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2011/09/23 13:28:08
Subject: Whats the most you ever paid for a muffin?
Melissia wrote:I guess it depends on where in the US they're made then, as biscuits here can basically be described as "tiny breads" Then again, even our bread is probably different...
Sounds like a bun.
They are more crumby rather than fluffy like a bun/bap/breadcake/roll.
You keep telling yourself that. Those aren't the biscuits I eat.
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2011/09/23 16:08:57
Subject: Re: Whats the most you ever paid for a muffin?
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2011/09/28 03:30:52
Subject: Re: Whats the most you ever paid for a muffin?
While it is true that the Inspector General did state in a report that the Justice Department paid $16 per muffin, it's not actually true that the Justice Department paid $16 per muffin. Essentially, they told them we have X dollars to spend per person at this conference, and the hotel set them up at x dollars per person and just sloppily invoiced for it (multiple items listed as one entry, which is apparently typical for convention invoices?).
So, while the IG does deserve some crap for their poorly drawn conclusions (they could have actually investigated, which as I understand is, as they say, in their wheelhouse) the Justice Department only deserves crap for this if $14.72 per person is an outlandish figure per head for meals at a conference. Is it? I have no idea, actually, I've never arranged a conference. I'm sure someone else here does though.
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2011/09/28 05:57:54
Subject: Re: Whats the most you ever paid for a muffin?
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Ouze wrote:While it is true that the Inspector General did state in a report that the Justice Department paid $16 per muffin, it's not actually true that the Justice Department paid $16 per muffin. Essentially, they told them we have X dollars to spend per person at this conference, and the hotel set them up at x dollars per person and just sloppily invoiced for it (multiple items listed as one entry, which is apparently typical for convention invoices?).
So, while the IG does deserve some crap for their poorly drawn conclusions (they could have actually investigated, which as I understand is, as they say, in their wheelhouse) the Justice Department only deserves crap for this if $14.72 per person is an outlandish figure per head for meals at a conference. Is it? I have no idea, actually, I've never arranged a conference. I'm sure someone else here does though.
$14.72 isn't bad for a meal, especially a high quality one.
I mean I paid $11 something for 2 slices of pizza, 16 ounce fountain drink, and a cookie for lunch today at a local Pizza joint. It wasn't particularly high-end Pizza either so it could have been more(maybe it was a little overpriced, but not much)
$15ish for a continental breakfast, depending on the quality of the food, wouldn't be outlandish. Taking into account that all these things are overpriced to begin with, perhaps the Justice Department's biggest failing was that they didn't go shopping themselves and instead paid their host to provide the food.
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htj wrote:I doubt I've ever topped £3. If it was a high quality, artisanal muffin, fnarf fnarf, then naturally one must pay for quality.
The best muffin I've ever had was a caramel filled muffin from Tim Hortons with chocolate chips. Although that was less of a muffin, and more of an affront to god.
OH MY GOD!!!! YOU KNOW OF THE GREAT TEMPLE OF TIM HORTON!!!! I thought that was a (not so)well kept Canadian secret....
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In response to the OP I think only a couple of squid.
You traded seafood for baked goods?
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2011/09/29 15:50:48
Subject: Re: Whats the most you ever paid for a muffin?
Automatically Appended Next Post: Dont some of you lot get married in those places? Ive heard that somewhere....though I could of been making fun of Canadians and their Hortons too
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2011/09/29 15:56:21
Subject: Whats the most you ever paid for a muffin?
htj wrote:I doubt I've ever topped £3. If it was a high quality, artisanal muffin, fnarf fnarf, then naturally one must pay for quality.
The best muffin I've ever had was a caramel filled muffin from Tim Hortons with chocolate chips. Although that was less of a muffin, and more of an affront to god.
OH MY GOD!!!! YOU KNOW OF THE GREAT TEMPLE OF TIM HORTON!!!! I thought that was a (not so)well kept Canadian secret....
One of the many advantages of having a Canadian girlfriend. The Beach Boys noted that another was them keeping their boyfriends warm at night.
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2011/09/29 16:43:39
Subject: Re: Whats the most you ever paid for a muffin?
Automatically Appended Next Post: Dont some of you lot get married in those places? Ive heard that somewhere....though I could of been making fun of Canadians and their Hortons too
Oh yes! Every Tim Hortons has an Alter at the counter, complete with a Priest, Rabbi, and a Federal Judge....
Instead of throwing rice, we throw rainbow sprinkles, and instead of a wedding cake, we have his and hers boxes of Timbits!
htj wrote:
One of the many advantages of having a Canadian girlfriend. The Beach Boys noted that another was them keeping their boyfriends warm at night.
Ya, our women are pretty hot, that's the only reason we don't freeze to death in our cold Canadian Winters.
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2011/09/29 18:18:07
Subject: Whats the most you ever paid for a muffin?
Around the equivalent of $2.00 in my countrys currency and that was for an English Muffin with Eggs and a Sausage Patty and comes with hash brown and juice
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2011/09/29 18:58:01
Subject: Whats the most you ever paid for a muffin?
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I suppose bringing up Krispy Kreme would be out of the question.
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Viersche wrote:Around the equivalent of $2.00 in my country currency and that was for an English Muffin with Eggs and a Sausage Patty and comes with hash brown and juice
A sausage and egg McMuffin from MacDonalds. it is pretty much exactly as you described. an English muffin, an egg, a sausage patty, a hash brown, and a Tropicana (I assume), that is a McMuffin
Automatically Appended Next Post: Dont some of you lot get married in those places? Ive heard that somewhere....though I could of been making fun of Canadians and their Hortons too
Oh yes! Every Tim Hortons has an Alter at the counter, complete with a Priest, Rabbi, and a Federal Judge....
Instead of throwing rice, we throw rainbow sprinkles, and instead of a wedding cake, we have his and hers boxes of Timbits!
2011/09/29 21:19:13
Subject: Re: Whats the most you ever paid for a muffin?
Automatically Appended Next Post: Dont some of you lot get married in those places? Ive heard that somewhere....though I could of been making fun of Canadians and their Hortons too
Oh yes! Every Tim Hortons has an Alter at the counter, complete with a Priest, Rabbi, and a Federal Judge....
Instead of throwing rice, we throw rainbow sprinkles, and instead of a wedding cake, we have his and hers boxes of Timbits!
You're into anime?
2011/09/29 22:15:30
Subject: Re: Whats the most you ever paid for a muffin?
Automatically Appended Next Post: Dont some of you lot get married in those places? Ive heard that somewhere....though I could of been making fun of Canadians and their Hortons too
Oh yes! Every Tim Hortons has an Alter at the counter, complete with a Priest, Rabbi, and a Federal Judge....
Instead of throwing rice, we throw rainbow sprinkles, and instead of a wedding cake, we have his and hers boxes of Timbits!
You're into anime?
Oh dear god no, I just google searched SQUEEEEE!! and that was the one that made me giggle. So no, cant stand anime
2011/09/29 23:58:47
Subject: Whats the most you ever paid for a muffin?
On topic...do pastry's count? I remember my dad bringing home a 30 dollar box of gourmet turnovers once...best pastry thingies ever, if only I could remember where they came from!
Then again, even our bread is probably different...
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