I am bakeing cookies.

“Chocolate chip cookies are in the oven now :) Come on over ya all, but its byom (bring your own milk).


Busy day! i was out to lunch and shopping with a pal after takeing sassha to teh vet. YAWNNNNN after my cookies i think I need a nap...”

“they will be out in about 2 minutes :)”

“i hear mike and tango are cookin somethin, but it aint cookies!”

“:O!!! If you are trying to get me to believe mike and tango are having an affair so that I will have an affair with you it wont work Stormy LMAO Nice try tho ;)”

“Cookies are out of the oven, boy does the house smell good!”

“Are they "special" cookies?”

“I guess you could say somethings in the oven :)”

“they are made with exploding baby batter :)”

“Don't worry, MSCMB, Crazy Mike is fine and Tango hasn't killed him yet! I'm out early due to a big freakin' hole in my foot.”

“yikes! what happened?”

“A big blister under a layer of callous on my right foot. It's ewven oozing blood but at least I got all the sand and duct tape adhesive oout of it. :0”

“Post a pic!!!! :) ( blisters get me sooo excited jk LMAO...seriously, post a pic of it)”

“Yummmm these cookies are so gooood :)”

“Oh man! A blister UNDER a callous? That is some bad juju my friend! Must have hurt like a SOB!”

“Sorry bout your foot Treebait, that sucks.

I want a cooke MsCMB! Your making me hungry.”

“I got better than cookies...Old Milwaukee on an empty stomach!”

“no I don't think so Nigal - Old Milwaukee is only good for cleaning sinks”

“and toilet bowls :)”

“Beats the hell out of Clidesdale pi$$ (Bud).”

“I'm baking bread.”

“oooo what kind?”

“Nope, no pictures. I asked HPM to do so but he was too grossed out. ;)

The callous is peeling up now, but I can't remove much of it because then the whole ball of my right foot (the part under the toes) will be raw. It hurts like a mother now, but it wasn't bad on the trail because of layers of 2nd skin and duct tape. I'm now a true believer in duct tape for covering wounds.”

“whole wheat, good for the body and soul”

“Shawn- Bread? Yum. Send some to San Diego. Not on my diet, the mere thought of it makes me drool. arrggh! Off to the gym....”

“My wife had a Tastefully Simple party and they have this beer bread mix that is the best bread I've ever had! You just add the mix to one can of beer (preferably Old Mill Doggy), mix it up and bake. It is so yeasty and sweet!”

“OK--enough!! I should bake the bread but the cookies are faster”

“They are in the oven--8 minutes to go!”

“Treebait--was it your feet being damp that made them blister?”

“I'm thinking it was walking on the sand - these days that is about the only thing that gets to my feet”

“Sand can do it--hurts to think about it--ugh!”

“THat was a big part of the problem. It was about 84 degrees, and I'm wearing waterproof trail shoes and 2 pair of socks. My feet sweat a lot and by the time I noticed a problem it was way too late. I removed 1 pair of socks (both liners) which helped immensely. I just need well-ventilated shoes for warm weather hiking. Waterproof and goretex footwear is not for me.”

“"I guess you could say somethings in the oven :)"

Am I the only one who caught on to this?? Are you pregnant, MsCMB???”

“Mmmmmm, oozing bloody blisters and cookies! I'm starving :-)”

“Schorch, guess you are, it went way over my head.”

“Yep, second reference of this type, Scorch. I think somebody is trying to get somebody's goat, LOL



Here's something for you cookie fans -----

The Practically Perfect Cookie

We wanted a cookie with a chewy interior, crunchy edges, and a well-
blended flavor. Above all, we wanted a cookie with a high overall chocolate
impact to give a sensuous rush to the chocoholic. After much experimentation
and perhaps a few cumulative inches added to staffers' waistlines, we
created a cookie with all those assets.

Our recipe makes 40 medium-sized cookies.

- - Consumer Reports (Feb '85)


Ingredients:

2¼ C. Flour
1 level tsp. Baking Soda
1 level tsp. Salt
¾ C. Sugar
¾ C. Dark Brown Sugar, packed
2 sticks (½ lb.) Sweet Butter, room temp.
1 tsp. Vanilla Extract
2 Large Eggs
1 12 oz. pkg. Nestlé Semisweet Chocolate Chips



Procedure:

Preheat oven to 375˚ F.

1. Mix flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl and set aside.

2. Use a stand-type electric mixer to mix the two sugars briefly at low speed.
Add the butter in small gobbets, mixing first at low speed and then at high.
Beat the mix until it's pale, light, and very fluffy.

3. Add the vanilla at the mixer's lowest speed, then beat at high speed for a
few seconds. Add the eggs, again at the lowest speed, switching to high
speed for the final second or so. The eggs should be well beaten in, and
the mix should look creamed, not curdled.

4. Add the flour, baking soda, and salt, one-half cup at a time, mixing at low
speed for about one minute, then at high for a few more seconds.

5. Scrape down the bowl's sides with a spatula, add the chocolate chips, and
mix at low speed for about ten seconds. If need be, scrape the bowl's sides
again and mix for a few more seconds.

6. Put tablespoonfuls of the mix on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake until
the cookies are pale golden brown (nine minutes in an electric oven, 10 to
11 minutes in a gas one). Remove and let them cool on a rack. Enjoy!

(Yield: 40 medium-sized cookies)




[Have I posted that before? (probably)]”

“No Scrotchy, Mapes is the one who's knocked up.”