Toadfrogs and Elephants

Travis, one of our old Tech friends, called on Tuesday to say he was in town. He currently works for Microsoft out in Seattle and was sent back to Tech for the career fair. He was arranging a trip to Bone’s tonight. I love a good steak so I immediately said yes. Then I gave Wade a hard time on missing out. He decided he didn’t have anything better to do and drove in to Atlanta for the night.

We had an awesome meal and met some new people. One of the guys got mugged and shot in Buckhead about five months ago. The girl had sent a customer’s email to a friend and the friend’s sarcastic response inadvertently got back to the customer. Oops. Now the girl is worried about whether she will be keeping her job. But all that aside, we had a good evening with an old friend.

I was very industrious Sunday night. I made a double batch of maple bran muffins (very yummy). I sent half with Wade and kept the rest for me. I like to eat them as a snack so I took them all to work with me on Monday morning. As I was leaving Monday night, I decided to leave them at work. I rarely snack at home and would want them the next day at my desk. As luck would have it, I didn’t go into work on Tuesday. I came in this morning and the lid was off my muffin container. (I should tell you that the container was kind of hidden under my desk so someone went searching.) I don’t mind a bit that someone had a muffin, but the least they could do is put the lid back on!

In case you were curious, here is the recipe for the muffins:

1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 egg, beaten
3/4 cup maple syrup
2 1/2 cup crushed bran flakes
8 oz. sour cream

Combine the first three ingredients in a bowl. In a larger bowl, combine the egg and syrup. Stir well. Add crushed bran flakes to the egg and syrup. Let the mixture stand for five minutes and then add the sour cream. Add the dry ingredients to the syrup mixture. Spoon into muffin pans (2/3 full). Bake at 400 degrees till brown. For small muffins, cook time is about 10 minutes. For larger muffins, cook time is about 20 minutes.