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The Great Baking Chocolate Debate
I use ground unsweetened cocoa, usually Droste if I have it, or Hershey's in a pinch. Then add extra oil to make up for the dry cocoa. Sometimes I use walnut oil, or toasted walnut grapeseed oil. That gives the brownies an extra nutty flavor. Beating the butter and sugar well helps give the glossy, cracked top that some people like.
Slightly underbaking keeps brownies chewy. Bake till the sides slightly pull away from the pan and the center is still a bit soft. Not really soft. You don't want uncooked batter. Ick.
What do you think of the new site?
wonder about the advertising which looks more like "news" on the right side of the column.
two pro-GMO "articles" or sites appeared opposite the GMO article on SE. Would like to see a rebuttle. Or is it about $ to fund the site?
GMOs Slipping Through the Cracks
The Chemical/Drug companies LOVE to couch their research and developement in terms of "feeding the world" but it's really all about product to sell ($$profits$$) to the farmer.
These genetically modified cereals are not just "high production" but are also genetically modified to resist herbicides. This means the farmer can plant their GMO seeds and STILL use herbicides to control non-target plant species (aka "weeds") while not affecting the target crop. They can save big money/time in not manually cultivating the crop to remove weeds. Just spray over the cereal crop and bingo the weeds are gone.
The problem for the farmers is they must continue to buy the more expensive GMO seeds because if they are caught with ANY amount of the patented GMO crop on property that has not been sown with it (say they decided to go back to conventional seed and cultivation) they are liable for HUGE fines levied by seed supplier (Chem/Drug Co.) Canadian farmers have been sued for thousands because their non-GMO fields have become tainted with stray patented GMO seeds from a neighbor's adjascent field.
It's about control, folks. To put this in perspective, over 90% of the world's soybean production is now Roundup-Ready, which is sold by Monsanto, which conveniently sells both the GMOseed and the Roundup weedkiller. They can legally sue any producer caught with GMO seed or finished crop who has not purchased seed from them.
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JT--gingersnaps!
I make a good impromptu dessert using crushed g'snaps mixed with cinnamon and melted butter sprinkled over a dish of canned Barltlett pears. Bake and serve with vanilla ice cream. So unbelievably good! Glad to hear your rendition of cubed, "rubbed" sweet potatoes. Gonna try them out tonight!