The donut-as-big-as-your-head! They sell this "Texas Donut" at Hans' Bakery in Anoka.My children eat them once, maybe twice a year. The rest of the time they eat the low-sugar, whole grain cereal I usually buy. I'm not too worried about it. Nick thanked me twice!
You are probably wondering how Genetics is going. I'm holding my own, but now we are getting to a hard part. The more it sounds like chemistry, the less I get it. The labs are getting more fun, though. We are at the fly breeding part! I am unusually excited about this. Last week we put a tube of mutants (far right) to sleep (with something called "Fly Nap") and looked at them under a microscope. We were to sort them out according to mutant features. Some had orange eyes (red eyes are most common in fruit flies) some had white eyes, some had yellow bodies or cupped wings. One group looked non-mutant to me, until the prof had me look at the edges of their wings. They were so pretty, I gasped! They were scalloped! Brilliant! Then we became matchmakers and arranged (group) marriages for some other flies. They are going to be so surprised when they wake up, I thought!This week we killed the flies we mated last week. Hmmm. I did feel kinda bad about this. I wanted to just let them go, but this is really frowned upon. We also looked at some flies with glow-in-the-dark bits. By next week our orphaned larva should be adults and we will see what kind of mutants we made.
Happy Easter!
Here is a Jamie recipe. Good and easy! This is nice on salad or on other vegetables, such as asparagus.
Jamie's Vinaigrette
1 Tbls mustard (maybe not the bright yellow kind, try dijon)
4 Tbls vinegar (not plain white or cider, use balsamic or wine vinegar, maybe an herbal kind)
1-2 cloves finely chopped garlic
8 Tbls Extra virgin olive oil (EVOO to you Rachel fans)
Salt and pepper
I put this in a jar and shake it up just before serving. Brilliant!
