Hmmm....Amish Friendship Bread.
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asakiyume had a lovely note earlier about snarkiness by Merriam-Webster (regarding principle/principal). In a separate incident, I got into a discussion regarding my own word rantiness. (Gee, you didn't realize I had word issues? Where have you been all this time?)
My big ones?
1)Further(furthest)/farther(farthest)
You can walk far, farther, or farthest. These are words for distance. You cannot walk fur, further, or furthest.
2) Enormity/enormousness
Enormity denotes terribleness. It is not a reference to SIZE. You use enormousness for that.
3) Continuous/Continual
Any Calculus teacher can tell you the difference between these. You almost never mean 'continuous.' Almost never. If you don't know the difference, it's easiest to stick with continual.
4) Prodigal/Returning
Wait, those two don't look alike! No, they don't. Nor do they mean the same thing.
Those are the ones that I'm most likely to jump on in a critique. Which are your bugaboo word mistakes?
And, as hinted, the Amish Friendship Bread recipe
Amish Friendship Bread
(I don't know where this recipe comes from. The presence of a Ziploc bag in the recipe hints that it's not an ancient Amish secret.)
Starter:
1 C sugar
1 C flour
1 C milk
Allow the starter to stand for 10 days in a Ziploc bag with as much air worked out as possible. "Mush" once daily. (In other words, massage the bag for, say, two minutes once a day.)
After 10 days, put starter mix in a bowl and add:
1 C oil
1/2 C Milk
3 eggs
1/2 t vanilla
1 t salt
In a separate bowl, mix:
2 C flour
1 C sugar
1/2 t soda
1 large box vanilla instant pudding mix
1) Mix ingredients in each bowl, and then add dry ingredients to wet and mix well again.
2) Grease 2 loaf pans & coat with cinnamon and sugar.
3) Divide batter between pans and sprinkle cinnamon and sugar on the top.
4) Bake @ 325 for 1 hour.
That's what I've got. If someone has a link to a better version, put it in comments, and I'll check it out.
This makes a very rich and dense bread. I personally like mine plain with sugar and cinnamon, but I've seen recipes that add nuts, chocolate chips, etc.
asakiyume had a lovely note earlier about snarkiness by Merriam-Webster (regarding principle/principal). In a separate incident, I got into a discussion regarding my own word rantiness. (Gee, you didn't realize I had word issues? Where have you been all this time?) My big ones?
1)Further(furthest)/farther(farthest)
You can walk far, farther, or farthest. These are words for distance. You cannot walk fur, further, or furthest.
2) Enormity/enormousness
Enormity denotes terribleness. It is not a reference to SIZE. You use enormousness for that.
3) Continuous/Continual
Any Calculus teacher can tell you the difference between these. You almost never mean 'continuous.' Almost never. If you don't know the difference, it's easiest to stick with continual.
4) Prodigal/Returning
Wait, those two don't look alike! No, they don't. Nor do they mean the same thing.
Those are the ones that I'm most likely to jump on in a critique. Which are your bugaboo word mistakes?
And, as hinted, the Amish Friendship Bread recipe
Amish Friendship Bread
(I don't know where this recipe comes from. The presence of a Ziploc bag in the recipe hints that it's not an ancient Amish secret.)
Starter:
1 C sugar
1 C flour
1 C milk
Allow the starter to stand for 10 days in a Ziploc bag with as much air worked out as possible. "Mush" once daily. (In other words, massage the bag for, say, two minutes once a day.)
After 10 days, put starter mix in a bowl and add:
1 C oil
1/2 C Milk
3 eggs
1/2 t vanilla
1 t salt
In a separate bowl, mix:
2 C flour
1 C sugar
1/2 t soda
1 large box vanilla instant pudding mix
1) Mix ingredients in each bowl, and then add dry ingredients to wet and mix well again.
2) Grease 2 loaf pans & coat with cinnamon and sugar.
3) Divide batter between pans and sprinkle cinnamon and sugar on the top.
4) Bake @ 325 for 1 hour.
That's what I've got. If someone has a link to a better version, put it in comments, and I'll check it out.
This makes a very rich and dense bread. I personally like mine plain with sugar and cinnamon, but I've seen recipes that add nuts, chocolate chips, etc.
