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I was on food stamps when I went to school in 2000. When you're paying with student loans and can only have time to work a less-than-full-time job, it helps a lot! Plus, if you look at the statistics for many counties in the US, food stamp programs are almost always under-utilized.

Just thought you'd like to know: your pancakes turning out as flat as tortillas was probably not the fault of the mix, but probably because you let the mix "marinade" for too long. Baking powder's chemical reaction begins to produce CO2 as soon as the "wet" ingredients are added (much like baking soda and vinegar), and its leavening effects will wear off if you let it sit too long before cooking it.

This would happen with a from-scratch recipe as well.

Kombucha is actually fermented black tea, but the tea is fermented with an organism that creates a mushroom-like cap on top of the liquid. This is why you will sometimes see strands of mucous-like stuff in bottles of kombucha that is not pasturized.

Kombucha is great, though! Fermented things are good for the body.

I went to Cake Man Raven this past weekend for a little pre-movie snack, and expected a full assortment at the bakery. Looks like they're having to bake the cakes somewhere else and truck them in, though, which kinda sucks you can only choose from a few cakes, already sliced and boxed up. BUT, the cake was delicious and moist (Red Velvet, no nuts) and the frosting not too sweet, and at $6 for a hefty sliceit felt more like a meal. And it almost put me to sleep while watching Diving Bell and the Butterfly at BAM.

I definitely would have to go with my cranberry sauce, turkey, stuffing, and mayo sandwiches. The thought of it right now is giving me heart palpitations.