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Skriven 2015-11-08 22:57:09 av Sean Dennis (1:18/200)
     Kommentar till en text av Dave Drum
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 DD> Your OLR is at it again - lotsa "white space".

I switched editors.  I couldn't find out why nano was doing that so I
switched back to joe.

 DD> No worse than the people down the street who had the punkins with the
 DD> ghosties popping out of them out on their front lawn the second week of
 DD> September.

I don't do anything on Halloween.  We didn't celebrate in my home when I
grew up.

 DD> You won't see much in my house at any time. I might put a "Happy
 DD> Holidays" hanger and a dangling ball on the bonsai. Or on alternate
 DD> years put out the Menorah - taking it down when Chanukah is over.

I have a little 8" tall Christmas tree that I put on my computer desk.  It's
complete with tiny ornaments and battery-powered LED lights.  That's about
the extent of it for me.

 DD> True - but it has become traditional to exchange gifts at this
 DD> particular time of year --- whether you are religious or not. Sort of
 DD> like Halloween has become something far removed from part of a simple
 DD> observance of All Saints Day (Nov. 1 Gregorian).

Yes, you're absolutely right.  Although, when we did do the present thing,
we waited until after Christmas and took advantage of all the sales. :)

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: CAKEY GINGERBREAD SQUARES
 Categories: Desserts, Cakes, Holidays
      Yield: 12 Servings
 
      1 x  -Dottie Cross TMPJ72B
      8 T  Unsalted butter; at room
      1 x  -temperature
    1/2 c  Sugar
      2 ea Large eggs
      1 x  Grated zest of 1 orange
  2 1/2 c  Sifted all-purpose flour
      2 t  Baking soda
      2 t  Ground ginger
      1 t  Ground cinnamon
    1/2 t  Ground allspice
    1/2 t  Ground nutmeg
    1/2 t  Salt
    1/4 t  Ground cloves
      1 c  Unsulfured molasses
      1 c  Boiling water
      1 x  Confectioners' sugar;
      1 x  -for dusting
 
  Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a 9-inch square
  baking pan. Using a hand-held electric mixer set at high speed, beat
  the butter until creamy, about 1 minute. Add the sugar and beat until
  light in color and texture, about 2 additional minutes. Beat in the
  eggs and orange zest. Sift the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon,
  allspice, nutmeg, salt, and cloves onto a piece of waxed paper. In a
  2-cup glass measuring cup, combine the molasses and boiling water.
  Alternately in thirds, beat in the flour and molasses mixtures.
  Transfer the batter to the prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick
  inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, and the cake is
  shrinking from the sides of the pan, 40 to 50 minutes. Let stand on a
  wire cake rack for 5 minutes. Place the confectioners' sugar in a
  sieve and dust over the top of the cake. Serve the cake warm or
  completely cooled.  Makes 12 to 16 servings. Source: "An Edible
  Christmas" (A Treasury of Recipes for the Holiday) by Irena Chalmers.
  Reformatted by: CYGNUS, HCPM52C
 
MMMMM
 
--Sean
 
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