pointing the brie

blafferty Pointing the brie has been looked up 1,633 times. Jul 23, 2011

chained_bear Agreed. Most definitely. What do you *say* when something like that happens? Sheesh. Jan 28, 2010

hernesheir I think ripping someone's Picasso painting valued upwards of 130 million dollars is worse than pointing the brie or licking the frosting off all the cupcakes before the guests arrive. Jan 28, 2010

dontcry I vote for "Foodie Faux Pas." Hi-larious! Bogarting is straight out! Jan 23, 2010

reesetee I'm with dontcry and chained--never, ever bogart all the crunchy stuff on the top of a casserole, or the pepperoni on the pizza.

As for pointing the brie: I've never heard of this, hernesheir, so I've probably committed a cheesy faux pas or two. However, pointing the pie is absolutely, positively forbidden in my neck of the woods. Jan 23, 2010

chained_bear Or taking someone else's pepperoni when divvying the pizza slices. One must always, always properly apportion the rightful cheese and pepperoni detritus. In fact, this situation is exactly why the word "rightful" was coined. Jan 22, 2010

hernesheir ruzuzu, the name of the "list of list ideas" could be this! Jan 22, 2010

hernesheir A candidate name for the list could be "Foodie Faux Pas" or something. Jan 22, 2010

dontcry How about taking more than your share of the good crunchy stuff off the top of a casserole before passing it...huh? That's a high crime in my book. Maybe we could call it scalping the casserole. Jan 22, 2010

ruzuzu Hernesheir--that sounds like the beginning of a great list. (Has anyone ever made a list of great list ideas? For example, it's been suggested that dontcry should make a gulls vs. buoys list.) Jan 22, 2010

hernesheir Akin to hogging the crusty edges of perfectly baked brownies or licking all the frosting off the cupcakes before other guests get a shot at them. Jan 22, 2010

hernesheir Sionnach: "Frankly, I've never given all that much thought to which part of the brie I was nibbling." Oh, but Monsieur, you are not French, are you? Jan 19, 2010

hernesheir That's our sionnach, tackling the big problems first. Brie-manging? Don't eat those cheeses. They want fungus, not skin mites! Jan 19, 2010

sionnach "Removing the tip from a wedge of brie (the most desirable part)"

Is this received wisdom handed down from on high by the Select Council on brie-manging? Is there no room for a kind of Jack Sprat & consort scenario wherein peace would reign supreme and pointing would be irrelevant? Frankly, I've never given all that much thought to which part of the brie I was nibbling.

Hernesheir: Rumor has it that the mathematics department in Berkeley has been collaborating with local dairymakers in the construction of - fractal cheese wedges ! So that might pose some problems for your algorithm.

I'm going out to re-measure the coastline. Jan 19, 2010

hernesheir Brie bought in wedges. Now that's a problem. Happily, the mathematicians have an answer: calculus. They're forever dividing portions of circles and wedges into a infinite number of slices they like to call "dx" - each tiny slice along a radius of brie would include its proportionate portion of the point of the brie wedge. Heh - it works out with pencil and paper.... Jan 19, 2010

chained_bear What if you buy brie in large-ish wedges? How the hell am I supposed to cut the thing? Jan 18, 2010

hernesheir 'Cry, that boy will filch the seedless heart out of your watermelons too - I'd watch him, hawklike. Jan 18, 2010

dontcry This is interesting. Earlier, I put half a round of left-over brie on the counter to warm up a bit for my little pre-dinner happy hour. When I returned to the kitchen a few minutes ago, my daughter's boyfriend had hacked it up like some kind of animal. Seriously? It looks like the dog got hold of it. What's worse, he gouged out all the middle part. I'd like to give his 'brie' a good pointing! Jan 18, 2010

hernesheir One way of avoiding "pointing the brie" is to follow the convention of paring slices off the edge of a brie while it is still in the round. This also assures that the skin is doled out more or less equally. Jan 18, 2010

chained_bear That's good to know, because in my household I'm the only one who eats brie, so I do whatever I want with it. How is one to avoid pointing the brie, then? Jan 18, 2010

hernesheir Removing the tip from a wedge of brie (the most desirable part) is known as "pointing the brie". This act is regarded in France as selfish and a serious social faux pas. Jan 18, 2010