“A quarter of Hungarians estimated that the world is more than 20% Jewish, and a fifth of British and Polish respondents said so.”
They were off by a factor of 100. About 0.2% of the world’s population is Jewish, according to the Pew Research Center’s Global Religious Landscape study.
A few years ago, when I was living in the housing co-op and looking for a quick cookie recipe, I came across a blog post for something called “Norwegian Christmas butter squares.” I’d never found anything like it before: it created rich, buttery and chewy cookies, like a vastly superior version of the holiday sugar cookies I’d eaten growing up. About a year ago I went looking for the recipe again, and failed to find it. The blog had been taken down, and it sent me into momentary panic.
Luckily, I remembered enough to find it on the Wayback Machine, and quickly copied it into a file that I’ve saved ever since. I probably make these cookies about once a month, and they last about five days around my voracious husband – they’re fantastic with a cup of bitter coffee or tea. I’m skeptical that there is something distinctively Norwegian about these cookies, but they do seem like the perfect thing to eat on a cold day.
Norwegian Christmas Butter Squares
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 egg 1 cup sugar 2 cups flour 1 tsp vanilla ½ tsp salt Turbinado/ Raw Sugar for dusting
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Chill a 9×13″ baking pan in the freezer. Do not grease the pan.
Using a mixer, blend the butter, egg, sugar, and salt together until it is creamy. Add the flour and vanilla and mix using your hands until the mixture holds together in large clumps. If it seems overly soft, add a little extra flour.
Using your hands, press the dough out onto the chilled and ungreased baking sheet until it is even and ¼ inch thick. Dust the top of the cookies evenly with raw sugar.
Bake at 400 degrees until the edges turn a golden brown, about 12-15 minutes. Remove from the oven. Let cool for about five minutes before cutting the cooked dough into squares. Remove the squares from the warm pan using a spatula.
So I tried this recipe.
And it is GREAT.
It basically makes the platonic ideal of commercial sugar cookies, only in bar form. When I give them to people (which I do a lot, because this is one of those simple recipes where the results seem very impressive), I just tell them they’re sugar cookie bars.
grown ass men are out here not eating fruit or vegetables or washing their face and having a list of things women must do to be attractive to them and thus gain their respect like grow the fuck up and eat a carrot literally no woman needs you
“No woman needs you” said the future cat lady lol
Newsflash. No man needs a bitch telling him to eat rabbit food and nagging him constantly.
Not to be dramatic but I’m fed up with makeup and I’m done with most of it. Makeup should be fun. I should be having fun!! I’m fed up with not feeling pretty unless I have at least 15 extra minutes in the morning to do the “bare minimum” and I’m tired of the way people who know me from the lab run into me when I’m in makeup and respond as if they’re meeting a different version of me and I’m tired of being disappointed at the end of the day to see my own bare face when I wash it!!
That’s my FACE!!!!! Its only job should be to EXIST but I put so much pressure and so many expectations on it!! I’m through!!! I’m tired!!!! I’m fed up!!!!!!
I’m not buying one more bottle of foundation or one more concealer stick!!!
I’m finished!!!!!!
Eyeshadow should be fun! I should have fun making my eyelids pink even if the rest of my face isn’t flawless and that’s what I’m gonna do!!!
I refuse to spend one more day of my youth worried about what people think when they look at my face!!!!!
Not to be dramatic but I’m fed up with makeup and I’m done with most of it. Makeup should be fun. I should be having fun!! I’m fed up with not feeling pretty unless I have at least 15 extra minutes in the morning to do the “bare minimum” and I’m tired of the way people who know me from the lab run into me when I’m in makeup and respond as if they’re meeting a different version of me and I’m tired of being disappointed at the end of the day to see my own bare face when I wash it!!
That’s my FACE!!!!! Its only job should be to EXIST but I put so much pressure and so many expectations on it!! I’m through!!! I’m tired!!!! I’m fed up!!!!!!
I’m not buying one more bottle of foundation or one more concealer stick!!!
I’m finished!!!!!!
Eyeshadow should be fun! I should have fun making my eyelids pink even if the rest of my face isn’t flawless and that’s what I’m gonna do!!!
I refuse to spend one more day of my youth worried about what people think when they look at my face!!!!!
What about when Nazis intimidate or oppress me for walking while Jewish? That’s just free speech, right?
This was introduced by Daniel Donovan (R-NY). If the name sounds familiar, its because he’s the attorney who failed to indict Eric Garner’s murderer. It’s very clear where his loyalties lie.
7308 13th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11228 (office address)
(718) 630-5277 (office phone number)
I’m sure we can all very civily share our concerns with the esteemed congressman.
[ID: a series of tweets. from Lirael Lowenstein – 1: “Unmasking Antifa Act introduced to house of congress. You could get a maximum of 15 years in prison just for wearing a mask at a protest. 2: Notably, there is not even evidence that said bill is intended to be applied neutrally. If you follow the link, its authors refer to it as the “Unmasking Antifa Act of 2018.” (link here.) 3: So under this bill, if you “intimidate” or “oppress” (talk about vague terms) a nazi organizer at a rally, while wearing anything that could be construed as a disguise or mask, it would be a federal crime for which you could get up to 15 years in prison.
from Heather – 1: If any journalist who covers protests thinks this wouldn’t affect them personally because they’ve never assaulted anyone, I’d like to introduce you to the Ferguson police who dumped me out of my wheelchair & charged me for “assault on an officer” for filming on a public sidewalk. 2: If any journalist thinks this wouldn’t affect them personally because they don’t engage in vandalism, I’d like to introduce you to the St Louis police who kettle random groups of protesters, journalists, & bystanders three hours after minor vandalism several blocks away. end image description.]
more sources, all dated today; july 10th, 2018: xx, xx, xx
so what? why should i care about this?
the bill is vague, for one thing. “intimidate” and “oppress” are very unclear descriptors, meaning people could be put in jail for upwards of 15 years just for being at a protest wearing a mask.
as @sylviahook pointed out (and thank you for saying this in your own reblog): this also affects disabled people who need to wear filtration masks in public for any reason
(environmental allergens including pollen and artificial scents, asthma due to pollution, compromised immunity, etc.).
who is Daniel Donovan?
he was the attorney who was on Eric Garner’s murder case.
eric garner was a black man who was killed by a police officer in a choke hold. his last words were “i can’t breathe,” which became a tagline for a series of protests. (source 1, source 2)
he is currently sponsoring the unmasking antifa act. (source 1, source 2)
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