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Getting a Little Tight

From The Kitchn

Holy Tosty, where have I been?? Didn’t know the Pudgy Pie had left us – they make a regular appearance at our camp-outs. Well, in case you’ve been mourning the Toas-Tite, rejoice! It’s renaissance is upon us.

This being post-modern times and all, without leaving the comfort of your desk, let alone burning your fingers at a campfire, you can go on beyond the Toas-Tite to Twitter, Facebook, T-shirts! Why just do it, when you can also wear it, shout it, align your being with it. Toas-Tite is you. No thanks, I’ll just have the toast.

Thank you, Magniferous!

A cake is a cake is a cake is a cake

So a birthday cake would, were it not a cake call’d,
Retain that dear perfection which it owes
Without that title
And grant your wish undoubtedly

I am a smorgastista. Easier on my wallet then another sort of ista, and does not take up closet space.

My very own mother is an expert on birthday cakes and basks in the glow of tiny candle light brigades of scholarly glory.

“The Birthday Cake: Its Evolution from a Rite of the Elite to the Right of Everyone,” by Shirley Cherkasky is her cake chef d’oeuvre, received with exuberant interest by culinary historians and lay people worldwide.

Encyclopedia of Food and Culture

Wondering why oh why we put candles on a cake? How odd. My mother knows and so can you. She is a wonder.