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acchikocchi) wrote2008-12-19 08:00 pm
acchikocchi) wrote2008-12-19 08:00 pm
Entry tags:
rl, fic challenges, & a recipe
-- and a very happy birthday to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
procreational, who is extraordinarily thoughtful and caring and generally great. ♥♥♥ Thanks for putting up with me and my oft-dodgy taste in music... ;)
Various Obligations finally completed just in time to get into the whirl of baking and shopping and mailing. Speaking of, just started on cards and things today so basically none of you will get anything before Christmas, I'm so sorry. XD They will be like nice little surprises! To keep the holiday season going! ...shh. Also, I feel sure that I missed some address collection posts while I was snowed under with work and school -- if you didn't get my address, I didn't see yours because I always sign myself up for mail. XD Point me in the right direction, please? (Likewise, if you would like mail from the Home State of Sarah Palin -- hahahaha I can see you all wincing -- shoot me an email or a screened comment here. I'll send you a caribou antler or something.)
No less than four people told me how awesome the![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
je_holiday fic for me was, before I had a chance to read it, and they were SO RIGHT. :D Honestly, given the numbers distribution I was expecting Pin and Gokusen 2 fic was the most pleasant of surprises! I have a Sneaking Suspicion, fed by Matchy, that the author is on my flist so if you are reading this THANK YOU. ♥♥♥ When all the fics for both that and je_ficgames I'll do one of those guess-my-fic-and-I'll-do-something-nice-for-you, once I have a chance to think about it more.
Just took two batches of gingerbread out of the oven and my mother tasted it and said, quote, It is Nectar and Ambrosia. I'm a pretty mediocre cook but a good baker and gingerbread is a specialty. :D The family recipe, that is -- it's very dark and rich and frequently causes trouble at parties because people think it's chocolate cake and then their tastebuds are all unpleasantly shocked because they were expecting something else... To give you an idea, the other recipes I've seen (from various cookbooks, backs of molasses jars, etc.) call for anywhere from a tablespoon to half a cup of molasses; this one calls for a full cup. XD Since I have been snagging recipes from the flist right and left, thought I would share:
Ingredients:
1 cup oil (vegetable or canola)
3 well-beaten eggs
1 cup sugar
1 tsp soda
1 cup molasses
1/4 cup warm water
1 tsp allspice
1 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 cup hot water
2 cups flour
Sift together flour, spices, and salt in a small bowl and set aside. Mix oil, sugar, and molasses in a large mixing bowl. Add beaten eggs. Beat a few minutes. Dissolve soda in 1/4 cup warm water and add. Slowly stir in dry mixture. Add last cup of hot water. Mix well. Bake 45 minutes in large pan (greased and floured) or in two small pans for 30 minutes, at around 350 degrees.
Meredith adds, It'll be done when the edges begin to separate from the pan and a toothpick to the middle comes out clean. Let cool a bit before tasting, but not too long because it's best warm. :)
I was going to say, if I were more organized (or had more foresight) I would have thought to document today's batch photographically, but I did double the recipe (and it got Very Messy) so maybe that wouldn't have been the best idea after all. XD;
P.S. Have a friended a few people recently and want to say, usually I don't post this often! It's been building up over a long time of LJ-lessness. XD
procreational, who is extraordinarily thoughtful and caring and generally great. ♥♥♥ Thanks for putting up with me and my oft-dodgy taste in music... ;)Various Obligations finally completed just in time to get into the whirl of baking and shopping and mailing. Speaking of, just started on cards and things today so basically none of you will get anything before Christmas, I'm so sorry. XD They will be like nice little surprises! To keep the holiday season going! ...shh. Also, I feel sure that I missed some address collection posts while I was snowed under with work and school -- if you didn't get my address, I didn't see yours because I always sign myself up for mail. XD Point me in the right direction, please? (Likewise, if you would like mail from the Home State of Sarah Palin -- hahahaha I can see you all wincing -- shoot me an email or a screened comment here. I'll send you a caribou antler or something.)
No less than four people told me how awesome the
je_holiday fic for me was, before I had a chance to read it, and they were SO RIGHT. :D Honestly, given the numbers distribution I was expecting Pin and Gokusen 2 fic was the most pleasant of surprises! I have a Sneaking Suspicion, fed by Matchy, that the author is on my flist so if you are reading this THANK YOU. ♥♥♥ When all the fics for both that and je_ficgames I'll do one of those guess-my-fic-and-I'll-do-something-nice-for-you, once I have a chance to think about it more.Just took two batches of gingerbread out of the oven and my mother tasted it and said, quote, It is Nectar and Ambrosia. I'm a pretty mediocre cook but a good baker and gingerbread is a specialty. :D The family recipe, that is -- it's very dark and rich and frequently causes trouble at parties because people think it's chocolate cake and then their tastebuds are all unpleasantly shocked because they were expecting something else... To give you an idea, the other recipes I've seen (from various cookbooks, backs of molasses jars, etc.) call for anywhere from a tablespoon to half a cup of molasses; this one calls for a full cup. XD Since I have been snagging recipes from the flist right and left, thought I would share:
Ingredients:
1 cup oil (vegetable or canola)
3 well-beaten eggs
1 cup sugar
1 tsp soda
1 cup molasses
1/4 cup warm water
1 tsp allspice
1 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 cup hot water
2 cups flour
Sift together flour, spices, and salt in a small bowl and set aside. Mix oil, sugar, and molasses in a large mixing bowl. Add beaten eggs. Beat a few minutes. Dissolve soda in 1/4 cup warm water and add. Slowly stir in dry mixture. Add last cup of hot water. Mix well. Bake 45 minutes in large pan (greased and floured) or in two small pans for 30 minutes, at around 350 degrees.
Meredith adds, It'll be done when the edges begin to separate from the pan and a toothpick to the middle comes out clean. Let cool a bit before tasting, but not too long because it's best warm. :)
I was going to say, if I were more organized (or had more foresight) I would have thought to document today's batch photographically, but I did double the recipe (and it got Very Messy) so maybe that wouldn't have been the best idea after all. XD;
P.S. Have a friended a few people recently and want to say, usually I don't post this often! It's been building up over a long time of LJ-lessness. XD
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(why do I have no food icons? will have to settle for Yamapi instead...)
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(Yamapi can be comparably tasty to fresh baked cookies. <3)
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also kjlfaek;jag fic!
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I'm not sure if you have my address? I have yours..
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And I do indeed have yours. :D Our late mail will cross in the middle of the country somewhere.
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omg baaaking (which is what I was doing earlier *dies*)
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OH well~
I'm glad I'm not alone then XD
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:( Are you never coming back to chat?
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I will... someday! There's a party here tomorrow so excessive cleaning and baking and other sorts of preparation are going on right now, because we are a family of procrastinators. >_> I just keep dashing back to check gmail. *dies*
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*huggles* I miss j00~ ♥
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I have been watching Jin fanvids all day~
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...in that case,
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(♥)
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(is that a yes? ♥ :D)
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hmm, 6 months from now = june, right....no subject
i see through your aishiteru icons.
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JINJANINJA SKILLZ. >:D*icons at j00* :D it is okay mer, to be weak in the face of teh jin.
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I- er.. don't believe I've tried gingerbread. ...Ever.
I may try your recipe, since it sounds absolutely amazing. :)
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...omg! you should, gingerbread is DELICIOUS. er, i think so -- if you like a little bit of spices. :) if you do try it tell me how it comes out!
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You should still take pictures! :D
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DUDE, if I did one of those guess-my-fic things I have the feeling lots of people would go "I KNOW THIS WAS YOU!!" once they read my fic and I'd go "aw...dangit D:" but it's nice you're doing that :DDD I need matchy to feed me suspicions so I can guess yours XDDD
MMMMMM! my sister doesn't like gingerbread but I love it *____* I wish I could poke her into making it, since I suck at cooking/baking...>__>
You should give me your address somehow :( I am filling in cards now :D Unless you think I'll stalk you on google earth or something (just to check if you really can see Russia from your house!!!!) but er actually even if you think that, do it anyway...? XD
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Mmm gingerbread *____*
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