{"id":495,"date":"2014-07-02T09:56:45","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T09:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aultcommunications.com\/rambles\/?p=495"},"modified":"2015-03-09T02:51:31","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T02:51:31","slug":"q-when-is-a-muffin-not-a-muffin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aultcommunications.com\/rambles\/?p=495","title":{"rendered":"Q. When is a muffin not a muffin?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A. When it’s a financier<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I tried logging these calories on my FitBit and it exploded. Curse you Eric Kayser!<\/p><\/div>I’m in line at Eric sweet-mother-of-heaven-that-tastes-incredible<\/em> Kayser this morning, mulling over the vast array of calorie bombs, when the gentleman in front of me steps to the counter and says in a booming Texas accent: “I’ll have wunna them chocolate muffins.”<\/p>\n

The sales clerk’s already icy expression chills by a few more degrees, and she sniffs: “It’s not<\/em> a muffin. It’s a financier<\/em>. They are not the same.” There’s a brief pause as they lock eyes across the counter, each seeing the other as validation of countless cultural stereotypes.<\/p>\n

Then he shrugs and says: “Whatever. I’ll take it.” And she reaches under the counter and deftly plucks his muffin<\/del> financier from the tray.<\/p>\n

D\u00e9tente<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A. When it’s a financier. I’m in line at Eric sweet-mother-of-heaven-that-tastes-incredible Kayser this morning, mulling over the vast array of calorie bombs, when the gentleman in front of me steps to the counter and says in a booming Texas accent: “I’ll have wunna them chocolate muffins.” The sales clerk’s already icy expression chills by a …<\/p>\n

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