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Mojopo's avatar

Hi, I have a bread making question. Maybe you can help? I have a bunch of boxes of biscuit/pancake mix and some yeast. Iโ€™d like to make bread out of this. Not quick bread, but something for sandwiches. Can it be done? How? Am I out of my mind? Yes I am, but I still need bread. Thanks if you know!

Mojopo's avatar

Hi sweetheart! I have a bread making question, and maybe you can help (or talk me down). I have a bunch of boxes of biscuit/pancake mix and some yeast. Iโ€™d like to make bread out of this. Not quick bread, but something for sandwiches. Can it be done? How? Am I out of my mind? Yes I am, but I still need bread. Thanks in advance for any advice!

grumpfire's avatar

Screwworm Cakes. Yeah. Huh.

NH is for ๐Ÿฆก๐Ÿ„๐Ÿ's avatar

Iโ€™m guessing that next weekโ€™s post will be about the Victoria Sponge, since thatโ€™s the quintessential British Royal Dessert (Pudding). If so (or even if not) Iโ€™ll leave this story here now because I may be out of town next week.

Several years ago when I was still in the USAF my squadron held a cake raffle, with donated cakes. Mrs. Brit ๐Ÿฆก๐Ÿ„๐Ÿ made a Victoria Sponge, which is really a very simple dessert once youโ€™ve got the cake right. She included a little note about the history of the cake, so the Yanks knew what they were getting. It then went up for sale alongside MUCH fancier cakes, clearly made and decorated by people for whom itโ€™s a passion. To this day sheโ€™s chuffed that her simple cake beat out all the fancy ones for most tickets sold.

blueicebank's avatar

"MAGA melts down as Dem overtakes Spencer Pratt in LA mayoral primary"

Fans of President Donald Trump's Make America Great Again movement melted down on Sunday after reality TV personality Spencer Pratt fell out of his second-place spot in Los Angeles's mayoral primary race.

Pratt, who ran as a Republican, had held a strong lead against Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman, a Democrat, in the primary race until Sunday. The Los Angeles Times reported that mail-in ballots were the key reason why Raman was able to make such a large comeback, and the trend seems likely to continue as the state allows mail-in ballots to be counted for several days following an election.

https://www.rawstory.com/spencer-pratt-2677009581/

https://www.latimes.com/california/live/live-updates-june-primary-election-2026

November prediction: Among the MAGA, there will be much gnashing of teeth and rending of garments. "Spring in their step" will be a distant memory. And Mom will still not love them. Fifty bucks says I'm right.

Shocktreatment's avatar

They will put their best minds on it and mount an irrefutable case:

"That ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ'๐˜ต be right!!!"

"Why not?"

"๐˜‰๐˜Œ๐˜Š๐˜ˆ๐˜œ๐˜š๐˜Œ!!!!"

Maybe even a few more EXCLAIMS! so we know that they're sincere...

Schmannity's avatar

SMOTI celebrates Trump's triumphant Meet The Press appearance:

โ€œYouโ€™re Either Crooked or Youโ€™re Stupidโ€ โ€” Watch the Exact Moment Trump TORCHES Kristen Welker as She MELTS DOWN Defending California Election Fraud Before Trump Walks Out of Hostile Interview

โ€œIโ€™ve Had Enough, Thank You Darling!โ€- President Trump Epically SHUTS DOWN a Whimpering Kristen Welker During Hostile Interview and Walks Out

LOL! *CRUNCH* โ€“ Trump Throws Microphone on Ground and Steps On It as He Storms Out of Kristen Welker Interview

Shocktreatment's avatar

Do you think that his warped, afflicted brain calculates, like processes these things against his experience?

"These questions are proceeding in a direction where, not only won't I have answers, but it'll be obvious that I'm full of shit! I better get out of here!"

Because I'm thinking that it hits him like a hawk's shadow hits a gopher, no thoughts at all, just reflexive !!!!!!! the whole way until he can get his rig changed. At least the collection bag emptied.

Jen Is Journalisming's avatar

SO HOSTILE

lol. Let me have five minutes with the fucker. He will finally understand what hostile means.

MRK's avatar

Imagine being that stupid.

Shocktreatment's avatar

I am pretty sure that I ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ imagining the whole thing.

My theory is that some irresponsible bartender overserved me at some Halloween thing, and I cracked my head.

Even now, I am laid up in some neurology ward somewhere, in tortured coma, a fever nightmare...

A solipsistic brain injury

FukuiSanYesOta's avatar

That's the problem we have though. I can't imagine being stupid. In a way it must be nice, but I can't imagine it.

Zyxomma's avatar

A late friend told me that since I'd never been stupid (he believed he had been and spent much of his life learning to be smarter), my writing might suffer. I can imagine being ignorant of something but not stupid.

blueicebank's avatar

Except in love.

"Love will make you do things you know is wrong." -- Billie Holiday

Land Shark ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ's avatar

Uh ... yeah, no. (first photo)

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—”๐—ฃ ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€

https://apnews.com/photo-gallery/top-photos-day-ap-photojournalists-42c9f56956c44bf2a5951955a8630044

Jen Is Journalisming's avatar

Hey. it's my work place!

Diane's Less Hostile Username's avatar

God, I do not want to go to work today. Why can't life be just sitting on the beach, snuggling and eating fish?

Tia Loca's avatar

Letโ€™s come back in the next lifetime as fur seals Diane

Tia Loca's avatar

Ah thatโ€™s what I was trying to remember...sea lion!

We will come back as sea lions!

MRK's avatar

I don't think fish like to snuggle.

VaselineHabits's avatar

To be fair, I've never asked the fish. Maybe they do? ๐Ÿ˜…

Land Shark ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ's avatar

Huh. Can't imagine why.

๐—”๐˜€ ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น, ๐—”๐—ฃ-๐—ก๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—– ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€

https://apnews.com/article/ap-poll-america-250-democracy-exceptional-474874cbb88c08908c8b6c01e386ba91

Free beach's avatar

Oh we are exceptional alright.

verne's avatar

yes, egg prices down 1500%

Free beach's avatar

Math means nothing now.

Diane's Less Hostile Username's avatar

It's pretty shameful right now.

Jen Is Journalisming's avatar

That's a stupid and loaded question to even ask. Just like is the country headed in the right direction.

Should have asked instead if the country is living up to the ideals upon which it was founded

Shocktreatment's avatar

I attended the SFWAโ€™s 61st Annual Nebula Awards this weekend, as a guest of an old friend who, unbeknownst to me, is a medium wheel in the science fiction racket, not a big wheel, but a motive one of the "team members", editors, artists, publishers, producers, etc.

Two new awards, one for poetry and one for Comics Writing...

The first time that I've been to one of these get togethers in half a century. All that practice has paid off. ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ' slick. Professional. From a bunch of guys in Frazetta T-shirts with Radio Shack walkie-talkies, to uniformed professionals with earpieces...

wobbly's avatar

๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฎ:

People dressed in pencil costumes carry a sharpener during the fifth annual Lake of the Isles pencil sharpening event.

https://substack.com/profile/157455618-wobbly/note/c-272575971?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=2lqtj6

Nancy Naive's avatar

Getting straight to the point.

Jen Is Journalisming's avatar

Let's roll another joint

MRK's avatar

This may be why some consultants thought Tim Walz should stop calling others weird.

Ellen_D, domestic terrorist's avatar

The only way this makes sense is if he doesn't consider detainees to be actual people.

โ€œ'My own immigrant story has shaped the core values that have guided my entire life and career, which include the principle of never placing profit above the value of people,' said the CEO of the nationโ€™s largest for-profit jailer of immigrants and ICEโ€™s biggest contractor."

https://www.cnn.com/us/george-zoley-geo-group-ice-immigration

Jen Is Journalisming's avatar

which include the principle of never placing profit above the value of people

Said the guy LITERALLY MAKING MONEY OFF THE SUFFERING OF HUMANS

Graaahhhhhh

MRK's avatar

They don't.

Land Shark ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ's avatar

๐—ข๐—ถ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—œ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€

https://apnews.com/article/stock-markets-rates-iran-economy-a4b9336d67a15d19d9aa5394e5a30be6

chascates's avatar

Trump just now:

"Both sides, Israel and Iran, are looking to do an immediate CEASEFIRE! Final negotiations on โ€œPeaceโ€ are proceeding, subject to ignorance or stupidity getting in its way. The Blockade will remain in place, and in full force and effect, until a โ€œFinal Dealโ€ is reached. Things should move quickly. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP"

Haaretz in Israel just now:

"Iran Launches 30 Missiles Since Sunday

IDF: Preparing for at Least Several Days of Conflict, Coordinating With U.S."

verne's avatar

subject to ignorance or stupidity getting in the way...anus mouth, witless, the undertaker, couchfucker, oversized florsheims, goebbels, nutcrusher...so many names.....

Nancy Naive's avatar

โ€œYou boys knock off the horseplay in the house! Youโ€™re gonna break something!โ€

Jen Is Journalisming's avatar

Wait, it's not Friday!

He missed his friday script!

Nancy Naive's avatar

Yeah. You keep thinking you are the source of all.

FukuiSanYesOta's avatar

"Both sides, Israel and Iran" - I'm fucking sorry, who instigated this shit?

Jen Is Journalisming's avatar

Someone here, I forget who, called this months ago. He will pretend it has nothing at all to do with him. Smart damn people here

Ellen_D, domestic terrorist's avatar

Ooohhh, he's really putting the pressure on now....

C&A Bongo Man's avatar

Dr Evil finger quotes.

======

BREAKING: Trump:

Israel and Iran must immediately stop โ€œshooting.โ€

https://bsky.app/profile/faredalmahlool.bsky.social/post/3mnrf62mdfc2q

MRK's avatar

That message can only work from someone both countries trust and view as independent.

chascates's avatar

Not for nothing is he called The Peacemaker!

Schmannity's avatar

This just in from the Golden Commode: "I call the shits."