What Shall We Bake Today?

Food 1 Minute

Today’s choice is Blueberry Muffins!  What I like about this recipe is it gives you alternatives to use instead of buttermilk which I seldom have on hand. When I make these I usually add a streusel topping, but that’s not necessary.

Blueberry Muffins

Ingredients

2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup sugar

2-1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 large eggs, lightly beaten

1 cup buttermilk

1/4 cup butter, melted

1-1/2 cups fresh blueberries

Directions

Preheat oven to 400°. In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. In a small bowl, combine the eggs, buttermilk and butter; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in blueberries.

Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the muffin comes out clean, 20-24 minutes. Remove to a wire rack to cool.

buttermilk:

To substitute for each cup of buttermilk, use 1 Tbsp. white vinegar or lemon juice plus enough milk to measure 1 cup. Stir, then let stand 5 min. Or, use 1 cup plain yogurt or 1-3/4 teaspoon cream of tartar plus 1 cup milk.

Unknown's avatar

Published by pat frederick

Published

123 thoughts on “What Shall We Bake Today?”

  1. Morning All…
    well it’s early here…not even the butt crack of dawn yet…lol
    but i can’t sleep.
    i gotta load the truck with firewood today…we’re going thru a lot lately and since today should be nice, i wanna load the truck.

    Liked by 1 person

    1. Morning, Pat! It was 44 when I got up 45 minutes ago, down to 41 now. Who knows what the day will bring weather-wise! That’s the way life goes – git ‘er done while you can, eh? Don’t hurt yourself!

      Liked by 1 person

    1. Julie Kelly 🇺🇸

      @julie_kelly2

      18h• 3 tweets • 3 min read •

      Read on X

      I pulled up the case file in lawsuit filed by Dr. Yanping Chen in 2018 against FBI, DOJ, DOD, and DHS for damages under the Privacy Act.

      This is the case that involves Catherine Herridge, who reported for Fox News in 2017 that Chen, a naturalized US citizen, and her VA technology school had been under FBI investigation for suspected ties to Chinese government, feeding information about US military personnel to the Chinese, and falsifying her immigration records related to her past service in the Chinese Army.

      The lawsuit was assigned to Judge Chris Cooper, an Obama appointee, husband to the former chief of staff for Eric Holder. Cooper and Amy Jeffries were married at a ceremony officiated by current AG Merrick Garland.

      In her suit, Chen subpoenaed Herridge in 2022 to reveal her government sources. Herridge sought to quash the subpoena; Cooper partially denied her request, ordering Herridge to disclose “the identity and intent of the source or sources of the documents and images allegedly provided to her in violation of the Privacy Act.”

      Herridge sat for a deposition in Sept 2023 but invoked her 1A rights and refused to disclose her sources.

      Yesterday, Cooper found her in contempt of court:

      The backdrop to this is stunning. The DOJ/FBI routinely leak sensitive information to the media to try to destroy people on the Right–especially anyone tied to Donald Trump, think Carter Page–but now a Dem judge is helping a suspected Chinese spy sue US govt agencies and a veteran investigative reporter. (Btw one of Cooper’s cohorts on the DC bench tossed Page’s lawsuit against the same agencies.)

      Cooper paints Chen, who was raided by the FBI, as a victim. This is the same Judge Cooper who has sentenced more than 60+ J6ers to jail for exercising their 1A rights, giving them a tongue-lashing in the process. (In one sentencing memo, Cooper claimed 4 police officers died on Jan 6.)

      Outrageous:

      FBI investigated Chen, her school in VA, and her husband for years. But a US Attorney in VA declined to bring charges.

      The school received millions in Dept. of Defense funds. Here is Herridge’s report and here is what Cooper said in his order:

      foxnews.com/politics/fox-n…

      https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1763942107721412927.html?utm_campaign=topunroll

      Liked by 1 person

  6. freaking disgusting!

    Liked by 1 person

  7. yup, they treat taxpayers’ as their sugar daddies…

    nimrodman

    nimrodman

    March 3, 2024 3:31 am

    Maine Residents Furious over $13M Tax Bill for ‘Taj Mahal’ Where Migrants Get Two Years of Free Rent

    Residents of Maine are expressing their outrage over the state’s plans to spend $13 million on constructing apartment complexes for illegal border crossers where some could be afforded up to two years of free rent.

    The apartment complex plan — derisively labeled the “Taj Mahal” for illegals — took a lot of heat from residents of Brunswick during a February 20 city council meeting. The locals were upset over the fact that the same apartments that cost citizens between $1,800 and $2,300 a month were going to be handed out to illegals for free.

    “You have all these houses being built. That’s discrimination, in my eyes,” Maine resident George Bernier said, according to the Daily Mail. “Am I too white? Is that what it is? Do I work too much? What’s the discrimination factor?”

    “How can we give housing to anyone other than our Brunswick residents first?” he indignantly asked.

    Liked by 1 person

  8. Liked by 1 person

  10. Filly?

    seeing updates about that train derailment in PA…3 trains were involved. one was stopped on the tracks and a second train rammed into that causing some of the cars to buckle and spill onto another track alongside the first one. a third train coming in the opposite direction hit those cars…

    Liked by 1 person

  11. Just The News

    By Natalia Mittelstadt

    Published: March 2, 2024 10:17pm

    Updated: March 3, 2024 1:42a

    EXCERPT: “A recent Delaware court decision shows that election lawsuits being brought by plaintiffs on both the left and right sides of the political aisle will have significant impact on the 2024 presidential election in November.

    Several cases are going before courts this year regarding election statutes, procedures, and candidates as advocates across the political spectrum seek to shape the rules that guide elections. While one such case was decided last week, several others are still ongoing.

    The Delaware Superior Court ruled Friday that a 2019 law passed by the state legislature, which allows early voting up to 10 days before “election day,” violates the state constitution. The court held that the General Election is to be held on one day.

    The court also found that the state’s Permanent Absentee Voting Statute violates state law by allowing voters to be placed on a permanent absentee voting list where ballots would automatically be sent to them for each election. The voting laws were challenged in court by the Public Interest Legal Foundation.

    The group initially brought the lawsuit in 2022 on behalf of Michael Mennella, an inspector of elections for the Delaware Department of Elections.

    The court’s decision directly impacts the November general election, which is less than nine months away. By invalidating the election statutes, the court prohibited both the 10 days of early voting for the general election and placing voters who are eligible to vote in the general election on a permanent absentee voter list.

    “This decision invalidated Delaware laws that allowed for early and permanent absentee voting,” PILF President J. Christian Adams said Monday. “States cannot pass election laws that conflict with their state constitution. This decision is a win for the rule of law.”

    The ruling was similar to a 2022 victory for PILF, which won a lawsuit in the state Supreme Court on behalf of Mennella regarding a state law allowing same-day voter registration and universal vote-by-mail. The state’s high court ruled that the law violated the state’s constitution just before the November general election.

    Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings, whose office defended the state laws in court, said Tuesday during a press conference that she has “directed the [Delaware] Department of Justice to take all necessary steps to appeal the Superior Court’s ruling. We will file our appeal quickly and intend to request a decision from the Delaware Supreme Court.” ….

    https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/election-lawsuits-both-left-and-right-are-shaping-2024-presidential

    Liked by 1 person

  12. “IRS special agent for criminal investigation indicted on involuntary manslaughter charge”

    Just The News

    Published: March 2, 2024 12:10

    ENTIRE ARTICLE: “A special agent for the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) was indicted in Tucson, Arizona, Wednesday by a federal grand jury on one count of Involuntary Manslaughter of an Officer of the United States.

    Larry Edward Brown, Jr., 42, of Peoria, is the agent who was charged, according to a press release from the U.S. States Attorney’s Office, District of Arizona.

    It is based on an incident that allegedly occurred on August 17, 2023, at a firearm range at the Federal Correctional Institution – Phoenix that is used for standard pistol qualifications and classroom training. Brown, a special agent for IRS-CI for more than 12 years, is a trained Use of Force Instructor.

    Following the day’s training, Brown entered the one-room building known as the “Tower,” from which the instructors observe and command live-fire training.

    “The only other occupant inside the Tower was Special Agent Patrick Bauer, a 15-year veteran of IRS-CI and a trained Use of Force Instructor, who had led the live-fire pistol qualifications that day,” according to the press release. “As alleged in the indictment, while inside the Tower, Brown handled his firearm without due caution and with reckless disregard for human life, striking Special Agent Bauer in the torso with a single gunshot.”

    Bauer was taken to a hospital nearby where he died from the gunshot wound.

    Brown had his initial court appearance on Friday and has been released. The trial has been set for April 2, 2024.”

    Liked by 1 person

  13. “Ballot Drop Boxes Installed Along Border Wall”

    U.S. · Feb 29, 2024 · BabylonBee.com

    BROWNSVILLE, TX — Texas residents woke up Thursday morning to find general election ballot boxes had been placed along the southern border wall that divides parts of the U.S. from Mexico.

    “I’m not sure where these ballot drop boxes came from,” Brownsville resident Tom Walker told reporters. “Some around town think it has something to do with Presiden Biden’s visit to the border. I saw some of his folks down handing out mail-in ballots to these illegal guys who keep coming into town. Makes a person wonder what’s up.”

    Biden’s team denied placing the boxes strategically along the border wall right where the main surge of illegal immigrants are crossing into the country.

    “This isn’t some crazy ploy to rig the election in favor of President Biden by handing out ballots to the millions of illegal aliens that have been streaming into the country over the past three years,” Biden spokesperson Alexander Sheperd told the press. “On a completely unrelated note, does anyone know how to say ‘President Biden will give you a prepaid $10 thousand Visa cash card if you vote for him’ in Spanish?”

    As of publishing time, Biden aids were seen rounding up as many filled-out ballots as they could in an effort they said would “restore fair and free elections and prevent that fascist Trump from taking office ever again.”

    Liked by 1 person

  16. Looking thru some older memes I missed years ago…before I even really understood what a meme was!!!

    “Just Say No To Catnip……”

    Liked by 1 person

    1. I just refilled my bird feeders, took down the empty WP feeder, looked for another stake to put it back up where the squirrels can’t get to it with the help of the Slinky. I also still want to be able to watch the birds. Nope! Unless I can get someone to straighten out the one the tree took out a few years ago….I’m not strong enough to do it. Hmmmm…I’ll bet my yard guy could do it. Day lilies are already starting to come up!

      Liked by 1 person

              2. Ah! Yeah, the bulb lilies are a different matter. “Despite their name, daylilies are not “true lilies” and grow from fleshy roots. True lilies grow from onion-like bulbs and are of the genus Lilium, as are Asiatic and Oriental lilies. In the case of daylilies, leaves grow from a crown, and the flowers form on leafless stems—called “scapes”—which rise above the foliage.”

                Liked by 1 person

  24. “Shedding Light on the Shadow Government”
    By Dave Merrick ——Canada Free Press — March 3, 2024

    EXCERPT: “A very dear friend of mine was highly connected in our federal government. We were talking on the phone one evening–it was about six months into Obama’s first four years–and my friend told me something that surprised and bothered me.

    At the time, it didn’t seem like any great big deal. But it stuck like glue in my frontal lobe. He had survived more than a few presidential administrations–communicating with people on both sides of the aisle–and had become friendly with much of America’s bureaucracy, powerful leaders heading the many varied departments of our government.

    Since Barack had been in office, he was increasingly finding that he was no longer speaking with anyone he knew. The people who had been at these desks (people who had become his friends) for years had just up and vanished. My curiosity was piqued, and I asked for clarification.

    He continued, “All the familiar voices I had known were suddenly gone. They had been replaced with new names, new voices, who had no visible history dealing with that office’s/bureau’s business. They are people with no past or credential I’ve ever heard of. It’s really quite frightening as I have been watching our president conducting an invisible and unannounced overhaul of our government. And the changes he’s making are happening silently and without the knowledge of the American people!”

    I was just a fledgling writer at the time, not that wildly concerned about governmental matters. But I remembered those comments and their disquieting effect. When the term “shadow government” finally hit home with me, and then with the advent of Puppet Biden, it all began to add up.

    Through the years since that conversation, I have made it a point to learn more regarding our constitutional republic. And I have acquired a great appreciation/respect for our government which was initially created to be a citizen powered, user-friendly organism run, “…. by and for America’s people”! Yet every day it becomes increasingly evident that the American people are kept distracted and out of our government, abdicating their responsibility to oversee and protect our personal freedoms.

    More and more, I’m discovering, so many of our fellow Americans are sacrificing their personal freedoms and critical thinking in exchange for the illusion of care and camaraderie they feel as they surrender their brains, riveted before a newly erected idol of boundless entertainment and leftist propaganda (tv, internet, general fear, etc.).The powers that were so carefully allocated among the three branches of government have been consolidated into a ruling bureaucracy that is not elected and is indeed almost invisible and anonymous–and clearly under the baton of the silent, invisible chief exec behind our current poseur “chief exec.” “We The People” need to step up and take back our government. As Thomas Jefferson so wisely said: “We need to be governed by a well-informed voting public.” (Not liberal-media brainwashed victims of Biden’s propaganda team.)

    Like it or not, our freedoms and self-governance have been surreptitiously taken from us. The ‘shadow government’ that Donald Trump has been warning us about is a very real threat to what is left of a severely wounded and limping America. The self-proclaimed “constitutional scholar,” Barack Obama, craftily built his own robot bureaucracy complete with his own back doors/hacks and even a poseur president, creating an America which he can control and market as he pleases. All of that treachery has generally evaded our sight as we have abandoned the responsibility of protecting what the framers so carefully gave to us just two and a half centuries ago….”

    https://canadafreepress.com/article/shedding-light-on-the-shadow-government

    Liked by 1 person

    1. And apparently, in some recent speech w/in the last couple of days, FJB once again brought up Floyd w/no mention of her!!!

      Liked by 1 person

  28. In case you didn’t see it…Rodney was on briefly when their power came back on; blizzard hit while Kimi was @ home, thankfully, but she can’t get off the mountain to go to work.

    Liked by 1 person

      2. I realized…most of those are guineas – they’re different than the regular chickens…

        “Guinea fowl are a lot more effective at keeping snakes away than chickens are, as I’ve already explained.

        They are not as scared of snakes and they will actively gang up to scare them away or start pecking at them if they feel the need.

        A lot of Guinea owners in Australia and some parts of the U.S. talk about this a lot. If they had incidents of snakes scaring or even harming their chickens, adding some Guinea to the flock put a stop to it.”

        Liked by 1 person

  37. Hey, Pat! Guess what? I was able to keep all 3 of my hanging baskets of red Begonias going thru the winter! I put them on the library table under the south windows in my bed room. One experiment that worked! I won’t have to buy plants for them this year.

    Liked by 1 person

  40. ENTIRE ARTICLE @ Breitbart: “Leaders of the major Palestinian terror groups have called for Arab states and the Muslim world to engage in “terror” during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan — even as the Biden administration aims for a Ramadan truce in Gaza.

    Jerusalem Post reported Sunday:

    Palestinian Islamic Jihad is calling for Ramadan to be a “month of terror” and seeks to escalate attacks in the West Bank and Gaza. In a recent speech, Abu Hamza, the spokesman for PIJ’s Al-Quds Brigades, said he wants Arab countries in the region and pro-Iranian groups to continue to “unify” various arenas and fronts against Israel.

    This is the latest indication that terrorist groups plan to seek an escalation in hostilities over the next month. Hamza’s remarks were published by Beirut-based Al Mayadeen news channel, which is pro-Iranian and frequently highlights Hamas and Hezbollah attacks.

    …

    The terrorist group’s comments are also linked to those made by Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, who has called for an escalation of hostilities during Ramadan.

    Ramadan is set to begin on March 10, when the new moon heralds the arrival of the new month on the lunar calendar. Arab and Muslim states have fought many wars on Ramadan, notably the Yom Kippur War of 1973, when Egyptian soldiers broke their fasts and crossed the Suez Canal.

    But the Biden administration is treating Ramadan with great care, describing it as a traditional time of peace and hoping to fashion a hostage release deal before it begins. Last week, White House national security spokesman John Kirby had this exchange with reporters at the White House:

    Q Thank you so much, John. I’ll start with Israel then move on to Ukraine. You just said it’s not about trying to beat the clock to Ramadan, in terms of a ceasefire. But how concerned is the administration about the possibility of escalation during Ramadan, during this holy month, and how, you know, it’s going to be seen for U.S.-backed troops to be attacking Muslim —

    MR. KIRBY: We’re mindful of the sensity — sensitivities, of course, around the month of Ramadan and the import- — the spiritual importance of that to — to the — to the Muslim world. Of course, we understand that.

    What — what we don’t want us — we — we want to see this temporary ceasefire in place as soon as possible. And, again, if we can get the agreement for several weeks, it would take you through Ramadan anyway.

    The clock that we’re worried about is the — the hostages. We can only assume that they are being held in abhorrent conditions and that their health is at risk, their lives are at risk. We want to get them ba- — out as soon as possible.

    Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz said that Ramadan would be the deadline for a hostage deal, and warned that Israel will invade the southern Gaza town of Rafah, near the Egyptian border, if Hamas does not agree to a deal.

    President Joe Biden recently appeared to back away from a promise that a hostage deal would be reached by Monday, March 4, saying that while he was hopeful, a deal might not in fact be reached before Ramadan.”

    Liked by 1 person

  41. Not surprising…

    “Republican presidential candidate former Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that she might not endorse former President Donald Trump even though she signed a Republican National Committee (RNC) pledge to do so.

    Anchor Kristen Welker asked, “Have you moved to a place where you’re no longer planning to endorse him?”

    Haley said, “Well, I think, first of all, if you talk about an endorsement, you’re talking about a loss. I don’t think like that. When you’re in a race, you don’t think about losing. You think about continuing to go forward. What I can tell you is, I don’t think Donald Trump or Joe Biden should be president. I don’t think we need two candidates in their 80s.”

    Welker said, “Let me try it this way. You did sign a pledge, an RNC pledge, to support the eventual nominee. Do you still feel bound by that pledge?”

    Haley said, “I have always said that I have serious concerns about Donald Trump.”

    She continued, “The RNC pledge, I mean, at the time of the debate, we had to take it to where would you support the nominee, in order to get on that debate stage, you said yes. The RNC is now not the same RNC. Now it’s Trump’s daughter-in-law.”

    Welker asked, “So you’re no longer bound by that pledge?”

    Haley said, “No, I think I’ll make what decision I want to make, but that’s not something I’m thinking about.”

    Liked by 1 person

  42. ENTIRE ARTICLE @ BB: “Donald Trump dominated the Idaho Republican Caucuses Saturday, securing all 32 available delegates in his march to the nomination. The Associated Press called the race for Trump at 5:00 p.m. MST.

    “Today you’re going to send a big signal to the entire world that this is your country, and its also Trump country,” Trump said earlier Saturday in a video message posted to Truth Social. In addition to Idaho, Trump secured victories Saturday in caucuses in Missouri and Michigan. After spending the day in North Carolina, Trump gave a victory speech Saturday evening in the battleground state of Virginia, which will join 14 other Super Tuesday states in awarding delegates next week.

    Nikki Haley, the lone opponent soldiering on despite Trump’s inevitable victory, is still looking for some semblance of a win against Trump, the man she served as United Nations ambassador. Yet Most Super Tuesday states are winner-take-all, meaning Trump’s delegate total is likely to be insurmountable by that evening.

    Trump played many of his greatest hits Saturday night, promising to extend his 2017 tax cuts and “drill, baby, drill!” as well as calling his phone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky for which the House impeached him a “perfect phone call.” He talked tough on China as well, promising reciprocal tariffs if necessary, saying “if you screw us, we screw you.”

    Trump promised to great cheers to get tough on crime, calling to indemnify law enforcement officers “to protect them from the radical left for taking strong action.” Polling shows rising crime to be one of Americans’ top concerns and one of Joe Biden’s greatest weaknesses.

    Before Super Tuesday, the District of Columbia holds its Republican primary Sunday, and North Dakota holds its caucus Monday. Trump asked voters there and in the Super Tuesday states to send a strong message. “No matter how hateful and corrupt the communists and the criminals are in our country – and they’re fighting against me all the time, you must never forget – this nation does not belong to them,” he said “This nation belongs to you.”

    Liked by 1 person

  43. “The Volkswagen Beetle is older than we thought…”

    “Whoever did this lost his dog ownership rights by default.”

    Liked by 1 person

            1. hubby took the truck into work today–yearly meeting with auditors.
              and we really needed the firewood in the garage. taking it off the pile is so much easier when the pile is above waist high and i can just stack pieces in my arms. if i have to bend to pick them up it gets more difficult.

              Liked by 1 person

              1. Oh, yeah – I know all about that shit! The ONE time in my life that I threw my back out was clearing trees/wood after NOVA caught the tail-end of a hurricane. First time I had to take muscle relaxers but I didn’t take them for long. I’ve never been a fan of pharmaceuticals.

                Liked by 1 person

              2. and it was relatively warm yesterday with no wind so it was nice being outside. hubby got me earmuffs–the kinds that go around the back of your head? I LOVE THEM! my ears were nice and toasty and no earaches afterward!!!

                Liked by 1 person

              3. I always have to cover my ears if it’s really windy and I’m going to be outside for an extended period or I’ll get an ear ache. Not so much in the summer but definitely in the winter.

                Liked by 1 person

Comments are closed.