Monthly Archives: October 2024

National Weather Service to Counter Storm Winds

Storm hero

Fires can cause untold devastation. Sometimes the only way to stop them is to start counterfires. The counter fires eliminate all burnable vegetation in a strip of land (BVSL).  When the raging inferno reaches the BVSL, there’s nothing left to burn. The conflagration dies out.

If only we could stop gale force winds in the same way.

In fact, the National Weather Service (NWS) has a plan. Simply put, it will deploy its Synchronized Counter Farters (SCFs) to all severe storm fronts. Legions of SCFs will be airlifted en masse to a spot just in front of the approaching gale. CFs will then gorge themselves on buckets of beans. At a signal from the fart coordinater (FC) the SCFs will, as one, point their butts at the approaching wind tsumani and let rip. The resulting butt gale should stop  cold the storm gale.

This approach is, as of press time, untested, but the National Weather Service holds out high hopes for its success. It does, however caution residents and storm chasers to carry nose plugs until the fart odor dissipates.

By the way, the American Bean Growers Association (ABGA) heartily endorses this plan.

 

– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.
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My cookbook, Following Good Food Around the World, with its 180 wonderful recipes, my newest novel, Do Lutheran Hunks Eat Mushrooms, a hilarious apocalyptic thriller, and all my other books, are available on amazon.com.

 

 

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My Grandma’s Wisdom – Cooking

My grandma took cooking and cleaning seriously.

 

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– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.
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My cookbook, Following Good Food Around the World, with its 180 wonderful recipes, my newest novel, Do Lutheran Hunks Eat Mushrooms, a hilarious apocalyptic thriller, and all my other books, are available on amazon.com.

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Archer Woman on Kitchen Etiquette

Archer woman #15

 

 

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– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.
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My cookbook, Following Good Food Around the World, with its 180 wonderful recipes, my newest novel, Do Lutheran Hunks Eat Mushrooms, a hilarious apocalyptic thriller, and all my other books, are available on amazon.com.

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Nutmeg Glycerin Soap

NUTMEG GLYCERIN SOAP

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INGREDIENTS
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1 tablespoon nutmeg
3 tablespoons isopropyl alcohol
isopropyl alcohol or butter to coat molding
2 pounds glycerin soap base
½ teaspoon nutmeg essential oil
isopropyl alcohol to spray away bubbles forming on soap
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SPECIAL UTENSILS
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soap molding
spray bottle
soap slicer (optional)
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Makes 10½ bars, 1″ wide. Takes 3 hours.
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PREPARATION
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Add nutmeg and 3 tablespoons alcohol to mixing bowl. Mix with fork until well blended.
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Spray silicon mold with isopropyl alcohol or rub with butter.
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Cut glycerin base into 1″ cubes. Add glycerin to large glass measuring cups. Use microwave to melt base in 30 second intervals. Stir after every time. Let sit for 15 minutes or until well blended. (This inhibits nutmeg from settling to the bottom of the soap molding.)  Add nutmeg/isopropyl mix and nutmeg essential oil. Mix with knife until well blended.
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Pour into soap mold. If desired, lightly spray bubbles with isopropyl alcohol to make them disappear. Let sit for 3 hours. Use soap slicer to cut soap into slices 1″ wide.
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TIDBITS
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1) Nutmeg and nitro sound the same.
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2) But they are not. This recipe, nutmeg glycerin, produces a nice scent. You can safely make nutmeg glycerin. You can ever safely shower with it.
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3) Nitroglycerin, however, possess explosive tendencies. Making nitroglycerin in your kitchen will likely blow a hole in a wall. On the plus, the nitro blast passed over because you bent down to pick up a dime. You now have easy access from the kitchen to the dining room. And you’re ten cents richer.
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3) Strange to say, no soap recipe enjoins us not to use nitroglycerin. Let me be the first to do so.
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– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.

My cookbook, Following Good Food Around the World, with its 180 wonderful recipes, my newest novel, Do Lutheran Hunks Eat Mushrooms, a hilarious apocalyptic thriller, and all my other books, are available on amazon.com.

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My Grandma’s Wisdom – Trouble

I generally was a well behaved child and I tried to be so at my Grandma’s house. But even mostly behaved children sometimes get rambunctious. In times like these, my grandma would give me the following bit of wisdom. And by the way, I never found out what good trouble was.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.
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My cookbook, Following Good Food Around the World, with its 180 wonderful recipes, my newest novel, Do Lutheran Hunks Eat Mushrooms, a hilarious apocalyptic thriller, and all my other books, are available on amazon.com.

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Misheard Lyrics of the Cars – 2

Are there many bands more exciting than the magnficent Cars?

There invigorating songs place us smack firmly into a world of pleasing possibilities. They make us want to go ahead. Every time.

Well, no.

Only if you hear the correct lyrics.

The song “Let’s Go” foretold good times The true lyrics include:

I don’t want to hold her down
Don’t want to break her crown
When she says, “Let’s go”
“I like the nightlife, baby”
She says, “I like the nightlife, baby”
She says, “Let’s go”

And now the misheard lyrics which kinda change the meaning:”

Misheard lyrics #23

 

– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.
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My cookbook, Following Good Food Around the World, with its 180 wonderful recipes, my newest novel, Do Lutheran Hunks Eat Mushrooms, a hilarious apocalyptic thriller, and all my other books, are available on amazon.com.

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Paul’s Awesome English Dictionary – Today’s Phrase: Cat Type

How many times has this happened to you? You’re typing up a rather important document. Perhaps it’s to be an instruction manual for a revolutionary space mission for NASA. Perhaps your work will go on the teleprompter for your President’s State of the Union speech. That’s all well and good, for what you wrote is sheer brilliance. Unfortunately, the document that emailed also includes the following enigmatic lines entered by your cat as it walked across your keyboard,

“gr40ggg4 0y68h 4045532ee93d4rfd=0ertggrreed9
fdfefrggtefferrggggeedd”

If this bit gets included in your NASA report, they will most likely ask what sort of a part that is.

If it makes it to the teleprompter for the State of the Union speech, will she spot the mistake and adlib? If she reads these lines as is, will her opposing party come out against, “”gr40ggg4 0y68h 4045532ee93d4rfd=0ertggrreed9 fdfefrggtefferrggggeedd?”

We need a phrase for this event.

And now there is:

TODAY’S AWESOME PHRASE

Cat Type

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Awesome entry #50

 

– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.

My cookbook, Following Good Food Around the World, with its 180 wonderful recipes, my newest novel, Do Lutheran Hunks Eat Mushrooms, a hilarious apocalyptic thriller, and all my other books, are available on amazon.com.

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Minnie Mouse Latch Hook Project – Part 3

The epic Minnie Mouse Latch project continues.  Besides providing a valuable exercise in making my eyes work together, something they don’t like to do with things that are up close, this exercise yields other saluatory benefits. The foremost of these benefits is drawing the people of this great nation together in kindness and understanding.

How so? Latch hooking calms me down. I have not taken to the streets to foment revolution. Can you imagine the carnage? Best to keep me occupied, And what of brotherly love? A smiling Minnie Mouse. It simply is impossible to harbor hatred to anyone when the image of Minnie Mouse remains firmly implanted in your brain. By following my Minnie Mouse project, the American people can track the inevitable march to serenity. Loving and helping each other will follow as certainly as day follows night.

Anyway, here’s a hint of what love and serenity will look like.

Minnie Mouse – 10/24/24

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– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.
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My cookbook, Following Good Food Around the World, with its 180 wonderful recipes, my newest novel, Do Lutheran Hunks Eat Mushrooms, a hilarious apocalyptic thriller, and all my other books, are available on amazon.com.

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Angie the Angry Avocado on Supermarket Behavior

Angie Avocado #8

 

 

­– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.

My cookbook, Following Good Food Around the World, with its 180 wonderful recipes, my newest novel, Do Lutheran Hunks Eat Mushrooms, a hilarious apocalyptic thriller, and all my other books, are available on amazon.com.

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Desk Cat Says

Desk Cat is Very Wise.

 

 

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– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.
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My cookbook, Following Good Food Around the World, with its 180 wonderful recipes, my newest novel, Do Lutheran Hunks Eat Mushrooms, a hilarious apocalyptic thriller, and all my other books, are available on amazon.com.

 

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