Thai Coconut Cookies

Posted 30 Jun 2009

Daily Life, Food | 6 Comments 

I thought that if there could be anything better than Thai Iced Tea, it might be the Thai Coconut Cookies and their recipe listed on the side of the box of tea. Unfortunately, neither the cookies nor the recipe were that great.

Can you figure out what’s wrong with this recipe (copied from the back of the box)?

Here are the ingredients:

• 1 stick unsalted butter
• 2/3 cup Thai tea powder
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup shredded coconut

And the directions:

1. Preheat oven to 300F (190C).
2. In a large bowl, beat together butter, sugar, and Thai tea until smooth.  Add egg and mix.
3. Combine dry ingredients and stir into the mixture until well blended.  Add coconut flakes and mix.
4. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
5. Spoon dough into 1/4 inch drops on a baking sheet.
6. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.
7. Allow cookies to sit on baking sheeting for 5 minutes before placing on a wire rack to cool.

HINT:  The problem is not with the ingredients.

The coolest bus stop name

Posted 29 Jun 2009

Commuting, Signs | 4 Comments 

Ok, so please forgive the quality of the photo (had to quickly grab mobile phone camera, switch it on, point, focus and shoot from a moving bus), but I think I passed possibly the coolest name for a bus stop ever:

If you can’t read the name on the sign – and obviously you can’t given the image quality – then I’ll tell what it says: Hillingdon Circus Master Brewer. How cool is that?!? A circus and a top quality brew master all at the same bus stop? I bet that is one rocking place to catch a ride. If that bus shelter is a-rockin’, then don’t come a-knockin’.

Signage underkill

Posted 26 Jun 2009

Places, Signs, The Little Things | 5 Comments 

Salisbury Cathedral is a wonderful and beautiful place. If you’re ever in southwest England, do make the time to visit. With the tallest spire in all of England, the cathedral is something to behold.

That said, I think there might be some signage underkill (is that even a word? If not, it should be) notifying visitors of the location of the cathedral.

Rooster Versus Dragon

Posted 25 Jun 2009

Weird | 5 Comments 

So who wins? Seems like it would pretty obviously go in favor of the dragon, right?

But what if it was a giant rooster?

Now in cracker form

Posted 24 Jun 2009

Events, Food, Guest Post | 4 Comments 

Thanks to the wonders of food technology development, Whole Foods now provides party entertainment in cracker form!

Who needs a band, music, dancing, comedians or conversation? Just bust out a box of these and you’re set. No worries about the show getting old, they provide assorted entertainment, ensuring plenty of variety.

Thanks to a reader from California for finding, snapping and submitting this photo. As always, we encourage all chickenmonkeydogians to submit quirky observations!