Dog Stuff

Honey Bones

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The cookie cutter arrived and I purchased a book full with dog cookie recipes. Today I gave one of those new ones a try and I have to say we both are pretty pleased. They where fun to make, easy too and Amy seems to love them. They are quite crunchy and I think they might have a longer shelf live than the first ones. So in theory I could bake a month supply but at least for 2 weeks. The base recipe will last maybe a week (depends on how good Amy is with her staring me down). Oh and I used spelt flour instead of wheat flour. because it is better for dogs. wheat can sometimes lead to allergies and spelt flour doesn’t. Actually, these dog cookies are human grade food. There are only natural high quality things in it and that is why homemade is so much better than store bought, let alone the price. One weeks of treats from Lidle goes for about 12 – 16 Euros. These ones maybe 4 Euros (incl. the power for the oven).

Daily Prompt

Magical Dinner

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If you could have dinner with any fictional character, who would it be?

Oh that is easy to answer! I would chose Harry Dresden from the Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher. He is a wizard working as magical detective (but it becomes much much more later in the story) in Chicago. When you now imagine a smooth white collar type of guy, I need to burst your bubble. He has edges, lots of them. He is a little bit like a magical MacGyver. Since he meets a lot of different magical and supernatural beings, I imagine a dinner conversation with him must be very interesting. I can’t really tell why, but I like his character very much. Maybe it’s because he reminds me a lot of an old friend I lost contact with about 20 years ago.

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About Monsters and Words

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What’s the funniest misunderstanding you’ve ever been part of?

Finally a question with giggle potential! Oh my, this gonna be good, but it will take a while, so grab a coffee or tea and some cookies. I first need to give you some context . . .

My native language is German. Yes, we do have English lessons in school, but honestly, they are useless as a hole in the the head.The “English” will bring you nowhere. I learned English much later, with my dictionary, the internet and a Yahoo email group for stationery for Outlook Express (I can imagine, most of you might not know that long lost mail app) and later in MMO’s on US servers. I’m actually still learning. There is still a word I don’t know yet. The point is, that when you are not into certain topics, you often don’t learn the words that relate to that topic. And that is the point where the story starts . . .

Follow me back to the year 2006 (I think it was 2006, give or take a year). SoE had just released a new EverQuest II expansion (Karnak something, I do not remember the name). The entire guild was online, everybody having fun. I was in one of the new zones collecting feathers from a bird called Cockatrice (fantasy bird, looked a bit like a colorful turkey) for one of the lazy NPC’s. Very annoying, these things looked so harmless and they hit like trucks, drop rate just horrible, to make sure you where stuck there for a while. The one of my guildies was asking for help with something. You need to know, at that time, there was no voice chat, typing was the method of talking and since not everybody was trained in typewriting we came up with all sorts of short forms, like brt, afk, pls, thx, well you get it. So that guildie asked for help and I, still killing those birds, answered with “I’ll brt, just have to smack a few more cocks”. Collective gasping, then silence. Then the first whispers came in and filled me in on what I just said. They knew that I’m not a native speaker and they knew that I was talking about those birds, but still it was hilarious. People where dropping of their chairs laughing. And that is what I mean with “there is always a new word to learn” and sometimes this “not knowing” can lead to really funny moments.

Have a funny day!

Dog Stuff

From Crisis to Blessing

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Homemade Dog Cookies, approved by Amy

We had (emphasis on had) a bit of a treats crisis here. The treats dealer we ordered from for several years suddenly went rogue and doubled the price for cow ears. So that is the point our ways part. Good luck with that price politic. Suddenly I had the problem. With what do I replace the cow ears and from where do I order. Basically I had the choice between garbage and way too expensive, often even both. What do I do when I can’t find what I want? I just make it myself. There are tons of really good recipes online. They are really easy to make, even if you never baked before. They are much cheaper then the store stuff but at the same time, I control the ingredients and that results is much better, healthier treats. I have no idea why I didn’t do that much earlier. The only “downside” is, that they do not have a long shelf live due to the lack of preservatives (well, actually not really a downside). You can’t really do batch baking, but oh well, I can still fit in another weekly habit, especially if it is for my dog. And Amy loves them, which is the most important thing ever.