The Hobbit Hole IX - A sudden tree or standing stone

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[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

A sudden tree or standing stone

• First thread: New Zealander builds Hobbit hole
• Second thread: The New Hobbit Hole
• Third thread: The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads! (Congratulations, we filled it up!)
• Fourth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IV - The Road Goes Ever On...
• Fifth Thread: The Hobbit Hole V - Where Many Paths and Errands Meet...
• Sixth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VI - And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...
• Seventh Thread: The Hobbit Hole VII - But not yet weary are our feet...
• Eighth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VIII - Still round the corner we may meet...

New verse:

Upon the hearth the fire is red, Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet, Still round the corner we may meet A sudden tree or standing stone That none have seen but we alone. Tree and flower and leaf and grass, Let them pass! Let them pass! Hill and water under sky, Pass them by! Pass them by!

Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate, And though we pass them by today, Tomorrow we may come this way And take the hidden paths that run Towards the Moon or to the Sun. Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe, Let them go! Let them go! Sand and stone and pool and dell, Fare you well! Fare you well!

Home is behind, the world ahead, And there are many paths to tread Through shadows to the edge of night, Until the stars are all alight. Then world behind and home ahead, We’ll wander back to home and bed. Mist and twilight, cloud and shade, Away shall fade! Away shall fade! Fire and lamp, and meat and bread, And then to bed! And then to bed!

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[Sam Cree]

Morning everyone.

Can't believe it's blowing so hard here, you'd think it's March, not April. Hasn't stopped for a couple weeks at least now.

[RosieCotton]

I can't complain about our weather today. It's raining now, but supposed to clear up and get up into the low seventies!

I shoulda worn sandals.

[JenB]

Morning...

I'm so tired this morning. Probably because I worked out last night - did a long hard walk on the treadmill. 2.5 miles. Dad rented "The Last Samurai" to watch while he runs, so I popped it in and just started walking.

Then I got done and the internet wasn't working right, so I spent time with the family before watching anime and going to bed. Not a bad evening. Very quiet. Ugh, it's only Tuesday.

[RosieCotton]

I found a recipe for flaxseed meal bread and made it last night. Edited the recipe slightly since I think it would have been wayyyy too sweet for my taste...it called for quite a bit of Splenda PLUS Splenda syrup (which I don't have anyway). It came out almost like a banana bread or coffee cake, and very tasty. Odd mouth feel, though. Doesn't dissolve in the same way as wheat flour bread.

I had a little slice with my eggs this morning for breakfast. Made a nice meal!

[HairOfTheDog]

Good morning honey! you up?

[Corin Stormhands]

Good morning honey! you up?

My f-i-l called us the morning after our wedding and asked the same question. ;-)

[HairOfTheDog]

Your f-i-l calls you honey? ;~D

[RosieCotton]

Good morning! I need to get another book on tape so I can stand ta walk on the treadmill on rainy days! I haven't been walking when it's wet...and it's been wet a lot.

On the bright side...I'm wearing size 10 jeans today! It's not really that much of an accomplishment since it's a brand I know runs large, and my slim-fit size 12 Wranglers are still too tight to wear in public, but I CAN zip them now...I couldn't a month ago.

I'm down almost 15 pounds from Entmoot, which was my heaviest weight ever.

[2Jedismom]

Yep, my almond bread recipe was too sweet...I cut the Splenda by half. Makes me wonder about the people that design these recipes...maybe they don't taste sweet the same way I do!

What's the carb count for the bread? Do you know? You have the recipe handy?

Steve has lost almost 30lbs doing Atkins. People started to notice at 25lbs. I handed him a 25lb bag of flour a while back at Sams and said "Well, that's how much you used to carry around all the time."

[HairOfTheDog]

Happy birthday Scott!

I am away from home so I don't have my little giffy thingys. Hope you'll forgive. Hope you had a good birthday!

[Corin Stormhands]

Well, no. He called me "son." But he also called that mornin' and said "hey, y'all up yet?"

I said not currently...

[HairOfTheDog]

~snicker~

[Corin Stormhands]

Happy Birthday Scott!

[RosieCotton]

Here's the information I have on it:

spongebob's flax meal bread

dry
===
2c flax meal ( Bob's Red Mill has the lowest carb)
1c nuts/etc.
1/2c Splenda (box, not packets)
1tsp baking powder
1tsp baking soda

wet
===
5 eggs (beaten)
8T sf syrup w/Splenda
5T vegetable oil


preheat oven to 350F/gas mark 4

mix together all dry ingredients in a bowl, then in a separate bowl, mix all wet ingredients. fold dry ingredients into wet and mix well (don't beat like crazy, but be sure it's mixed well or the eggs do funny things!).

immediately transfer batter to Pam/etc-sprayed loaf pan (I've had better results not waiting the 5min. I've seen suggested - baking soda is active immediately when wet, right?).

bake at 350F for 35min. or until it passes the knife/toothpick/etc. test.

remove from pan immediately and cool before slicing.


I didn't put a whole cup of nuts, though. Just put a handful of slivered almonds. I think it would be good without ANY nuts if you aren't to that point. I also used just a coupla packets of Splenda and put milk in place of the liquid Splenda - you could probably use either water or a cream mixture. And I added a bunch of cinnamon, which I liked a lot!

I have no idea why it was labeled Spongebob's. I assume someone with that screen name originated it?

[Corin Stormhands]

...maybe they don't taste sweet the same way I do!

More likely it's because you don't overdo the sweets. So when something is vey sweet it hits your senses more. Same thing with salt. Keep it out of your system and you notice it more.

I used to swill sweet (with sugar) ice tea like crazy. Now it makes me gag.

[Overtaxed]

Happy Birthday!

Do ya have to go to work today? :)

[JenB]

Wow, I'm really impressed. I'm up a little from where I was last month, but it's mostly water... I'm still a fairly large 12 but I think I can get to 10 in a month or so.

I'm low-carbing this week, taking Sunday off, and then hitting it really seriously starting Monday. Plus I intend to get the exercising back to where it should be. I'd really, really like to drop these last 15-20 pounds by August....

[RosieCotton]

I'm noticing that even just a few weeks into this, things taste...different maybe isn't the word. But I notice tastes more, kinda. Like the strawberries I mentioned...I can't imagine sweetening them. They were soooo sweet on their own. And on my sister's birthday I cheated a little...sorta, since I'm allowed the occasional sweet now that I'm past the first phase. She had pineapple upside-down cake, and though I didn't eat a piece, I did have one bite. It was sooooo sweet that one bite was plenty. Didn't taste BAD...just very strong.

[RosieCotton]

I've got another twenty or so to go, too. So I'm not getting all that excited. And honestly, I'm really a 12 still. May always be, for the most part...even though my waist is smaller than it was, I still have big hips and always will. Ah well...it's not a bad shape! ;-)

When are you heading to CO? I missed that conversation.

[Corin Stormhands]

Yep. Wife still sweetens strawberries if'n I don't get to 'em first. And I grew up putting salt on watermelon. Can't imaging doing that now.