Friday, June 3, 2011

Velvet Bliss and cupcake recipe for terrorists

Eggplant in oyster sauce with polenta bread
Food Diary (June 03, 2011)
Breakfast: Rolled oats with coconut, banana, sunflower seeds and flax seeds
Lunch: Eggplant in oyster sauce with polenta bread
Dinner: White beans in tomato mustard sauce with polenta dumplings
Baking/sweets:

I made the polenta bread using a new method. It was an experiment that turned out fairly OK. I cooked polenta first in lots of water, cooled it down, added flour and baking powder and baked it. I will give this a few more trial runs before posting the recipe. I previously posted a recipe for a simple yeast free polenta bread here. The recipe I already posted uses raw polenta, so the bread turns out crispier and drier. I like it but it is probably not everyones cup of tea.

Today's Favourite Photo
Source: Sparklette
Velvet Bliss



Today’s Favourite Blog
This should make food bloggers smile. British intelligence agents managed to hack into the extremist Inspire magazine, replacing its bombmaking instructions with a recipe for cupcakes. The spy agency has a new message for terrorists: make cupcakes, not war. The article did not say which cupcake recipe was posted, neither did it discuss the outcome. I wonder if any of the target audience actually made the cupcakes, whether intentionally because they have a sweet tooth, or by mistake without realizing it was for a different kind of bomb. Excess consumption of the cupcake bomb can be suicidal, potentially. 

15 comments:

  1. Yes! Cupcakes instead of bombs! The world would be a peaceful place...

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  2. I love eggplant and the spongy texture is great to absorb the flavoursome oyster sauce!

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  3. Cupcakes would solve all the world's problems! Everyone needs more cupcakes :)

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  4. I have never made polenta, but I would really like to try your polenta bread recipe when it's ready.

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  5. Cupcakes are so joyful! That is a very artistic looking piece of cake!

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  6. Haha! What a great post! Once the tummy is happy, everyone's happy ... no more terrorism!

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  7. Gorgeous photo of the Velvet Bliss and your 'make cupcakes not war' snippet made me laugh.

    Also, looking forward to the polenta bread when you are happy with your recipe.

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  8. I knew the British have an exceptional sense of humour! It sounds like from Monty Python ;-)

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  9. i love how you blog about your meals and plan them out!! i do the same too :). btw, i noticed you have two blogs. i assume one is for your eating and the other one is recipes?

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  10. Everyone: looking at the comments it seems the decision to substitute a cupcake recipe for a bomb 'recipe' was a great one.
    Junia: thats right, one for eating and talking about food and the other for recipes

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  11. That slice of cake looks amazing! What an awesome photo.

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  12. Agree. A cupcake recipe will make everyone happy and peace!

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  13. Lol cupcake recipe for terrorist! Cupcakes will be the new peace sign.

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