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    November 25

    Adding Pictures

    I know I haven't posted in a little while, but I am going to post a bunch of pictures now.  I was for some reason unable to upload from my camera after I loaded up a new printer, but I got it sorted out.  So, there are I believe three albums going up now.  I'll try and post an update soon.
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    November 08

    Yummy!

    My first use of my newly ground mesquite flour - yummy pancakes!  I don't fully understand why things with mesquite flour (at least mine) come out looking a little green, but they are good anyway, and what a different flavour.  Try this...
     

    Anastasia’s Mesquite Pancakes

    From Anastasia Rabin
    DRY MIX:
    2 cups mesquite flour
    2 cups whole-wheat pastry flour
    1 tablespoon baking powder
    1 and 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
    1/2 teaspoon salt

    Make as much dry mix as you like and store in a cool dry place for later use.

    To make pancakes for two people mix the following WET INGREDIENTS:
    1 egg
    2 tablespoons oil
    2 cups of liquid (milk, buttermilk, or a milk substitute)

    Beat the wet ingredients together, then add a cup of dry mix. Add liquid or mix as needed to get the desired consistency. I like to make my batter thick for extra hearty pancakes. Mesquite burns easily so be careful when cooking. Lowering the temperature of your griddle can help.

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    November 04

    How Cute!

    Who doesn't love to play dress up?  Now you can win an adorable frog costume... check it out:
     
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    November 02

    Halloween 2008

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    Our Own Mesquite Flour - Cool!

    Yesterday Josh took the mesquite pods we collected from our tree this year (not too many, since we were in Asia for most of the "dropping" season) to the Downtown Phoenix Market to have them ground.  He was kind of assigned the task because I had to work.  There's a group that comes to grind once a year - he said it's like some old hippies with a mill they bring into town.  It's called Desert Harvesters and they even have a website.  Anyway, they grind your pods (mostly mesquite and carob, I believe) for a donation.  We ended up with a large tupperware of mesquite flour quite inexpensively (Josh said they told him they suggested $5, but he said they were really nice and helpful, so he gave them $10).  Considering online I found 16 oz for almost the same price, I would say we did fine.  Now I have some mesquite flour to integrate into recipes, and it's so much more fun when it's your own!  Hopefully next summer we will get even more pods...
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    November 01

    The Times They Are A-Changin'

    Come gather 'round people
    Wherever you roam
    And admit that the waters
    Around you have grown
    And accept it that soon
    You'll be drenched to the bone.
    If your time to you
    Is worth savin'
    Then you better start swimmin'
    Or you'll sink like a stone
    For the times they are a-changin'.

    Come writers and critics
    Who prophesize with your pen
    And keep your eyes wide
    The chance won't come again
    And don't speak too soon
    For the wheel's still in spin
    And there's no tellin' who
    That it's namin'.
    For the loser now
    Will be later to win
    For the times they are a-changin'.

    Come senators, congressmen
    Please heed the call
    Don't stand in the doorway
    Don't block up the hall
    For he that gets hurt
    Will be he who has stalled
    There's a battle outside
    And it is ragin'.
    It'll soon shake your windows
    And rattle your walls
    For the times they are a-changin'.

    Come mothers and fathers
    Throughout the land
    And don't criticize
    What you can't understand
    Your sons and your daughters
    Are beyond your command
    Your old road is
    Rapidly agin'.
    Please get out of the new one
    If you can't lend your hand
    For the times they are a-changin'.

    The line it is drawn
    The curse it is cast
    The slow one now
    Will later be fast
    As the present now
    Will later be past
    The order is
    Rapidly fadin'.
    And the first one now
    Will later be last
    For the times they are a-changin'

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