Scent o' mintal Journey, Part 1, Sweetish Thoughts

I recently tried some chocolate-covered mint chocolate cookies, Fudge Mint Cookies (Back to Nature brand), recommended by a friend. Mmmm. Got me to thinking about similar minty chocolate cookies and sweets. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Gopher Plant AKA SilverSpurge AKA Euphorbia Rigida

The plant had mystified me when I first spotted it in May 2019. Since then, I'd taken a few videos and stills of it, and a couple from a different site. Earlier this year, I stumbled across a YouTube video that included a snippet and ID (Euphorbia rigida) of the suspect plant. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Pie D'oh to Plan B Cookies, Sweet-Tweaked

Initially, I started out with a rolled, refrigerated pie crust, which I had intended to use in my MayDay lemon meringue pie. The box had info about letting the dough warm up a few minutes to room temperature before unrolling it onto a pie pan. Or could microwave for a few seconds. I mistakenly microwaved the dough too long, which rendered it unrollable. D'oh! The dough became Plan B cookies, sweet-tweaked. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

I recently made a two-layer cake using yellow cake mix and added Black Cherry Kool-Aid powder. The flavoring contained one teaspoon of powder. I used half in one cup of my batter for marbling effect, and the other half in 18 ounces of spreadable frosting. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Pretty Tall Sotols, Part 1

Love that YouTube suggested the thumbnail with bees and yellowy, clustered cheeto-shaped blooms.



How tall are sotols? They're distinctly tall. Ones that I've seen tend to be at least as tall as street lights. And they're pretty, especially with flower/flowery stalks/spikes! Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Pretty Tall Sotols, Part 2

"Pretty Tall Sotols, Part 1" emphasizes mostly the plants' physical characteristics. (Video: "Pretty Tall Sotols") This article includes secondary info: sotol as alcohol and resemblance to yucca. ... Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Assessing My MayDay 2020 Lemon Meringue Pie

The lemon meringue pie I made Friday 5/1 (May Day) is a followup to the pies I made in March ("Assessing My Mid-March 2020 Lemon Meringue Pie" (article, video) and December ("Assessing My Christmas 2019 Lemon Meringue Pie" (article, video). Read the entire article and comment there, please.