There were so many great prompts from Thursday, but the one that stuck in my head was from @lezbfrenz, who asked “does dean consider cheesecake as pie?” That led to a 2-hour Twitter discussion and this 1.2k fic beta read by @pomegranatedaffodil and @areiton. Established Dean/Cas + Sam.
Dean knew he should’ve ordered that second cup of coffee before they left the diner, but he was determined to reach the bunker tonight, and the longer they’d sat in the booth, the more tempting the adjacent motel’s neon vacancy sign had started to look. Ignoring Sam’s suggestion that they check in for the night, Dean had signaled for the check. He’d filled his quota of burned motel coffee for a few dozen lifetimes.
He’d thought he was fine to drive–he’d gotten six hours last night after Cas insisted on rubbing his back–but with each mile, the monotony of the flat highway crept into his brain like fog, that out-of-body sensation that comes only with bone-deep exhaustion. He operated the car by muscle memory, spacing out between mile markers, and rubbed his eyes. If he could get them to water, that might revive him, but they were dry as charred bone. Normally he’d turn on the radio, but Cas was dozing in the back seat and Dean knew better than to wake him, since a sleep-deprived Castiel was only endearing in twenty-minute sprints.
Sam, though — Sam didn’t get off so easily. His head lolled against the passenger’s side window and his eyes were closed, but he repeatedly swept his tongue across his teeth in a manner that told Dean he was still awake.
“Hey.”
“What is it?” Sam yawned and belatedly covered his mouth. He pulled himself upright. “You want me to drive?”
“Just talk to me. Everything’s starting to look the same.”
Sam looked thoughtful for a moment and said, seriously, “Actually, something’s been bothering me since we left the diner.”
“Boston Cream Pie is a damned lie and it can blow me.”
Oh my god! I’ve pretty much said the same thing to my husband.
I’ve got to agree with Dean on both the Boston Cream Pie and cheesecake assessments.
I was fooled last year by someone I trusted! I, a cake hater, put that in my mouth. Bleh!!!
You’re wrong @unforth-ninawaters, even Dean would agree. Boston Creme pie is a lie! @rosemoonweaver this is what I was talking about. You’ll have to go to museaway’s blog for the whole thing.
Oh my gosh, this was the fic I was looking for! Yes! Cheesecake is not pie!
Good NY cheesecake is hella smooth. The recipe I have has you let the batter drain through a sieve to get rid of extra air bubbles and it comes out fan-fucking-tastic.
I don’t know what this post was about in the first place anymore.
I’ve never had NY cheesecake. I might have to try it sometime though.
We’re arguing about whether or not cheescake is pie or cake or something else.
My husband says “neither.” I’m thinking that might be both.
Though really: it’s a custard filling on top a crust. It’s a pie. You even prebake the crust.
But it’s also a pie in the same way a hot dog is a sandwich. Technicality.
(it might also be a cake)
Cheesecake is not custard though. Custard has an egg base. Cream cheese amd sour cream base is not the same thing.
*swoops in* if key lime pie and pumpkin pie are pies, cheesecake is pie. (i have no idea what we’re talking about)
No. Cheesecake is not pie.
Why would you make a pumpkin cheesecake if it’s just pumpkin pie pie? That’s redundant.
Cheesecake has more of a cake consistency than a pie consistency.
Cheesecake is the liminal space between pie and cake. An unsettling grey
area that leaves us all questioning the purity of our food order. It
must be ritualized, contained, as all liminal times, places, and objects
are bracketed by our societies and religions. That is why we insist on
graduation ceremonies and funerals. There is no lemon meringue factory,
There is no angel food factory. Only cheesecake needs the rigid
structure of a factory.
Good NY cheesecake is hella smooth. The recipe I have has you let the batter drain through a sieve to get rid of extra air bubbles and it comes out fan-fucking-tastic.
I don’t know what this post was about in the first place anymore.
I’ve never had NY cheesecake. I might have to try it sometime though.
We’re arguing about whether or not cheescake is pie or cake or something else.
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