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Name: Tammy
Country: United States
State: MA/TX/CO/TN
Birthday: 11/22/1985
Gender: Female
Interests: Friendship, Poetry, Making the world better, Art, Music, Adventures, Living life to the fullest, Chocolate, Catching frogs and fireflies in summertime, YOUR MOM...hahaha just kidding.
Occupation: Student
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Member Since:
9/13/2004
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| The other night I was listening to the local new-hits radio station while I drove home from the store. They played a song in which a girl asks her boyfriend if he'd participate in a threesome with her. I found it bizarre and laughed about it later with my boyfriend. A couple days later I found out the singer is Britney Spears, and gigglingly shared this information with the bf. His eyebrows went up, and he quipped, "Britney? That's a threesome between crabs, chlamydia, and AIDS!"
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| My friend/housemate Dharma was scrolling through her facebook homepage when she saw that a friend had taken a quiz called 'What Random Object Are You?' and gotten the result, 'spatula.' She looked up with a beatific look on her face and said, "Wouldn't it be great if I took the quiz, and I was awesomesauce?" | | |
| I'm getting tired of the ignorance, of all the preposterous statements chronicled on the news (Death panels? Palin's dumber than I thought, and I can't believe people are taking her seriously).
I'm also tired of my OWN ignorance. So I'm reading version 3200 of the healthcare bill. The first time I tried to open it, my web browser crashed! XP
As I begin, I'd like to throw this question out: Does anyone think that one of the other versions on the table right now is more of a must-read than #3200? If so, which one? I'm groping in the dark at this point. I'd love some advice, Xangalings :) | | |
| FIRST THINGS FIRST:
-Make sure you have a 12-muffin tin, or the equivalent. Grease it. I used Pam because I'm lazy.
-Center a rack in your oven and preheat to 400 degrees F.
-Soften 4 tablespoons margarine (if you can handle butter, go for it; if you do use margarine, be warned, most of it's made with soy oil)
IN MICROWAVE-SAFE BOWL, COMBINE:
1 packet plain instant oatmeal
3 tablespoons ground flax seed (or you could put whole flax seeds in a food processor and set to DECIMATE)
1 1/3 cup water (I estimated this number. Just a warning. I don't remember exactly how much)
Microwave this for just over a minute on high (all microwaves vary; I set mine to 1 min. 10 sec.) Whisk vigorously with fork, until oatmeal and flax seed start forming a mighty goo that, for the most part, stays in one mass when stirred. This replaces eggs and ensures the muffins will be actual moist muffins, not piles of dust. Let this sit for a second, while you:
COMBINE IN LARGE MIXING BOWL WITH FORK OR WHISK:
1 heaping cup yellow cornmeal
1/3 cup white rice flour
4 1/2 tablespoons sugar (could substitute honey, or could try combining sugar with molasses or maple syrup)
1 tablespoon baking powder (if it's lumpy, sift it, or eat the muffins at your peril)
Add to taste: (well, 'to guess') I suggest keeping quantities in this order from largest to smallest:
-black pepper
-McCormick's Grill Mates: Spicy Montreal Steak (if you need a low-sodium diet, just use the individual spices in this mix and then add however much sea salt you think is safe. It's more flavorful than regular salt and better for you)
-sea salt (optional; there's already some salt in the McCormick's)
-chili powder
-cinnamon
TO THE BOWL OF WET INGREDIENTS, ADD:
4 tablespoons softened margarine
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 cup chicken broth
Stir. Yes, it's supposed to look ugly as sin.
NOW DUMP WET INGREDS. INTO DRY INGREDS. AND STIR, BUT NOT TOO WELL. KEEP THOSE LUMPS.
Okay, now, using a largish spoon, spoon batter into holes in muffin tin. They shouldn't be quite full; these are cute little muffins. Place in the preheated oven and set a timer for somewhere between 14 and 18 minutes. Mine were done at 13 minutes (a butter knife came out clean....yeeah, out of toothpicks), but weren't golden until 17 min. 30 sec.
BEDAZZLE THOSE MUFFINS! SOME OPTIONAL IDEAS:
-Grate some zucchini or carrot and mix it straight into the batter. I would have but I'm hoarding that zucchini 'til breakfast-time, when the onion will make love to it in a frying-pan-pool of olive oil. Yum.
-Or chop and sautee some sweet onion and put it in the batter....
-Or grill/steam some sweet corn, cut it off the cob, and mix it in.... (you could use canned or thawed-frozen, but it tends to get really mushy in batter and feel weird in your mouth)
-Fresh or canned jalapeno slices would be FANTASTIC in these muffins.
-I grated pepper jack cheese and sprinkled it on the tops about 4 minutes before I took the muffins out.
REMOVE MUFFINS CAREFULLY WITH BUTTER KNIFE AND FORK OR TEENY SPATULA. COOL ON RACK IF YOU HAVE ONE; IF YOU DON'T, PAPER PLATES ON A DISH-DRYING RACK WORK OKAY.
*Eat*
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| Cable TV program selection was looking bleak, so Corey and I were watching Jackass. Just as someone got hit in the crotch, Corey turned to me and said, "That reminds me of this game we used to play in Iraq. We called it Junk Hunters." | | |
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