Mikiesboy

This is true. They'll usually eat anything they can find. The human version may balk at bugs, but then again I've not served them any. So who knows.

If you offer them termites or date squares... the squares always win.

Yes.. the original recipe is Ricardo's. Have changed it to: Filling 2 1/2 cups (425 g) Medjool dates, pitted and chopped (lightly packed) (i use no name/store's own pitted dates) 1 cup (250 ml) water 2 tbsp (30 ml) lemon juice 1/2 tsp baking soda Crisp 1 3/4 cups (175 g) quick-cooking oats 3/4 cup whole wheat flour 1/4 cup oat flour 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons Splenda brown sugar 1/4 tsp baking powder 1/2 cup melted butter 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce With the rack in the middle position, preheat the oven to 350 °F (180 °C). Line a 20-cm (8-inch) square baking dish with a strip of parchment paper, letting it hang over both sides. Butter the other two sides. If using a dark baking tin bake at 325F. Filling In a pot, bring the dates, water, and lemon juice to a boil. Add the baking soda and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon or until the dates have fallen apart. Let cool. Crisp In a bowl, combine the oats, flour, brown sugar, and baking powder. Add the butter/applesauce and mix well. Spread half the crisp in the baking dish and press firmly. Layer with the date mixture. Cover with the remaining crisp and press lightly. Bake for 45 to 55 minutes or until the crisp is golden brown. Let cool on a wire rack for 4 hours. Unmould and cut into 16 squares.

After reading about fires and termites, I'm glad to report that I've had neither and am happily in my kitchen—alone! I love my helpers, but they really get in my way. Date squares were finished last night, and more were requested, so I made more of those today (with more changes to the recipe to make it a bit healthier), and bread is rising for more sandwich rolls. The trouble with baking and cooking is that people keep eating everything, and you must make more.

Who knew there was such excitement and intrigue at a trailer park. Of course, you get the best one! Keep your fire hose at the ready!

I enjoyed this story very much. I rarely read teen-centric stories, but the teenagers in this are very real. I decided to look at it because it's written by Libby Drew, and I was right to do so. Once I began, I knew there was no choice but to continue until the last word. I'd recommend getting good and comfortable to enjoy the experience fully.

It's Monday once again. If you are a hater of Monday's try laughing at it and call it childish names. Maybe stamp your foot too. Teach it who's boss. After that, enjoy the day. This one i know to be true:

I hope you enjoy your foray into bread-making just as much.

So, glad you enjoyed it, Jeffrey! I appreciate your comment.

Thank you, Michael xo

Wow! Congrats to her. Enjoy your afternoon!

I'm curious, even if you haven't followed this week, with this list, off the top of your head how many Words of the Day did you not know? One. Never heard of a muskellunge. Now, having looked at it, I hope I'm never introduced to one.

Yay!! Go for it. Thanks for the hat. lol

You're welcome. Mostly, i taught this to myself. I've had a couple of unsuccessful loaves, but they were not good recipes and i didn't know enough back then to be able to fix them. Let me know if i can help. If you need a pan, buy a good one. My fav are USA Pans, cost a bit more, but worth it in the long run. I add a teaspoon of oil, spread it around with a pastry brush. Nothing sticks.. wash by hand, no metal objects. Maybe you'll become addicted like me, i'd happily bake bread everyday. I don't, but i could..lol. Have fun.

Don't be.. it's really not very hard. I promise. This guy makes great bread and he's really good with directions. The most successful bakers weigh their ingredients so i'd recommend a good digital scale and weigh everything in grams. Watch this guy.. He's got lots of recipes online. I've made this today and his whole wheat sandwich rolls. If you follow his instructions, you'll have bread. You need a 9 x 5 in loaf pan, a scale and a thermometer would be a bonus.

They came out really well. They are 100% whole wheat with no sugar.. so only five ingredients, WW flour, yeast, oil, salt and water. The usual bread we buy.. has no sugar but is $3.99 a loaf. We bought 2.5 kg of WW flour for $3.97 from Wally World. We'll probably 6 or 7 loaves from that... we'll bake 2 loaves a week or one and some WW Rolls. The bread machine or the kitchenaid does the work mixing and the machine can do the first rise too. So, you just need to put the timer on and wait. We do other chores while waiting.

Oh that's nice. You're on holidays now.. i hope you enjoy your time off!

Hopefully, they are yummy. Sliced the cool one, we'll have some toast with eggs and stuff for dinner.

Today's loaves...

Super sunny here.. and its melting the snow!

Snow is still there, but the sun is out and i don't think we'll have snow for too long.

Happy Saturday ... Gonna bake bread today with the Dan man. Hope you all enjoy Saturday and have a chance to chill and relax. Also.. Happy Puppy Day!

Great chapter. Love the reactions to this story. ❤️

The world is a violent place. As writers, we have to decide what to include in our work. Personally, I'm not afraid to include violence if the story demands it. If you include death or violence, you have to be prepared to write the fallout and how it affects the characters. This is another thought-provoking article; thank you.

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