Columbus Day Burnt Cornetto and Espresso Time

No mail today, not that I get any on Monday anyway since there’s no Freeman. A cornetto is an Italian croissant typically eaten for breakfast, by the way.

Well  that was the oddest dream in a long time. I was on a road trip in an old convertible with the Kennedy boys. Yes, those Kennedys: John, Bobby and Ted. They were in their early 20′s and drinking heavily out of a silver hip flask. I was not drinking. We stopped at a park to get water to mix drinks, but they just drank out of the flask anyway, so what was the point? I think I ended up being the designated driver.

• Let me the next to say, “At least the Packers didn’t lose this weekend.”
• Monday is laundry day. Even in Amsterdam.
• Despite the fact that Mayor Larry sold us out without our permission and signed us on to the Kyoto Treaty, the EPA still says our air is still bad.
• They’re going to make the Delafield WalMart up on the hill a Super Walmart. There has to be room to do that over at our existing WalMart, doesn’t there?
• A busy week for City of Waukesha budgeteers.
• The Fire Department wants to move a fire station.  The Forestry Department wants to buy almost 200 trees so the city would look more park-like. The Parks Department wants to buy a vacant Pewaukee fire station for a park. Doesn’t it seem like you could combine something here and save some money?
• Hey, go to the Book Cafe and buy something. Independent book stores will be a thing of the past some day and you’ll miss them. I still miss Harry W. Schwartz on Wisconsin Avenue in Milwaukee.
• Flathead County food banks get young moose.
• Gang activity on last week’s crime map.
• Actually, I had some wheat bran molasses bread this morning. Excellent:

1 Cup unprocessed wheat bran (I use Bob’s Red Mill available at the Pick in the baking aisle)

1 1/2 Cups whole wheat flour

1 Tablespoon baking soda

1 Tablespoon baking powder

3/4 Cup unsweetened applesauce

3/4 Cup skim milk

2 Tablespoons vegetable oil

1/2 cup raisins plumped in 1/2 cup hot black coffee

1/2 cup molasses

Two beaten eggs

Pre-heat the oven to 400° while the raisins soak in a cup of hot coffee. Mix the dry ingredients, then add the other ingredients, including the coffee with the raisins, pour in a greased loaf pan, bake for 45 minutes more or less until a wood skewer stuck in the middle comes out dry. You could also use honey instead of molasses. Maple syrup even? I’ll have to try that.