Golden, Puffy, Perfectly Cooked!

I recently found this YouTube channel – Kitchen In the Shire, starring Renee!

Renee has some pretty terrific baking and cooking ideas and recipes, and this is one of them. I can attest to it, because I made these English muffins yesterday. They exceeded all expectations, and are at least ten times better than anything you can buy at the store.

I never made English muffins before yesterday afternoon.

I followed her instructions almost exactly, with two exceptions: I used bread flour instead of all-purpose flour, because I was low on the AP, and I used SAF brand Instant Gold package yeast, which is meant for use in enriched doughs (with sugar, eggs, milk etc.). As an aside, I bought this yeast (one pound bag) several years ago and keep it in the freezer. It is still very active!

IMPORTANT: I weighed my flour. If I measure, I have a tendency to use too much.

My results?

Continue reading

Posted in baking, cooking | Leave a comment

HE TRAPPED THEM: The Democrats Walked Right In

An interesting analysis of President Trump’s 2026 State of the Union address by Susan Kokinda of Promethean Action. What do you think?

Continue reading

Posted in 47th President Trump | 1 Comment

It’s Doggityday!

Posted in Uncategorized | 7 Comments

Another Democrat shutdown . . .

Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment

General Discussion, Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Day FOUR HUNDRED TWO of Presidential recovery.

 

Posted in Uncategorized | 29 Comments

President Donald J. Trump’s 2026 State of the Union Address

Continue reading

Posted in 47th President Trump | 3 Comments

The Panama Canal is now free of Chinese control!

The Panamanian government seized two ports at the entrances of the Panama Canal on Monday according to a Hong Kong-based company that has operated them for decades, a move triggered by a final Supreme Court ruling that declared the company’s concession unconstitutional.

CNBC

Panama annulled key port contracts held by a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison in its official gazette Monday, transferring interim operations of the ports to Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk and Swiss-based Mediterranean Shipping Co.

The notice formalized a Supreme Court ruling last month that the concessions for the Balboa and Cristobal terminals near the Panama Canal, which Panama Port Company (PPC), a subsidiary of CK Hutchison, had held for more than two decades, were unconstitutional.

Continue reading

Posted in China | Leave a comment

Fighting for voter ID

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

General Discussion, Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Day FOUR HUNDRED ONE of Presidential recovery

 

Posted in Uncategorized | 58 Comments

President Trump hosts Angel Family Day ceremony at the White House

During a remembrance ceremony in the East Room of the White House Monday, President Trump honored Laken Riley and other “angel families” who have lost loved ones to crimes committed by people in the United States illegally. 

Continue reading

Posted in Crime, Illegal Immigration | Leave a comment