Good to start out the week with a little whoopie, no?
http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/26/maine-outdoes-pa-with-massive-whoopie-pie/
Ok, you read that and think this dude has to be from Mars. Women are from Venus and Men are from mars. No kidding aside I may very well be from Mars:
http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/27/we-might-be-martians-the-search-for-extra-terrestrial-genomes/
Now you probably think after reading the above two articles there is just no hope for me. But when there are women like the one in the following article there is always hope:
http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/25/california-mom-stacey-jacobs-moved-to-create-one-million-cranes/
I am off to work but will be checking in throughout the day to see your reaction to whoopie, out of this world dudes, and hope.
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I was born in 1885 and died in 1948 and I was an educational psychologist and psychoanalyst. I published studies on the intellectual and social development of children and promoted the nursery school movement. For me developing a child’s independence is the best way for children to learn the role of adults. I was the daughter of a journalist and Methodist lay preacher. My mom died when I was six years old. At the age of fifteen I was removed from Bolton Secondary School by my father because I had converted to atheistic socialism and my father refused to speak to her for 2 years. I was among the first to bring together education, psychology and psychoanalysis. I believed that it is important to develop children's skills to think clearly and exercise independent judgment. At age 19 I married a botany lecturer. A thirty-eight I became the first Head of the Child Development Department at the Institute of Education, University of London, where I established an advanced course in child development for teachers of young children. Are you interest in THE BIOLOGICAL INTERESTS OF YOUNG CHILDREN? If you are and also are concerned with THE INTELLECTUAL GROWTH OF YOUNG CHILDREN, you should be able to answer the question, Who Am I?
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- William J.
- First, I think the birth sign is wrong. 6-21, some papers say Gemini, some Cancer. Guess that means I have so many personalities that I can do group therapy alone. For those that don't know how to read Google profiles I have put what I really mean in ( ). Hot (Good looking enough to be in movies(if I buy at ticket). A body like a God (Buddha). Romantic (Thinks begging is foreplay.) Physically fit (Heart trouble. Put 911 on speed dial before we get initmate.) Good Provider (has good life insurance in case you forget to put 911 on speed dial.) Loyal (has reference letters from Mom and parole officer.) Intelligent (scored 1600 on his SATS but you have to total the scores of the four times that I took the test.) Looking for someone compatible (Be between 30 & 99 and not inflatable.)
6 comments:
The whoopie pie article sent me to Google, since it didn't say WHAT a whoopie pie is. Apparently it's a big oreo made w/cake and filling. That's for those of you also in ignorance who didn't look it up.
Related to Martians? The catch is that so far, no claims of having found evidence of life in meteorites from Mars have stood up to real scientific review (I just happened to read about that before coming to the blog today).
Very nice story about the origami cranes. I want to donate to the Red Cross for their efforts in Japan, but I don't donate by credit card, and as usual, can't find on their site an actual address to send an actual check. If these organizations asking for money would put an address on their websites, I'd bet they'd get more donations. Certainly from me they would.
Glad Pat looked up the Whoopie Pie, as I was wondering what it was - anything with chocolate and cream filling sounds good to me. In small portions (g).
Interesting idea about Mars. I mean, wouldn't it be interesting to discover a distant cousin, so far away?
I admire the woman for her creative way of getting involved in helping with the Japanese disaster and, particularly, in involving the school kids - locally and across the country - in both helping and learning an ancient, creative art.
Here is a Whoopie Pie recipe from Emil Lagasse and food.com
Ingredients
1 cup granulated sugar
1 3/4 cups shortening
2 large eggs*
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup baking cocoa
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 large egg whites*
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup whole milk
3 cups confectioners' sugar
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 2 baking sheets and set aside.
To make the cookies, in a large bowl using an electric mixer, cream together the sugar and 1/2 cup of the shortening. Add eggs and mix well.
Onto a sheet of waxed paper, sift together the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Add to the wet ingredients, alternating with the buttermilk. Add 1 teaspoon of the vanilla and mix well. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheets. Bake until tester comes out clean, about 10 minutes.
Remove from the oven and cool on wire racks.
To make the filling, in a large bowl using an electric mixer, beat the egg whites until stiff. Add the remaining 1 1/4 cups of shortening and 1 tablespoon of vanilla, and mix well. Add the milk and sugar, and beat until smooth.
Lay half of the cookies flat on a work surface. Divide the filling among the cookies, spreading out to the edges. Top with the remaining cookies to form sandwich pies. Serve immediately, or cover tightly and refrigerate before serving.
*RAW EGG WARNING
Food Network Kitchens suggest caution in consuming raw and lightly-cooked eggs due to the slight risk of Salmonella or other food-borne illness. To reduce this risk, we recommend you use only fresh, properly-refrigerated, clean, grade A or AA eggs with intact shells, and avoid contact between the yolks or whites and the shell.
Hi Pat
A whoopie pie is basically an edible whoopie cushion.
I would imagine if anyone was related to Martians we would have heard about it immediately. Still the thought is interesting.
It really is frustrating when these organization don't put their address either on their web sites or in ads in the newspaper.
They would get more donations if they would pay attention to that little detail.
Bill
Hi DR
Anything filled with chocolate I am all for it.
Cousin E.T. just may be out there.
I loved what the woman was doing an how she involved everyone!
Bill
Just read the raw egg warning, which contains this advice:
"...and avoid contact between the yolks or whites and the shell."
That would be a good trick!
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