tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78634772024-03-07T02:42:05.597-05:00On the Other Hand, Who Knows What I'll Do?
back with more liturgy, theology, art, craft, cooking, and of course bitching.betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661372862480428752noreply@blogger.comBlogger565125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863477.post-25899054324776482432013-10-30T19:23:00.001-04:002013-10-30T19:27:47.705-04:00Not Doing Me Any FavorsI work in youth ministry.<br />
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You can tell, because the other day I realized that I say "Awesome." Not ironically. Sincerely.At least once a day.<br />
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Yes, I sincerely believe that there are things in my everyday life that are so wonderful, so literally full of wonder, that they deserve to be called Awesome, and I call them that. To other adult humans. Out loud. And occasionally in emails. More than 7 times a week.<br />
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(I also use it in text messages. But for some reason, it's usually sarcastic when I use it in a text. Hmmm.)<br />
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Anyway, part of my (awesome) job is writing lessons for our kids on Sundays.<br />
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This month, we'll be trying working on empathy, trying to grind into their tiny little heads what Jesus said in Matthew 7:12 - "In everything, do to others what you would want them to do to you," (as it says in the flat-footed but exceptionally clear New International Reader's Version.)<br />
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So: The Golden Rule.<br />
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How do you get pre-schoolers to begin to recall scripture? Well, the same way you get adults and teens and centegenarians to - by singing a song.<br />
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Google Golden Rule Song.<br />
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I dare you.<br />
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Oksy, I don't dare you. I can't be responsible for the effect on my tender-hearted friends. or my under-18 friends, and I have plenty of both. You know, because youth minister.<br />
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The top result - the top PAGE of results - involve a parody rap song from Lonely Island, vocals by Andy Samberg, joined in this number by Justin Timberlake and Lady Gaga, some humiliating fake beards, and a bunch of clothes from Chess King.<br />
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The specific golden rule in the song is not the sum of the law and the prophets. It's an etiquette rule about is specific to a form of adult recreation, about which a woman might text a gent*, after which he would hop a transit bus to her house, with a 6 of Bartles and James.<br />
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It's not subtle, but it's pretty funny. Now I want to listen to some of their other songs, but I can't. Because I am now at home with my child. Not in my office at church. Right.<br />
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SO not what I was looking for. <br />
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:Bonus: if you'd like to see a Golden Rule song that is possibly <b>even more inappropriate</b> for a pre-school Sunday School class, Google: Jack Black Golden Rule Song.<br />
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<br />betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661372862480428752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863477.post-26377369047813444842013-09-25T20:30:00.000-04:002013-09-25T20:32:14.063-04:00Curried Butternut Squash - fast, easy, vegan<ul class="UFIList" data-ft="{"tn":"]"}" data-reactid=".r[1zuq7]">
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and seed a <b>butternut squash</b>, and just throw it on the oven rack. Roast until slightly soft, meaning you can stick a fork in it with some effort.</span></span></span></div>
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<span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".r[1zuq7].[1][4][1]{comment10153316696025441_44061594}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3]"><span data-reactid=".r[1zuq7].[1][4][1]{comment10153316696025441_44061594}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0]"><span data-reactid=".r[1zuq7].[1][4][1]{comment10153316696025441_44061594}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[0]">Once your onion is a little soft too - solid but not crisp or hard - cube your peeled squash and throw that in the pan with the onion and curry paste. Stir to get the dark orange stuff to coat the brighter orange stuff.</span></span></span></div>
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betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661372862480428752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863477.post-74740045712832183512013-06-18T23:00:00.000-04:002013-06-18T23:00:41.910-04:00Recipe: Gluten-free Banana BreadPreheat your oven to 350, and find a glass loaf pan.<br />
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Melt <b>half a stick of butter</b> (that's 4 tablespoons) and let it cool.<br />
(If you're melting it in the microwave, keep a darn eye on it and stop it as soon as it melts, otherwise the solids will explode all over the inside of your appliance. It's gross.)<br />
(Next, time, I will try this with coconut oil.) <br />
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Mash (or mix in your mixer) <b>3-5 ripe bananas</b>. They should be super, super liquidy and make more than a cup of liquid banana goop. Mix in <b>1 cup sugar</b> (I combined brown and white) and <b>1 egg</b>. then that cooled melted <b>butter</b> (if its too far above about 80 degrees, it'll cook bits of egg.) Add a big swig of<b> vanilla extract,</b> and any likely-looking <b>spices</b>. I used quite a lot of Penzey's Pumpkin Pie spice. It was awesome. <br />
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Turn off the mixer once all that is combined. Now dump in <b>1.5 cups of rice flour</b> (mine was 2/3 brown, 1/3 white), a scant tablespoon of <b>baking soda</b>, and a generous teaspoon of <b>salt</b>.<br />
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Turn the mixer on LOW and only mix it until everything is barely moistened. Large veins of dry baking soda or snowdrifts of flour are undesirable; however, lumps are fine.<br />
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Grease your loaf pan (with butter) and transfer the batter into it. It is heavy, thick and lumpy. It is brown. It does not look or pour like cake batter. It'll be okay. Seriously.<br />
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If you want to add walnuts (or black walnuts), I recommend sprinkling them on top. I have a firm 'no surprise nuts' policy, but there's actually a better reason. Having them on top allows the nuts to toast, which makes them taste lots better, and be crunchy. (It also moderates the distinctive but occasionally weird green note in good black walnuts. I think it's a perfect flavor for this bread, but can be overwhelming unless they're toasted.) <br />
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After putting the pan in the oven, lower the temp to 325. DO NOT open the oven for 45 minutes. <br />
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Begin checking at 45 minutes with the stab-with-a-butterknife method. The timing is quite changeable - could be done after 45 minutes, but occasionally takes more than an hour. I think it's because of the banana variable. When the butterknife finally comes out moderately clean - with actual moist crumbs stuck to it, rather than batter - it's done.<br />
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This came out moist, tasty, and with a good texture - springy but in no way rubbery. It looked nice, too, and the family ate it enthusiastically. Oddly, it did not have a very strong banana flavor - it was there, but not as banana-y as I would have expected.<br />
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This loaf took a long time to get done in the middle, and I worried that the ends would be overdone and hard or gummy - but they totally weren't. I was also worried that the middle would be gritty, but that's what I get for licking the knife - but, again, not at all. Good consistent texture and rise throughout the loaf. Deep carmelized sugar flavor. <br />
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Anyway, it was good.<br />
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I might add chocolate chips next time. <br />
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This is a rice flour adaptation of the wheat flour recipe I always use. (I happen to have noted, on the page of my recipe notebook, that my brother and I made it on July 15, 1996.) From Easy Basics for Good Cooking. betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661372862480428752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863477.post-15119102907595881852013-05-13T17:51:00.001-04:002013-05-13T17:54:53.115-04:00Recipe: Curried Quinoa thing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Take one large <b>onion.</b> Slice it thin and drop it into a hot hot pan with a couple tablespoons of <b>olive oil.</b> Salt and pepper liberally, let it soften. <br />
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While that's cooking, slice some <b>red and yellow peppers</b> that you found (also softening) in the (poorly-named) "crisper". About the equivilent of one large pepper (which is what's left when you excise the iffy parts.) Cut into small dice. Don't do anything with them yet. If you find you have a <b>cucumber</b>, peel and dice that as well, and set it aside.<br />
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If the onions are turning golden, it's time to drop in the <b>cooked quinoa</b>. (You can cook some fresh - take the onion pan off the stove, tell everyone dinner will be 10 minutes later than you had said, and cook according to package directions. I had some left over - most of a cup.)<br />
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Open and rinse a can of <b>chick peas</b>. Throw those in with the quinoa and the onions. Turn down the heat - a little crispy brown in awesome, but blackened is not delicious. Splash in a little water if you're worried about burning. Throw in the diced peppers.<br />
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Stir in a large spoonful of<b> Patak's curry paste.</b> We use hot, but there's also milder. Let that cook for about 5 minutes. Remove from heat - stir in a handful of <b>dried cranberries</b> and cover, let it sit for a few more minutes.<br />
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Serve with salt, pepper, plain yogurt and the diced cucumbers on top. Bizarrely deliscious. Kinda beige, though. <br />
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Vegetarian (vegan without the yogurt), high protein, all the fiber you need. Very very good.<br />
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<br />betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661372862480428752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863477.post-28692573355248816162013-04-10T22:53:00.002-04:002013-04-10T22:53:59.087-04:00Random Thoughts: I walked into my bathroom this morning to trim my hair.<br />
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Well, trim is not exactly what I was going for. I was going to buzz my hair down to a quarter inch...but I couldn't find the right sized guide for my barber clippers. I must have lost patience, the last time I was putting it away, and just jammed it in a drawer somewhere.<br />
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So I have been saved from the consequences of my impulsiveness - by the consequences of my impulsiveness.<br />
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Around here, that's considered a big win. betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661372862480428752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863477.post-21642804964186257832013-04-10T09:51:00.000-04:002013-04-10T09:51:41.062-04:00Valentines day lava cakesThis is the second year in a row that our Valentines Day has been a feast of familial love, rather than the conventional romantic variety. Last year, I made chicken adobo (<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/magazine/09Food-t-001.html">this one</a>, which sounds just gross at first read but is in fact delicious) and a more complicated variation of the molten chocolate lava cake. I found an easier one this year, and adapted it further (because by the end of a Thursday, I am not up to separating eggs or unearthing a bag of confectioners' sugar from the pantry.) it's an awful lot like the full-sized French chocolate cake that I made a week or so ago. This is messier, less refined generally, and WAY faster.<br />
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I found the recipe on <a href="http://savorysweetlife.com/about/">SweetSavoryLife</a>, which looks like a terrific resource; check out the cakes on her bio page!<br />
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<li class="ingredient" style="background-image: none; list-style-position: inherit; list-style-type: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">10 tablespoons (1 1/4 stick) butter</span></li>
<li class="ingredient" style="background-image: none; list-style-position: inherit; list-style-type: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">8 oz (1 cup) chocolate chips (any type of chocolate chips will work but I recommend semi-sweet or a combination of bitter and semi-sweet)</span></li>
<li class="ingredient" style="background-image: none; list-style-position: inherit; list-style-type: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">1/2 cup all-purpose flour</span></li>
<li class="ingredient" style="background-image: none; list-style-position: inherit; list-style-type: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">1 1/2 cups confectioners’ (powdered) sugar</span></li>
<li class="ingredient" style="background-image: none; list-style-position: inherit; list-style-type: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">3 large eggs</span></li>
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<li class="ingredient" style="background-image: none; list-style-position: inherit; list-style-type: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">3 egg yolks</span></li>
<li class="ingredient" style="background-image: none; list-style-position: inherit; list-style-type: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">1 teaspoon vanilla extract</span></li>
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<li class="ingredient" style="background-image: none; list-style-position: inherit; list-style-type: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Melt about <b>one-and-a-quarter sticks of salted butter and a cup of chocolate chips. </b></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><br /></b></span></li>
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<span class="summary" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Molten Lava Cakes adapted from Paula Deen’s Home Cooking</span></div>
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<li class="ingredient" style="background-image: none; list-style-position: inherit; list-style-type: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">10 tablespoons (1 1/4 stick) butter</span></li>
<li class="ingredient" style="background-image: none; list-style-position: inherit; list-style-type: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">8 oz (1 cup) chocolate chips (any type of chocolate chips will work but I recommend semi-sweet or a combination of bitter and semi-sweet)</span></li>
<li class="ingredient" style="background-image: none; list-style-position: inherit; list-style-type: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">1/2 cup all-purpose flour</span></li>
<li class="ingredient" style="background-image: none; list-style-position: inherit; list-style-type: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">1 1/2 cups confectioners’ (powdered) sugar</span></li>
<li class="ingredient" style="background-image: none; list-style-position: inherit; list-style-type: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">3 large eggs</span></li>
<li class="ingredient" style="background-image: none; list-style-position: inherit; list-style-type: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">3 egg yolks</span></li>
<li class="ingredient" style="background-image: none; list-style-position: inherit; list-style-type: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">1 teaspoon vanilla extract</span></li>
<li class="ingredient" style="background-image: none; list-style-position: inherit; list-style-type: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">OPTIONAL : 2 tablespoons coffee liqueur (Kahlua) OR 1 tsp. instant coffee powder</span></li>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Some optional “finishing” ideas are: sprinkle powdered sugar on top, add a dollop of whipped cream of ice cream, add raspberries or strawberries, or any combination of the above. Enjoy!</span></div>
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<ul class="ingredients" style="list-style: circle outside; margin: 10px 0px 10px 22px; padding: 0px;">
<li class="ingredient" style="background-image: none; list-style-position: inherit; list-style-type: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Spray 6 -6 ounce custard (ramekin) cups or cupcake tin. In a medium microwavable bowl</span></li>
<li class="ingredient" style="background-image: none; list-style-position: inherit; list-style-type: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">, melt chocolate chips and butter in the microwave for 60 seconds and then in 30 second increments until smooth (about 1.5-2 minutes total). Add flour and sugar to chocolate/butter sauce. Stir in the eggs and yolks until smooth. Add vanilla and coffee liqueur/instant coffee and mix everything until combined. Divide the batter evenly among the each cups. Place cups on top of a cookie sheet and bake for 10 minutes. The edges should be firm but the center will be runny. Run a knife around the edges to loosen and invert onto dessert plates or you can serve each molten lava cake still in the cup.</span></li>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Some optional “finishing” ideas are: sprinkle powdered sugar on top, add a dollop of whipped cream of ice cream, add raspberries or strawberries, or any combination of the above. Enjoy!</span></div>
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Find a big lidded container. Mine was 10 cups (a little more than 2 liters.)<br />
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Find some <b>cucumbers</b>. I used one super-gigantic one and one fairly normal one, and I would have had room for at least 2 more normal ones.<br />
Peel the green rind off the cucumbers and discard.<br />
Then, keep peeling! Making long, thin, see-through strips of cucumber.<br />
Stop when you get so close to the middle that the seeds keep you from cutting nice strips.<br />
Take a <b>sweet onion</b> and cut into fine slivers.<br />
Put the onion slivers and the cucumber strips into your container.<br />
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In a small pan, combine vinegar and water.<br />
You can use:<br />
1/2 cup white vinegar, a cup water and 1/2 cup sugar<br />
OR equal parts <b>seasoned rice wine vinegar</b> and water, with a couple spoonfuls of <b>sugar. </b><br />
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Bring that to a boil, and pour it over the cucumber and onion mixture. Stir and let sit.<br />
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You can stir in some<b> herbs</b> - I used about a teaspoon of dill.<br />
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When cool, refrigerate.<br />
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It's sort of a salad and sort of a pickle - intensely flavored, refreshing on a hot day, good on a ham sandwich. I made it with CRCC cucumbers, which are excellent.<br />
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Asian vinegar is in the international food aisle at the grocery store - it's less acidic than regular vinegar, and has some sugar already in it. I use this brand:<br />
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Carrot Cake adapted by ME!! <br />
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Preheat oven to 350, move a rack to the center position.<br />
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Grate some <b>carrots </b>(You need 2 cups) and let the grated carrots sit in a colander and dry out for about 10 minutes. Meanwhile, drain a <b>20 oz can of crushed pineapple</b> in juice.<br />
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Beat <b>4 large egg</b>s, <b>one scant cup granulated suga</b>r, and <b>one cup vegetable oil</b>. And beat them and beat them and beat them, longer than you think could possibly be necessary, so they are as light-colored and foamy as they can get. This will work better if the eggs are close to room temperature - it makes them less gloppy. Add in the carrots and the pineapple, plus <b>a cup of dried cranberries (Craisens)</b>.<br />
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(I didn't say it was a low-sugar recipe.)<br />
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In a separate bowl mix:<br />
<b>one scant cup white rice flour</b><br />
<b>one cup brown rice flour</b><br />
<b>1 teaspoon (or a small palm-full) salt</b><br />
<b>2 teaspoons baking soda </b><br />
<b>dry spices</b> depending on your taste. Be generous. I used at least tablespoon of cinnamon, plus a generous shake of allspice. Use a LOT. <br />
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(If you're using a powerful mixer, you don't really need to pre-mix the dry ingredients - you can just throw them into the bowl with the wet stuff.)<br />
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Stir in <b>2 teaspoons of vanilla extract</b>; you can throw in a cup of <b>nuts</b> now, if you like. Walnuts are good.<br />
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Drop into greased muffin tins; you can fill them most of the way, a little more than you would with another cake batter. Bake at 350 for 25-35 minutes. <br />
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I have not tried these in a full-sized cake pan, so I don't know what effect it would have. They do rise in muffin tins, some.<br />
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They don't need icing, really. Also, DON'T seal them in plastic bags - the moisture will condense into, like, slush. This is good advice for all baked goods, but with something as moist as this, it's really important.<br />
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to me, these are indistinguishable the wheat flour ones. I'm stunned.betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661372862480428752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863477.post-70980545666465444742013-01-24T00:32:00.000-05:002013-01-24T00:41:10.731-05:00Recipe: Quinoa<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Warm Quinoa Side Dish</span></strong> <br />
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Put 2 cups of water on to boil in a medium saucepan.
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Chop <strong>half a large white onion, half a red pepper, and 2 stalks of celery</strong> into small bits. <br />
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Heat a splash of <strong>olive oil</strong> in a small sauté pan. Saute your veg until the onion is starting to soften, with a bit of salt and pepper.
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Once the water boils, stir one cup of <strong>quinoa</strong> (I like Trader Joes Red Quinoa) into the saucepan.
When the quinoa comes to a boil, reduce the heat and cover.
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At the same time, reduce the heat under the veg. Stir occasionally. Throw in a bit of <strong>butter </strong>if you like (and if no one is vegan/anti-saturated fat.) <br />
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If you like, add some <strong>leafy greens</strong>. Hearty things like kale will retain a lot of body, and need a little longer on the stove, and maybe a couple spoonfuls of the water from the quinoa. Wait a few minutes before adding soft greens like baby spinach; they should wilt but not completely collapse in the remaining cooking time.
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Back to the quinoa - simmer it with the lid on for 10-15 min until the water is absorbed and the white ring is visible in the quinoa grains. Remove from heat and set aside.
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Combine the cooked, still-hot quinoa with the cooked, still-hot and still-a-little-crunchy vegetables.
Plate. Season with salt, pepper, butter, hot sauce, rice wine vinegar, or whatever.
betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661372862480428752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863477.post-4132432110440911102012-12-10T14:58:00.001-05:002012-12-10T14:58:32.473-05:00The Three E Toque - Hat PatternA close-fitting, brimless winter hat with a small pointy peak. Created for Renee, a West Coast friend who shaved her head and then realized it was cold without hair. She put out the call for hats, and I improvised this for her. Work up very fast in the round.
She described her hat size as “big”, so I made this hat to fit my 23’ head. (People like us are the exception to “one size fits all”, hatwise.) It’s designed with no ease, and would be cozy on a person with a normal-sized bean as well.
Gauge is not vital - using 10s with this bulky yarn gives a soft, cushy fabric, and works well with the self-striping rate of the Charisma.
This project used less than 20 yards of Thick and Quick for the cast-on and ribbing, and a little more than half a skien of Charisma for the body and peak of the hat. The hat in my photos is Charcoal T&Q and Black Raspberry Charisma.
Needles US 10 circular
5 US 10 dpns
1 stitch marker (optional)
Yarn: cc: Lion Brand Woolease Thick and Quick: Charcoal; Super bulky (5) – several yards
Mc: Michaeals Charisma: Black Raspberry; Bulky (4) – less than on skein
Gauge: 3 st/inch in ribbing and in body at rest; 2 st/in stretched.
Directions:
On circulars, using Contrast Color, cast on 46 using Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Cast-on. (This blogpost has a written explanation and links to some tutorial videos: http://curiousknitter.blogspot.com/2009/09/jeny-stretchy-....)
Place marker if desired. Join.
Rounds 1-5: k2, p2aking about an inch of chunky ribbing. )
Round 6: break yarn and switch to Main color. Knit one round.
Round 7: k4, kbf to marker. It doesn’t really matter if how many stitches you add or where you end up - you’re just working in a little volume on this and the next few rows.
Round 8: k7, kfbto marker.
Round 9: k5, kfb to marker. Remove marker.
Rounds 10-24: knit
Rounds 25-27: Purl (You’re making a ridge around the top edge of the crown.)
Round 28: Pick up dpns. Knit round 28 off circs onto dpns, dividing stitches evenly between 4 needles.
Round 29: knit each quarter-round on a dpn. When you come to the last 2 stitches on each needle, k2t. Take care to snug up the first stitch on each dpn by giving your working yarn a good tug before the second stitch.
Round 30: knit.
Repeats rounds 29 and thirty until the center/peak of your hat comes together. When you are down to 8 stitches, transfer them all to one needle and knit 2 icord rows. Bind off (I used a crochet hook to pull the working yarn through the loops and down into the center of the cord.) Weave in ends.
Size: brim: 23 inches stretched; crown 5 in high including ribbing; peak 7 inches
betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661372862480428752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863477.post-55287034797678707502012-10-10T19:34:00.001-04:002012-10-10T19:34:23.161-04:00Sh#+ my kid said1. "I'm going to tweet about this!!" (does my 6-year-old know what twitter is? I am confident that he does not.) <br />
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2. "I liked her at the beginning of the year, but now she's acting all like a gangsta." <br />
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3. (as we were lying on his bed, getting him to sleep, he sang me this lullaby:)<br />
"go to sleep, Betsy Mitchell Henning. <br />
Betsy Mitchell Henning, go to sleep<br />
Ian's bed is so soft and com-fort-e, <br />
And it's so quiet and peeeceful<br />
Here in this apartment<br />
Also called a condoooo<br />
So go to sleep, Betsy Mitchell Henning. Betsy mitchell Henning, go to sleep. " betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661372862480428752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863477.post-63867135315935151532012-10-02T22:59:00.001-04:002012-10-02T23:00:07.307-04:00something beautiful<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/48721137" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe>betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661372862480428752noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863477.post-27167430376763852932012-09-25T22:59:00.001-04:002012-09-25T23:03:30.774-04:00Bonus Recipe Links: Broccoli Gribiche plus.Here's a link to the recipe I made this weekend. I loved it and it was hoovered up at a potluck.<br />
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<a href="http://coxfitzchronicles.com/?p=4287">Heidi Swanson's Broccoli Gribiche</a><br />
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which is, strangely, not on her own really excellent and beautiful website <a href="http://101cookbooks.com/">101 Cookbooks</a><br />
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(home of the infamous <a href="http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/goldencrusted-brussels-sprouts-recipe.html">Golden Crusted Brussels Sprouts</a> which could not possibly be better )<br />
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but is in her terrific second cookbook <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Super-Natural-Every-Day-Well-Loved/dp/1580082777/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1348627950&sr=1-1&keywords=heidi+swanson">Super Natural Every Day.</a><br />
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But the person who transcribed it on her own blog took some good step-by-step photos - I like step-by-step photos in a recipe, especially of the steps that make me say "Ew, that looks gross. That can't possibly be right, I must have messed something up." For example: whisking hard-boiled egg yolk and red wine vinegar together.<br />
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Obviously I'm babbling.<br />
The end.betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661372862480428752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863477.post-10567475015770336562012-09-25T22:15:00.001-04:002012-09-25T22:29:23.197-04:00Dinner tonight: Veggies, roasted, blanched and ravioli-edI posted this on Facebook, and the 'likes' seemed to be swarming, so I thought I would describe how I made it.<br />
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Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.<br />
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Into a large bowl, slice <b>half a large white onion</b>, about a cup of <b>grape tomatoes</b>, 2 cloves of <b>garlic</b>, half a gigantic <b>red pepper</b>, and whatever other leftover veg you have knocking around your fridge - I had about half a <b>yellow squash.</b> You can slice as thickly or thinly as you like - the thinner you slice, the sooner it will be ready. You don't have to slice the tomatoes much, though. Halving or just squishing them is fine.<br />
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Toss with a small splash of <b>oil</b>, either regular olive oil or flavored oil like that herby Basting Oil they were giving away at Wegman's last week. It's quite a nice thing to have around, incidentally.
Sprinkle some salt in, toss to coat, and dump out onto a rimmed baking sheet. Spread out to make a mostly single layer (you don't have to be OCD about it.) Bake at 400 for about 20 minutes, and check it. You want the veggies to be soft, and some to have touches of brown but not entirely blackened. Mine took a total of 30 minutes.
After the 20 minute check, put a pot of water on to boil. Once it boils, turn it down.<br />
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Now slide a whole <b>8 oz package of Rising Moon Organics Frozen Feta-Hazelnut Ravioli with Butternut Squash</b> into the hot water. The package is covered with instructions that say <i>Never cook ravioli in rapidly boiling water</i> and <i>Do not overcook!</i> and I didn't, and you probably shouldn't either.<br />
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Immediately also drop in several big handfuls of cut <b>kale</b>. I bought mine in a bag at Trader Joes, and it was cut into about 1 inch pieces. So I recommend that size of bits if you have to cut your own.<br />
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The ravioli package directions say to cook for 8 minutes, and mine weren't quite as soft as one might hope, plus the kale was still really hard, so I let mine go a little longer - probably 10 minutes.
Remove your veggies from the oven and put them back in the bowl they started in. Fish out your raviolis and kale and add them to the bowl. Toss everything together to spread the fabulous oil and veg juices around onto the pasta and kale. Plate. Eat.
The kale is still a little crunchy after cooking for 10 minutes; the veggies are soft and carmelized, and the pasta is creamy/silky and absorbs the garlicy juices. Plus it's gorgeous. Plus it's 30 minutes.<br />
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My husband is constantly bugging me to 'write down that recipe!" Look, honey, I wrote it down. Go me. <br />
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betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661372862480428752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863477.post-60536949741019417242012-09-06T21:53:00.001-04:002012-09-06T21:53:00.391-04:00and all manner of things will be<iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/98bO7ljweL0?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661372862480428752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863477.post-44378149936532407472012-09-06T13:18:00.000-04:002012-09-06T13:18:07.273-04:00Sausage Creole and other surprises<br />
Sausage Creole.<br />
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Get out a lot of pans. Frying pans and saucepans.<br />
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Start with the sausage. Let’s say it’s Tuesday afternoon and you think you might whip up some spaghetti with sausage meatballs. It’s fast, and everybody likes it. And you know you have sausage in the freezer.<br />
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Pull out some sausage to defrost in the micro. Notice that your husband has picked up<b> a pound of fresh andouille sausage links</b> from the Giant. It was on sale. You are not sure your kid will eat this kind of sausage, but you assume you'll be able to hide it in the tomato sauce. Thaw it and rip it into small chunks, which you then roll into small balls and set to cook in you big cast iron skillet.<br />
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Being afraid to burn it, throw some water into the skillet when you’re heating the pasta water. Having put those fears to rest, feel free to go play with your kid. It’s not like you’re leaving the area or anything. You can see it from where you are. It’ll be fine.<br />
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When your son mentions that something smells burny, take the pan off the stove and remove the sausage balls. They’re pretty much done, and mostly intact. There’s a pretty bad layer of burned scum sticking to the pan. Please don’t forget to let that pan cool before you soak it.<br />
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Grab another frying pan. Chop an<b> onion and a red pepper</b> (or whatever else you find in the fridge) and cook that over high heat for a few minutes in <b>olive oil.</b> You don't need to get all the way to carmelized - just let it get a little brown and sticky, then throw <b>some water</b> (it’s boiled by now) on the veg and turn down the heat, and let that cook. Refresh the water every once in a while so the pan doesn’t burn dry.<br />
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The water will turn brown but it will, unfortunately, still taste like water. Stir in some<b> Heinz Chili Sauc</b>e – not even a quarter cup. If you have a ripe tomato, squish it with your hands and add it to the pan. Add the sausage balls. Cover and simmer slowly.<br />
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This would be good with rice. Make some brown rice.<br />
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When the rice is done, stir a few big <b>handfuls of greens</b> – I had spinach – into the simmering pan of sauce and sausage. It’ll practically disappear in a few minutes.<br />
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Serve the creole over rice to your husband, knowing that your kid would never in a million years eat it. Realize you have no spaghetti sauce for the kid. Which is okay because you forgot to boil the spaghettti.<br />
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Offer him a hot dog. He asks to taste the red stuff you’re eating. He loves it! He eats his own portion and some of yours. He snipes sausage – the sausage that you were sure was too spicy for him– off everyone’s plate.<br />
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betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661372862480428752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863477.post-51724483137139739352012-04-11T21:14:00.001-04:002012-04-11T21:16:02.507-04:00Ian's favorite joke of the moment.<a href="http://worldwideinterweb.com/media/k2/items/cache/6f43b5263fbba79c5962514b85d34738_L.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 600px;" src="http://worldwideinterweb.com/media/k2/items/cache/6f43b5263fbba79c5962514b85d34738_L.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661372862480428752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863477.post-18945239381639564152012-04-10T23:28:00.006-04:002012-04-11T00:10:44.113-04:00Neither Lent nor Si-Lent any longer.<span><span style="font-size: 16px; ">Well, that was a complete bust. I was so enamored of my weird, out-of-focus empty tire swing that nothing else seemed to compare. </span></span><br /><br /><span><span style="font-size: 16px; ">You'll be pleased to hear that, while I was NOT blogging and NOT painting and NOT sewing and NOT paying attention to my family and BARELY EVEN COOKING, our lenten and easter observances at church went quite well. Working to create and curate them was extremely engaging, in a way not much has been in 2012 up until that point, with the possible exception of the Bejeweled App for the iPhone. </span></span><br /><br /><span><span style="font-size: 16px; ">Some web sites I like: </span></span><br /><a href="http://www.dapperlou.com/" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">Dapper Lou</a><span><span style="font-size: 16px; "> , which I discovered just this evening in the always-questionable Blogs Of Note roll. You all know I dig </span></span><a href="http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">The Sartorialist</a><span><span style="font-size: 16px; "> (yes, how desperately original of me, I know.) Dapper Lou is another street fashion blog, and I like it a lot.</span></span><div style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><br /></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><a href="http://www.bamagazine.com/">Before And After</a> I believe I happened upon this from the Pantone site.</div><div><blockquote><br /><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; "><span style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto; ">"Because our modern world has made designers of us all (ready or not), Before & After is dedicated to making graphic design understandable, useful and even fun for everyone."</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; "><blockquote></blockquote><br /></span></span></div></blockquote><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; "><span style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; ">As a long-time fake designer, I must say this is some good shit.</div></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><br /></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">And I really want one of these: <a href="http://content.photojojo.com/buy-this/the-iphone-shutter-grip/">Shutter Grip for the iPhone</a>. Between the handle, the button and the tripod mount, I think that this could actually be worth forty of my hard-earned dollars. Or I could just start carrying my perfectly-good, more-megapixels camera again like I used to when I used to take millions of pictures. Hmmm.</div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><br /></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">In other news, I knit myself a chartreuse sweater over Lent. No one has ever been happier about a spring cold snap than I am these days. I made one damn cable and now I feel like (Knitting) Wonder Woman who can do literally any fucking thing in the (knitting) world.</div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><br /></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">So I am right now pondering yarns for a cardigan.</div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><br /></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">I bought a single stunningly beautiful (and local!) lace-weight skein dyed by <a href="http://verdantgryphon.com/catalog/index.php">the Verdant Griffin</a>at the <a href="http://homespunyarnparty.blogspot.com/">Homespun Yarn Party</a> which I somehow found the cash for even though we were, um, between receivables, as we sometimes are.....but now I am anxious about what would be the PERFECT thing to make out of it. It looks like this:</div><a href="http://www.verdantgryphon.com/catalog/images/A%20Classical%20Lady-snail.jpg"><img src="http://www.verdantgryphon.com/catalog/images/A%20Classical%20Lady-snail.jpg" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 640px; " /></a>except a bit smaller. But it's more than 700 yards! There must be something spectacular I can make.<div><br /></div><div>I liked it so much that I dyed my hair that color a couple of weeks later.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><a href="http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/548599_10151479680040441_815415440_23757341_1692863669_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 612px; height: 612px;" src="http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/548599_10151479680040441_815415440_23757341_1692863669_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>I quite like it. I also gave myself an 80s bi-level bob, using my barber clippers, which looks great from the front, weird from the side, and I am in complete denial about the view from the back. As with the hotel mattresses and what goes on in restaurant kitchens, I'd just rather not know.<br /><div><div><span><br /></span></div></div>betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661372862480428752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863477.post-89561213938717608892012-03-10T19:26:00.002-05:002012-03-10T19:28:33.205-05:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrZSOYg0QRdcJlS4AgHvZ5PzGeDTS4oSVQ2-nf6c1WyaZ8mNSR7UjozP_xLvhDwivBWYGqe9xXgaF0H3XBj0Gk9ncO1Sxi1QWK2f-GebAhPm-080Z9d9ZqUil-SwpV0gfIR6ti/s1600/1984.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 220px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrZSOYg0QRdcJlS4AgHvZ5PzGeDTS4oSVQ2-nf6c1WyaZ8mNSR7UjozP_xLvhDwivBWYGqe9xXgaF0H3XBj0Gk9ncO1Sxi1QWK2f-GebAhPm-080Z9d9ZqUil-SwpV0gfIR6ti/s400/1984.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718429751810351346" /></a>betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661372862480428752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863477.post-73901842272038055302012-02-27T18:22:00.002-05:002012-02-27T18:25:19.360-05:00February 28<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoD5duTWVerR1v7I9o1VRN6ntbj3HIJlD_X9hZab4KABHk4Je3Xkqg90V29IBhrA9VW2Ach6CuSpzx-iiA1pcN7hb_iZckwV8vNQdp4rNE8Ud8vcXVsp3_HB00F_v9hoS2d6cJ/s1600/ian+vs+tire+swing.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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