Briefs - Beltsville

People ask me do I do any
baking at home? The answer is,
yes I do, especially when my
classes are on. Just today I needed
to make a cake for my class
on Monday night. The cake was a
carrot cake. I use a different recipe
than others I have seen. Mine
is made with Whole Wheat flour,
not white flour, and is very moist
and flavorful. Yesterday I made
myself some Splenda oatmeal
cookies. The sugar free cookies
I buy in the store are too hard
on the system. If you have tried
them and eaten more then three
you know what I mean! I also
made a very easy Cheesecake
recipe that turned out great.
Iʼm glad to see winter start to
ease a bit, but March can be a
bear. Beware the Ides of March.
In the play Caesar gets stabbed.
But here in the Washington area
we know snow can be plentiful in
March, even in week three.
I also do research. Just for
the fun of it I started timing
commercials on television. First,
Baker Bill
S T U F F ‘ N T H I N G S
most commercials are 30 seconds
in length. The average daytime
commercial lasts 3 minutes 45
seconds. Cableʼs Law & Order
show is 4 minutes of show and 3
½ commercials; however, cable
movies go about 50/50. On the
evening network, most one hour
shows do 2 minutes at the start
then 3 minutes at about 13 past,
3 minutes at 28 minutes past the
hour and then do 5 minutes at 15
minutes ʻtil the hour and go to the
end of the show. In the football
playoff games the commercials
were 1 minute 45 seconds after
every kick. Super bowl commercials
were longer. Itʼs the super
bowl of commercials as well. We
watched them because they were
entertaining. They were 2-3 minutes
each. All I tested had about
the same format, but one may be
a minute one way or another. The
thing that struck me is they all do
them at about the same time, so
you canʼt switch without hitting
another commercial. I fool them
I switch to the golf channel.
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Wow you learned a lot about
me in this article; I bake, I
research, and when you sift it all
down, Iʼm the same old me.
I need to close now. If you
Don't Forget to Call
Ginger
Hand
(301) 595-3834
To Find Out What's
Happening in Your
Neighborhood
Web:
www.GingerHand.com
E-Mail: Ginger4700@aol.com
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want the recipe for my carrot
cake or a good easy cheesecake
or to remark about what
I have written E-Mail me @
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