Baking "Beer" Bread

Technically, I modified a Honey-Oatmeal Bread recipe from my Better Home & Gardens cookbook by adding in a few "beer" ingredients. 

The orange package is the German Wheat Beer Yeast Matt did not use to make his hefeweizen home-brew, so I used it to make this bread.  I also used the Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale extract that we created when baking beer biscuits for the Super Bowl.

The downside: the prep, rise time and baking took nearly 4 hours! 

Aside from being very dense, it tastes yummy.  I have a feeling I didn't give the yeast enough time to "waken."

Will the real Tracy Morgan please stand up?

I find  Tracy Morgan hilarious!  My friend, Jackie, suggested I listen to his book on tape, The New Black (because it's waaay better read by him than reading his words).  Since I have yet to search and find this gem, Jackie recently mentioned that Terry Gross of NPR's Fresh Air interviewed Tracy about his life and fore mentioned book.

I have always wondered what Tracy was like when he's not "on."  And now I think I have some sort of idea.  Please click the link Tracy Morgan and enjoy the comedy and reality that is The New Black. 

"That rabbit's going to ruin my credit!" -- Tracy Morgan

Food isn't the way to ONLY a man's heart.

We like to cook brunch, with that special ingredient love, to honor our parents.  This year we showed our appreciation to my dear MIL with eggs benedict, asparagus, berries & cinnamon rolls.

Not Your Grandmother's Gymnastics

When I did gymnastics as a child I had no idea what Damien Walters does was humanly possible.    Damien Walters 2010  I love the creativity of this athlete.

(Please click on the link, as I do not know how to have the clip play directly from my site yet.)

When Things Are Not What They Seem To Be

I pulled this out of Andrew's backpack today and had to look twice before I realized what it REALLY was.  The text below the hand-drawn image explains that it is not a part of the male anatomy.  "Andrew be nimble.  Andrew be quick.  Andrew jump over the candlestick."

Get your mind out of the gutter!