PORCH PONDERINGS

Bake Brownies!

8. Brownie Day
There are many types of brownies:
Fudgy, cakey, 'special', with or without nuts, etc...
Tell us something about brownies.

I have a great brownie recipe. It takes 4 eggs , 2 sticks of butter, cocoa and chocolate chips. Lots of sugar. What harm can come of lots of butter, sugar and eggs? And then you cook the sugar and butter for a time. Wonderful. I got this recipe from the King Arthur flour company.

I don’t think anything made from a box mix are worthy of the name brownie. They taste artificial. Sure they are cheap and easy. But let’s talk about that for a moment.

Do you want to be considered cheap and easy? Why buy cheap clothes? Isn’t it better to buy the best you can afford? If you take care of your clothes, they will last for years. That way you won’t have to buy new clothes all the time. A decent coat will last for years. Decent jeans will last for years. Decent shirts and sweaters will last for years. Yes they will! You have been snookered into buying junk from the junk stores or online dealers. Junk from China that falls apart. And don’t get me started with junk shoes and boots that fall apart. We see them all the time at the thrift store. Junky shoes and boots. Buy leather. Yes, I’m sorry leather. Plastic shoes are not good for your feet. Leather breathes. Natural products are best. Wool, alpaca, linen, cotton, leather, products from nature.

Okay, that is my speech from the ‘soap box’, as they say.

I know there are blondies, which are nothing more than yellow cookies, but some seem to consider brownies without chocolate. But I think a good brownie has to be something near to fudge. Not cake. And by all means it has to be chocolate. Find a good recipe. And eat a really good brownie. Make a batch. Then eat one. Freeze the rest. Or give them away. But enjoy them.

Life is short! Bake brownies!