04/06/2012 [DMFA# 1314] Tastes like a shoe

[TacticalError]

I find it odd that Abel emerges from his room out of intrigue but not for promises of no 'Happy Birthday' songs. Then again, I shouldn't find anything about Abel odd at this point...

[Plotting]

If it is a hockey puck like Abel thinks then it is a very large icing covered hockey puck! Imagine how big the hockey sticks would need to be for a puck the size of a cake

I wonder what it tastes like? Or if Jy-Jy had any help in making it?

[ShadesFox]

I resent that! I'm a scientist and pretty decent with the food ;p

[Plotting]

I was just thinking - Abel might be surprised that Jyrras baked the cake, but at least they did not let Mab do the cooking. Those nightmare causing brownies still give me the hystericals!

[Ignuus66]

Well that's one way to make the door open...

Though I would have prefered the more dramatic way! (Mab doing it)

Nothing seems to have gone wrong... So far...

[Ravenscroft]

Jyrras is amazingly adorable! That happy little face! squeee!

Dramatic Scene Change!

[Ignuus66]

Oh and this comic sheet was written in the Middle ages- According to the date anyways  

Also, as Shades posted, being a engineer/scientist does not mean that you have to be bad at cooking- in fact all the programmers, scientists and chemists  I know are very good cooks.

[Brunhidden]

the distinction must be made between 'scientist' and 'mad scientist'. the latter are rarely known for their culinary prowess, although anyone with the title 'the impaler' could always start a kebab shop

[Sofox]

Jyrras is so cute in that last panel, it's like he's taking lessons from Nyil.

[Ignuus66]

the distinction must be made between 'scientist' and 'mad scientist'. the latter are rarely known for their culinary prowess, although anyone with the title 'the impaler' could always start a kebab shop

I'm pretty sure Tesla could cook, and he is as close as you can get to a mad scientist In real life as you can get. But he was a good one

[D'ymkarra]

Jyrras is so cute in that last panel, it's like he's taking lessons from Nyil.

*ROFLSNERK*

Who do you think Nyil probably learned it from?


Edit: Also, the cake, does not appear to be a lie..

[Brunhidden]

the distinction must be made between 'scientist' and 'mad scientist'. the latter are rarely known for their culinary prowess, although anyone with the title 'the impaler' could always start a kebab shop

I'm pretty sure Tesla could cook, and he is as close as you can get to a mad scientist In real life as you can get. But he was a good one

cooking termite don't count. besides, he was terrified of round objects like eggs and knobs.


testla- i have invented a new egg-less cake using a Bunsen burner instead of evil stoves. it contains a years dietary compliment of niacin, features a cobalt blue finish, and can independently rotate at thirty RPM if left in the sun!

eddison- why do the candles sparkle in cyan?

testla- because they emit radio waves on the frequency of the human eye by degradation of thorium isotopes, don't look directly at them

[TacticalError]

Oh and this comic sheet was written in the Middle ages- According to the date anyways  

Yeah, I noticed that. Was cake as we know it even around in 1012?

[Ignuus66]

the distinction must be made between 'scientist' and 'mad scientist'. the latter are rarely known for their culinary prowess, although anyone with the title 'the impaler' could always start a kebab shop

I'm pretty sure Tesla could cook, and he is as close as you can get to a mad scientist In real life as you can get. But he was a good one

cooking termite don't count. besides, he was terrified of round objects like eggs and knobs.


testla- i have invented a new egg-less cake using a Bunsen burner instead of evil stoves. it contains a years dietary compliment of niacin, features a cobalt blue finish, and can independently rotate at thirty RPM if left in the sun!

eddison- why do the candles sparkle in cyan?

testla- because they emit radio waves on the frequency of the human eye by degradation of thorium isotopes, don't look directly at them

You CAN use tesla coils to cook chicken (science project)

[joshofspam]

They have hockey in Furrae?

Hmmmmm...I can't help that today's comic was a fun little poke at another comic with a person that considers cooking is a science.

I personally think Jyrras's choice in candles very thought out. Nothing worst then a cake that can be used as a lighthouse and takes up all the room for frosting with a whole lot of candles.

[Ignuus66]

They have hockey in Furrae?

Hmmmmm...I can't help that today's comic was a fun little poke at another comic with a person that considers cooking is a science.

I personally think Jyrras's Joice in candles very thought out. Nothing worst then a cake that can be used as a lighthouse and takes up all the room for frosting with a whole lot of candles.

That's the best kind of cake though...

It brightens up the room! but it sucks to eat the cake after.. To much wax.

[e_voyager]

I was just thinking - Abel might be surprised that Jyrras baked the cake, but at least they did not let Mab do the cooking. Those nightmare causing brownies still give me the hystericals!

he tired but wound up with a solid brick of something or the other covered in black frosting (that is frosting right? did he burn the frosting too?)  and candles.

[Mrs_A_ZeTavia]

Well hockey puck or not, I think it's safe to assume that cake is definitely chocolate.........................or just reeeally burnt.

[Gabi]

I resent that! I'm a scientist and pretty decent with the food ;p

No one said that scientists can't cook. Only that cooking isn't science.

[justacritic]

Well at least it's the thought that counts, I wonder what Jyrras got Abel for his present...

[Brunhidden]

Oh and this comic sheet was written in the Middle ages- According to the date anyways  

Yeah, I noticed that. Was cake as we know it even around in 1012?

yes, it was in fact very popular. however 'cake' at the time contained no sugar, instead it would include honey and suet with a mix of nuts and fruit. typically they were doused with alcohol and buried as a food preservation or as a military trail ration, but this is also the typical wedding cake up until the French developed refined flour and fine sugar, in parts of Great Brittan wedding cakes still include suet and fruit

[e_voyager]

yes, it was in fact very popular. however 'cake' at the time contained no sugar, instead it would include honey and suet with a mix of nuts and fruit. typically they were doused with alcohol and buried as a food preservation or as a military trail ration, but this is also the typical wedding cake up until the French developed refined flour and fine sugar, in parts of Great Brittan wedding cakes still include suet and fruit

i did not know that. also what's Suet again?

[Lurkie]

Ah, I loved this comic.  Amber's expressions get better all the time.  Abel's "how do I get out of this?" expression in the first panel, and Jyrras' "I know it's horrible, c'mon, laugh with me!" expression in the last panel are both wonderful.

What is that cake supposed to be?  Really dark chocolate?  Or really overdone vanilla?  :-)  And black frosting to go with it -- what, liquorice ganash?  :-)  I can just imagine Jyrras in the kitchen, being, uh, assisted (yeah, that's the word) by Deebs and Mace.  Yikes.  (For the record, I had a roommate once who was at roughly Jyrras' level of culinary ability.  I swear, that boy could burn water.  He did once have the entire apartment complex he was living in evacuated, and the fire department summoned when he tried to make coffee.  When we decided to share an apartment [after the aforementioned coffee making incident], I told him, "I cook.  You clean."  We got along famously.)  Really, though, Jyrras needs to remember that cooking is a form of applied chemistry.  It even has a large body of art to go with the theory.  :-)

i did not know that. also what's Suet again?

Suet is a type of fat, usually from beef or maybe mutton.  It has a high smoke point, which makes it nice for things like deep frying.  In the old days, it was much used when making things like steamed puddings.  Nowadays, probably the most common use (at least here in the US) that I've seen is as a type bird food.  Here, I've found a Wikipedia article that may shed a bit more light on the subject.

[Ignuus66]

Ah, I loved this comic.  Amber's expressions get better all the time.  Abel's "how do I get out of this?" expression in the first panel, and Jyrras' "I know it's horrible, c'mon, laugh with me!" expression in the last panel are both wonderful.

What is that cake supposed to be?  Really dark chocolate?  Or really overdone vanilla?  :-)  And black frosting to go with it -- what, liquorice ganash?  :-)  I can just imagine Jyrras in the kitchen, being, uh, assisted (yeah, that's the word) by Deebs and Mace.  Yikes.  (For the record, I had a roommate once who was at roughly Jyrras' level of culinary ability.  I swear, that boy could burn water.  He did once have the entire apartment complex he was living in evacuated, and the fire department summoned when he tried to make coffee.  When we decided to share an apartment [after the aforementioned coffee making incident], I told him, "I cook.  You clean."  We got along famously.)  Really, though, Jyrras needs to remember that cooking is a form of applied chemistry.  It even has a large body of art to go with the theory.  :-)

Actually, he baked it meaning, that he put a  hockey puck in the oven. And then put icing and candles on it.

Wanna bet it's a decoy cake to get Abel out of his room, with the real cake hidden away?

[e_voyager]

If it is a decoy then i bet Jyrras will look crest fallen when they bring out the real cake.

[TacticalError]

If it is a decoy then i bet Jyrras will look crest fallen when they bring out the real cake.

And if it is a decoy, I wonder if Abel will snarkily applaud Alexsi and Mab when he finds out it was bait-cake, or get super angry and storm back into his lair room.

[Naldru]

I once saw a Chemistry of Cooking course on a syllabus.  Many baking processes are actually polymerization reactions.  A cake becoming harder during baking is actually like the heating of a thermosetting plastic.  Taking such a course would prevent you from trying to bake cookies with saccharin instead of sugar, since the sugar is actually undergoing a chemical process in the baking process as well as providing sweets.  Broiling meats is also a chemical process.  A knowledge of physics can also be a help during cooking, as knowledge of heat transfer can ensure that the material is evenly cooked instead of being raw on the inside and caramelized on the outside.

[MT Hazard]

I say cooking can be more like an art than a science, sure you can follow a recipe carefully and often get consistent results, but a truly wonderful culinary creation takes improvisation and imagination.

[Ignuus66]

I say cooking can be more like an art than a science, sure you can follow a recipe carefully and often get consistent results, but a truly wonderful culinary creation takes improvisation and imagination.

But it has a larger chance of failing dramatically if you don't apply science to it.

But it is fun to just experiment without bounds- as long as you don't kill yourself accidentally because of it.

[Brunhidden]

i shall once again intercede, with a scientist whose science is food






with a penchant for things like 'fire' and 'explosions'



videos including explosions included  http://www.eatmedaily.com/2009/10/alton-brown-makes-a-smoothie-using-a-water-cooler-and-a-fire-extinguisher-on-late-night-with-jimmy-fallon-video/

watch his cooking show, he goes to the hardware store roughly every 1.7 episodes, and instructs his audience to chuck the dinky little creme brule torch and grab a propane cutting torch