Hold up hold up hold up!!!

I live here in America. Here is America we have this little thing called FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

Okay, now with that in mind we also have freedom in choice.

And with THAT in mind, why is it that this forum is so over moderated with threats of locking threads and deleting posts and everything? I agree I haven't been in the "mix" of things lately but I do have the right to speak my mind and I do choose whether or not to participate in those particular posts. I think that everyone in the questioned threads had a right to speak, whether they agreed or disagreed. I think that when you post a thread, you are opening it up to everyone. I think that when you have a thread, it is no longer "yours" but the becomes a part of the overall dynamic of the group. I do agree that some comments were nasty and uncalled for, but I also believe that everyone has a right to speak. Just because one person gets offended, then DON'T read that post (see freedom of choice above).

I think that nilly willy locking a thread because you have been queened or kinged as a moderator is ridiculous. I think a thread should only be locked if it is blatant advertising crap. Otherwise, let it ride. By not dealing with the problems and comments that doesn't SOLVE the issue, it lets it fester on other threads. Let people talk it out back and forth. Is it bickering? Sure it is, but we are a majority of women in this group, so isn't it a bit expected? Women have to hash it out to be done with it.

I think it is all getting taken too seriously.

Let people speak!!! (see above freedom of speech) Good bad and ugly.

There, I have said my 2 cents. Now feel free to come to THIS thread and say what you will because this is MY thread I have donated to THIS group, which makes it OURS.

I laughed for several minutes at the "food porn" NJ! hee hee hee...just smiled again! For the record...Marshmallow flavored syrup from the coffee shop=wasted calories. Marshmallow fluff spreadable from the jar....FABULOUS!

Time to lay off the food porn.

Jon

Well, I couldn't resist..... So for the guys in the group... the best of both worlds??? And for us women, we KNOW damn well she ain't gonna eat that!! And if she does she will most likely make a trip to the bathroom.

Well I suppose if I am going to go that far to exhibit food porn, then I will go all the way..... we can call this "spice porn" let's see if I can offend anyone and start up the freedom of speech again.

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OMG Jenna I just laughed out loud! You made me wake my kids!!

That picture is hilarious!! I am printing it and hanging it on the fridge.

And all along I've been pronouncing it "ku man." Whoda thunk?

JENNA You crack me up!

:cake: :cake:

...slip a piece of chocolate INSIDE the marshmallow before roasting it and skip the graham if you want -- we call it marshmallow surprise...quote]

My DH can't eat wheat. That's how we make do so he can sort'a have s'mores. Humph! I thought it was my own idea.

Lisa, frosting is the DEVIL. Nothing should have 140 calories for a tablespoon or whatever... but those frozen cookie things sure sound good... lol

I thought it was ku man too.... eesh.

>.<

It's said like coo-men. So the real question is, if DH ever tells you he's "coo men" - wtf do you do?

I lover marshmallow and one of the 7 deadly sins should have been Moon Pies in the microwave for 15 seconds.

Site for Peeps Marshmallow lovers..

http://www.hanttula.com/exhibits/bunnies/episode1.htm

I can't stand marshmallows - raw, cooked or otherwise. And I'm not big on chocolate unless it's paired with Peanut Butter. Probably no surprise I've never had a smore. :cake:

If you put a peep in the microwave, you'll get like a six foot peep.

cumin is more or less pronounced as come in, but stressed on the first syllable. Pronunciation: KUH-min, some easterners have been known to pronounce it at KOO-min

The pronunciation for cumin that’s most prevalent in this country, and the one recognized by the American Spice Trade Association, is "kuhmin," not "kewmin" as is sometimes heard.

How crazy is this - I'm just nerdy enough to look it up on the dictionary and both pronunciations are right. I wonder if it's a north/south thing.

maybe a pohtaytoe pahtaytoe thing. Wasn't there a link thread for a "how southern are you?" for a web quiz? That had all different types of pronunciations. I have heard both cumins too, but I was nerdy too and went to the American Spice Trade Association for what they recognize it as. Who knew there was that association anyways?