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[mimitabby]

I love biscotti. Is it difficult to make?

not sure what you call difficult.

6 eggs
beat eggs thoroughly then add:

1/4 lb melted butter
1 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla

mix all liquid ingredients
then add
4-5 cups flour
4 tsp baking powder
chopped almonds 3/4 cup

mix until you get a thick dough and then knead until it has a satiny finish.

make into 3 long loaves (think french baguettes) and put into a 375 degree oven (either cover bottom of pan with parchment paper or a little flour)

bake these loaves until they are golden brown.

Pull from oven and slice

put slices back into oven until the sides are lightly golden brown (or you can
burn some like I always do because the stupid oven ... (i always blame the oven) makes about 5-6 dozen biscotti

[Nanci]

I love cookie exchanges!

My 200k yesterday went well. It was 85F down there, though! Lise- I'm still wearing my sandals in December! Oh yeah, she can't hear me, she's too busy with the guy she dumped Peter Reid for.

It's really tropical down there. The ride was along the coast, and along the Indian river which separates the barrier islands from the mainland. Some very, very rick people live there. Gorgeous houses, and landscaping. Trees that look like they came from a tropical island. All kinds of cool wading birds. No see ums that bit every time we stopped!

Salsa- Steve is so awesome, isn't he? Tonight I fed Inez, Choco and Zee. Inez first, making sure to wash so I didn't smell like mouse and get bit. Then Chocs. By the time I was going to go get Zee to put in his feeding container, I thought his mouse was a little too cool (should be 100F) so I popped it back in warm water, then went to get Zee. I'm carrying Zee in my left hand, and trying to dry the mouse in my right, and I feel this chewing on the side of my palm, and it's Zee, trying to eat me! Must have smelled mousy. My first venomous snake bite! (Not to worry, they are "rear-fanged" so he'd have to swallow my hand to get me, but even then, the venom is weak.) So all the good snakes eat, and I'm going to put Zee back, and he tail-rattled at me! What a tough guy!

The good news is that Addy's mouse stayed down, and she has gained one gram, and I am going to feed her again tomorrow afternoon.

Oh, on my ride, my nice Oakleys (that I didn't like so much) flew off my aerobars (they've ridden a couple thousand miles there with no problem) and got immediately run over. So I have ordered a pair of pink half jackets- hope I like them.

Next 200k is January 6th, right here at home. It'll be my one year anniversary of randonneuring.

Nanci

[kelownagirl]

Crazycanuck - you around? I know that back there you listed a bunch of Canadian stuff that you missed but I can't find it. The teachers at our school want to put together a care package for a friend who is leaving on a teacher exchange to Australia in a couple of weeks. I remember Tim Horton's, Smarties for her kids, she seems to think you can't get "real" peanut butter down there (?), what else should we send? Course I'll be getting her to bring me back some Tam Tams (Tim Tams?)...

Edit: Just found this website. Have you seen it?

http://canadianfavourites.com/store/beverages.html

[mimitabby]

Nanci
you got bit by a venomous snake, no big deal??

what WOULD be a big deal? (i guess if it swallowed you?)

do you actually know the sex of your snakes?

speaking of, there was an article in the local paper about having sex with horses. Fun huh?

all my biscotti are done. I got them done in LESS time than it took my husband to do his 200k ride on the Olympic Penninsula. Hes got about an hour and a half to go, temps have been (To contrast with Nanci's ride) from 28 degrees up to 40. He had to start in the dark and it will end in the dark. we have such short days this time of year.

[AllezGirl]

Rick Springfield, Rick James, Rick Ocasak

bake 7 dz. cookies vs. 200K in 28 degrees? That's a tough call. They both sound hard. After some contemplation, I decided I'd opt for the 200K.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

KG-Congrats on the upgade!

AG-Congrats on Hiker guy phoning.

Ditto on both those items!!

[snapdragen]

Congrat KG - here's wishing you the very best upgrade ever.

I'm watching a Lara Croft-Tomb Raider movie. Is Angelina Jolie one of the most beautiful women on the planet, or what?

I went Christmas shopping today, with great success! Dad, Sister, Nephew, Niece and Niece's boyfriend - all taken care of. I am doing my best to avoid the Christmas panic this year.

Anybody have some good suggestions for a pee-your-pants funny book? One of my sister-in-laws has had a tough year, she needs some absolute silliness injected into her life. Along with the lovely bottle of Preston Vineyards wine I'm giving her and my brother.

[Offthegrid]

AG, so glad that he called! That's cool. Did I tell you a co-worker is from the Dominican Republic? Apparently her parents are going to retire there and build their own hydroelectric dam because they don't have electricity. Interesting. Oh, and for the record, Chet talked me into a new saddle and it's a LOT better than my last one.

I figured X would be posting something embarrassing about me by now, so I had to stop by to defend myself, but seems quiet. She must be tired from kicking my butt all over the trail. Dude, I'm sooooooo sore.

[KnottedYet]

Who on earth would date anyone that far...never mind.

<snort!>

Knot-racking-up-frequent-flier-miles

[KnottedYet]

"I'm watching a Lara Croft-Tomb Raider movie. Is Angelina Jolie one of the most beautiful women on the planet, or what? "

**gulp. I take the 5th...**



"Anybody have some good suggestions for a pee-your-pants funny book? One of my sister-in-laws has had a tough year, she needs some absolute silliness injected into her life. Along with the lovely bottle of Preston Vineyards wine I'm giving her and my brother."

**The Bunny Suicides books**
**Umm, but that could be inappropriate**
**How about the "Mutts" books by Patrick McDonnell? Sweet and funny**

[KnottedYet]

CONGRATULATIONS KG!!!!!

Very cool! Enjoy the upgrade!

[Nanci]

I don't think there's a case of a human being harmed by a hognose bite...it'd be tough for him to actually inject venom, since his fangs are way back in there.

I know Inez is guaranteed to be a female, and Zee has been sexed as a male. They stick a probe into the cloaca and if it goes in far- it's a boy- needs storage room, and if it barely goes in, it's a girl. You can also guess by the way the tail joins to the body. I guess Maizey is a female, and probably Choco, too. haven't really looked at Addy.

We went to see Borat today. We must be the only two people in the world who didn't think it was hilarious...

Nanci

[Kitsune06]

SUICIDE BUNNIES RULE!

oh, and the Suicide Girls aren't bad either.
I like Jolie, but there are a couple of things she lacks. X! Not a word, X. I mean it! DGF decided you could keep the boobage to yourself. It took some convincing. At first she wholeheartedly agreed with you.

Going to the gym with DGF in a bit. after that, likely a massage and more homework. Oh, my favorite Mac user-guide is in braille btw.

[mimitabby]

thanks for the book idea. We always need a giggle.

[kelownagirl]

We went to see Borat today. We must be the only two people in the world who didn't think it was hilarious...

Nanci

I read the review on screenit.com and thought it sounded stupid and gross.