Peter A wrote:
In article ,
says...

Please borrow a dictionary and look up "fiction."

Why? Characters have bios that the writers follow, and if she's
a good cook that's what would be noted.

Because it is a made-up bio and any cooking skills in the bio are
also made up.

Yes, but they are usually consistant. The writers are supposed to
know the character. I'm sure the actress does.

nancy



What's important for a TV show is that things LOOK good, not that they
actually BE good. My guess is that this cooking scene was carefully
planned to catch people's attention and generate discussion that would
generate more viewers for the show. Or, it was an inside joke, "let's
pull a fast one on the viewers, we'll show a horrid recipe and they'll
be moaning and groaning about it for weeks."

LOL! You know, of course, that much of the fantastic looking food in
magazines isn't something you'd really want to eat. It's all in the
appearance. "Ice Cream", for example, is frequently made from chilled lard
because it won't melt (much!) during the many takes to get that perfect
photo for the advertisement. Maybe some people would like a nice bite of
chilled lard but I'm not one of them. There are other examples but I can't
think of another one off the top of my head.

Jill

Anny Middon wrote:
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Maybe AJ took a good look at the Lincoln Logs and decided that if
this is the best life has to offer, may as well off himself.

Anny

In a pool, with a brick and a bag over a bad hotdog idea? I dunno about
that one. :~)

kili

In article ,
Peter A wrote:

In article ,
says...

Carmella Soprano always seems to be a
pretty good cook

Please borrow a dictionary and look up "fiction."


There was a Fried Green Tomatoes cookbook. Obviously no one ever made
FGT before the movie

"Becca" wrote in message
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Anny Middon wrote:

Warning!! Very minor spoiler for last night's The Sopranos.

On last night's Sopranos, Carmella made sandwiches she called Lincoln
Logs. She spread some white stuff onto split sausages that may have
been hotdogs. I thought at first it was mayo, but then she put a
container of what I'm pretty sure was whipped cream cheese in the
refrigerator. I suppose it could have been anything in the
container, but Carmella doesn't strike me as the sort of woman who
reuses old cream cheese containers.

The sandwich was served on sliced bread, which was wrapped around the
sausage/whatever filling concoction.

It puzzled me, too. I looked up Lincoln Logs and I found everything
from chicken croquettes to desserts made from mayple syrup and peanut
butter. I thought Lincoln Logs was a Boy/Girl Scouts treat.

To the last reference B?G Scouts....I believe you are confusing with
Ants on a Log...i.e Peanut butter spread inside a stalk of celery and topped
with raisins Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

KW


Becca

"Anny Middon" wrote in message
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Warning!! Very minor spoiler for last night's The Sopranos.

On last night's Sopranos, Carmella made sandwiches she called Lincoln Logs.
She spread some white stuff onto split sausages that may have been hotdogs. I
thought at first it was mayo, but then she put a container of what I'm pretty
sure was whipped cream cheese in the refrigerator. I suppose it could have
been anything in the container, but Carmella doesn't strike me as the sort of
woman who reuses old cream cheese containers.

The sandwich was served on sliced bread, which was wrapped around the
sausage/whatever filling concoction.

Anyone ever heard of or had a sandwich like that before? It struck me as a
fairly disgusting concoction, and yet Carmella Soprano always seems to be a
pretty good cook. Tony's always rooting around the frig looking for leftover
baked ziti or bracciole or something.

Anny


I TIVO the sopranos I took a slo-mo look.

2 pieces of bread
2 split hot dogs on each piece of bread ( I could not tell if it was toasted).
She is putting away an 8 ounce container of whipped Philadelphia cream cheese
( color and shape)

Yuk...

Dimitri

Dimitri wrote;

"Anny Middon" wrote in message
...
Warning!! Very minor spoiler for last night's The Sopranos.

On last night's Sopranos, Carmella made sandwiches she called Lincoln
Logs.
She spread some white stuff onto split sausages that may have been
hotdogs. I
thought at first it was mayo, but then she put a container of what I'm
pretty
sure was whipped cream cheese in the refrigerator. I suppose it could
have
been anything in the container, but Carmella doesn't strike me as the
sort of
woman who reuses old cream cheese containers.

The sandwich was served on sliced bread, which was wrapped around the
sausage/whatever filling concoction.

Anyone ever heard of or had a sandwich like that before? It struck me
as a
fairly disgusting concoction, and yet Carmella Soprano always seems to
be a
pretty good cook. Tony's always rooting around the frig looking for
leftover
baked ziti or bracciole or something.

Anny


I TIVO the sopranos I took a slo-mo look.

2 pieces of bread
2 split hot dogs on each piece of bread ( I could not tell if it was
toasted).
She is putting away an 8 ounce container of whipped Philadelphia cream
cheese
( color and shape)

Yuk...


The kind of hangover food I ate as a poor student...

--
Best
Greg

"Peter A" wrote in message
...
In article ,
says...
Please borrow a dictionary and look up "fiction."

Huh? I'm totally at a loss with this one.

Yes, Carmella Soprano is a fictional character. But The Sopranos seems
to
be better than most television dramas at being internally consistent
within
their fictional world. It's somewhat out of character for her to make
something disgusting unless it's a family (as opposed of course to
Family)
tradition kind of thing. Which under the fictional circumstances of the
episode did make sense


Perhaps you are right. Obviously, you and others follow and are involved
in the Sopranos a lot more than I. Although I really like the show, it
is just a TV show to me and nothing more.

To me, part of the fun of watching The Sopranos is dissecting all the
seemingly small things to see how they tie into the whole. Carmella reads a
book in bed or Syl at his desk, and someone is sure to comment on the book
and what it's presence means in terms of the overall show. The music that
plays is analyzed. Episode titles are parsed.

As I said, it's part of the fun.

Anny

"Peter A" wrote in message
...

What's important for a TV show is that things LOOK good, not that they
actually BE good. My guess is that this cooking scene was carefully
planned to catch people's attention and generate discussion that would
generate more viewers for the show. Or, it was an inside joke, "let's
pull a fast one on the viewers, we'll show a horrid recipe and they'll
be moaning and groaning about it for weeks."

Somehow I think that what Carm cooks will have no effect on how many people
tune in June 3 and 10 for the last two epsiodes of the last season of The
Sopranos. I imagine the writing and art direction staff agree.

Anny

"Peter A" wrote in message
...
In article ,
says...

"Peter A" wrote

says...

Carmella Soprano always seems to be a
pretty good cook

Please borrow a dictionary and look up "fiction."

Why? Characters have bios that the writers follow, and if she's
a good cook that's what would be noted.

nancy



Because it is a made-up bio and any cooking skills in the bio are also
made up.

Also, do not forget corporate greed. There has already been at least one
Sopranos cookbook, and I would not put it past the corporate money-
grubbers to add elements to the plot that would increase profits from
such spin-offs. They know that there are plenty noodle-heads and
treacle-brains to fall for such tripe.


--
Peter Aitken

Why are you being so facetious?
No one was claiming the character was real, or that her cooking skills were. The
comment was reflecting on how it seemed out of character for Carmella to make
something like that. If you couldn't figure that out without help, then perhaps you
should have asked, rather than make an ass of yourself trying to put up such a
pretentious and asinine stance.

kimberly

--
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCDbWRzbG1M
"I told you this was easy"

Nexis wrote:

"Peter A" wrote in message
...
In article ,
says...

"Peter A" wrote

says...

Carmella Soprano always seems to be a
pretty good cook

Please borrow a dictionary and look up "fiction."

Why? Characters have bios that the writers follow, and if she's
a good cook that's what would be noted.

nancy



Because it is a made-up bio and any cooking skills in the bio are also
made up.

Also, do not forget corporate greed. There has already been at least one
Sopranos cookbook, and I would not put it past the corporate money-
grubbers to add elements to the plot that would increase profits from
such spin-offs. They know that there are plenty noodle-heads and
treacle-brains to fall for such tripe.


--
Peter Aitken

Why are you being so facetious?
No one was claiming the character was real, or that her cooking skills
were. The
comment was reflecting on how it seemed out of character for Carmella to
make
something like that. If you couldn't figure that out without help, then
perhaps you
should have asked, rather than make an ass of yourself trying to put up
such a
pretentious and asinine stance.


"Pretentious and asinine" is Peter A's SOP...

--
Best
Greg

"Peter A" wrote in message
...
In article ,
says...

Please borrow a dictionary and look up "fiction."

Why? Characters have bios that the writers follow, and if she's
a good cook that's what would be noted.

Because it is a made-up bio and any cooking skills in the bio are also
made up.

Yes, but they are usually consistant. The writers are supposed to know
the character. I'm sure the actress does.

nancy



What's important for a TV show is that things LOOK good, not that they
actually BE good. My guess is that this cooking scene was carefully
planned to catch people's attention and generate discussion that would
generate more viewers for the show. Or, it was an inside joke, "let's
pull a fast one on the viewers, we'll show a horrid recipe and they'll
be moaning and groaning about it for weeks."


--
Peter Aitken

Yes, yes Peter, it's all a big conspiracy.
The food in the scene was backdrop. It was more about a mother making her son's
favorite sandwich, her mothering him. Proof of sorts of Tony's claim that Carm
"coddles" her son.

kimberly

KW wrote:

To the last reference B?G Scouts....I believe you are confusing with
Ants on a Log...i.e Peanut butter spread inside a stalk of celery and topped
with raisins Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

KW

Doh! You are right, thanks for straightening me out.

Becca

Dimitri wrote:

I TIVO the sopranos I took a slo-mo look.

2 pieces of bread
2 split hot dogs on each piece of bread ( I could not tell if it was
toasted).
She is putting away an 8 ounce container of whipped Philadelphia cream
cheese ( color and shape)

Yuk...


Presumably the cream cheese between the hot dogs makes the sandwich resemble
a log cabin? Must be a family recipe from someone on the writing staff.
Lin, want to post your family recipe for "saucy dogs"?

Bob

On May 21, 11:21 am, Peter A wrote:
In article ,
says...

Please borrow a dictionary and look up "fiction."

Huh? I'm totally at a loss with this one.

Yes, Carmella Soprano is a fictional character. But The Sopranos seems to
be better than most television dramas at being internally consistent within
their fictional world. It's somewhat out of character for her to make
something disgusting unless it's a family (as opposed of course to Family)
tradition kind of thing. Which under the fictional circumstances of the
episode did make sense

Perhaps you are right. Obviously, you and others follow and are involved
in the Sopranos a lot more than I. Although I really like the show, it
is just a TV show to me and nothing more.

Profit was the best TV show that no one has ever seen.
Do a Netflix search for "profit" and "pasdar" and you'll find it.
The Sopranos was considered groundbreaking, but it wasn't shit.
--
Peter Aitken

--Bryan

On Mon, 21 May 2007 19:15:37 GMT, "Gregory Morrow"
wrote:


Dimitri wrote;

"Anny Middon" wrote in message
...
Warning!! Very minor spoiler for last night's The Sopranos.

On last night's Sopranos, Carmella made sandwiches she called Lincoln
Logs.
She spread some white stuff onto split sausages that may have been
hotdogs. I
thought at first it was mayo, but then she put a container of what I'm
pretty
sure was whipped cream cheese in the refrigerator. I suppose it could
have
been anything in the container, but Carmella doesn't strike me as the
sort of
woman who reuses old cream cheese containers.

The sandwich was served on sliced bread, which was wrapped around the
sausage/whatever filling concoction.

Anyone ever heard of or had a sandwich like that before? It struck me
as a
fairly disgusting concoction, and yet Carmella Soprano always seems to
be a
pretty good cook. Tony's always rooting around the frig looking for
leftover
baked ziti or bracciole or something.

Anny


I TIVO the sopranos I took a slo-mo look.

2 pieces of bread
2 split hot dogs on each piece of bread ( I could not tell if it was
toasted).
She is putting away an 8 ounce container of whipped Philadelphia cream
cheese
( color and shape)

Yuk...


The kind of hangover food I ate as a poor student...

and that would make you fell better? or was it after the vomiting?

your pal,
blake