Leftover Discussion Thread: AL Special Election

[Smokin Joe]

You are welcome.   Some of us see past the superficial.

Yes, even as those who emotionally refused to even look at facts self-righteously huddle and snark and Liberally vilify those of us who did not rush to judgement, it's good to know there are more of us.

[DiogenesLamp]

Yes, even as those who emotionally refused to even look at facts self-righteously huddle and snark and Liberally vilify those of us who did not rush to judgement, it's good to know there are more of us.

Not nearly enough,  and  at a loss as to how to get people to think more critically. 


People are in ruts.   They just want to believe what they want to believe.   They want no contradictory facts impinging on their world view. 

[Silver Pines]

Good grief, all of this pouting coming from grown men is a new thing for me. 

[bigheadfred]

Good grief, all of this pouting coming from grown men is a new thing for me.

uh uh

Yeah. Post your no fail sugar cookie recipe on the recipe thread.

[Frank Cannon]

uh uh

Yeah. Post your no fail sugar cookie recipe on the recipe thread.

Can't you let this effing shitshow of a thread die already? No one gives a royal fart about Roy and AL anymore.

[Cyber Liberty]

Can't you let this effing shitshow of a thread die already? No one gives a royal fart about Roy and AL anymore.

Waitaminute...@CatherineofAragon has a no-fail sugar cookie recipe??

[Silver Pines]

Waitaminute...@CatherineofAragon has a no-fail sugar cookie recipe??

@Cyber Liberty
@bigheadfred

Sure!  Pulled right out of a cookbook, lol.

I do need to go over the to the recipe thread, though. and see what's going on.  I need a good no-fail gravy recipe.

[Cyber Liberty]

@Cyber Liberty
@bigheadfred

Sure!  Pulled right out of a cookbook, lol.

I do need to go over the to the recipe thread, though. and see what's going on.  I need a good no-fail gravy recipe.

When I was in Middle School, we had School Board people who used their noggins.  Everybody, especially boys, were required to take a semester of Home Ec, and everybody was also required to take a Semester of Woodshop.

Guys learned how to read and follow recipes, which proved to be vital necessities considering how many of us ended up singe either from no pickings or Divorces, and the ladies learned how a Lathe and Jigsaw worked.  Win-win, and everybody kept all their fingers.

[Silver Pines]

When I was in Middle School, we had School Board people who used their noggins.  Everybody, especially boys, were required to take a semester of Home Ec, and everybody was also required to take a Semester of Woodshop.

Guys learned how to read and follow recipes, which proved to be vital necessities considering how many of us ended up singe either from no pickings or Divorces, and the ladies learned how a Lathe and Jigsaw worked.  Win-win, and everybody kept all their fingers.

That's a good sense approach.  I started having an interest in cooking in junior high, but I've never learned my way around a toolbox, really.  I could start, though.

[EasyAce]

When I was in Middle School, we had School Board people who used their noggins.  Everybody, especially boys, were required to take a semester of Home Ec, and everybody was also required to take a Semester of Woodshop.

Guys learned how to read and follow recipes, which proved to be vital necessities considering how many of us ended up singe either from no pickings or Divorces, and the ladies learned how a Lathe and Jigsaw worked.  Win-win, and everybody kept all their fingers.

@Cyber Liberty
I had the best cooking teachers you could ask for---a mother and a maternal grandmother (especially) who
could mop the floor with the best chefs in town. Some kids came home from school seeing notes on the
fridge to run to the store or what not; I sometimes came home to find a note attached to the Mixmaster
grinder asking me to make the corned beef hash we liked every so often. (I went to school earlier than
my mother went to work, so she would be a wisenheimer and hook up the attachment on its power
transfer unit and tape the note to the grinder hopper.) Or, if there was a roast in the fridge, a note would
be on the roast asking me to get it into la oven complete with suggested seasoning. So smart@$$ junior
here would go through the spices and let his nose decide what might be right that day . . . and it would
work!

[Sanguine]

That's a good sense approach.  I started having an interest in cooking in junior high, but I've never learned my way around a toolbox, really.  I could start, though.

Power tools are so much fun, Catherine!  And, the things you can make.

[edpc]

That's a good sense approach.

My school had the same program.  To this day, I still have this....





.....and can make these.....

[Silver Pines]

Power tools are so much fun, Catherine!  And, the things you can make.

@Sanguine

Like what?  Seriously.  I might make this a thing for the new year.

[Silver Pines]

My school had the same program.  To this day, I still have this....





.....and can make these.....


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@edpc

Oh, he's so cute, lol.

[Frank Cannon]

Waitaminute...@CatherineofAragon has a no-fail sugar cookie recipe??

We're doing cookie recipes now? Alright then.

[Sanguine]

@Sanguine

Like what?  Seriously.  I might make this a thing for the new year.

I'm putting shelving in my bathroom right now.  Looks nice so far!

[Frank Cannon]

I'm putting shelving in my bathroom right now.  Looks nice so far!

Sounds exciting. What are you putting on your new shelves? Brylcreem?

[edpc]

We're doing cookie recipes now? Alright then.

From my mom’s old Betty Crocker book.....

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
2 eggs
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup sugar
3 teaspoons ground cinnamon


Steps

1 Heat oven to 400°F. In large bowl, beat 1 1/2 cups sugar, the butter and eggs with electric mixer on medium speed until well mixed. Stir in flours, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt.

2 In small bowl, mix 1/4 cup sugar and the cinnamon. Shape dough into 1 1/4-inch balls and roll in cinnamon-sugar mixture; place about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.

3 Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until set. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets.

[Frank Cannon]

From my mom’s old Betty Crocker book.....

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
2 eggs
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup sugar
3 teaspoons ground cinnamon


Steps

1 Heat oven to 400°F. In large bowl, beat 1 1/2 cups sugar, the butter and eggs with electric mixer on medium speed until well mixed. Stir in flours, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt.

2 In small bowl, mix 1/4 cup sugar and the cinnamon. Shape dough into 1 1/4-inch balls and roll in cinnamon-sugar mixture; place about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.

3 Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until set. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets.

My mom's was the exact same......except she added one extra ingredient....



It's how we made it through Christmas without killing each other.

[libertybele]

My mom's was the exact same......except she added one extra ingredient....



It's how we made it through Christmas without killing each other.

I personally prefer brownies.

[Sanguine]

You're just jealous, Frank.

[Frank Cannon]

I personally prefer brownies.

Oddly enough, we called my moms cookies brownies because she used to burn them. Then we would stand around in the kitchen with the oven door open and get high on the acrid smoke.

[Frank Cannon]

You're just jealous, Frank.

Of what?

[RoosGirl]

@Cyber Liberty
@bigheadfred

Sure!  Pulled right out of a cookbook, lol.

I do need to go over the to the recipe thread, though. and see what's going on.  I need a good no-fail gravy recipe.

@CatherineofAragon
Gravy is easy!

1 Tbsp fat
1 - 1 1/2 Tbsp flour (1 for thinner, 1 1/2 for thicker)
1 cup liquid
Season to taste

Melt fat over medium heat, add flour and whisk smooth, add liquid a little at a time and whisk thoroughly until smooth after each addition.  Keep whisking after all liquid is added, add seasoning and bring gravy to boil for 1 minute. Serve.

[edpc]

1 Tbsp fat
1 - 1 1/2 Tbsp flour (1 for thinner, 1 1/2 for thicker)

You will roux the day!