Abraham Lincoln ate this:

Christmas Recipes: Mom's Peanut Brittle | Submitted By: Carla —14860 days’ago’
Here's the recipe my Mom has make for fifty years or so ...at least longer than my oldest sibling can remember!


Easter Recipes: Alice Chicken | Submitted By: LABORDAY —14860 days’ago’
Marinated chicken breasts broiled with bacon and cheese, then served with sauteed mushrooms and honey mustard dressing. Fantastic way to broil chicken that adds that 'extra something!'


Halloween Recipes: Melt In Your Mouth Toffee | Submitted By: Ruth Denton —14860 days’ago’
A simple concordance of butter, sugar, walnuts and chocolate yields a rich, indulgent toffee. For best results use a candy thermometer during the boiling stage, and use a lightly oiled wooden spoon if you want to spread out the mixture to cool.


Hanukkah Recipes: Jewish Chicken Soup | Submitted By: Layla —14860 days’ago’
This is a traditional recipe good for anything that ails you. It's the absolute best when you've got the flu, and it's great the second and third day. Note, these matzoh balls are 'sinkers'. These are traditional matzoh balls, as this recipe was passed down from my great-grandmother who needed to make them as heavy as possible to feed a hungry family during lean times. Cut the matzoh meal by 1/2 cup to lighten the load.


4th of July Recipes: Thai Tuna Burgers | Submitted By: dakota kelly —14860 days’ago’
Tasty Thai tuna burgers with a hint of sesame, ginger, and soy. Made from minced fresh tuna steaks, these are a delicious alternative to the all-beef patty.

Finnotan's Read

What the F***? – Why we Curse. —14860 days’ago’
Steven Pinker in The New Republic The strange emotional power of swearing–as well as the presence of linguistic taboos in all cultures– suggests that taboo words tap into deep and ancient parts of the brain. In general, words have not just a denotation but a connotation: an emotional coloring distinct from what the word literally refers [...]


Republican rats scrabble to take over the sinking ship —14860 days’ago’
Gerard Baker in The London Times This year it’s different. While the Democratic race is, as I noted last week, turning into an extended coronation for the Sun Queen, the Republican contest is a fog of competitive chaos. This is all the more striking because the polls suggest that the party is on course for a [...]


The unbridgeable gap between law and science —14860 days’ago’
Steve Connor in The Independent It is always amusing to see how the legal mind treats science given that both aspects of human activity are about the search for the truth. The trouble is, the law, like politics, is about certainties, whereas science is as much about what we don’t know as what we know for [...]


Gore Wins the Nobel. But Will He Run? —14860 days’ago’
Eric Pooley in Time For the past year, Al Gore has gone about his considerable business without showing much interest in running for president. While picking up an Oscar and an Emmy, publishing a very smart book and playing host at a global concert for the planet, he’s never done more than tease the idea. And [...]


What has Al Gore Done For World Peace? —14860 days’ago’
Damian Thompson in The Telegraph So Al Gore is the joint winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Admittedly, he has to share it with the United Nations’ climate change panel – but, even so, I think we need to declare an international smugness alert. The former US Vice-President has already taken over from Michael Moore as the [...]