In this blog, we explore and critically analyze the nature of pastry. If you have a potential pastry you would like examined, please email a photo of said alleged pastry and it will be considered. If you would like an answer key and the results of our study you may request it.

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Bao Revisited

There has been some degree of controversy around this post. To clear things up, I would like to introduce The Skeptic.


Pastry Analyst 1: i did bao


The Skeptic: you've never even had bao


Pastry Analyst 1: so?


The Skeptic: so what do you know about bao?


Pastry Analyst 1: i saw a picture. i wrote a very informed blog post


The Skeptic: you know nothing of its texture, its taste. it's like reading a review of a movie and then writing a review of the movie based on that

also, you make another assumption about the flakiness

what do you know about its flakiness? you've never had one

it flakes, just in a different way than, say, a croissant

it flakes. its sweet.



Pastry Analyst 1: its pork


The Skeptic: you're confusing flaky with crunchy


Pastry Analyst 1: pork is savory


The Skeptic: bbq pork


Pastry Analyst 1: its not flaky


The Skeptic: bbq is sweet

it flakes

it doesn't crunch


Pastry Analyst 1: it crumbles


The Skeptic: it doesn't crumble

croissant crumbles

your worldview crumbles


Pastry Analyst 1: croissant flakes


The Skeptic: bao doesn't crumble


Pastry Analyst 1 : your mother flakes!!!!


The Skeptic: you should probably just have this conversation be your bao post on your blog



2 comments:

  1. Crumbly? Flakey? Crunchy? Savory? None of these features explicitly qualify or disqualify a pastry!

    The one feature of bao that eliminates it from the filum pastry-a-please? Squishyness. Show me a squishy pastry, and I will show you someone who disagrees with your pastry identification skills. Or, perhaps, I will show you someone who is curious about whether or not he's hungry enough to eat that obviously soggy/stale doughnut.

    (for those who want to be prematurely rewarded for fullfilling the aforementioned challenge: those people are both me)

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  2. I HATE THIS BLOG. YOU NEVER TALK ABOUT SPROUTS.

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