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    The Cooking/Recipe Thread

    in General Discussion

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    Here's a simple recipe for what really is my favorite breakfast of all time

    Banana-Maple Oat Bran

    1/3 cup oat bran

    1 cup soy milk

    1/3 cup water

    1 banana

    2 tbsp real maple syrup

    pinch of salt

    Add the oat bran, soy milk and water to a small pan, over medium heat. Bring to boil, stirring occasionally.

    While oat bran heats, cut the banana into slices, then use a fork to coarsely mash it. I like a coarse mash because that gives a good mix of smooth banana mash along with a good amount of chunks. (Just a personal note, I like to reserve three slices of banana, cut on the bias, for garnish).

    By the time you're done with the banana, the oat bran should be about done. If it evenly and smoothly coats your spatula, you're good to go. Now just add in the banana mash, maple syrup and salt. Give 'er a stir, transfer to a bowl. Give an extra drizzle of syrup on top, and enjoy!

    The Cooking/Recipe Thread

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    Someone in the sandwich thread suggested that we could use a general cooking thread. And I though said idea was, indeed, a good one. Thus arises the plainly, though aptly, named Cooking/Recipe Thread (cue trumpets).

    I guess I'll start it off by posting one of the simplest bar cookie recipes in my repertoire, which is also one of my favorites.

    Grizzlenuckles

    1 can sweetened condensed milk

    2 cups graham cracker drumbs

    1 cup flaked/shredded coconut

    1 cup chocolate chips

    Preheat oven to 350° F. Line a 13 x 9 inch baking pan with *parchment paper.

    Mix all ingredients in a large bowl. Pour the batter into the lined baking pan and gently press into an even layer (the batter will be thick and sticky, so I'd suggest spraying your spatula with non-stick spray).

    Bake the cookies for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and let sit until cooled. Life the sheet out of the pan and cut into desired sized pieces (I usually get between 36 and 48 bars). Enjoy!

    *It is important that you use parchment paper and not wax paper. I made that mistake once. Once the cookies cooled, the paper had glued itself to the cookies. It took my half an hour to peel it all off, and I lost ¼ of the cookies in the process.

    The thing I love about these cookies is that there are endless possibilities for customization. The recipe above is just the basic one. Here are a few suggestions.

    - Replace the plain graham crackers with chocolate ones, and replace the chocolate chips with Andes Peppermint Baking Chips, or original Andes Baking Chips.

    - Try them with chocolate graham crackers and white chocolate chips, or raspberry or cherry or orange baking chips?

    - Maybe use toffee bits, or peanut butter chips

    Sandwich recipe

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I first saw the recipe and like "Damn, that's one monster sandwich," what with two cups of pasta. Then I saw that it makes multiple.

    Also, just as a matter of semantics, wouldn't unthaw technically mean to refreeze?

    Haha, well, theoretically it could be just an enormous sub. That would be badass. And like 1500 calories.

    And... yeah, you'd think unthaw would mean re-freeze, but it doesn't. I shouldn't say it, I suppose, but it happens sometimes. Same deal as like flammable and inflammable - technically, in the dictionary, they mean the same thing (just like thaw & unthaw).

    Just seems like it would be a double negative. Hm, even dictionary.com says unthaw (and dethaw, for that matter) are synonymous with thaw. Odd, but...there you go.

    Now, for my sandwich...

    1 can tuna, drained

    1 small apple, diced

    1-2 tbsp chopped walnuts, toasted

    2-3 tbsp raisins

    3-4 tbsp plain, fat-free yogurt

    4 slices whole wheat bread, lightly toasted and cooled

    salt and pepper to taste

    In a bowl, combine the tuna, apple, walnuts, raisins, yogurt, and salt and pepper. Mix gently. Apply to the bread. Enjoy. (Makes two sandwiches)

    Note: I don't really measure the ingredients, I just judge it by eye.

    The best damn tuna sandwich I've ever had.

    Also, while reading through this thread, I could not help but remember what I heard of This Week in Tech. Seems McDonald's is attempting to patent the sandwich. :lol:

    Cyber Nations: Google Maps based Browser Game

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    So... how's everyone doing? Flourishing economies and happy populaces?

    Yes and yes.

    Happiness at 26.67

    Gross daily income/person = $110.28/day

    I have an awesome collection of trades giving me six bonuses, environment at 5.13 (though I only show three stars, the two values never really match-up), I have 2 banks, a harbor and a school.

    Emperor's on the throne, all is right with the world.[/NERV]

    Also:

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    VGDJ: The Official OCR Podcast

    in Projects

    Posted

    No special drawings on mine, just a plain envelope. :cry:

    :wink:

    Really? Was yours from me or zircon? We both tried to include *something* for each one.

    It was from you, Pixie. Mine must have been among the last to be filled-out, so you were probably growing tired of writing by that time and just wanted to be done with it.

    It's no problem. I love the button, btw. It now lives on the lapel of my jacket. :D

    VGDJ: The Official OCR Podcast

    in Projects

    Posted

    Yay, got my VGDJ button today (cute l'il thing). I noticed that the envelope mine came in did have a few button-sized holes in it. I'm guessing the general problem is that buttons have been punching holes into their envelopes while going through the myriad sorters and rollers at the post office, thus allowing some of the buttons to fall out en rout.

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