Yes I do know what it means, this is a prime example of it:
You throw out this amazingly stupid comparison and put me into it just so you have something easy to attack instead of responding to the actual issue at hand. That's a strawman argument.

For the record I think you can get married all you want, with that attitude the only thing you'll ever marry is your right hand.

Dang, fudge sounded nice ;-P

The candy in the first photo looks like a variation of a traditional éclair and the second looks like some sort of marzipan cupcake.
I might look up some recipes for these, so what is the first one called? I assume the second one's called Mazariner.

That first one looks like a Girl Scout Cookie called . Not my favorite, now if you went with the [url=http://www.littlebrowniebakers.com/media/clipart/Samoas2.jpg]Samoas, I'm there. Speaking of which, where are those damn girl scouts when you need a damn cookie.

Really, now - if this means more activity (=business) for classic postal services, I am all for it.

Plus in Finland, it's been tweaked to center around friendship, though the tacky commercial side is importing itself with a vengeance.

But, really, if commerces can boost sales in the less than booming economy, I do not think we should look too unkindly upon it, however feeble the excuse, really! :-p

Edit: post = postal services.

I don't follow any specific religion but have always been intrigued by Norse Mythology as well : )

+1

The second one is indeed called Mazarine.
The first one has an almond-paste bottom (not pure almond paste), then a form of sweet butter-cream thing on top of it, and then it's covered in chocolate.

There are a few versions of it, but here is the recipe for a very basic one:

Bottom part:
150g almond paste
1/2 dl sugar
Egg white from 1 medium sized egg

Butter cream:
5 tablespoons sugar
5 tablespoons water
2 egg yolks
150g butter or firm margarine
2 teaspoons vanilla sugar (could be replaced by pure vanilla and some more sugar, I guess)

Topping:
200g dark chocolate
25g coconut fat

How to make them:
Oven at 175C
Mix everything for the bottom part together (easy way to do this is to grate the almond paste first)
Make flat discs out of it and put it in the oven for between 10-15min. They should feel a bit firm once they are done.(exactly how thin is up to you, but I found ~½cm to be good)

For the filling: Boil the water & sugar together. Let enough water evaporate for it to get thick. Remove it from the stove and add the egg yolk. Make sure that it all mixes together well, and be prepared to stir heavily for about ~3-5min. Let it cool until it reaches roughly room temperature
Add heated (enough for it to feel soft & easy to work with) butter or margarine & finally the vanilla sugar.

Add the filling to the bottoms and put it all in the fridge until they are cold.

Melt the chocolate & coconut fat together. Give an even coat of chocolate (leave the bottom part relatively chocolate-free so that you can hold them without getting your fingers sticky). Put it all in the fridge again. Preferably for at least an hour.

Takes a bit of time, but it's really good.

I agree, so why did you bother to post that trollish silliness? You have yet to advance anything even remotely resembling a valid line of reasoning.

And BTW, I can't help but notice that you were posting on VD. Seems a bit ironic that a troll with no obvious redeeming qualities is asserting what I'm like in real life.

Thanks for the recipe! :-)

Advance anything? This entire thread is pathetic cry for pitiable attention made by a sad creature. There's nothing here worth "advancing".

And yes, I was posting on valentines day, why wouldn't I be? It's just a day like any other. You're the one placing so much importance on it, not me.

Well-said. Once again Valentine's Day went seriously wrong for me this year. I had one plan that didn't require many expenses, my GF had a plan of her own that was rather expensive, I gave in - and at the restaurant the shitstorm started (when I hinted at the fact that I'd have to do some work later on) which lead to a fight that almost made us break up like every year. Ironically early on when everything was still great I actually joked "so this is gonna be our first good Valentine's Day, right? I think every previous one went to shit" and we actually still laughed at that point, oblivious to the fact that we'd be on the verge of breaking up only two hours later. :P Fuck Valentine's Day.

I'm infinitely grateful that in German schools (at least the ones I went to) we never had any of those horrible traditions which seem to be common in the US, with kids making cards that they give to their favourite other kids. I mean, apparently whenever someone writes a Valentine's episode for an American cartoon series or TV show it involves that one kid that ends up shattered or depressed because it doesn't get a card and only ends up having a nice day because of some Good Samaritan who gives the kid a card out of pity - that's the first thing any TV writer thinks of when he has to come up with something for Valentine's Day. Doesn't that get anyone thinking that maybe the very concept of Valentine's Day is fucking insane?

Naah, I never had any issues with VD when I was single. So other people get together, gift each other flowers and make babies in the evening. Big deal. For a single it really shouldn't be worse than any other day. But then again, I presume that in the US there might be a lot more pressure put on single people that day.

Honestly, if that's her attitude, it's definitely something to consider in the future. I wouldn't personally consider it to be a deal breaker, but I would be somewhat hesitant to deal with it. I dislike the whole notion of romance at the end of a gun barrel personally.