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madsquirrel — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:54:56 +0000

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Flourless doesn’t mean tasteless

madsquirrel — Mon, 16 May 2011 10:21:22 +0000

I made a chocolate flourless cake in school the other day. (I seem to have not taken a picture of it.) I was an easy and quick recipe. Once again this recipe is in ounces and if you need me to convert it I can.

1lb Dark Chocolate

15oz butter (use unsalted)

18oz granulated sugar

10 whole eggs

Melt chocolate and butter over a double broiler
Stir sugar into melted chocolate, stir in eggs one at a time
Place in paper lined cake pans, parchment paper on the bottom
Bake in a waterbath for about an hour and a half
Keep covered with foi for the first 45 minutes
Chill overnight before unmolding
sift powered sugar and garnish with raspberries.

Make 2-8″ cakes.

Bake at 300 degrees ferhnheight

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madsquirrel — Sun, 15 May 2011 21:32:19 +0000

things progress as do we……

madsquirrel — Sun, 15 May 2011 19:22:25 +0000

GAMES FOR WHEN WE ARE OLDER

1. Sag, you’re It.

2. Hide and go pee.

3. 20 questions shouted into your good ear.

4. Kick the bucket.

5. Red Rover, Red Rover, the nurse says Bend Over.

6. Musical recliners.

7. Simon says something incoherent.

8. Pin the Toupee on the bald guy.

SIGNS OF MENOPAUSE:

1. You sell your home heating system at a yard sale.

2. You have to write post-it notes with your kids’ names on them.

3. You change your underwear after a sneeze.

OLD IS WHEN:

1. Going bra-less pulls all the wrinkles out of your face.

2. You don’t care where your spouse goes, just as long as you don’t have to go along.

3. Getting a little action means I don’t need fiber today.

4. Getting lucky means you find your car in the parking lot.

5. An all-nighter means not getting up to pee!

Thoughts for the weekend Wouldn’t it be nice if whenever we messed up our life we could simply press ‘Ctr Alt Delete’ and start all over?

Just remember, if the world didn’t suck, we’d all fall off.

If raising children was going to be easy, it never would havestarted with something called labor!

Brain cells come and brain cells go, but fat cells live forever.

But Most Of All, Remember ! A Good Friend Is Like A Good Bra. Hard to Find, Supportive, Comfortable, And Always Close To Your Heart!

I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes.

Garden Rule: When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull onit. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant.

The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement.

Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.

Have you noticed since everyone has a camcorder these days no one talks about seeing UFOs like they used to?

In the 60′s, people took acid to make the world weird.. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.

How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?

Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, ‘I think I’ll squeeze these dangly things here and drink whatever comes out?’

Who was the first person to say, ‘See that chicken there? I’m gonna eat the next thing that comes outta its butt.’

If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why isthere a song about him?

Why does your OB-GYN leave the room when you get undressed if he’s going to look up there anyway?

Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup? Why doesn’t glue stick to the inside of the bottle?

Carrot Cake

madsquirrel — Sun, 15 May 2011 18:43:39 +0000

Want to know how to make this?

The cake is quiet easy to make and is very good. Note that this recipe is in ounces and it doesn’t convert into cups as you would think. 8oz of sugar doesn’t equal 1 cup. Measuring and baking by weighing will make your products of better quality. You can get an inexpensive scale from Wal-Mart, Target, or Bed, Bath, & Beyond. Owning and baking with a scale will change your life. If you you want to make this recipe and want it in cups please leave me a comment and I will give you the conversions.

This recipe will yield 3-8″ cakes.

You bake at 325 for 45-60 minutes.

12oz shredded carrots

7.5each whole eggs

21oz sugar

5oz brown sugar

18.75oz canola oil

0.25oz vanilla extract

1 orange zest

15.75oz AP flour

2 1/4 tsp baking powder

1 1/4 tsp baking soda

2 1/4 tsp cinnamon

2 tsp ground ginger

1/2 tsp nutmeg, ground

1/2 tsp allspice, ground

1 tsp salt

Wash and shred carrots
Sift dry ingredients
Combine all wet
Combine wet into dry halfway, then add carrots
Divide evenly into 3-8″ cake pans. Pans should be greased and lined with parchment.
Bake for 45-60 minutes. Check with toothpick.

The Cream Cheese Icing recipe

1lb butter

1lb powdered sugar

1lb cream cheese

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 tsp lemon juice

pinch of salt

Mix until smooth.

I decorated this cake in a basket weave pattern. You can just smooth out the icing.

Let me know if you have questions!

Friday is brought to by………

madsquirrel — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 07:00:27 +0000

Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high
And the dreams that you dreamed of
Once in a lullaby ii ii iii
Somewhere over the rainbow
Blue birds fly
And the dreams that you dreamed of
Dreams really do come true ooh ooooh
Someday I’ll wish upon a star
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me ee ee eeh
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
High above the chimney tops thats where you’ll find me oh
Somewhere over the rainbow bluebirds fly
And the dream that you dare to,why, oh why can’t I? i iiii

Well I see trees of green and
Red roses too,
I’ll watch them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world

Well I see skies of blue and I see clouds of white
And the brightness of day
I like the dark and I think to myself
What a wonderful world

The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people passing by
I see friends shaking hands
Saying, “How do you do?”
They’re really saying, I…I love you
I hear babies cry and I watch them grow,
They’ll learn much more
Than we’ll know
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world (w)oohoorld

Someday I’ll wish upon a star,
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
High above the chimney top that’s where you’ll find me
Oh, Somewhere over the rainbow way up high
And the dream that you dare to, why, oh why can’t I? I hiii ?

Ooooo oooooo oooooo
Ooooo oooooo oooooo
Ooooo oooooo oooooo
Ooooo oooooo oooooo
Ooooo oooooo oooooo
Ooooo oooooo oooooo

Today is brought to you by……

madsquirrel — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 06:57:16 +0000

My baby don’t mess around
Because she loves me so
And this I know for shooo..
Uh, But does she really wanna
But can’t stand to see me
Walk out the dooor..
Don’t try to fight the feelin’
Because the thought alone is killing me right nooww..
Uh, thank god for mom and dad
For sticking two together
‘Cause we don’t know hooowww…
UH!

Heeeyyy… Yaaaaaaa..
Heeyy Yaaaaaaaa..
Heeeyyy… Yaaaaaaa..
Heeyy Yaaaaaaaa..
Heeeyyy… Yaaaaaaa..
Heeyy Yaaaaaaaa..
Heeeyyy… Yaaaaaaa..
Heeyy Yaaaaaaaa..

[Verse Two - Andre 3000]
You think you’ve got it
Ohh, you think you’ve got it
But got it just don’t get it
Till’ there’s nothing at
AaaaaaaaAAAAAAAaaaaaaAAAAAAaaaaaallllll..
We get together
Ohh, we get together
But seperate’s always better when there’s feelings
InvooooooOOOOOOOoooooooOOOOOOooooooOOOOOlved
If what they say is “Nothing is forever”
Then what makes, Then what makes, Then what makes
Then what makes, Then what makes LOOVVEEE?
(Love exception) So why you, why you
Why you, why you, why you are we so in denial
When we know we’re not happy heeeerrreeee…
Y’all don’t want me here you just wanna dance

[Chorus]
Heeeyyy… Yaaaaaaa.. (OHH OH)
Heeyy Yaaaaaaaa.. (OHH OH)
Heeeyyy… Yaaaaaaa.. (Don’t want to meet your daddy, OHH OH)
Heeyy Yaaaaaaaa.. (Just want you in my Caddy OHH OH)
Heeeyyy… Yaaaaaaa.. (OHH OH, don’t want to meet yo’ mama OHH OH)
Heeyy Yaaaaaaaa.. (Just wan’t to make you cumma OHH OH)
Heeeyyy… Yaaaaaaa.. (I’m, OHH OH I’m, OHH OH)
Heeyy Yaaaaaaaa.. (I’m just being honest OHH OH, I’m just being honest)

[Bridge - Andre 3000]
Hey, alright now
Alright now fellas, (YEAH!)
Now what’s cooler than bein’ cool?
(ICE COLD!) I can’t hear ya’
I say what’s cooler than bein’ cool?
(ICE COLD!) whooo…
Alright, alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, Ok now ladies, (YEAH!)
And we gon’ break this thing down in just a few seconds
Now don’t have me break this thang down for nothin’
Now I wanna see y’all on y’all baddest behavior
Lend me some suga’, I am your neighbor ahh here we go!
Shake it, shake, shake it, shake it (OHH OH)
Shake it, shake it, shake, shake it, shake it, shake it (OHH OH)
Shake it, shake it like a Polaroid Picture, shake it, shake it
Shh you got to, shake it, shh shake it, shake it, got to shake it
(Shake it Suga’) shake it like a Poloroid Picture

[Verse Three - Andre 3000 (Repeating "Shake it" in background)]
Now while Beyonce’s and Lucy Lui’s
And baby dolls, get on the floor
(Get on the floor)
You know what to dooo..
You know what to dooo..
You know what to do!

[Chorus]
Heeeyyy… Yaaaaaaa.. (OHH OH)
Heeyy Yaaaaaaaa.. (OHH OH)
Heeeyyy… Yaaaaaaa.. (OHH OH)
Heeyy Yaaaaaaaa.. (Uh oh, Hey Ya)
Heeeyyy… Yaaaaaaa.. (OHH OH)
Heeyy Yaaaaaaaa.. (Uh, uh, OHH OH)
Heeeyyy… Yaaaaaaa.. (OHH OH)
Heeyy Yaaaaaaaa.. (OHH OH)

Today is brought to you by…….

madsquirrel — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:51:24 +0000

S-s-s-s A-a-a-a F-f-f-f E-e-e-e T-t-t-t Y-y-y-y
Safe, dance!

We can dance if we want to
We can leave your friends behind
‘Cause your friends don’t dance and if they don’t dance
Well they’re no friends of mine
I say, we can go where we want to
A place where they will never find
And we can act like we come from out of this world
Leave the real one far behind
And we can dance

We can go when we want to
The night is young and so am I
And we can dress real neat from our hats to our feet
And surprise ‘em with the victory cry
Say, we can act if want to
If we don’t nobody will
And you can act real rude and totally removed
And I can act like an imbecile

I say, we can dance, we can dance
Everything out of control
We can dance, we can dance
We’re doing it from wall to wall
We can dance, we can dance
Everybody look at your hands
We can dance, we can dance
Everybody takin’ the cha-a-a-ance

Safety dance
Is it safe to dance
Is it safe to dance

S-s-s-s A-a-a-a F-f-f-f E-e-e-e T-t-t-t Y-y-y-y
Safe, dance!

We can dance if we want to
We’ve got all your life and mine
As long as we abuse it, never gonna lose it
Everything’ll work out right
I say, we can dance if we want to
We can leave your friends behind
‘Cause your friends don’t dance and if they don’t dance
Well they’re no friends of mine

Back to school

madsquirrel — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:57:00 +0000

Long time no post! I know, I know, I know. I am trying to make a comeback and this epic winter-storm that is now slamming into us, I have the extra time. I can’t promise you long drawn out posts but I can promise you that I will post a picture and a small description of what I am doing everyday.

So, what have I been doing? Well, on January 3, 2011 I started Culinary school in baking and pastries at Le Cordon Bleu. So, far I am loving it! I really do mean loving it too.

Today there is sadly no school for me! I love going to school and learning something new each day. I did manage to get into to school yesterday with the ice that was falling from the sky. There was only about 20 students total for the 1pm classes that showed up. It was a small class and we stayed for about an hour or so.

I also plan on making a picasa web album for all of my school projects I have been working on. I will post the link when I get the chance.

>Moved

madsquirrel — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:15:00 +0000

We have moved!

You need to go here!