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I make! Blueberry muffin French toast edition

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I am not the biggest fan of French toast.  I have said this before.  But I’ve gone and made French toast again because I made too many muffins and I couldn’t finish them all and they were starting to get stale.  I can totally eat stale muffins, it’s not a big deal, but they kind of crumble annoyingly.  What do?  Make French toast.

And…I rather liked it.  So I have to consider what it is about French toast that I don’t like.  I think it’s because I don’t like really eggy tasting custards, things like flan and egg tarts.  And if you think about traditional French toast, the inside of the French toast is supposed to be kind of an eggy custard with cinnamon and nutmeg.  It’s almost just like an egg tart.  Gross.

But when you make French toast out of muffins or persimmon nut bread, you have some other flavor besides egg and cinnamon and/or nutmeg.  The texture seems kind of different too.  Also, I use soy milk in my batter.  Not so much because I really like soy milk (I do, but I only drink Asian fresh soy milk) but because I normally have it on hand.  It has a longer shelf life so I can keep it around longer for cereal.  It’s hard for me to finish a thing of milk.

Thus, I conclude that I like French toast but only French toast made from muffins or other quick breads and possibly with soy milk instead of normal milk.  Btw, one egg and maybe 0.5-0.75 c of soy milk with some cinnamon is enough batter for two standard muffins.

Inducing smiles

Sometimes you should need something to inject some cheer in your otherwise dreary (or worse) situation.

Previously, my favorites were watching/listening to the early 90s lineup of Rockapella perform their arrangement of Zombie Jamboree.  They’re so ridiculous.  How can you not smile and be cheered?

I also rather liked the early 2008 lineup of UW Madison’s Redefined a cappella performance of a medley of old Nintendo themes.  Favorite parts include the Tetris portion, the Zelda portion, and the ending.  I don’t know why I’ve always liked the Mario death theme.

I don’t know why I found these a cappella arrangements to be cheering, but they were to me.  But it’s been some time since I’ve been using these as a motivational and cheering tool and often, you become habituated and they start losing effectiveness.  I use these sparingly now.  Only in times of great despair.  Which generally means I’m too far gone for them to be of any use anyway.

But!  I’ve recently found another musical arrangement to be quite cheering.  It’s not a cappella but it’s just as ridiculous as the other two.

The chorus!  THE CHORUS!!

Also, Mr. Timn.  I recommend Mr. Timn the Milkman.  Because…it’s a group of people blowing their noses together.