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		<title>Pancakes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
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INGREDIENTS:

2 cups all-purpose flour, stirred or sifted before measuring
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg, slightly beaten
1 1/2 cups milk
2 tablespoons melted butter

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Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. In a separate bowl, combine egg and milk; add to flour mixture, stirring only until smooth. Blend in melted butter. Cook on a hot, greased [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drakeghazal.wordpress.com&blog=1904179&post=73&subd=drakeghazal&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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<h4>INGREDIENTS:</h4>
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<li>2 cups all-purpose flour, stirred or sifted before measuring</li>
<li>2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder</li>
<li>1/2 teaspoon salt</li>
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<li>2 tablespoons melted butter</li>
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<p><h4>PREPARATION:</h4>
<p>Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. In a separate bowl, combine egg and milk; add to flour mixture, stirring only until smooth. Blend in melted butter. Cook on a hot, greased griddle, using about 1/4 cup of batter for each pancake. Cook until brown on one side and around edge; turn and brown the other side. Recipe for pancakes serves 4.</p>
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		<title>Snickers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
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Snickers is a sweet bar made by Mars, Incorporated. It consists of peanut butter nougat topped with roasted peanuts and caramel covered with milk chocolate.[1] Snickers is the best selling candy bar of all time and has annual global sales of US$2 billion. [2] The original Snickers was formerly sold as Marathon in the UK [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drakeghazal.wordpress.com&blog=1904179&post=49&subd=drakeghazal&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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<p><strong>Snickers</strong> is a <a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wiki/Candy_bar" title="Candy bar">sweet bar</a> made by <a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wiki/Mars,_Incorporated" title="Mars, Incorporated">Mars, Incorporated</a>. It consists of peanut butter <a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wiki/Nougat" title="Nougat">nougat</a> topped with roasted <a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wiki/Peanut" title="Peanut">peanuts</a> and <a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wiki/Caramel" title="Caramel">caramel</a> covered with <a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wiki/Milk_chocolate" title="Milk chocolate">milk chocolate</a>.<sup><a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wp-admin/#_note-snickfaq">[1]</a></sup> Snickers is the best selling candy bar of all time and has annual global sales of US$2 billion. <sup><a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wp-admin/#_note-0">[2]</a></sup> The original Snickers was formerly sold as <a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wiki/Snickers#Renaming_of_.22Marathon.22_in_UK_and_Ireland" title="Snickers"><strong>Marathon</strong></a> in the <a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">UK</a> and <a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a>.<sup><a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wp-admin/#_note-christian">[3]</a></sup> More recently, <strong><a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wiki/Snickers#Snickers_Marathon_energy_bars" title="Snickers">Snickers Marathon</a></strong> branded nutrition bars have been sold in some markets</p>
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		<title>World&#8217;s Largest Sandwich</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dRake</dc:creator>
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WHO:


Wild Woody’s Chill and Grill


WHAT:


5,440 lb (2,467.5 kg)


WHERE:


Roseville, Michigan, USA


WHEN:


March 17, 2005






The largest sandwich weighed 5,440 lb (2,467.5 kg) and was made by Wild Woody’s Chill and Grill, Roseville, Michigan, USA on March 17, 2005.


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<td colSpan="4" class="record_text">The largest sandwich weighed 5,440 lb (2,467.5 kg) and was made by Wild Woody’s Chill and Grill, Roseville, Michigan, USA on March 17, 2005.</td>
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		<title>Krispy Kreme</title>
		<link>http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/2007/10/14/krispy-kreme/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2007 14:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
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Krispy Kreme sells a variety of doughnuts, but it is most famous for its traditional glazed doughnut, often served warm. Select varieties of Krispy Kreme doughnuts are carried in many grocery stores, convenience stores, and gas stations. Krispy Kreme doughnuts can also be found in some larger Wal-Mart and Target stores in the United States, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drakeghazal.wordpress.com&blog=1904179&post=32&subd=drakeghazal&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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<p>Krispy Kreme sells a variety of <a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wiki/Doughnut" title="Doughnut">doughnuts</a>, but it is most famous for its traditional <a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wiki/Glaze_(cooking_technique)" title="Glaze (cooking technique)">glazed</a> doughnut, often served warm. Select varieties of Krispy Kreme doughnuts are carried in many <a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wiki/Grocery_store" title="Grocery store">grocery stores</a>, <a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wiki/Convenience_store" title="Convenience store">convenience stores</a>, and <a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wiki/Gas_station" title="Gas station">gas stations</a>. Krispy Kreme doughnuts can also be found in some larger <a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wiki/Wal-Mart" title="Wal-Mart">Wal-Mart</a> and <a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wiki/Target_Corporation" title="Target Corporation">Target</a> stores in the <a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, <a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wiki/Wal-Mart" title="Wal-Mart">Wal-Mart</a>, <a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wiki/Loblaws" title="Loblaws">Loblaws</a> supermarkets and <a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wiki/Petro-Canada" title="Petro-Canada">Petro-Canada</a> gas stations in <a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, and now many <a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wiki/Tesco" title="Tesco">Tesco</a> supermarkets and <a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wiki/Tesco_Extra" title="Tesco Extra">Tesco Extra</a> hypermarkets in the <a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Big Mac</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2007 14:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
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The Big Mac sandwich is a type of cheeseburger, a signature sandwich sold by the McDonald&#8217;s chain of fast-food restaurants since 1968, made with beef patties, lettuce, cheese, pickles and onion, with a &#8220;special sauce&#8221; and a sesame seed bun. The Big Mac was invented in 1967 in Uniontown, Pennsylvania by Jim Delligatti, an alumnus [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drakeghazal.wordpress.com&blog=1904179&post=27&subd=drakeghazal&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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<p>The <strong>Big Mac</strong> sandwich is a type of <a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wiki/Cheeseburger" title="Cheeseburger">cheeseburger</a>, a signature <a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wiki/Sandwich" title="Sandwich">sandwich</a> sold by the <a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wiki/McDonald's" title="McDonald's">McDonald&#8217;s</a> chain of <a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wiki/Fast-food_restaurant" title="Fast-food restaurant">fast-food restaurants</a> since 1968, made with beef patties, lettuce, cheese, pickles and onion, with a &#8220;special sauce&#8221; and a <a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wiki/Sesame" title="Sesame">sesame</a> seed bun. The Big Mac was invented in 1967 in <a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wiki/Uniontown,_Pennsylvania" title="Uniontown, Pennsylvania">Uniontown, Pennsylvania</a> by Jim Delligatti, an alumnus of <a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wiki/Michigan_State_University_School_of_Hospitality_Business" title="Michigan State University School of Hospitality Business">Michigan State University&#8217;s School of Hospitality Business</a> and one of McDonald&#8217;s <a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wiki/Franchising" title="Franchising">franchisees</a>. Original names for the burger included &#8220;Aristocrat&#8221; &amp; &#8220;Blue Ribbon Burger&#8221;, but the actual name &#8220;Big Mac&#8221; was created by Esther Glickstein Rose, a then 21 year old Advertising Secretary who worked at McDonald&#8217;s Corporate office in Chicago. Customer response to the Big Mac was so good that it rolled-out nationally in 1968. According to a famous advertising jingle, it consists of &#8220;two all-<a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wiki/Beef" title="Beef">beef</a> patties, <a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wiki/Special_sauce_(McDonald's)" title="Special sauce (McDonald's)">special sauce</a>, <a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wiki/Lettuce" title="Lettuce">lettuce</a>, <a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wiki/Cheese" title="Cheese">cheese</a>, <a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wiki/Pickled_cucumber" title="Pickled cucumber">pickles</a>, <a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wiki/Onion" title="Onion">onions</a> on a <a href="http://drakeghazal.wordpress.com/wiki/Sesame_seed" title="Sesame seed">sesame seed</a> bun&#8221;, though the most distinctive feature is a middle layer of bread used to stabilize contents and prevent spillage.</p>
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