NeuroTalk Support Groups - You poor poor people

You make a girl feel special, you do indeed, Thelma my dear. The very thought that I might have the will to get the lead out enlivens me. I'm not sure what a thought like that would do to Paula, although she generally has something to say.

Reading the thread you linked, I am moved to wonder if anyone learns the Golden Rule in school or from their parents. For our readers, it goes something like "Do to others what you would have them do to you," or "Treat others as you want to be treated." Therein lie all the lessons of civilization and all the laws, and the failure to live to the rule is the reason for all the wars. The older I get, the more I can see that it's important to try.

Other than that, I believe everyone should be able to stir up a small chocolate cake on a moment's notice. if you have an oven, turn it on to 350 degrees F. Get an 8 inches by 8 inches baking pan (yes, we still use these arcane measurements in the Land of the Free.) Sift or sieve together into the pan a cup and a half of flour, a half teaspoon salt, a teaspoon of baking soda, and three tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa powder. Pour a cup of sugar over the whole thing. Make three wells with the back of a spoon, and into one put a teaspoon of vanilla, in the next put a tablespoon of vinegar, and in the last put five tablespoons of cooking oil. Pour a cup of lukewarm water over everything, and stir it all thoroughly. By now the oven is heated up, so put the pan in the oven for 30-40 minutes. The cake will be done when it springs back from a light touch, or leaves a knife clean after it's inserted near the middle. Cool it in the pan if you can wait, and then eat pieces of it from your hands. No icing, no fancy forks. Enjoy.

Jaye