05/31/2012, Mt Hartman Bay, Grenada
Mango season is definitely in full swing. The tough thing is to not have a dozen ripe mangoes ready all at the same time. If we had a bigger fridge, I could put them there to slow the process, but I don't. Putting limes or other citrus fruit with them seems to help, too, but I am currently without citrus fruit on board. So, I ended up with about half a dozen very ripe mangoes, all ready to be dealt with.
When I have too many ripe bananas, I make banana muffins. I figured I could do the same with the mangoes. The last time I tried that, I used baking soda, which imparted a peculiar flavour to the muffins. This time I tried baking powder with the hope that the chemical reaction would be different. I tried a variation of the muffin recipe I use for the bananas. The batter seemed to be okay...
One of the things that one must deal with on a boat is the possibility that your propane tank might (okay, probably will) end up empty in the middle of cooking or baking something. My hint today was that I wasn't smelling the muffins as they baked. That is usually one of the reminders to check them and turn them. A quick check confirmed that the propane tank was indeed empty. That isn't the end of the world, we have two 20 pound tanks, but it doesn't do much for the baking.
When I finally took the muffins out, they seemed okay. Even the clean fork test gave them a thumbs up. However, when they were dumped out of the muffin pan they started to deflate like old balloons. Hmmm. Fine, I put them back into the oven... again. Now these muffins have been heated and partly cooled three times by the time they were finally removed from the oven.
The flavour is absolutely fine, but they have a unique consistency to them. They have a texture that varies from almost rock hard to gelatinous. And they look like some kind of homage to the Stanley Cup Finals... like hockey pucks.
Oh well, maybe the next batch will work out better. At least the bread had no problems!
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05/26/2012, Grenada West Indies
After many months of diligent study, more than 60 open water ocean dives and just plain HARD WORK, Lynn has finally graduated as a Certified SCUBA Divemaster under PADI.
I would like to congratulate my dear wife Lynn on her latest accomplishment!
Here is a video of the grad party ceremony with her loyal new friends at ScubaTech Dive Centre in Grenada. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSMZsxFMmSo
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Congrats, kiddo!
