Text 16493, 96 rader
Skriven 2011-10-09 16:14:14 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 16449 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: easy things 09
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Hi Michael,

 RH> you're changing your answer and will mark the next lower answer in the
 RH> list. If you don't go back to check, you could be in big trouble.

 ML> There are a lot of sites I've been annoyed by that change
 ML> defaults, reposition your pointer, and so on. Usually it's
 ML> just a minor thing, but in your case it would be altogether
 ML> too easy to make an inadvertent wrong mark. Of course, I've

I thinnk Steve has done it before on some of his on line quizzes. I'm
suspecting my final will be done the same way.

 ML> been known to buy a plane ticket for the wrong day because
 ML> of similar issues (easily fixed by a phone call to a human,
 ML> but that defeats the purpose of online shopping).

Yes, and you have to go thru interminable phone trees to get to a human.


 RH> There were also some questions where what was being looked for in an
 RH> answer wasn't quite clear (Some of my classmates felt the same way.) so
 RH> I hope I gave what was being asked for.

 ML> There probably ought to be a comment field at the end.

Should have been, but there wasn't. The class is being taught by a
couple of Ph.D students.


 ML> lately he's just kept piles of them around perhaps in the
 ML> hope I'll get exasperated and do them.
 RH> And you did, didn't you?

 ML> Yes, usually ... .

I thought so. (G)


 ML> His priorities are Tyson chicken, canned or dehydrated
 ML> soup, and prepackaged muffins.
 RH> So how does he cook the chicken?
 ML> Microwave, sometimes oven. It's breaded prefried.
 RH> Adding more calories than he probably needs.

 ML> He's overweight but not really fat - his waist is 2"
 ML> bigger than mine and he weighs what I do (but is 2" shorter).

I'm going to try to cut down on carbs (hard) and fats (easier) to see if
I can improve some figures I got on my last set of blood work. Losing a
few pounds in the deal won't be a bad idea either.


 RH> I've had prepackaged muffins, I was less than thrilled with them.
 ML> In the land of no baking skills, prepackaged muffins are king.

 ML> Went with my friend Helen to a super called Roche Brothers (used
 ML> to be the subject of many hygiene jokes), and she informed me
 ML> that it was muffin and meringue heaven, so I got me a blueberry
 ML> muffin, and it turned out to be made with abundant real berries
 ML> and tasted fairly good. I ate only half of it, though.


Those would be good. I was thinking of the Costco or vending machine
stuff. Home made (or good bakery) are much better than those, hands
down.


 ML> For the season:


 ML>       Title: Pumpkin Muffins
 ML>  Categories: Dinner, Breakfast, Breads
 ML>    Servings:  4

 ML>       1 c  Unbleached flour, sifted            2 ts Baking powder
 ML>     1/4 ts Salt                              1/4 ts Ground cinnamon
 ML>     1/4 c  Vegetable shortening              2/3 c  Sugar
 ML>       1    Large egg                         1/2 c  Canned, mashed
 ML> pumpkin       2 tb Milk

About the same as pumpkin bread but in a muffin form. I'll be baking
pumpkin something or other near the end of the month for Steve's
birthday.


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Ruth
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