I'm a lurker here and have never posted anything to this community before but felt compelled to do so after I got really excited to see that a clip from last week's episode was featured in a montage on the Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. (Oprah, Regis and Kelly and Family Guy are also shown among others.)

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Supernatural is nominated for an award in the category Favorite SciFi-Fantasy show along with True Blood, Vampire Diaries, Heroes and Lost.

People from the USA only can vote and have to send a text message.

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For most of the other categories you can go vote here: http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/vote/

Reminder that Challenge 31 - War Stories entries are due Thursday, end of day (your time). So far we have 15 entries, plenty of room for some more. :)

Brief things worth noting:

- AWESOME CHUCK CASTING SPOILERS ARE AWESOME.

- I volunteer in the membership department for a local tourist-y place, usually doing computer filing and such, and I always manage to find some nerdy joy in a name/address/etc. Today I worked on a file for one Mr. Robert Hood, and last week I handled a change of address form for a couple who were moving from Locksley Lane to Sherwood Lane (I actually had to get slightly stalkery over this one to find out where the streets were, because maybe we have a secret Robin Hood themed community nearby that I have never heard of...??!? But in fact the streets are in two different parts of the county about a thirty minute drive away from each other. Haaaa.)

- ...Okay, that's really all I have to write about. Oh my God my life is so pointless. Off to watch more episodes of The Prisoner so my brain can explode at least once before going to bed...

Congrats and enjoy ♥

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DON'T FORGET to enter Challenge 197: The Thin Dead Line due tomorrow @10pm. There are only 4 entries.

This is a long shot but I am hoping to talk to a group of year 6's (namely 35 x 11 year olds) about South African food. As part of this I'd like them to get involved in cooking some yummy treats! I've found a few recipes that involve making coconut ice (easy is vital) and biscuits / cookies with apricot jam and coconut.

Any ideas would be fantastic!
TIA

Okay, so I decided to make a pan of apple crisp, since I wanted to do something with this package of pre-sliced granny smith apples we bought this weekend. It was extremely easy, since I used a packaged topping mix.

I peeled and cored the apple slices that still had a core (Motts did a pretty good job for me) and mixed the topping with 5 tbsp of butter like the package told me, but I added two handfuls of chopped walnuts and a bit of allspice and nutmeg to the apples (just to make it taste less... packaged). Baked at 375 for 25-30 minutes and TA-DA!

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I wish I had vanilla ice cream. ;_;

I'm done with all my work here at the office...and I'm doing jigsaw puzzles online...

I should be writing my personal statement for law school


I have NO IDEA what to write about!

Anyway, I'm at work counting down the hours til I can get off, and then go teach and finally go home :)


so booooorrreeedddd

ENTERTAIN ME!!!!

Around holidays at work, people always bring in the most amazing baked treats for each other.  But for the last 4 years, there's one goofy kid who's always left out.  He can't have anything with dairy or soy in it, and no one yet has come across a recipe that wouldn't kill our little buddy.  So I call upon you, genius goody-makers of this cummunity, help me satisfy my coworker's allergy-ridden sweet tooth without causing his untimely death!

Much love and appreciation :]

The first promotional images for Episode 2010 and Episode 2011 have been released. They do contain SPOILERS so be forewarned.

Check them out in high-res at Merlin's Keep. Click here for Episode 2010 and here for Episode 2011.

Sorry these are so late, I've had a packed week and there were a lot to make.

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Let me know if there are any mistakes and I'll change them right away, congratulations everyone!

I just received a whole bunch of not-so-fresh oranges and I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions for what I could bake with them. They're still good, just getting to the end of their freshness and I know I can't eat them. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hey! Thanks for for all the input I got on making a shortbread crust on a pecan pie. And here's my results... oops...


Well, that didn't last long. I used a slightly non-standard recipe (which was gutsy since I've NEVER baked one before, of any kind. I'll give my notes from doing this one, too, for the next time I make it or you might make it, so you have a little easier time than I did.
 
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Baked some peanut butter oatmeal chocolate chip squares on a sunday afternoon, and I've got a surprise for you!

( Who doesn't love Peanut butter? )