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I'd like everyone to make these and let me know how you like these. Please let me know in the comments section. Thanks!

Chocolate Chirpie Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

• 2 1/4 cup flour

• 1 tsp. baking soda

• 1 tsp. salt

• 1 cup butter, softened

• 3/4 cup sugar

• 3/4 cup brown sugar

• 1 tsp. vanilla

• 2 eggs

• 1 12-ounce chocolate chips

• 1 cup chopped nuts

• 1/2 cup dry-roasted crickets

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375. In small bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt; set aside. In large bowl, combine butter, sugar, brown sugar and vanilla; beat until creamy. Beat in eggs. Gradually add flour mixture and insects, mix well. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop by rounded measuring teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes.

--Dustin

What don't you understand?

˙uıɐƃɐ ʇǝs sı pɹɐʇsnɔ lıʇun ǝʇɐɹǝƃıɹɟǝɹ ˙looɔ oʇ ʍollɐ puɐ ʇɐǝɥ ɯoɹɟ ǝʌoɯǝɹ ˙8
˙uɹnq oʇ ʇou sɐ os ʎllnɟǝɹɐɔ ɥɔʇɐʍ ˙sǝʇnuıɯ 2 ʇnoqɐ 'sʇlǝɯ ɹɐƃns lıʇun ɹǝlıoɹq ɹǝpun ɥsıp ǝɔɐld ˙pɹɐʇsnɔ ɹǝʌo ʎluǝʌǝ ǝɹnʇxıɯ sıɥʇ ʇɟıs ˙ɹɐƃns uʍoɹq puɐ ɹɐƃns ǝʇıɥʍ suoodsǝlqɐʇ 2 ƃuıuıɐɯǝɹ ǝuıqɯoɔ lʍoq llɐɯs ɐ uı ˙7
˙lıoɹq oʇ uǝʌo ʇɐǝɥǝɹd ˙6
˙ʇɥƃıuɹǝʌo ɹo 'ɹnoɥ 1 ɹoɟ ǝʇɐɹǝƃıɹɟǝɹ ˙ǝɹnʇɐɹǝdɯǝʇ ɯooɹ oʇ looɔ puɐ uǝʌo ɯoɹɟ ǝʌoɯǝɹ ˙sǝʇnuıɯ 03 ɹoɟ uǝʌo pǝʇɐǝɥǝɹd uı ǝʞɐq ˙5
˙ɥsıp ɟooɹd-ʇɐǝɥ ʍollɐɥs ɐ oʇuı ɹnod puɐ ʎlǝʇɐıpǝɯɯı ʇɐǝɥ ɯoɹɟ ǝɹnʇxıɯ ǝʌoɯǝɹ ˙sǝʇnuıɯ 3 ʎlǝʇɐɯıxoɹddɐ ;uoods ɐ ɟo ʞɔɐq ǝɥʇ sʇɐoɔ ʎlʇɥƃıl ǝɹnʇxıɯ lıʇun ɹǝʇɐʍ ƃuıɹǝɯɯıs ɹǝʌo ɹıʇs ˙ɹǝlıoq ǝlqnop ɐ ɟo doʇ ǝɥʇ oʇuı ǝɹnʇxıɯ ɯɐǝɹɔ ɹnod ˙4
˙pǝuıqɯoɔ lıʇun ʇɐǝq ;ǝɹnʇxıɯ ʞloʎ ƃƃǝ ǝɥʇ oʇuı ɯɐǝɹɔ ɹıʇs ˙ʎlǝʇɐıpǝɯɯı ʇɐǝɥ ɯoɹɟ ɯɐǝɹɔ ǝɥʇ ǝʌoɯǝɹ ˙lıoq oʇ sǝɯoɔ ʇsoɯlɐ ʇı lıʇun ʇɐǝɥ ʍol ɹǝʌo ɹıʇs puɐ uɐdǝɔnɐs ɐ oʇuı ɯɐǝɹɔ ɹnod ˙3
˙ʎɯɐǝɹɔ puɐ ʞɔıɥʇ lıʇun lʍoq ƃuıxıɯ ɐ uı ɐllıuɐʌ puɐ ɹɐƃns suoodsǝlqɐʇ 4 'sʞloʎ ƃƃǝ ʇɐǝq ˙2
˙(ɔ sǝǝɹƃǝp 051) ɟ sǝǝɹƃǝp 003 oʇ uǝʌo ʇɐǝɥǝɹd ˙1

suoıʇɔǝɹıp

ɹɐƃns uʍoɹq suoodsǝlqɐʇ 2 *
ɯɐǝɹɔ ʎʌɐǝɥ sdnɔ 2/1 2 *
ʇɔɐɹʇxǝ ɐllıuɐʌ uoodsɐǝʇ 2/1 *
pǝpıʌıp 'ɹɐƃns ǝʇıɥʍ suoodsǝlqɐʇ 6 *
sʞloʎ ƃƃǝ 6 *

sʇuǝıpǝɹƃuı

ǝǝlnɹq ǝɯǝɹɔ

--Dustin

Banana you glad that I didn't say orange?

This past month we've been enjoying one of our favorite snacks.  I thought I'd share. 

Orange
Ingredients:
-1 orange

Steps:
Peel and enjoy!

A few comments, however.  First, if you were raised in the mullen household, you probably are aware that you can peel your orange so that it looks like an elephant.  It's quite fun, and is much easier than peeling an elephant to look like an orange.  Second, if you buy them for less than $.78 a pound, make sure and tell Mom, as if she finds out you paid less than this you are in for it!  Third, you can tell when oranges are on sale at superstore for less than $.78 a pound, as there will be about a hundred oranges or so in the Mullen house.  Fourth, this comment isn't about the recipe, but I think it's important.  Make sure and wash behind your ears, or it will get dirty there.  Fifth, oranges are very healthy.  

Orange, raw, Florida

Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy	192 kJ (46 kcal)
Carbohydrates	11.54 g
Sugars	9.14 g
Dietary fiber	2.4 g
Fat	0.21 g
Protein	0.70 g
Thiamine (Vit. B1)	0.100 mg (8%)
Riboflavin (Vit. B2)	0.040 mg (3%)
Niacin (Vit. B3)	0.400 mg (3%)
Pantothenic acid (B5)	0.250 mg (5%)
Vitamin B6	0.051 mg (4%)
Folate (Vit. B9)	17 μg (4%)
Vitamin C	45 mg (75%)
Calcium	43 mg (4%)
Iron	0.09 mg (1%)
Magnesium	10 mg (3%)
Phosphorus	12 mg (2%)
Potassium	169 mg (4%)
Zinc	0.08 mg (1%

 I think on the weight watchers scale they are zero points.  Despite this, I still recommend them.  Most zero point items are blah (like ricecakes or lettuce), but these are okay.  Sixth, you can make juice out them.  Seventh, you can make your house or apartment smell nice by playing the "orange game".  Note, this is adapted from the grapefruit game I played at college, but in theory it should work the same way.  Here's how to play.  Gather a group of friends, and sit in the room you desire to make smell better.  Play catch with orange.  Make sure and do quick throws, as the point is to get the orange bruised up a bit by hitting the walls.  After playing a while, it really does make the place smell better!  Eighth, the latin name for oranges is Citrus sinensis.  Ninth, the juice from the orange is acidic, with a pH of around 2.7.  That's about the same as vinegar.  Tenth, Riboflavin in french is still riboflavin.  So in Canada, when you're looking in french at the health information, you have no worries about riboflavin.  Eleventh, Brazil is the world's largest supplier of oranges by far.  They produce about 17.8 million tons a year.  That's almost a third of the total world production.  Twelfth, this is the last note.


--Dustin