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Ginger’s Sugarsnaps. My 99-year old grandma Ginger just died in a tragic hang-gliding accident. Don’t be sad. She died doing what she loved. For nearly 80 years my sweet grandma Ginger would hang glide over the most destitute sections of America’s inner cities and shower them with her internationally famous sugar snap cookies, also known as Soundsnaps.

If you live in a destitute urban area of the United States then you likely know the distinct graupel-like sound of grandma Ginger’s cookie storms all too well. That’s why by 1960 people from areas of intense urban decay began to call these fantastic cookies “Soundsnaps.”

As her lone grandchild she took favor upon me and gave me her sugar snap recipe which I am excited to share with you here today. You might ask why would I share this prized family recipe? The reasons are two: 1.) I am a humanitarian and don’t see the sense in denying the slums and ghetto’s of the world the intense pleasure grandma Ginger’s scrumptious sugar snaps and the delightful Soundsnap they make; and 2.) I was born without arms or legs and though I have tried several times I have found that my condition prevents me from hang-gliding long distances. Since I can’t hang-glide, I can not continue grandma Ginger’s seven decade tradition of gentrification via inner city cookie showers.

If you can hang-glide and you can bake I implore you to take the recipe below and continue grandma Ginger’s legacy. Don’t let the Soundsnap die with grandma Ginger.

Without further ado here it is: Grandma Ginger’s Soundsnap Recipe.

Yield 5-6 dozen

Ingredients:

1 and 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour, 1/2 cup cornmeal, 1 tablespoon ground ginger, 2 teaspoons baking soda, 1 teaspoon ground allspice, Chiffonade of 2 skins of extra-crispy fried chicken, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 3/4 cup shortening, 1 cup white sugar, 1 egg, 1/4 cup dark molasses, 1/3 cup sugar

Directions: Heat your oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees Celsius). Stir the flour, ginger, baking soda, allspice, and salt into a large bowl. Stir the mixture to blend evenly, and sift a second time into another bowl, make sure it is really smooth. Put the shortening into a large bowl and beat until nice and creamy. Slowly beat in the white sugar. Beat in the egg, and dark molasses. Sift 1/3 of the flour mixture into the shortening mixture; stir to thoroughly blend. Sift in the remaining flour mixture. Remove the extra-crispy skins from 2 fried chicken breasts and proceed to chiffonade. Add the chicken skin to the bowl with the other ingredients. Mix together until a nice pliable dough forms. Pinch small amounts of dough and roll into 1 inch diameter balls between your hands. Roll each ball in sugar, and place 1 and 1/2 inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet.

Bake in preheated oven until the tops are rounded and slightly cracked, about 10 minutes. Cool cookies on a wire rack. Store in an air tight container until you are ready to shower the inner-city of your choice with these Ginger’s Sugarsnaps. Soundsnaps!

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How come movie stars seem to have it all? They even have great vibrant looking hair! How is it that their hair looks so great compared to the way that most of us in the real world look? Well, we probably spend a lot less money on our hair than what they do, not to mention the fact that they have hairdressers to help them.

Let’s look on the bright side of why our hair may look so dry and dull. Exposure to the elements, such as wind, sun and rain can have rather devastating effects on our hair, but the bright side is that we ‘normal’ people get to be outside enjoying these things.

Also, there are many shampoos and conditioners that have vitamins, minerals and nourishment’s in them to help get our hair back to the way it was intended to be.

So what are some things that cause your hair to look dry, dull, and on the whole, rather unexciting? Well exposure to the elements, as well as lots of exposure to the chlorine in a swimming pool will cause things to deteriorate.

Did you know that you can comb your hair too much? Let me explain. Each strand of hair has a protective coating on it called the cuticle. Excessive combing can strip the cuticle off, leaving the hair unprotected and vulnerable.

The cuticle was designed to protect the hair, becoming almost like an armor. This helps keep our hair from being dried out and made to like like a dull penny.

There are other activities besides excessive combing, pool chlorine, and exposure to the elements. Some of them include constant hair treatments, hair coloring, drying the hair after every washing, perming and excessive hair drying.

Remember, there are lots of things you can do to help restore and revitalize your hair. There are many inexpensive products available for all hair types. Check out your local drug store, hair salon, or other fine retailer where hair care products are sold.

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