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Chocolate Waffles With Poached Cherries

(Prep and cooking time 1.25 hours)

2 pounds fresh cherries, rinsed and pitted

.75 cup plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar

1/3 cup orange juice

2 tablespoons lemon juice

1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise

8 ounces mascarpone cheese

.5 cup whipping cream

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 cup all-purpose flour

.25 cup unsweetened cocoa

2 teaspoons baking powder

.25 teaspoon salt

1 large egg

1 cup milk

3 tablespoons melted butter

Cooking oil spray

Powdered sugar

In a 3- to 4-quart pan over medium heat, stir cherries, .5 cup granulated sugar, orange juice, lemon juice and vanilla bean until cherries are juicy and sugar is dissolved, 3 minutes. Adjust heat to maintain a simmer; stir occasionally until cherries are soft, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat; if making up to 2 days ahead, cover and chill (reheat before serving).

Meanwhile, in a bowl with a mixer on low speed, beat mascarpone, cream, vanilla and 2 tablespoons granulated sugar until soft peaks form. Cover and chill up to 2 days (if needed, whisk to thicken before serving).

In another bowl, mix .25 cup granulated sugar and the flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt. In a bowl, beat egg to blend with milk and butter. Stir into flour mixture until evenly moistened.

Turn a waffle iron to high heat; spray both sides lightly with cooking oil spray. When hot, add about 1.25 cups batter; close iron and cook until waffle is well browned, about 9 minutes. Remove waffle; keep warm on a baking sheet in a 200 F oven up to 15 minutes. Repeat to cook remaining waffles.

Place a waffle on each of 6 dessert plates; sprinkle with powdered sugar. Top with cherries and juice (discard vanilla bean), then mascarpone cream.

Makes 6 servings.

Nutrition information per serving: 632 cal., 10 g pro., 33 g fat (20 g saturated), 78 g carbo., 3.7 g fiber, 376 mg sodium, 110 mg chol.

Waffles

(via The Laporte Report)

John Kerry is being Google-bombed by conservative activists (“waffles” -> John Kerry). Since this web site has a high ranking for waffles and things related to waffles, I’m helping out our conservative friends so their efforts don’t become a miserable failure.

Not going to happen…

(via Joe Bob’s Week in Review)

The Palme d’Or, top prize at the Cannes Film Festival, was awarded to Michael Moore for his documentary “Fahrenheit 9/11.” Isn’t it customary, when an American wins one of the world’s top competitions (Tour de France, Nobel Prize, Olympics), for the winner to be invited to the White House?

Yet Another Bush Joke

(via Musings of a Philosophical Scrivener….)

How many members of the Bush Administration are needed to replace a lightbulb?

The Answer is SEVEN:

one to deny that a lightbulb needs to be replaced

one to attack and question the patriotism of anyone who has questions about the lightbulb,

one to blame the previous administration for the need of a new lightbulb,

one to arrange the invasion of a country rumored to have a secret stockpile of lightbulbs,

one to get together with Vice President Cheney and figure out how to pay Halliburton Industries one million dollars for a lightbulb,

one to arrange a photo-op session showing Bush changing the lightbulb while dressed in a flight suit and wrapped in an American flag,

and finally one to explain to Bush the difference between screwing a lightbulb and screwing the country.

Elvin Jones Dies at 76

(via NYT)

Elvin Jones, whose explosive drumming powered the John Coltrane Quartet, the most influential and controversial jazz ensemble of the 1960’s, died yesterday in Manhattan. He was 76 and lived in Manhattan and Nagasaki, Japan.

Mr. Jones’s death, which came after several months of failing health, was announced by John DeChristopher, director of artist relations for the Avedis Zildjian Company, maker of Mr. Jones’s cymbals. Mr. Jones continued to perform until a few weeks ago, often taking an oxygen tank onto the bandstand.

Mr. Bush called for a continuing battle to end racial equality

(via Eschaton)

NYT:

Across town, Mr. Bush called for a continuing battle to end racial equality, and pointed to his No Child Left Behind law as the way to accomplish that.

Just in case the Times fixes their “error”:

If I wanted to, I could do it myself

Dear Mr. Flash Logo Animator Spammer Guy,

If I want to clutter my web site with annoying Flash animation, I’m certain I could do it myself. If I were to hire someone to do this work for me, you can be damn sure you would not get my business. The fact you advertise your business via unsolicited email, either means you are totally clueless or simply a crook.

Another Waffle Recipe

(from gilroydispatch.com)

Overnight Waffles

1/2 tsp. instant yeast

2 cups flour

1 T. sugar

1/2 tsp. salt

2 cups milk

8 T. butter, melted and cooled

1/2 tsp. vanilla

Oil or Pam for waffle iron

2 eggs

Before going to bed, combine the dry ingredients and stir in the milk, then the butter and vanilla. The mixture will be loose. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside overnight at room temperature.

Brush the waffle iron lightly with oil and preheat it. Separate the eggs and stir the yolks into the batter. Beat the whites until they hold soft peaks. Stir them gently into the batter.

Spread a ladleful or so of batter onto the waffle iron and bake until the waffle is done, usually 3 to 5 minutes. Serve immediately or keep warm for a few minutes in a low oven.

Action Jesus! Cross sold separately

The Jesus Christ Action Figure: with Walk-On-Water Action!

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Illudium PU-36

(via APS – What’s New by Bob Park – April 16, 2004)

HAFNIUM-178: JUST WHEN YOU THINK LIFE CAN’T GET ANY SILLIER.

The cover of Popular Mechanics for May proclaims the dawn of the age of atomic airplanes powered by miniature nuclear reactors. These are not old-fashioned fission reactors. These are the new “quantum nucleonic reactors,” a.k.a. hafnium-178 isomer reactors. The problem with fission reactors was that they required too much shielding. The problem with the hafnium-178 reactor is that it doesn’t exist. Carl Collins at U. of Texas, Dallas, claimed to be able to trigger decay of the hafnium-178 nuclear isomer with x-rays. That would be a miracle, but several other groups found it just doesn’t happen. That detail was left out of the Popular Mechanics story, which contains nothing beyond the New Scientist story a year ago (WN 15 Aug 03). The hafnium-178 isomer avalanche now seems destined to join hydrinos, zero-point energy, gravity shields, cold fusion and all the other free-energy fantasies that only work for believers. In the paranormal world this is known as “the investigator effect.”