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From Corrine.
She really is very beautiful.
Oh, and so is our Country!
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Video of 50 States.
This is a keeper!
This is very beautiful and relaxing.
This is very beautiful and relaxing.
Chewy Philadelphia-Style Soft Pretzels
Makes 32 pretzels
Makes 32 pretzels
Ingredients:
2 cups milk
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup warm water
1 (1/4-ounce) package active dry yeast or 2 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast
6 cups all-purpose or bread flour
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 tablespoons salt
1 large egg
1 tablespoon water
2 tablespoons coarse salt
Directions:
In a saucepan, heat milk just until bubbles form around the edge; remove from the heat and stir in brown sugar.
Stir until dissolved then set aside.
Meanwhile, combine warm water and yeast.
Let stand for 3 minutes then add the cooled milk mixture.
Beat in flour until smooth.
Cover and set aside for 45 minutes to rise.
Stir down the dough then gradually add flour, baking powder, and salt.
Place on a floured surface and knead for 5 minutes, or until smooth and elastic.
Roll into a 16 x 10-inch rectangle then cut into 1/2-inch wide strips.
Roll each strip into a rope and twist into large pretzels.
Let rise about 30 minutes.
Bring a large kettle of salted water to a boil.
Preheat the oven to 400*F.
Lower the pretzels gently into the boiling water for about 5 seconds then remove and place 2-inches apart on a greased baking sheet.
Beat egg and water and lightly brush the pretzel tops.
Sprinkle with coarse salt and bake at 400*F for 18 to 20 minutes, or until golden brown.
Source: Cooksrecipes
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And for those who prefer cheese.
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Soft Cheddar Pretzels
INGREDIENTS:
l 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder 
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
2 tablespoons margarine
1/2 cup (2 ounces) shredded mild Cheddar cheese
2/3 cup milk
1 egg, beaten
l 1/2 teaspoons coarse saltPREPARATION:
Combine first 4 ingredients in a medium bowl; cut in margarine with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add cheese and milk, stirring until dry ingredients are just moistened.
Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead about 12 times.
Divide dough in half and roll each half into a 12×8-inch rectangle. Cut dough lengthwise into eight 1-inch strips.
Twist each into a pretzel shape; brush with beaten egg and sprinkle with coarse salt.
Place on lightly greased baking sheets and bake at 400° for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
Cool pretzels for a few minutes on wire racks; serve pretzels warm.
Makes about 16 soft pretzels.
SOURCE: Southern Food
And they are good ones!
From Alrad.
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UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
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Why isn’t the number 11 pronounced onety-one?
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If 4 out of 5 people suffer from diarrhea…
does that mean that one out of five enjoys it?
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Why do croutons come in airtight packages? Aren’t they just stale bread to begin with?
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If people from Poland are called Poles, then why aren’t people from Holland called Holes?
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If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?
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Why is a person who plays the piano called a pianist, but a person who drives a racecar is not called a racist?
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If it’s true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for?
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If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, then doesn’t it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked, and dry cleaners depressed?
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If Fed Ex and UPS were to merge, would they call it Fed UP? ?
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Do Lipton Tea employees take ‘coffee breaks?’
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What hair color do they put on the driver’s licenses of bald men?
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I thought about how mothers feed their babies with tiny little spoons and forks, so I wondered what do Chinese mothers use. Toothpicks?
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Why do they put pictures of criminals up in the Post Office? What are we supposed to do, write to them? Why don’t they just put their pictures on the postage stamps so the mailmen can look for them while they deliver the mail?
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Is it true that you never really learn to swear until you learn to drive?
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If a cow laughed, would milk come out of her nose?
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Whatever happened to Preparations A through G?
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As income tax time approaches, did you ever notice:
When you put the two words ‘The’ and ‘IRS’ together, it spells ‘THEIRS’?
That’s when this thing started. 
So Thursday is the Riverbank’s second anniversary.
Two years of this crap.
And still going.
I guess we’ll shoot for three now.
We’re on our way!
From Bobby.
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A young boy, about eight years old, was at the store picking out a large box of laundry detergent. The grocer walked over and, trying to be friendly, asked the boy if he had a lot of laundry to do.
“Oh, no laundry,” the boy said. “I’m going to wash my dog.”
“But you shouldn’t use this to wash your dog. It’s very powerful and if you wash your dog in this, he’ll get sick. In fact, it might even kill him.”
But the boy was not stopped by this and carried the detergent to the counter and paid for it, even as the grocer still tried to talk him out of washing his dog.
About a week later the boy was back in the store doing some shopping. The grocer asked the boy how his dog was doing.
“Oh, he died,” the boy said.
The grocer said, “I tried to tell you not to use that detergent on your dog.”
“Well,” the boy replied, “I don’t think it was the detergent that killed him.”
“Oh I’m sorry. How did he die?”
“I think it was the spin cycle.”
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