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Moon-Seed Bread (poppy seed rolls)
This is a mix of what's written in Alina Zeranska's The Art of Polish Cooking (the only thing we use the book for) and Travis's notes (mostly the weights - we usually bake with a scale ( Read more... ) -
Cream Cheese Cookies (actual recipe)
this is the recipe we grew up with. I called Mom and finally got it and could make them today.
oven = 350*, for 12-15 minutes each tray. This made 3 trays of cookies. (I used the tree disc on the cookie-press)
Room temperature - 2 sticks of butter, 3 oz of cream cheese. (i>not 8 - THREE ( Read more... ) -
Sansa Clip+ troubleshooter (and striiv=fun)
Not to self re: SANSAclip(plus)...if I can't reset it, and it's frozen and blank, try holding the volume up ND the power button for 10-20 seconds. Not sure why, but I read it somewhere, and it brought it back to life (I love Sansa Mp3s, except for their tendency to brick on me. And I have misplaced a few in the house. But the Clip+ is really ( Read more... ) -
me = in the past
lately I've been listening to http://archive.org/details/cbs_radio_mystery_theater a lot.
I also got a 1917 Corona 3 (http://www.typewritermuseum.org/collection/ ( Read more... ) -
party foods - many appetizers
Besides Ironkite making Gyros (Cook's Illustrated) and Tziki (We used store-bought whole wheat pitas, shredded lettuce, sliced tomatoes, hand-crumbled feta, we also went crazy with the appetizers. (I even forgot to bring out the cheesecake until after midnight ( Read more... ) -
bees delayed, but better
Since we need to work out fence issues, we have to delay beekeeping for year. the advantage is we can have GEEKY BEES! more details as we lock in, but we'll definitely custom build our hives in their hexapiary. I'm thinking our two TBHs will be an Apollo rocket, and Babylon Hive*. A BSG Viper for a swarm catcher/nuc, NCC-1701 waterer, ( Read more... ) -
so my icon's not shark-repellent...
(what is the rule, if there is one, for knowing if words end with "ent" or "ant"? I tend to depend on the red-squigglies, I realized.)
Also, for those fond of the Super-Dictionary, especially the pastry thefts -- they're now Canon (until whatever un-canonizes things in DC-world, like a Crisis or whatnot)
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