Moonlighting as a hippie

1) This post is not about Azure.

2) This post is about a recipe for granola. And Azure likes to eat it.

3) The recipe is adapted from the Hatch family, who shared their wisdom with us when we stayed with them while interviewing at Campbell University last December.

4) I like granola because it is dirt cheap, simple enough for a caged ape to make, and will sustain life for extended periods of time, ie a busy week of school and/or work when eating becomes inconvenient.

5) Deanna will attest to the fact that I get excited about foods that fall into the above category.

6) Lists are an effective way to make information more accessible.

7) The ingredients for granola are as follows:

1. Oats/Crunchy morsels/Complex Carbohydrates-amylose
   
2. Simple Carbohydrates-glucose, fructose, sucrose, mannose, maltose
   
3. Grease-pig, sunflower, hemp, rapeseed, etc.
4. Flour/Powder
   

8) The steps for cooking the above are:

1. Mix 9 cups rolled oats, 2 cups Krispy Rice, 1 cup total of whole wheat flour and wheat germ.
2. Add 1 cup total of lipid cocktail. May or may not contain beast fats according to personal tastes.
3. Add 1 cup total of mixed sugars. I prefer 70/15/15 Honey/Molasses/Marshmallow Creme(Fluff)
4. Mix briskly
5. Put on a cookie sheet or other recepticle
6. Bake at 400 for about 10 min.
7. Remove and stir to prevent burning
8. Bake again for about 5 min.
9. See step 7
10. Do step 8 until you can't wait for sustenance any longer.
11. Consume with milk, yogurt, or vienna sausages

9) You can customize your granola to your own survival-promoting needs by adding protein powder, dessicated fruit, more or less of individual ingredients, whatever fits your fancy.

10) Making granola is truly alchemy. Take all that dusty stuff out of the cupboard and make gold. Sweet, delicious, edible gold.

11) Wear Birkenstock sandals