't pulled it off! Keep up the good work, I'll Makihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16708512470716908899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-69289532362332302412012-09-20T22:21:40.170-07:002012-09-20T22:21:40.170-07:00I'm betting you get hungry easy, though.I'm betting you get hungry easy, though.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-55213532612114773072012-09-20T20:53:11.190-07:002012-09-20T20:53:11.190-07:00This has likely been said already, and more eloque...This has likely been said already, and more eloquently, but your expressions are priceless. <br /><br />And you made me hungry, too. Double-whammy.A.T. Posthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03987529687181431843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-48414576155152848072012-09-19T23:19:36.988-07:002012-09-19T23:19:36.988-07:00Not MY superior crusts! Mine are ever-shifting tec...Not MY superior crusts! Mine are ever-shifting tectonic wonders. I'm happy if I can just get one to keep my berries mostly ganged up, with just a few escapees.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-26178921234972999072012-09-19T23:17:36.098-07:002012-09-19T23:17:36.098-07:00I don't know if it's true that the people ...I don't know if it's true that the people who are crazy about their parents lose them early, and the people whose parents make them crazy have them forever. But I was probably irked at my mom for maybe a half-hour in my teens, and that was that. She had breast cancer, too; died over thirty years ago.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-87016753796997890752012-09-19T23:15:29.837-07:002012-09-19T23:15:29.837-07:00What's On Your Workspace Wednesday! Aha! Well,...What's On Your Workspace Wednesday! Aha! Well, I'll tell you, whatever is on my workspace Wednesday is the same thing that was on it five months ago. That's a LOT of blogs to visit, dear, and I'm doubly honored you tripped into mine.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-60589767921506240442012-09-19T21:38:56.541-07:002012-09-19T21:38:56.541-07:00You and your superior crusts have cut to the quick...You and your superior crusts have cut to the quick of me. How I have labored over pie crusts and their recipes; how I have interviewed farm wife after farm wife and sent up a Hosannah to my born-in-a-sod-house Montana grandmother. But still. <br /><br />Not great crust. <br /><br />The one thing getting me through is the fact that my great-aunt (Ye Old My Grandma's Sister) is 94 and alive andJocelynhttp://omightycrisis.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-57734813730233104422012-09-19T14:53:29.545-07:002012-09-19T14:53:29.545-07:00Troutbirder, lard really does make for a nice crus...Troutbirder, lard really does make for a nice crust! <br /><br />Murr, Snort!Kathie Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10377224759599266209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-22446082361816323592012-09-19T14:51:38.594-07:002012-09-19T14:51:38.594-07:00Murrmurrs, so sorry that your Mommy is gone. I tha...Murrmurrs, so sorry that your Mommy is gone. I thankfully still have mine, but it was touch and go last year when she battled breast cancer. Now I have moved far away from her and miss her more than I ever have in my life. I feel the fragility of it all. And the irony. I have spent most of my 55 years trying to get away from her. Now I just want to be near her. Go figure! I'd bet you'd Kathie Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10377224759599266209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-5188919804431502042012-09-19T14:51:08.457-07:002012-09-19T14:51:08.457-07:00Aren't Mommies great? Where would I be without...Aren't Mommies great? Where would I be without one ?Leslie Haweshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17933649274394414938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-13631453100900874282012-09-19T02:50:40.953-07:002012-09-19T02:50:40.953-07:00Just poped back to explain what a woywwer is.Just ...Just poped back to explain what a woywwer is.Just over 3 years ago a lady called Julia who has a blog called Stamping Ground asked if a small group of us who posted on her blog, would like to meet every Wednesday on the net to show what we were up to on our crafting desk. 10 soon became 20 and it just grew and spread over the world. The idea is that you visit everyone and leave a comment ...whichAngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12177505346903016669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-28466580857850027362012-09-18T19:09:28.655-07:002012-09-18T19:09:28.655-07:00Why, I believe you've just proven we can!Why, I believe you've just proven we can!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-24175698616661131602012-09-18T19:04:47.541-07:002012-09-18T19:04:47.541-07:00Absolutely one of your best. Love to come here for...Absolutely one of your best. Love to come here for therapy. Just don't understand, though: if Mittens can retire retroactively from Bain, why can't you eat a retroactive pie?Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-71797315219936552742012-09-18T16:34:58.563-07:002012-09-18T16:34:58.563-07:00I initially read your comment as "we solder o...I initially read your comment as "we solder on too..." and I thought: genius! Solder that sucker together.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-78765645510474380132012-09-18T15:09:54.711-07:002012-09-18T15:09:54.711-07:00I do the pie here too. And haven't gotten beyo...I do the pie here too. And haven't gotten beyond the Pillsburry crust. My mom wouldn't have approved of that. Still she used lard and that's a banned subtance in this house acorrding to the chloreterol policewoman. Oh well we soldier on too...:)troutbirderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087811292280881959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-4393355237839976512012-09-18T09:56:54.010-07:002012-09-18T09:56:54.010-07:00Geoff! You need to be pure of heart. Are you sure ...Geoff! You need to be pure of heart. Are you sure you want to try this?Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-15288427141062179022012-09-18T06:12:58.595-07:002012-09-18T06:12:58.595-07:00Parenting advice I was not expecting. Wonderfully ...Parenting advice I was not expecting. Wonderfully effective it was. Thank you for that. I will let you know how our first family pie crust turns out.Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08747695018118034936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-54439259682086444992012-09-17T10:22:09.594-07:002012-09-17T10:22:09.594-07:00Choice. It's the enemy of serenity. (The other...Choice. It's the enemy of serenity. (The other one, besides pie.)Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-24134982103236210252012-09-17T00:55:33.881-07:002012-09-17T00:55:33.881-07:00Murr, you do make me laugh -- and remember. My Mom...Murr, you do make me laugh -- and remember. My Mom made pies and cakes and cookies -- like all good moms' of the 1950's! When she made her pie crust she never measured the Crisco! Imagine my relief when she decided that pie crust that came already rolled and ready for plopping into the pie dish was as good as you can make! Now I have no problem making pies -- and no guilt that I'm notThe Broadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976467218216864644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-43291932543190835812012-09-16T22:40:27.412-07:002012-09-16T22:40:27.412-07:00I can't even make the claim of a good conveyan...I can't even make the claim of a good conveyance structure. I've got holes in my chassis.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-38647079006666943492012-09-16T22:06:16.531-07:002012-09-16T22:06:16.531-07:00I've never made a good crust, so I've told...I've never made a good crust, so I've told my family that crust is not to be eaten; it's just the conveyance structure for the filling. Now, I'm getting so lazy, I skip the crust and just put brown sugar and flour crumbles on top. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-74509731297681456192012-09-16T20:41:16.484-07:002012-09-16T20:41:16.484-07:00Aw, you have a Mum! That's so very foreign of ...Aw, you have a Mum! That's so very foreign of you!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-21226650110695189502012-09-16T20:40:50.986-07:002012-09-16T20:40:50.986-07:00Myself, I make a mean baklava, or maybe that's...Myself, I make a mean baklava, or maybe that's what I wear. In any case, I gravitate toward any recipe that's called a "crumble."Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-2542357146024369152012-09-16T15:44:47.229-07:002012-09-16T15:44:47.229-07:00Hey Murr! You has me at PIE. Mmmm, pie. And yes, m...Hey Murr! You has me at PIE. Mmmm, pie. And yes, my mum makes awesome pies. Ooooh, rhubarb. Indigo xIndigo Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03957870121933442627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-5471757053288459622012-09-16T14:08:13.027-07:002012-09-16T14:08:13.027-07:00I much prefer a tart, mostly because I can mash th...I much prefer a tart, mostly because I can mash the crust into the bottom of a pan like an angry toddler and glop all sorts of goodness on top and bake it and it looks like it was in some way difficult. Most of my pie experiences have been frought with profanity, though not nearly to the degree that phyllo pastry has. I do believe phyllo is Greek for 'f*ck this'. Shieldmaiden96https://www.blogger.com/profile/04673938377819957295noreply@blogger.com