CHIN CHIN

CHIN CHIN
Chin chin is a snack that originated from Nigeria, it's crunchy and deep fried, it's ideal for all type of occasions , quite easy to make, the only problem I encounter is stopping myself from eating them all up before I finish frying.

Recipe
•Prep time: 30minutes
•Cook time: 15minutes
•Total time: 45minutes

Utensils
• Rolling Pin
• A Clean Board, table or Smooth Flat Surface
• A Frying Pan or pot
• A Medium Sized bowl
• A Sharp Knife

Ingredients
Flour 3kg
Butter 750g
Sugar 80g - 90g
Eggs 6
Nutmeg 1
Milk flavor 3 tablespoonfuls
Real milk as desired
Baking powder 3 tablespoonfuls
Salt 1/2 teaspoon levelled
Vanilla flavor 1 tablespoon
Vegetable oil (deep frying)

PROCEDURE 

1. Sieve your measured flour into a dry bowl.
2. Add the baking powder, salt,vanilla flavor, salt, nutmeg, milk, into the measured flour, and mix together.
3. Make a hole in the middle and pour in your whisked egg and mix together very well.
4. Make a hole in the Centre, gradually pour water with the help of one hand to form a hard dough,then knead cover the bowl with a tray and allow to rest for 10 to 15 minutes.
5. Sprinkle little flour on the table, cut some portion from the dough, put on the table and roll with the help of your rolling pin, roll flat, then use a knife or pizza cutter to cut into your desired shape, most people prefer square shape.
6. Place your frying pan or pot on the fire, add vegetable oil, when hot, fry to golden brown.

EAVESDROPPING.

Hey there, sorry for not posting for a long time am really sorry, just that I've been very busy with stuffs, that's what we call it when we don't want to go into details. Am on twitter by the way and here is my handle, @call_me_debbie.
I love hanging out alone sometimes, it helps clear my head, if you haven't tried it before you should, goto somewhere no body knows or will distract you, sit and think please no negative thoughts, I was sitting by my self sipping my bottle of sprite, you know how it is when you are on your own not trying to listen to someone's conversation, but at the end you find yourself eavesdropping, I wasn't even trying, a girl was forced to breakup with her boyfriend because of circumstances, like she didn't want to but she had to, her reasons or the two lovers reasons were, I just couldn't help countering each one in my head :

Source : abc

AGE MATES ; does it matter? Our society has created this whole notion that as a lady you must marry a guy older that you with at least two years, but I still ask does it matter? This problem has destroyed so many relationships, just because they felt it won't work because the girl is same age with them or older than them.
FINANCE; This I can understand to an extent that it does affect a relationship, nobody wants to go into marriage without financial security.
I WONT BE READY WHEN YOU ARE; I know it does take a while before guys are ready for marriage, majority actually, but I have seen and heard about guys who marry early and doing very well, so am not a 100% with this answer.
FAMILY WONT AGREE: Getting the blessings of your family is really important, but does it have to control your happiness, does it have to dictate who you can or can't marry, so many people ended up not been with the love of their lives because of silly reasons given by their families, am not suggesting going against them but there are times you do need to put them in their place.
AM NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU; Are you the one to dictate what's good and not good enough for me? This reason I sincerely do hate the most, like let me decide, let me make my own decisions don't make them for me
Listening to her complains, I ached to go to her and advice her not to throw away her happiness just because of silly reasons today, that she might regret tomorrow, it may seem like the best decision now, it might actually end up been the best decision she ever made, who knows? But her happiness should be her main priority.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Over 6ft tall, dark, handsome, God-fearing, six packs, good dentition, caring, loving, nice and friendly to me but rude to other girls, yes almost every girl has a list like this, I just gave you a glimpse into my mental checklist of my kind of perfect guy, don't call me a dreamer because am not, the God I serve will definitely do it for me, forgerrit he does wonders yeah. Having a mental checklist has blinded some girls to the extent they forget to ask very important questions at the beginning of a relationship, Mr Tall, dark and Handsome, your fine face cannot deceive me, I cover my eyes with the blood of Jesus AMEN, I ask you questions, you answer, call me a detective, or inquisitive, yes I accept it all, it's for my own good, and yours too, we won't want problems,

"What's your Genotype? "

God heals the sick raise the dead, but he also said do not tempt the lord your God, you are AS am AS let's not tempt the almighty God bikonu, I can't be running from one church to the other looking for miracles when it can be avoided.

"Where you born a man or a woman?"

Yes, I need to know this, this one that everywhere you look, you seeing transgenders, sexy men, and Handsome ladies, I have the right to know who am getting married to, so Mr Emmanuel, where you at any point in time known as Emmanuella? 

"Christian, Muslim, atheist, pagan or anywhere belle face?

This is important, so I don't use my prayers to spoil your own, and you don't use your own to spoil my own, there's nothing wrong for a Christian to marry from any other denomination, but I'd rather we pray to one God, after all a family that pays together, stays together

"Do you have a child? One or two or three or four?"

I would like to decide for myself if I want to be a step mother or not, no imposing,tell me upfront if am okay with it, fine, if am not, to your tent Oh ISRAEL!!!

"What if I run my mouth too much, will you correct my brain with slaps? "

Is it an habit? Have you done it before? You have anger issues or???  Will my face be redesigned from its original design?? I am too fragile for this please

"Can you cook?"

Please before anybody starts attacking me, there are men who cook, baby if you don't, be willing to learn, for the sake of the nights of indomies, or bread and suya, that I will be too tired to cook

"What's your view on cheating? If it's okay to you, can I also cheat too?"

Asking all these questions and more doesn't guarantee a good relationship or marriage but it's better to ask than to keep mute about it. It's  hard to predict if a relationship or marriage will last the test of time or dissolve like sat in water.


Add your questions to the list.

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MEAT PIE

MEAT PIE

A meat pie is a pie with a filling of meat and often other savory ingredients. They are popular in United Kingdom, Ghana, Nigeria, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and South Africa. Wikipedia

It can be served in any and every occasions, the recipie can be altered to your taste or preference especially the fillings, I decided to post this recipe yesterday, when I stopped by a roadside store to get Meatpies because i was very hungry, fortunately for me I bought one, it was a far cry from the Meatpies I know, it could have been referred to as flour pie, there was nothing inside the pie, I was angry but then I realized not everybody knows how to bake a good meatpie.

RECIPE

EQUIPMENTS 

• Rolling pin 

•  Knife 

•  Chopping board 

•  Meat pie cutters 

•  Pot or frying pan 

•  Bowls

•  Sieve

INGREDIENTS

• Flour. 500g
• Butter 200g
• Salt.    
• Maggi (chicken Benny or any) 
• Water

FILLINGS

• Minced meat 
• Onions diced
• Irish potatoes (diced or marched) 
• Cabbage (optional)
• Carrot (diced tiny)
• Seasonings (Maggi, curry, salt, grinder pepper)
• Vegetable oil (half soup spoon)

METHOD

1. Boil your Irish potatoes in salty water, drain water with a sieve and marsh.
2. Put a clean pot or frying pan on the fire, add the vegetable oil, allow to get hot, add the diced onions and stir for a while, add the fresh minced meat, stir for some time, allow to cook for 10 to 15 minutes and add the seasonings (salt, Maggi, curry, and little grinder pepper, add the diced carrot,the marshed potatoes  stir and allow to cook for five minutes, add the slice cabbage (optional) if okay, bring down and allow to cool down before usage.
3. Sieve the flour into a bowl, add a little salt, maggi and butter, mix together with the rubbing in method, till the butter mixes well with the flour and they are inseparable. 
4. Add little water and mix to format a hard dough, allow the dough to rest for 5 minutes.
5. Sprinkle little flour on the table, roll out the dough with the help of your rolling pin, cut with the meatpie cutter, place the fillings inside the dough water wash the edges lightly and close, the water acts as a glue, the egg wash.
6. Grease the baking tray lightly, put in the oven and bake till golden brown.

CHOCOLATE CAKE IN A MUG

So while surfing the net, looking for cake pictures, yeah I love looking up cake pictures, I came across this recipe, I added a twist to it by adding chocolate, it came out great.

EQUIPMENTS
Mug
Spoon
Bowl
Whisk
Microwave

DURATION
20 minutes

INGREDIENTS

Flour ----------- ---- 4 tablespoonfuls
Cocoa powder---- 2 tablespoonfuls
Sugar --------------- 2 tablespoonfuls
Baking powder --- 1/4 tablespoon
Milk ------------------ As desired
Egg ------------------- 1
Vegetable oil ------- 2 tablespoon
1/2 teaspoon vanilla


METHOD
Step 1: put the flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder, mix very well.

Step 2:add the milk, egg, oil and mix together with a fork or spoon until smooth.

Step 3: pour the mixture into greased mugs

Step 4:.put in the microwave on high mode for 3 minutes or until it's ready.

See very easy to make, and cocoa powder can be substituted with born vita, ovaltine.

MY INABILITY TO SAVE

Overtime I've discovered that I lack the ability to save or better still let me put it this way, the temptations of the world hinders my ability to save. I have tried so many methods and various ways of saving, I remembered saving money in between books, it worked just fine for the first three days, till my classmate bought coconut candy, I asked for a little, she called me BEGGI BEGGI, I ran home took my savings and spent it all, yeah I enjoyed the coconut candy alone, after all its my money and my savings.
Since we all now know how the in between books saving my money method went, I decided to start keeping it with my friend so I won't be tempted, I gave her a stern warning that on no account should she give me the money until the end of the term, then KITO slippers was in vogue, if you did not own one you just weren't there yet, I ran straight to her house to collect my money, to make everything worse, she was wearing her KITO slippers and I wasn't, I asked her for my money she refused giving me, I begged her she still refused, I also told her lies just to get it from her she stood her ground and refused, until after threatening to report her to her parents for things she did in school, she returned my money like magic, please this can not be tagged as blackmailing it's my money na, after all I have to be among the happening girls in school.
Then came the era of saving box, I got one and started saving again, I did pretty well, although the money comprised of my money, my mum and dad's change from errands, my brothers money I took from their pocket, it's not stealing o, it's collecting my brothers money and saving it, I was walking along a street one beautiful day like that and saw this lovely matching dress and head band, Hmmmmmm I broke the safe to get the money to buy the dress.
I finally opened a bank account when I gained admission, I thought of all the money I would save, i will build a big house, Buy a car, get one for my dad, another for my mum, I might buy one for my brothers for them to share, I try na, after all its an account I can save any amount of money I can with it, first and second semester was great I saved a substantial amount of money, I was proud of my self, until the evil spirit came again, DEBBY BUY PHONE, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED A NEW PHONE, BUY PHONE DEBBIE, remember in the bible how Jesus christ rebuked the devil and over came temptation, yes I am not Jesus, am debby I got the phone, and I loved it, until the real owners (robbers) took it from me, that I was not using it well.


Have you ever tried saving and did not succeed? Or you are like me that can't resist temptation? I would love to know about your experience in the comment section

BUTTERED BISCUIT

This is a really simple biscuit, it's great as a snack, I try to make them in excess, because it just doesn't last long, it disappears very fast, and I keep wondering
where they all end up, but this recipe is great and easy to follow,

INGREDIENTS 

Flour ------------- 500g
Butter ----------- 250g
Sugar ------------ 150g
Egg --------------- 2
Nutmeg or Cinnamon
Baking powder- 1/2 teaspoon levelled
Salt ---------------- a pinch
Vanilla flavor ---- 2 capful

METHOD

1. Cream the butter and sugar together very well, wash and break the eggs then whisk.
2. Sieve the flour into another bowl, add the nutmeg or cinnamon, baking powder and salt then gradually add them into the mixture, also add the flour and the whisked eggs to format an average dough, roll out on a flat table and cut into different shapes.
3. Grease the oven tray, place the dough and bake for 20 to 30 minutes to a light golden brown.

NOTE: The biscuit batter can also be pipped through a pipping bag or pipping nozzle, if using this method, add liquid milk to make the mixture lighter and allow easy pipping.