Feb. 27th, 2015

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M&M’s® Crispy Hamantaschen
http://delicateconstruction.com/2015/02/mms-crispy-hamantaschen.html?utm_source=P-0497c&utm_medium=FB&utm_campaign=SocialFabricCookie hamantaschen-recipe

There are two parts to the hamantaschen, the dough and the filling. The dough is kind of like a sugar cookie dough but not really, maybe something between sugar cookie and bread dough and it has a little extra citrus. Fillings range, but this chocolate one is the easiest and my favorite. Here is what you need:

Dough:

1 cup (two sticks) butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla
Zest and juice from one small orange or 1/2 large orange
2 eggs
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
4 1/2 cups flour (to start)

Filling:

Brownie mix (and whatever ingredients called for on the box)
M&M’s® Crispy/ M&M mints

Instructions:
Butter and sugar in the mixer and mixed it until fluffy and light.
Add the vanilla and orange juice and zest.
Add the eggs one at a time, waiting until the first one is mixed before adding the second.

Mix the baking powder, salt and flour together and add the mixture in 3 parts to the dough. Mix it until it pulls away from the side of the mixing bowl, depending on where you live you might need to add more flour to achieve this. Once it is all mixed, put it in a bowl (or leave it in the mixing bowl), cover with plastic wrap and then put in the fridge for an hour or two.

Before you roll out your dough, preheat your oven to 350 degrees, mix up your brownie mix, and grab your M&M’s® Crispy.

Roll out the cookie dough to about a quarter of an inch and cut circles. You could really do any size.

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Then the only thing left to do is pinch them in a triangle and bake them off. I would start with about 10 minutes and then check every minute or two after that.
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snapdragon skulls
Snapdragons make cute flowers, but when they die, they turn into macabre skulls.



As every child knows, if you push in on the sides of the flower in just the right place it opens the jaws of what looks like a dragon's head.
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Was Bra-ced For A Different Reaction
SECONDARY SCHOOL | SURREY, ENGLAND, UK | BAD BEHAVIOR, BULLY, PARENTS
(I’m an A&E nurse. We’re not allowed our phones on us; they’re to be kept in our lockers. A call comes into hospital reception on a private line for me.)

Phone: “This is [Teacher] from [School]. There’s been an incident involving [Daughter]. We need you to come in.”

Me: “Is she ill or injured? Can it wait until my shift is over in two hours?”

Phone: “[Daughter] has struck another pupil. We’ve been trying to call you for 45 minutes. It really is very serious.”

(I go to the school and am ushered into the head’s office. I see my daughter, her head of year, a male teacher, the headmaster, a boy with blood around his nose and a red face, and his parents.)

Head: “Mrs. [My Name], how kind of you to FINALLY join us!”

Me: “Yeah, things get busy in A&E. I’ve spent the last hour administering over 40 stitches to a seven-year-old who was beaten by his mother with a metal ladle and then I had to deal with the police regarding the matter. Sorry for the inconvenience.”

(After watching him try to not act embarrassed, he tells me what has happened. The boy had twanged my daughter’s bra and she had punched him in the face twice. I got the impression they were more angry with my daughter than the boy.)

Me: “Oh. And you want to know if I’m going to press charges against him for sexually assaulting my daughter and against the school for allowing him to do it?”

(They all get jittery when I mention sexual assault and start speaking at once.)

Teacher: “I don’t think it was that serious.”

Head Of Year: “Let’s not over-react.”

Head: “I think you’re missing the point.”

(The boy’s mother then starts crying. I turn to my daughter to find out what happened.)

Daughter: “He kept pinging my bra. I asked him to stop but he didn’t, so I told Mr. [Teacher]. He told me to ‘ignore it.’ [Boy] did it again and undid my bra so I hit him. Then he stopped.”

(I turn to the teacher.)

Me: “You let him do this? Why didn’t you stop him? Come over here and let me touch the front of your trousers.”

Teacher: “What?! No!”

Me: “Does that seem inappropriate to you? Why don’t you go and pull on Mrs. [Head Of Year]’s bra right now. See how fun it is for her. Or on that boy’s mum’s bra. Or mine. You think just because they’re kids it’s fun?”

Head: “Mrs. [My Name]. With all due respect, [Daughter] still beat another child.”

Me: “No. She defended herself against a sexual attack from another pupil. Look at them; he’s nearly 6 feet and 11 or 12 stone. She’s 5 feet and 6 stone. He’s a foot taller than her and twice as heavy. How many times should she have let him touch her? If the person who was supposed to help and protect her in a classroom couldn’t be bothered what should she have done? He pulled her bra so hard it came undone.”

(The boy’s mum is still crying and his dad looks both angry and embarrassed. The teacher won’t make eye contact with me. I look at the headmaster.)

Me: “I’m taking her home. I think the boy has learnt his lesson. And I hope nothing like this ever happens again, not only to [Daughter], but to any other girl at this school. You wouldn’t let him do it to a member of staff so what makes you think he can do it to a girl of 15 is beyond me. I will be reporting this to the governors. And if you—” *turning to the boy* “—EVER touch my daughter again I WILL have you arrested for sexual assault. Do you understand me?”

(I was so angry I gathered my daughter’s things and left. I reported it to the Board of Governors, several of whom I know from Church (it’s a Catholic school), and was assured it would be strongly dealt with. I also reported it to OFSTED (Government-run school monitoring) and they were equally as horrified and assured me they would contact the school. My daughter was put into a different class for that subject, away from the teacher and the boy.)

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