National Oatmeal Cookie Day, In the News, and Enjoy

National Oatmeal Cookie Day - Today is National Oatmeal Cookie Day!

Drop cookies are made from a relatively soft dough that is dropped by spoonfuls onto the baking sheet. During baking, the mounds of dough spread and flatten. Oatmeal (or oatmeal raisin) cookies are popular examples of drop cookies.

Basic Oatmeal Cookie Recipe

1 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup white sugar

2/3 cup butter, softened

1/4 cup water

1 egg

1 teaspoon almond extract

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1 cup all-purpose flour

3 cups rolled oats 1. Combine all ingredients in order given.
2. Refrigerate dough for several hours or overnight to get a thick consistency.
3. Drop by rounded teaspoonful onto lightly greased baking sheet.
4. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) 12-14 minutes.
5. Let stand 1 minute before removing from baking sheet.

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National Oatmeal Cookie Day, In the News, and Enjoy

National Oatmeal Cookie Day - Today is National Oatmeal Cookie Day!

Basic Oatmeal Cookie Recipe

1 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup white sugar

2/3 cup butter, softened

1/4 cup water

1 egg

1 teaspoon almond extract

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1 cup all-purpose flour

3 cups rolled oats

1. Combine all ingredients in order given.

2. Refrigerate dough for several hours or overnight to get a thick

3. Drop by rounded teaspoonful onto lightly greased baking sheet.

4. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) 12-14 minutes.

5. Let stand 1 minute before removing from baking sheet.

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Oatmeal Muffin Day, In the News, and Enjoy

Oatmeal Muffin Day - Today is Oatmeal Muffin Day!

Oatmeal muffins are made with the primary ingredient of oatmeal. Additional ingredients may be nearly anything. Most common are raisins, nuts, and chocolate chips.

Oat groats are coarsely ground to make oatmeal, or cut into small pieces to make steel-cut oats, or first steamed and then flattened to make rolled oats. Quick-cooking rolled oats (quick oats) are cut into small pieces before being steamed and rolled. Instant oatmeal is pre-cooked and dried, usually with sweetener and flavoring added.

Both types of rolled oats may be eaten uncooked as in Muesli or may be cooked to make porridge. Both types are also used as an ingredient in oatmeal muffins, oatmeal cookies, and oat cakes. Oatmeal is also sometimes porridge with the bran or fibrous husk as well as the oat kernel or groat. In some countries rolled oats are eaten raw with milk and sugar or raisins. Oatmeal is also used as a thickening agent in soups.

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National Oatmeal Cookie Day, Budweiser Facebook Glass, and Fun

National Oatmeal Cookie Day - YES! Today is National Oatmeal Cookie Day! Oatmeal cookies are easily my favorite of all cookies extant! Oats were likely first eaten by the Scottish people. Other countries such as Rome and England looked down on the Scots for eating a food used as animal feed. The English used to say, "A grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." The Scots would reply with. "England is noted for the excellence of her horses; Scotland for the excellence of her men."

Oatmeal cookies derived from the Bannocks that were eaten by the ancient people of Scotland during the 5th century. During the middle ages the Scots added spices, raisins and nuts to the Bannocks that came to be known as oatcakes. The Quaker Oats company popularized Oatcakes in the early 1900's in the US by printing the recipe on their Oat packages. The recipe was reformulated twice more by Quaker Oats in the 1900's to bring us the Oatmeal cookies we love today.

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Budweiser Unveils Beer Glass that Connects to Facebook - The best descriptor I can offer for this product is CREEPY!!!!


Toasting with new friends just got a futuristic upgrade. Budweiser recently unveiled the "Buddy Cup," a pint glass with a built-in chip that connects to Facebook. The cup automatically connects people on Facebook when they clink glasses with another "Buddy Cup" user—creating a virtual friendship instantly.

It is time to grab a super-size can of creep repellent!!!

Budweiser has never employed good taste as a consideration for ad production, but this latest adventure in advertising is truly abhorrent on several levels:
The "Buddy Cup"

promotes and glamorizes drinking.

appeals to an underage marketplace.

encourages indiscriminate, casual, random friendships that lack standards of selection.

exposes personal comportment to a public forum.

etc.

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