Don't get arrested at the Russian consulate! / the EVERYTHING test / Mimi's Café Carrot Raisin Bread

Note: LJ Legend of Dragoon blogquiz, by Jeff.


Promo video of church anniversary DVD... thanks, Eric! I didn't even have to go looking for it! "VCEFC has a video on YouTube in Celebration of 32 Years of this community worshiping God together. This is the video Lesley Chung demonstrated two Sundays ago. The whole Internet can now view that embarrassing photo of you when you were 6. And you can too. Please go check it out by clicking the link below. A reminder that this is a promotional video of around 10 minutes. This special extended edition DVD will go on sale shortly and includes deleted scenes, behind the scenes featurettes, and a surprise alternate ending. Unfortunately in reality, it doesn't really include that stuff, but proceeds collected will go to the Church Building Fund. Details of when and how this may be purchased will be made available shortly."

I wonder when Jack Bauer will learn to listen to whatever voice of reason is around him at the time. His rash intemperate actions have now led to his arrest at the Russian consulate (Russian torture is worse than Chinese torture!), although he did question Consul Markov... "question" meaning "cut off his finger" in this case! This episode of 24 was pretty good and suspenseful, even if Tom Lennox tried telling part of the truth: Hamri al-Assad was NOT responsible for that bomb in the TV room! That vice-president Daniels is up to something, and the Russian agent guarding Bauer should NOT have left that room to make that phone call: YOU DIE!

I took the Yankee test, and got: "30% Dixie. You are a dandy Yankee Doodle." Then I took the advanced version, and got: "15% Dixie. Wow! You are a Duke of Yankeedom!"

According to the scoreboard, Rachel / Andrew / Steph / Vania have answered the quiz as well. Rachel even sent me an email about it: "You don't get the correct answers? I will see you tomorrow. :)" As far as I know, I will NOT see her tomorrow or any day in the future! Oh, she just emailed me back: "You see correct answers if you answered correctly... but not if you have answered incorrectly! Or is it just me? Yeah... aren't we having dinner with your family?? I'm in town!! :) Visiting until Sunday!" I have no idea about the answers thing since of course I'm not going to answer my own quiz... and since nobody tells me anything in the family, I didn't know about the other thing either! Thanks, Rachel... :D


Mimi's Café Carrot Raisin Bread

It's dark, moist, and delicious. And it comes in a bread basket to your table at this French-themed West Coast casual restaurant. Now the tastiest carrot bread ever can be yours to create at home with a couple of grated carrots, molasses, raisins and chopped walnuts. You'll be baking this one in the oven for at least an hour. That should be enough time to warm up the house and send amazing smells wafting through every room. Line the carpet with newspaper to catch the family drool. Dark, moist carrot bread is a Mimi's Café specialty. Now it's yours.

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup vegetable oil
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
3 eggs
1/4 cup molasses
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup shredded carrot
1 cup raisins
3/4 cup chopped walnuts


1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Combine flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large mixing bowl.
3. In another bowl... combine oil, sugar, eggs, molasses, and vanilla with an electric mixer. Add shredded carrot, and mix. Then add the raisins and walnuts. Mix well by hand.
4. Pour flour mixture into the other ingredients, and stir until combined.
5. Pour batter into two ungreased 8-inch loaf pans. Bake for 60 minutes, or until done. Makes 2 loaves.