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Skriven 2010-01-21 20:17:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: it's all about crazy 693
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 DD> Well, when you look at it from the "establishment" side ... they have
 DD> here a middle-aged male of no fixed address who is an itinerant
 DD> musician, flitting about the globe in first class seats on airplanes,
 DD> performing random acts of culinary largess. Where do you think they
 DD> would put someone who doesn't fit smoothly into one of their
 DD> pre-programmed niches? 
 DD> By their lights, you gotta be nutso. But, so do I given those
 DD> attitudes vs the one I have.

The dox treat me with respect; the help are mostly nice to me
as I'm mostly nice to them. The only mess I had was with the
irritating registration lady, who wanted to know my ethnic
background, and I said, essentially, if you can't tell,
I won't tell.

 HN> Two important things....do YOU see the
 HN> window washers? and you're ok as long as
 HN> the cop isn't sitting outside YOUR door!

Until this afternoon I didn't even know there were windows,
much less window washers (whom I can't see). The guy's new
thing was that he told his dox that he was getting 2 or 3
CAT scans a day. And there aren't even any cats around.

 -> As it turns out they wheeled me right past the CCU and into
 -> the regular ward, where I got put in a room with a guy who
 -> sees the window washers outside every day; next door is an
 RH> Hmmmm - are they trying to steal his thoughts and implant alien
 RH> patterns? 

No, I'm trying to do that.

 -> apparently criminally insane guy who needs restraints plus
 -> a cop sitting watch outside. Appropriate, I guess.
 RH> Yep - there but for the grace of a tinfoil hat go you?  

Always so kind as to point out the obvious, I see.

Shirley's crazy cake with cream cheese frosting
Cat: dessert, nondairy, dairy
Servings: 9 to 12

1 1/2 c (6.4 oz) unbleached flour
1 c sugar
1/3 c natural cocoa powder (not Dutch process)
1 1/2 ts baking powder
1/2 ts salt
1 ts apple cider vinegar
2 ts pure vanilla extract
1/2 c canola oil
1 c cold water or weak coffee
h - simple cream cheese frosting
8 oz package cream cheese (not whipped)
1/2 c powdered sugar, sifted
2 Tb (to 4) heavy cream or half-and-half
1 ts pure vanilla extract

This recipe works best with a higher-protein
all-purpose flour, such as King Arthur brand.

Heat the oven to 350F. In an 8"-square baking dish,
sift together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder,
and salt. Smooth out the powder. Then, using the
handle of a wooden spoon, poke two small holes and
one large hole in the dry ingredients. Put the vinegar
in one small hole and the vanilla in the other. Pour
the oil into the large hole. (It will overflow,
not a problem.)

Pour the cold water or coffee all over the top.
Then use the wooden spoon and stir well to blend
all of the ingredients together until smooth.

Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes
out clean, about 25 to 30 min.

When the cake is completely cool, top with your
favorite icing or sprinkle on powdered sugar. It
is also nice with berries and whipped cream or ice
cream. (Or you can skip any topping and instead add
3/4 c chocolate chips as you stir the mixture. There
are vegan and nondairy chocolate chips available at
Whole Foods and Trader Joe's.)

Simple cream cheese frosting - on a low speed of an
electric mixer, beat the cream cheese and sugar until
soft. Beat in 2 Tb of the cream and then the vanilla.
If the frosting is too thick, add more cream, 1 Tb at
a time, until it is the right consistency for spreading.

Wait until the cake is completely cool before frosting
and then store it in the refrigerator.

LA Times 1/20/2010, adapted from Shirley Corriher, BakeWise
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