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Skriven 2008-07-09 17:52:00 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: butter 'em up
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->  RH> Banana muffins with no nuts?  Weird.  Very weird.  Baking with
-> 
-> No, it was banana bread, made in muffin shape. (G)
-> 
OK, banana bread in muffin shape with no nuts is weird too.

->  RH> shortening sounds weird to me, but then I had a couple of serious
->  RH> bakers in the family tree.  I think we're genetically predisposed
to
->  RH> hate shortening.
-> 
-> I was brought up baking with mostly shortening--the old Crisco (but
-> usually A&P or Victory Markets house brands) type.  Butter was rare in

That wouldn't have flown here. 

-> our house, margerine was the rule until my mom started working.  Then
-> she tried buying butter but we'd gotten used to the taste of the cheap
-> stuff so she went back to it. I'm not sure what she uses now.

I still use a little margarine here and there, but not much.  I don't eat
that much butter either; I just bake with it.
 
-> -> Who knows? We had a new baby getting all of our time and attention.
-> 
->  RH> Babies will do that.  Loudly.
-> 
-> And by the time she setled down, we'd had another one, just as loud. (G)

It's what they do.  They're practicing for being bleacher creatures.
 
->  RH> Pills, chocolate - pills WITH chocolate.  Chocolate does release
some
->  RH> endorphins, which are the body's own natural painkillers.  As far
as I
->  RH> know the effect is minimal, but it's worth the effort.
-> 
-> Chocolate has theobromines, which are related to theophyline.
-> Theophyline is used (tho not so much any more) to treat asthma,
-> therefore I can eat chcolate and rationalise that I'm helping my
-> breathing.

Good idea.  Dark chocolate also is good for your heart.  Maybe everyone
should just give up and eat the stuff?
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