Contextual Train

Now and then, I'd think about words that had seemingly unrelated multiple meanings. I've discussed a few that came to mind in the last few days, such as train, lime, light, base, bass, and others. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2012/09/contextual-train.html and comment there, please.

Creating a YouTube Playlist PDQ

Use repeatable steps with minimal keystrokes for creating a YouTube playlist—my PDQ (pretty darn quick) method. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Dreamy Music

YouTube playlists for this article (1, 2),
playlist compilation article

Songs with the word "dream" conjure mind wanderings. Difficult to be asleep AND think or mentally sing songs about dreams and dreaming. One song that could fit the bill might be one about daydreaming, such as "Daydream Believer" by the Monkees.

Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2012/08/dreamy-music.html and comment there, please.

Tubular Waffle Grid Wafers

These tubes are soft rollups that you can spread frosting or other sweet filling in. The softness comes from rolling up baked waffle-cone wafers and dropping them into cylinders that are narrow enough for steam to stay in. For my recipe, I used color-coded 1-inch diameter test tubes. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2012/08/tubular-waffle-grid-wafers.html and comment there, please.

Simplest Scratch Oatmeal Cookies

This oatmeal cooky recipe uses the minimal amount of ingredients, for those who want a nekkid cooky that has lots of oatmeal …. As a bonus, I include information for resoftening a brown sugar brick into its spoonable form. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2012/07/simplest-scratch-oatmeal-cookies.html and comment there, please.

Macaroons (egg whites replacement)

Last month, I offered up cake mix macaroon cookies, and I mentioned gluey coconut clumps in context of macaroons. I still think macaroons are gluey and clumpy, but my results taste better than macaroons I remember from way back. This recipe includes information for substituting egg whites with Wilton meringue powder. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2012/07/macaroons-egg-whites-replacement.html and comment there, please.

Lemon Poppyseed Mini-cupcakes

My recipe calls for following the instructions for boxed lemon cake mix and adding two tablespoons of poppy seeds. Box mixes usually omit information about mini-cupcakes, which are about 1/3 the volume of regular cupcakes (2 1/2 x 1 1/4). The mini-cupcake size is 1 3/4 x 1. This article includes also includes mini-cupcake baking times, yields, and paper liner vs. oil vs. oil/flour methods.

Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2012/06/lemon-poppyseed-mini-cupcakes.html and comment there, please.