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The myth that we have no hypotheses, and no explanations for the origin of life on earth persists. In fact, biologists are considering and testing a long list of possibilities that would explain the shift from non-living to living materials. Here's a few summarized from Wikipedia.
Primordial Soup—Miller-Urey use a mix of methane, ammonia, and hydrogen to form basic amino acids in the lab.
Deep Sea Vent Theory—Hydrogen saturated, heated, fluids from hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor mix with carbon dioxide laden water. Continued chemical energy from the interactions sustains processes that produce simple organic molecules.
Spontaneous Formation of Small Peptides from Amino Acids: Sidney Fox demonstrated that the conversions could occur on their own.
Eigen's hypothesis—Eigen and Schuster argue that some molecules, possibly RNA, can serve as an information storing system that brings about the formation of other information storing systems, or a kind of replication.
Wächtershäuser's hypothesis: Günter Wächtershäuser argues that some compounds come with inboard energy sources like iron sulfides that could release energy and synthesize simply organic molecules. His experiments produced small amounts of dipeptides and tripeptides.
Radioactive beach hypothesis: radioactive elements such as uranium may have concentrated on beaches and become building blocks for life by energizing amino acids, sugars from acetronitrile in water.
Homochirality: The right or left handedness of organic molecules may be explained by the origin of compounds in space.
Self-organization and replication: Under the right circumstances, many non-organic molecules exhibit properties of self-organization and self-replication.
"Genes first" models: the RNA world It has been argued that short RNA molecules could have formed on their own. Cell membranes could have formed from protein-like molecules in heated water. Chemical reactions in clay or on pyrites could have initiated self-replication.
"Metabolism first" models: iron-sulfur world and others. Some theories argue that metabolic processes started first, then self-replication.
Bubbles collecting on the beach could have played a role in forming early, proto-cell membranes.
Autocatalysis Some substances catalyze the production of themselves such as amino adenosine, pentafluorophenyl ester, and amino adenosine triacid ester.
Clay theory Complex organic molecules could have arisen from non-organic replicators such as silicate crystals. It has even been reported that the crystals can transfer information from mother to daughter crystals.
Gold's "Deep-hot biosphere" model Gold argues that life originated miles below the surface of the earth. Microbial life has been found there. And it may be present on other planets.
"Primitive" extraterrestrial life Organic compounds are common in space, and early life may have been transferred here from other planets such as Mars.
Even if none of these hypotheses turn out to be corroborated by empirical investigation, the important point is that there are a number of live hypotheses being considered.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Current Theories of Abiogenesis:
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A good relatively recent book on the topic is Genesis: The Scientific Quest for Life's Origins by Rober Hazen. ISBN-13 978-0309103107.
Talk.Origins is an excellent online resource for anything related to evolution and creationism.
Most creationist attacks on abiogenesis show a lack of familiarity with the current state of the research. For example, a common creationist approach is to calculate the astronomical improbability of a certain number of proteins coming together at the same place and time. This reveals ignorance of the RNA World theory which is widely accepted amongst biologists. - September 29, 2008 at 9:52 AM
it is surprising that atheist still want to hide behind evolution when it comes to the question of life. clealry, E theory can show the progression of life back to the big bang. neat little videos i watched in college of rocks leading to bubbles then to plants and single celled organisms. but after this vidoe i still was burdened with the question I always had...where did it all come from. some say this is a pseudo qeustion and others say my qeustion has been answered. but many of us aretn satisfied with E theories account of animal progression. atheist seem to hide behind the fact that e theory DOES NOT claim to answer the qeustion that burns inside many of us - where did it all come from - and why?
I believe that what makes humans so special is there ability to probe further even when an answer has been given. grant it some answers are prima facie like subsituting e theory for a life theory. - September 29, 2008 at 2:11 PM
- Eric Sotnak said...
I have met people whose problem with abiogenesis is that they think that there is a problem "getting life from non-life". I find this interesting. It harkens back to the days when people thought that something had to be added to material stuff to get life -- some vital principle, or soul. But life is chemistry. There is no division in kind between "life" and "non-life"; there is, at most, a difference in complexity.
There are some who realize this, and turn their attention to the issue of complexity, arguing that the sort of complexity that characterizes living things could not have come about naturally. Therefore, there must have been miraculous intervention. What is odd about this view, to me, is the "helpful miraculous nudge" that they are positing. The story seems to go like this: Once upon a time, there was a world in which all sorts of processes happily churned along according to purely naturalistic processes, and then for some reason, things couldn't get to the next stage someone (presumably God) wanted them to get to without help. So, someone helped them (IDers cagily refrain from saying it was God because they don't want their hypothesis to be blatantly religious). Then, things went back to churning along naturalistically, except where the Intelligent Designer wanted to introduce more complextiy, and then there was more miraculous intervention, and so forth. - September 30, 2008 at 10:15 AM
- Matt McCormick said...
Thanks all for the input. Reginald's a great source of info out there.
Eric's right. There's is something deeply odd about taking the view that nature is only partially able to bring about life and that God had to nudge it here and there. First, it is just stultifying to suggest that the grand creator of all reality, the master of all space and matter upon which the foundations of the world were laid would resort to such a convoluted, unreliable, fragile, circuitous route in order to achieve his ends. Suppose I want to get to San Francisco, and I have a working car in the driveway with a full tank of gas. SF is about 100 miles from my house. But instead of head the opposite direction on a tricycle. Then I switch to a bicycle and wander south for hundreds of miles. Then I take a plane back north to the north pole. Then I walk in a winding path towards Austrailia. I kayak for a while, then I swim. Then I crawl, all the while taking a convoluted path. Ultimately after taking years and wandering for thousands of miles, I arrive in San Francisco. Clearly, given that I was trying to get to SF, the path and means I took to get there were the most effective, efficient, and direct means possible.
Believers would do well, I think, just from a strategic stand point, not to pretend to do better biology than the biologists. Of all the fights that the believer has to fight, pressing this one seems like one of the most foolish.
MM - September 30, 2008 at 1:16 PM
but after this vidoe i still was burdened with the question I always had...where did it all come from....
I believe that what makes humans so special is there ability to probe further even when an answer has been given....
Oddly enough, most of the people who talk this way do not want to consider the question when it is applied to their God; their vigorous need to dig deeper seems to just evaporate. - October 1, 2008 at 5:57 AM
I have met people whose problem with abiogenesis is that they think that there is a problem "getting life from non-life"...
A few months ago I met a Hindu Creationist. His views were different from Christian Creationists in interesting ways; e.g. a very old universe is no problem at all. Although this person was college-educated, he had no training in biology, and he seems to have been an adherent of vitalism. Hearing his views on the topic was rather shocking for someone trained in biochemistry. - October 1, 2008 at 6:05 AM
Oh erick , you dont think that the learning process ever gets easier, do you?
- October 1, 2008 at 9:50 AM
Oh dr. matt why do you insist that your opinion on what consitutes an engineered world have any valdity? Are you even a human engineer? its so easy to see tha bad in any design but its diffcult yet knwoledgeable to see the design as a whole...
- October 1, 2008 at 9:53 AM
RE: Mr. reginald
I am sorry sir but were you making an argument or an infantile attack?
Please explain... - October 1, 2008 at 9:57 AM
Since when did randomness become a casaul factor?
Who made the natural selection algorithim?
Does anybody here doubt that the creation of humans is not a fine piece of work? for a creator to allow free agency to roam abundent upon its creation? I dont think humans are even so masterful as to create an AI with free will... - October 1, 2008 at 10:02 AM
"Who made the natural selection algorithim?
Does anybody here doubt that the creation of humans is not a fine piece of work? for a creator to allow free agency to roam abundent upon its creation? I dont think humans are even so masterful as to create an AI with free will..."
That... that is possibly the most insane thing I've ever heard. Who made some things living and some things dying based on if they're fit to live in an environment? That's not an
"algorithim"[sic]that's a natural consequence of living things.
Are you to claim that there needs some sort of intelligence to make a creature that breaths (or needs lot of) water die on land during a drought? Honestly?
Anyhow, humans are horribly evolved (designed*snort*) if one looks at the huge illogical imperfections. Wisdom teeth, tailbones, the blind-spot in the eye, the same pipe to both breathe and eat with, appendixes, and susceptibility to a plethora of crippling diseases (there's a reason children need vaccines)
Out of curiosity, by the way, do you think we should let kids get polio and smallpox, since God "designed" these and getting children vaccinated is going against "his" will by avoiding his creations?
Regardless, I also don't believe in free-agents, and you've yet to make an argument to that effect. Even if we are free agents it's painfully obvious they could have evolved and I see no reason as to why one should invoke "Allah did it" as an explanation. - October 2, 2008 at 12:20 AM
"some say this is a pseudo qeustion and others say my qeustion has been answered. but many of us aretn satisfied with E theories account of animal progression. atheist seem to hide behind the fact that e theory DOES NOT claim to answer the qeustion that burns inside many of us - where did it all come from - and why?"
This is a rather absurd statement. One can easily make the claim "Where did God come from, and why" also removes God as a satisfying answer. Not to mention it's not satisfying at all outside the most sidelong glance.
I don't see how "Magic man in the sky who we have no evidence exists did it -- we still don't know how or why. Of course I don't know why he came to be or how he uses his powers but dangit, I'm so afraid of not knowing something I'll make something up and throw a bunch of other crap on top of it until it's even more puzzling and five times as absurd as the original problem"
Inability to explain how something happened doesn't mean "magic powers" were the cause. If you really want that poor dogma broken just go ask Penn and Teller. - October 2, 2008 at 12:24 AM
RE: Chrisac
Ya, I guess your incomprehension of a diverse and complex environment forbids you to appreciate a masterful work. You also seem to cry a lot about how poorly things are designed. But I ask from what other worlds are you familiar with that are better than this? In other words, please explain how the concept of good and evil, right and wrong can exist without pain and suffering, misfortune and discontent?
And further, why do we humans believe ourselves to be the measure of all moral things. The potential good that could arise from what we humans perceive as strategic may in fact be outweighed by a greater good. Possibly, the human comprehension of good, by knowing evil, serves as motivation for doing more good.
Perhaps angry Chris, it is that you expect your desert on silver platter? You demand of the creator to have the very best without working for it? Could this be why you're such an angry atheist? - October 2, 2008 at 11:48 AM
RE: chris sac 2
if you asked where god came from then yiou have just asked an illogical question. God ex nilho himself as such he is the creator of himself/herself. if you have a problem with this than you're are not taking the claim of an omni being seriously. you wouldnt doubt that zombies are mindless or that merlin was a magician? You cannot discount an entity by discounting its attriubte without referring to another claim. thus god is creator and there is no need for his creation. merlin may ior may not be real but our reference of him is at least presuming the same set of traits ie a magician.
i think you are just so very angery chris. i am not sure why. but i have a hunch that you are angry with god. i must wonder though that if ylou do not believe in god than what basis do you have for hating him? or his followers? - October 2, 2008 at 11:55 AM
An arg proving god is the creator and that evolution is just one of his mechanisms...
1) If God exists he is necessary
3) If Science including E theory exists it is contingent
4) What is contigent must be necessarly contingent
5) what is necessary must necessarily be necessary
6) Only necessary things can beget contingent things
God beget all scientific things - October 2, 2008 at 12:18 PM
- M. Tully said...
You wrote, "In other words, please explain how the concept of good and evil, right and wrong can exist without pain and suffering, misfortune and discontent?"
Ok, let me begin by saying that I'm not an omnigod nor do I play one on TV.
But let's say that I was and I wanted to instill in a person a feeling of how want them to behave without actually causing harm.
A person decides that she should club another one over the head; they pick up the club and approach the victim. As they swing the club, after it reaches the point where they could no longer stop it even if they wanted to, I stop it and simultaneously broadcast it into all other thinking persons brains. The rest of the tribe condemns the perpetrator. I've also programmed an adverse reaction to condemnation. The perpetrator would dislike the condemnation. Now I'm an omnigod so I would set up the laws such that brain functions that would lead to psychopathy could not exist. So unless the perpetrator really was "evil," she would change. There you go. Free-will and no harm to innocents and I'm not even an omnigod. Oh, by the way, I certainly wouldn't have allowed for flooding, famine, earthquakes, tsunamis, etc. Where the innocents die for no moral reason at all.
How about that? - October 6, 2008 at 7:40 PM
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- October 7, 2008 at 12:04 AM
- TheTheist said...
Wait a second. Let me see if I got this Tulley. If you were God then you would favor the exact sort of interfering that is usually condemned by atheists? You would "stop" every immoral act in its tracts, extraneously impose feelings of condemnation, and then on top of it all you would make the person "dislike" these feelings. I'm not exactly sure you have maintained freedom of anything here. Also, what do you mean you would prevent the development of psychopathic brain functions? It seems you are saying if you were God then you would entirely scrap any sort of evolutionary process and be content with playing human chess. Checkmate sucka, you're moral!
If this is the sort of God that existed then I would definitely have to dissent from all participation. I understand your repugnance at comments that posit the necessity of evil for free will's sake. However, theists have consistently screwed this up. Evil was not created just so people could choose between right and wrong. Swinburne makes comments to this effect that just blow me away. Evil is a consequence of free will, not some necessary component for its existence. Freewill in of itself does not result in evil, only abuse of it. Who would you blame for burning down your house, the pyromaniac or the company who made the matches?
We live on an evolutionary world. Hence, we came about from a selfish process. Greed indeed paid off quite well in the development of life. Could you imagine the starving caveman saying: "No, I'm not going to steal your hard earned meal Mr. Saber tooth tiger, that just wouldn't be nice". Ironic that albeit the ridiculousness of the original sin doctrine, in some very real sense it is correct. We absolutely have an inherent tendency to care about our own.
Evolution is by far the most creative amazing process in the universe but it is still evolution. We began as greedy little cells and have developed into amazingly complex organisms that are still unfortunately grappling with a selfish history of development. The amazing thing about humans is that we have the ability to step outside of our deterministic past and transcend it. The operative term here is "we". It is we who must do the work; this is freewill. So often we complain about the misfortune of evil in the world. Well let's do something about it then. Why is it that God is supposed to have done all this for us?
I seem to be a little off topic however. In regards to abiogenesis I happily await scientific evidence for life from non-life. Currently however all we have is theories and we all know theories are a dime a dozen. The theist stance (read should be) is that life was placed into a non-life situation. That is, God did not have to intervene here and there to keep life going but simply initiated life; placement of organic molecules into an inorganic environment was the extent of intervention. Calling this "miraculous" is nothing but straw. Is it miraculous when a scientist inoculates a substrate with fungi spores?
Theists who talk of miracles unfortunately retard this perspective: that life implantation via God is very much a scientific enterprise. No miracles needed. If science proves me wrong, that is if we confirm life coming from non-life, then so be it. I'll go from there. Until then, happy arguing; I got nothing but love for you all. - October 10, 2008 at 8:34 AM
- Eric Sotnak said...
Thetheist wrote:
"We live on an evolutionary world."
I agree, of course, but we know that quite a few theists do not agree. This is interesting, when you think about it. Acceptance of evolution is, after all, a hard-won concession, gained only in the face of overwhelming evidence. But now some theists want to argue that a world containing evolving life is just what we would expect from a supremely wise creator. That, in fact, no matter what features of the world the athologian wants to point out as evidence against the existence of God, for all we are in a position to judge, this is just what we should expect.
There are stronger and weaker versions of this. The stronger version is: "If God exists, then he would create the world by means of exactly the naturalistic processes we observe to characterize the actual world."
The weaker version is: "If God exists, his ways are so inscrutable to us that we are in no position at all to judge which processes he would be likely to use in creating the world."
I'm not sure how a proponent of the stronger course could justify such a stance, so let's consider just the weaker option.
It seems to me that the effect of taking such a stance is to shut down all attempts to decide the matter of God's existence by appeal to any empirical considerations. No matter what happens, or what we observe, the theist can just reply. Hey, for all we know, that's just the way a supremely wise God would want things to be.
But I find this position deeply implausible. It reminds me of paranoid conspiracy theorists who would explain away apparently conflicting evidence by simply saying "Right. That just proves that there is a really sophisticated coverup."
Swinburne's theodicical strategy seems to me to be in line with this. It seems to amount to the view that in order to live in a world where there is significant moral freedom, God has to have set things up so that it looks just like a world in which there is no God at all. So if God existed, it would appear from the standpoint of empirical evidence that he did not. - October 10, 2008 at 9:20 AM
- Matt McCormick said...
Thanks Eric. I think this is right on. Here's my rant on the topic of Christians stealing the hard work of science and giving God all the credit:
Everything to the Glory of God - October 10, 2008 at 2:21 PM
More like atheists stealing god's creation and attributing it to man (or at least mankinds notions of things) - October 11, 2008 at 12:44 AM
RE: erick
"It seems to me that the effect of taking such a stance is to shut down all attempts to decide the matter of God's existence by appeal to any empirical considerations. No matter what happens, or what we observe, the theist can just reply. Hey, for all we know, that's just the way a supremely wise God would want things to be."
You are correct in characterizing my position. So what is so implausible about this? I find your position highly improbable. What are the odds that you would remotely fathom a supreme beings thinking? We would ordinarily laugh at the fact that a cow or moose can comprehend algebra or utilitarianism. So how then can you be so confident in understanding a supreme beings moral knowledge? Please note that the analogy between the cow and human is minuscule compared to a Omni god and a human. - October 11, 2008 at 12:55 AM
- Eric Sotnak said...
anonymous friend wrote:
"What are the odds that you would remotely fathom a supreme beings thinking?"
Depends on what the subject matter is. Consider your own example of cows and algebra. I think it is far to say that no cows exist that understand algebra at all. But consider instead a Freshman student in a Princeton University math class. The student sees the professor write something on the board that appears to be a fairly simple mistake, raises her hand and says, "Excuse me, Professor, but I think you made a mistake there." Now, the professor COULD respond by saying, "Listen you twit, I have a Ph.-freaking-D in mathematics. What are the odds that you would remotely fathom my thinking?" But this would be a terrible reply to make (not just because it is rude and childish), because the student (presumably) is NOT a cow, and DOES know something about algebra -- perhaps enough to be able to recognize that something is, in fact, a mistake.
I think that most people also have basic moral competence (even atheists, agnostics, and skeptics). In fact, it is part of the theistic worldview that God HAS rendered us capable of at least basic moral competence. So, against the background of our basic moral competence, it certainly seems that there are some things that would be wrong for a perfectly good being to do or permit. - October 13, 2008 at 8:49 AM
- M. Tully said...
You wrote,"Checkmate sucka, you're moral!"
Yes, yes I am. Thank you for noticing. And as a moral human, when given the chance, I try to minimize human suffering. I wouldn't allow it and then hide behind the mantra of free will. I do this without any belief whatsoever in any supernatural entity or phenomena.
So, your point would be? - October 20, 2008 at 4:42 PM
- M. Tully said...
You wrote, "Who would you blame for burning down your house, the pyromaniac or the company who made the matches?"
This part of my point. If a person actually suffers from the brain disease pyromania, I can't even blame him or her (this is not to say that I don't want that person separated from ignition sources and habitable buildings).
But, what kind of omnigod could allow for such a brain defect to exist and the hide behind "free will." - October 20, 2008 at 4:53 PM
- M. Tully said...
"We live on an evolutionary world. Hence, we came about from a selfish process."
Human evolution is complex. At the gene level it is selfish, but as you move to complex organisms, selfish (selfish is a cognitive term applied here for simplicity, there is no evidence that genes have any cognition whatsoever)genes are served by altruistic impulses, until at a certain level of complexity the organism can override the the gene. This has been demonstrated in whales, porpoises and other primates. It is a wonderful thing, but requires nothing beyond nature to occur. - October 20, 2008 at 5:02 PM
- M. Tully said...
And finally you wrote, "Theists who talk of miracles unfortunately retard this perspective: that life implantation via God is very much a scientific enterprise."
And what evidence do you have for your premise?
If all you have is, "It's not fully explained, ergo god." What you have is an argument from ignorance, universally recognized as a logical fallacy. - October 20, 2008 at 5:52 PM
*laughs* Did you guys (atheists) realize that the literal translation of atheist is,"a non-thinker"?
- March 24, 2009 at 6:25 PM
Chemist Shows How RNA Can Be the Starting Point for LifeBy NICHOLAS WADE
Published: May 13, 2009 (NYTimes)
An English chemist has found the hidden gateway to the RNA world, the chemical milieu from which the first forms of life are thought to have emerged on earth some 3.8 billion years ago.
He has solved a problem that for 20 years has thwarted researchers trying to understand the origin of life — how the building blocks of RNA, called nucleotides, could have spontaneously assembled themselves in the conditions of the primitive earth.
The miracle seems now to have been explained. In the article in Nature, Dr. Sutherland and his colleagues Matthew W. Powner and Béatrice Gerland report that they have taken the same starting chemicals used by others but have caused them to react in a different order and in different combinations than in previous experiments. they discovered their recipe, which is far from intuitive, after 10 years of working through every possible combination of starting chemicals.
... - May 14, 2009 at 9:03 AM
- Christos Tsirkas said...
Some theist wrote the following:
"*laughs* Did you guys (atheists) realize that the literal translation of atheist is,"a non-thinker"?"
Atheist is a word of Greek origin and as a Greek I would like to have a say. Atheist is from the Greek word "atheos" which comes from a-theos. "a" in the beginning of a word means something like "not heaving" and is present in English in many words like symmetric – asymmetric etc.
Now "theos" which means "god" is of unknown etymology. The prevailing opinion among Greek linguists is that it comes from the word "theome" which can in today's words mean "I see everything". This attribute being given to ancient gods, it is not all that strange to accept it as a possible etymology. Another possibility is that "theos" comes from "Zeus" but it is not very popular.
Please note that it has nothing to do with thinking. This seems to be one more inaccuracy that theists seem to believe in. - July 18, 2012 at 3:52 AM
- pal2002 said...
I'm not a creationist - in the sense of the Evangelicals. I, for the most part, believe in evolution. But evolution does not explain, or even address abiogenesis. The Mueller experiment, 60 years ago, proved that you can make amino acids out of nothing. In those 60 years on, we managed to learn about DNA and even sequenced so many genomes. And yet, we have made absolutely no progress past the amino acids. Putting a bunch of amino acids in a tube, no matter what you do to it, will not make a functional protein. Putting all the functional proteins and components for a bacteria in a tube will not make a bacteria. And the most fundamental thing, putting all the ingredients for DNA or RNA in a tube won't even make nucleotides, much less a billion connected nucleotides that comprise a genome. Molecular biology has really helped us understand a lot, is an aid to evolution, but does nothing for abiogenesis.
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Yeah, this isn't the stuff you get in the hospital.
It's National Library Week! This is the 2nd annual celebration on my blog. As I say, I'm putting the Librarian in the Food Librarian!
Last month, I had dinner at a Vietnamese restaurant, and my friend ordered Vietnamese coffee - a combo of espresso and condensed milk. I love Vietnamese coffee, but I can't handle caffeine so I just had a sip. I knew I wanted to make it in Jello form. Right away.
The Japanese also make a coffee jello - sweetened black coffee gelatin cubes or cups. Often, it is served with cream. But I wanted mine all mixed together so it can be served easy-to-eat finger jello style.
The Librarian Action Figure (modeled after real-life librarian and author Nancy Pearl) can eat a whole plate of coffee jello.
All this week, I'm highlighting a library thing (usually a public library thing b/c that's my gig). Today, it's Downloadable Media. My favorite provider is OverDrive. You can download audiobooks and eBooks to your home computer and transfer them to a portable device (such as MP3, iPod, Sony Reader, Barnes & Noble Nook). Remember that crazy 30 days of Bundts I did in November? I wouldn't have made it through all that baking and blogging without downloadable audiobooks. Downloadable media is free, easy to use and there are never any overdue fines. See if your library subscribes to OverDrive on their website.
To celebrate Day 3 of National Library Week, I'm giving away the following to one lucky winner:
a. Two Disney kitchen towels
b. Two Mickey Mouse shaped egg or small pancake molds
Living in Southern California has some disadvantages (our seasons are: Fire, Flood, and Earthquake) but sooooo many advantages. And one is buying the Disneyland Annual Pass. So, I picked up these cute kitchen Disney-themed items for today's giveaway!
I have a set of the molds and made this last year (post here). Enter the contest so you can greet friends and family with fun shaped food. :)
To enter the Day 3 Giveaway, simply leave a comment below (one entry per person) and I'll pick the winner from a hat (aka Random). Deadline for all contests: Monday, April 19, 2010 at midnight PDT. If your comment isn't linked to a blog where I can find you, please leave your email. Shipping to U.S. addresses only. Librarian action figure not included.
Also, don't forget to enter the Day 1 Giveaway: Cookbook and Chef Post-its and Day 2 Giveaway: Loaf Pans. Good luck with the giveaway, make some Coffee Jello, and see you back here tomorrow!
- mary the food librarian
Click here for the printable recipe
Coffee Jello / Coffee Gelatin
1/2 c cold water
2 cups strong coffee, hot. I used two packages of Starbucks Via. The coffee needs to be strong. This isn't the time for Sanka instant. :)
1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated milk)
3 packages of Knox unflavored gelatin
1. Place 1/2 c cold water in a bowl.
2. Sprinkle 3 unflavored gelatin packets over the water. Let sit until the gelatin blooms, about 10 minutes.
3. Stir in the hot coffee and mix until the gelatin is completely dissolved.
4. Stir in the can of sweetened condensed milk.
5. Pour into glass pan. Thickness of finished jello depends on the size of the pan. I used a 7 x 11 pan but a 9 x 13 pan will give you thinner pieces and an 8 x 8 pan will give you thicker pieces.
Note: The combo of coffee and sweetened condensed milk is inspired by Vietnamese coffee. You can probably adapt this to use coffee or espresso, cream and sugar (be sure to dissolve the sugar in the hot coffee and gelatin). I find that 1 packet of unflavored gelatin will firm up 1 1/2 cups of liquid to finger jello "strength" (according to David Lebovitz's "How to Use Gelatin" post you can mold 2 cups with one envelope - but I feel finger jello needs to be stronger).

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"We worked through the legal and political issues that would have been involved, and Congress and the desire to send him to Guantánamo, and to not try him, and Article III," Obama told Mark Bowden, who will detail the interview in his book The Finish. "I mean, we had worked through a whole bunch of those scenarios. But, frankly, my belief was if we had captured him, that I would be in a pretty strong position, politically, here, to argue that displaying due process and rule of law would be our best weapon against al-Qaeda, in preventing him from appearing as a martyr."
The quotes were included in a web preview of an upcoming excerpt of the book in Vanity Fair.The magazine also reports that Obama was ready to execute what his administration couldn't do with Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, which was give him a criminal trial.
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By Chad Smart
@chadsmart & @my123cents on Twitter
Last July on the 1000th
episode of RAW, The Rock announced he would challenge the WWE champion at the
Royal Rumble. At the time, I doubt anyone expected CM Punk to still be champion
when the Rumble rolled around. Everyone was probably anticipating a Wrestlemania
28 rematch between John Cena and the Rock. With CM Punk still the champion,
most are speculating The Rock will win the title and go on to Wrestlemania 29
to have the rematch with John Cena. In my opinion, a Cena/Rock rematch is a bad
idea but more importantly, The Rock winning the WWE title is one of the worst
business decisions WWE could make at this point in time.
I can see the reasoning
behind putting the title on The Rock leading up to Wrestlemania. Over the next
four months, The Rock has four movies hitting theaters. Two of those are big
budget franchise movies, GI Joe 2 and Fast and Furious 6. Presumably, The Rock
will be hitting the media circuit to promote the films. Wouldn't it be wise to
have him win the WWE title so when he's doing the interviews he can be
questioned about being the champ and his match at Wrestlemania? As long as The Rock is going to be
involved at Wrestlemania anyway, and judging by all the promotional material he
will be there, when he's being interviewed he could easily bring up
Wrestlemania anyway. Plus, if The Rock walks into Wrestlemania with the belt,
especially if he ends up facing John Cena, most fans will be expecting him to
lose the match since after Wrestlemania he'll be heading back to Hollywood.
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CM Punk on the other hand
will be around after Wrestlemania. CM Punk is the longest reigning WWE champion
in the past 24 years. When Punk loses the title it should be a significant
moment. Over the past 13 months, CM Punk has defended the title against Dolph
Ziggler, Daniel Bryan, Chris Jericho, The Big Show, John Cena, and Ryback. That
list contains five former WWE/World Champions, a potential beak out star and
Ryback that CM Punk has defeated on his path to greatness.
Losing the title to a guy, who has wrestled two matches in
nine years, even if it is just a ploy to grab headlines, sends a bad message to
fans and other wrestlers. Basically it'll tell fans a guy who from the past who
isn't even a part time wrestler now is better than "the best in the world." It
will tell the other wrestlers, your contribution and hard work for 300 days a
year isn't as important as someone who gets talked about on Entertainment Tonight and Extra.
Is it worth the potential
extra publicity The Rock may bring being the champion to sabotage CM Punk's
title reign? Especially if The
Rock is only going to hold the title for a couple of months? Wouldn't it make
more sense to either build up a credible challenger to unseat Punk or even have
some underdog contender defeat Punk and hold the title for an extended period
of time in order to build a new star? The Rock winning would be a throw back to
the Attitude Era, from which Rocky emerged, when titles were used as props
instead of being a valuable possession wrestlers strived to own.
Rock's verbal smackdown Photo courtesy: WWE |
One of the positive things I
can say about the 2013 Royal Rumble is for the first time in several years the
outcome of both the Rumble and the WWE title match are near impossible to
predict a winner with any sense of confidence. The uncertainty will hopefully
make for an entertaining show and provide excitement as the road to pointing at
the Wrestlemania sign officially gets underway.
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win the title? Who do you want to see win the Royal Rumble and go on to "main
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NEW DELHI—A bone test is being conducted to confirm the age of a young suspect in custody in the fatal assault and gang rape of a woman on a bus in India's capital, while prosecutors will seek the death penalty for five other men arrested with him, police said.
The six will be formally charged in court on Thursday on accusations that they kidnapped, gang raped and murdered the 23-year-old woman in New Delhi on Dec. 16, police spokesman Rajan Bhagat said Tuesday.
Media reports say some 30 witnesses have been gathered, and the charges have been detailed in a document running more than 1,000 pages.
Outraged Indians have been demanding the death penalty for the six men, holding demonstrations almost every day since the rape. Murder is punishable by death and rape by life imprisonment. But juveniles—those below 18 years of age— cannot be prosecuted for murder.
Another police officer said a bone test is being conducted to determine if the youngest suspect is indeed a juvenile. If the test determines he is 18 years or older he will be treated as an adult, said the officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to disclose sensitive information.
Doctors can confirm a person's age by evaluating X-rays and determining the maturity of the person's bones.
The brutality of the case has made Indians confront the reality that sexual violence is deeply entrenched in the society. Women face daily harassment, from catcalls on streets and groping in buses to rapes. Often police refuse to accept complaints by female victims and even accuse them of inviting unwanted male attention by dressing provocatively. Families also dissuade victims from coming forward in the belief that it will ruin their reputations.
Activists hope the savage assault on the woman, a physiotherapy student, will shake off the taboo and make authorities take such cases more seriously.
The woman and a male companion were attacked when they boarded an off-duty bus in southern New Delhi to go home. The six men, including the bus driver, allegedly took turns raping her and beat her with an iron bar which they also inserted in her body, causing severe injuries to her organs.
The woman, who has not been identified, was airlifted to Singapore for emergency treatment but died Saturday. She was cremated in New Delhi on Sunday, and the ashes were to be submerged in the holy river Ganges near her hometown in the northern Uttar Pradesh state in accordance with Hindu customs.
Protesters and politicians from across the spectrum called for a special session of Parliament to pass new laws to increase punishments for rapist, including possible chemical castration, and to set up fast-track courts to deal with rape cases within 90 days.
Thousands of Indians have lit candles and held prayer meetings and marches to express their grief and demand stronger protection for women and the death penalty for rape. The protests continued Tuesday.
On Monday, the Indian army and navy canceled their New Year's Eve celebrations, as did Sonia Gandhi, head of the ruling Congress party. Several hotels and clubs across the capital also did not hold their usual parties.


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There were fewer strawberries at the farmers market this weekend. It would seem that strawberry season is coming to a close. I am a bit sad to see the strawberries going, but they are making way for other good things. There were still a few strawberry recipes on my to do list though. On the top of the list was strawberry and Nutella (a chocolate hazelnut spread) crepes. I have been enjoying crepes every since I first made them and they are fairly easy to make. They are perfect for a weekend breakfast, being as simple as making some crepes and stuffing them with some goodies. The strawberry and nutella crepes turned out really good. I enjoyed the strawberry and nutella combo! Though, I can't think of a fruit that wouldn't go with nutella. I sprinkled the crepes with some chopped pistachios for some colour and a bit of texture.
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54 comments:
So glad to hear good news on Audrey ^_^ and this is definitely the cutest cow I've seen ....
@Just a MOM : You are so quick Lin! Thanks a lot for being such a nice bento friend that always encourages me with your sweet comment :)
Glad to hear it! Love the cow and the pink egg sheet, blh di coba nih mbak tekniknya :D
Congratulations on the good news abt Audrey's arm. Praise God! :)
And love those pinks... specially the mooooo.... :P -
ya.. good to hear Audrey's hand has recovered well.
cute moo moo cow, actually i like the what patches on the pink egg sheets, like pattern.
its like a picture on the strawberry milk carton..hehe. -
@Sysyl : Thanks a lot Sysyl! Silahkan mencoba ;)
@Yeapies : Thanks a lot Yeapies! Very appreciate it. I hope my girl will be more careful next time, so this won't happened again in the future :)
So glad to know the good news about Audrey :D. What a great invention with the pink egg sheet, gonna to try it if I get red dragon fruit :D. Sapi oh momoooo... You're the cutest momo in the box :D
@Bobo : Thanks a lot Florence! This cow is a kind of reminder for my girl to drink a lot of milk. She loves to drink strawberry milk, that was why I made a pink egg sheet :D
Hooray!! Kids are so lucky that way. They heal fast and bounce right back. Super cute cow bento, I love the milk encouragement!!
@tatabonita : Thanks a lot Ta! Found it accidentally. Last week I cut the pink dragon fruit and the pink color stained on my hand. Happy with the color turn out on my pink egg sheet. Natural coloring :)
Lia the cow is adorable!!! I love this bento! :)
Love the cow. So cute!! And yay for your daughter. I bet she is thrilled to have it removed.
I wonder if it can be applied for coloring rice too - doesn't it sound great? :D
What a good news about A :)
heheheehe...this cow looks playful :b very sweet cow, Lia -
@sherimiya : Thanks a lot Sheri! Couldn't more agree, kids' bones are quick to heal. Audrey said the same thing too ... this bento reminded her to drink a lot of milk (^.^)
@Susan Yuen : Thanks a lot Susan for your kind comment!
@Kelly Polizzi : Thanks a lot Kelly! She felt so relieve. Can use both of her hands now :)
@tatabonita : Let me know later when you have time to try it on the rice ;)
@Journal Mommy Yenny : Thanks a lot Yen! Pink makes the cow too sweet I think hahaha :D
Cute moo moo...
@prince n princess mum : Thanks a lot!
So happy to hear the news about Audrey! It is nice she doesn´t need the sling anymore, I guess she is feeling "free" ^_^.
Don´t worry, she will recover fast!
That cute cow in the bento really encourages to drink milk :P, so sweet.. And the patterned egg sheet is fabulous!Anonymous @ Nov 16, 2010, 4:57:00 PM -
@karaimame : She is free now. After more than one month with the sling, she's finally can use her left hand again. Thanks God and thanks a lot Lilian for your kind comment (^.^)
I'm so glad to read your good news !
Your cow is just so cute ! I would like to make some beautiful bento ! -
Great to hear that Audrey is doing well! hopefully she will take care of her hand for the next 6 months! :P
Love the moo-moo cow! So cute!!! -
Hi Lia, not sure if you got my email but the coloured seasoning was from Daiso SG.
@Juliglups : Thanks a lot! Just hoped to your blog. Love your bento :)
@Angeleyes : Thanks a lot Alice! Kids being kids, she always need to be reminded :)
@SIG : I haven't receive your email perhaps went to the spam box. I will check it later :) Thanks a lot for the info!
Lia, I just gave you the stylist blogger award!!! came by and claim it ^_^ Congrats!!!
You are a master with egg sheets! Such a beautiful bento! It's good to hear that Audrey is getting better, having to wear a cast can be very frustrating!
Moo moo...lovely pink egg sheet and cute cow. :)
Happy to know that your girl's hand has recovered well. ^.^ -
@Just a MOM : Thanks a lot Lin! Very appreciate it :)
@OhayaBento : Thanks a lot Heather! It's funny that she used to do everything with one hand and now when she is free, she sometimes forgot can use her left hand hehehe ...
@Emily Ng : Thanks a lot Emily!
Very happy to hear of Audrey recovering so nicely! Warm thoughts to you and family, Lia. Wonderful new bento explorations here--pink dragonfruit extract, how amazng!
@bentobird : Thanks a lot Jenn for everything! Really appreciate your support through your sweet comment for me :)
Your ideas are really awesome:) I also have this Bento Box. Which is really pretty.
I also want to give you the Versatile Blogger Award for your really brilliant blog http://oishiibentoblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/mein-1-blogger-award.html -
@Mokiko : Thanks a lot Mokiko for your sweet comment and the award too! Much appreciate it :)
I'm so happy to hear that Audrey's hand healed well! I hope the next 6 months continue with no problems.
The cow is absolutely adorable! -
I'm so sorry I didn't know that about Audrey... How much you were worried about her but good for her and mom!
Your eggsheet is always perfection. I love the way the pink sheet has white spots. Of course the cute cow face too!
The d/f extract came out a nice pink color. -
Please check on my recent post about blogger award!!! and claim yours! ^o^)/ congratz!
@Kuusou : Thanks a lot Kuusou! Really hope that too :)
@babykins : Thanks a lot Izumi! My kids said the cow's hands are too skinny hehehe ... :D
@Sysyl : Thanks a lot for the blogger award! Very appreciate it :)
yay, so happy to hear audrey is getting back to normal!
cute and funny cow here, i like how she is a little bit goofy. the background egg sheet is so cool, looks like tie-dye!! -
@megan : Thanks a lot Megan! Always so sweet :)
the cow is very adorable xx love it!
@My Taste Heaven : Thanks a lot!
I wish her luck with her arm. I dislocated my thumb in august and now will have to have surgery on dec. 6th because of a blockage and can't use my hand, which is my dominant hand lol.
Anyways, I am new to bento, as in just found out about them today:). These are great ideas here, I am a new follower, though wish there were an email update option. can you please tell me what are these egg sheets your speaking of? Those characters are so cute. Thank you. -
@Mari : Thanks a lot Mari for your kind comment and for visiting my blog! You can find the tips to make egg sheet in my blog here. Hope that will help :)
nice to hear that your daughter's arm has recovered. My boy's arm has recovered too! Finally after more than a half year he can do everything again but still has to be careful.
And such a cute bento! -
@charsiubau (Bento-Mania) : Thanks a lot! Agree, kids usually forget what happened before so we have to remain them to be careful :)


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As I mention in the video, the possibilities are endless as far as stuffings go, so I can see this really catching on. I think I'm actually going to trademark the name, and maybe hit the state fair tour. These would totally fly out of any Ferris wheel-adjacent food stand.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Fried Peanut Butter & Jelly Pinchy Pies – One Chef's White Trash is Another's White Treasure
As I mention in the video, the possibilities are endless as far as stuffings go, so I can see this really catching on. I think I'm actually going to trademark the name, and maybe hit the state fair tour. These would totally fly out of any Ferris wheel-adjacent food stand.
65 comments:
- The Procrastinator said...
This may just be the thing to make me get over my fear of deep frying. Brilliant!
- July 20, 2011 at 3:22 AM
The State Fair is in Sacramento this time of year, and we're heading there Thursday with the grandkids. Maybe I should fill them up on Pinchy Pies before we leave. That way they get their fill of carnival food for pennies on the "Grandpa's" dollar.
- July 20, 2011 at 3:48 AM
So weird...I must try it!
- July 20, 2011 at 4:04 AM
I bet Elvis would have loved these with a little bit of banana in them!
Peter - July 20, 2011 at 5:24 AM
- Gabi said...
chef i just made this like in this very moment as soon as i saw the video and they're delicious!
i must admit i had a bit of a problem with mine
my bread was umm thristy?
i had a pan full of oil and after two of this delicious pies all the oil was gone!
either way they were awesome, but is there a secret for my bread not to suck up that much oil? - July 20, 2011 at 5:51 AM
- Unknown said...
I thought maybe "pinchy pies" was yet another food I've never heard of, so I searched them, and you're the first results, followed by mentions of you. Shazaaam! You are brilliant!
Of course I'll also try bananas and peanut butter pinchy pies, and chocolate chips and peanut butter pinchy pies too. - July 20, 2011 at 6:05 AM
That Eminem reference was epic. Well played.
- July 20, 2011 at 9:07 AM
- Jesse from Detroit said...
My in-laws indoctrinated me into the way of the moon pie, which is essentially your pinchy pie cooked in a clamshell iron over a campfire. Never thought to attempt it on the stove!
- July 20, 2011 at 10:02 AM
- Unknown said...
These would be terrific with Nutella cocoa spread and raspberry preserves!...or maybe apricot-pineapple preserves with a touch of cream cheese!
- July 20, 2011 at 10:40 AM
- CErixsson said...
Looks amazing. Keep up the good work, i LOVE your blog.
- July 20, 2011 at 10:43 AM
- CErixsson said...
Looks amazing! Keep up the good work, i LOVE your blog :)
- July 20, 2011 at 10:44 AM
- Chef John said...
Gabi, sounds like you oil needed to be a little hotter before frying?
- July 20, 2011 at 11:31 AM
Wow. I think I will try these with whole wheat bread, almond butter and sugar free fruit spread, and bake them in the oven on a piece of parchment paper. Should be about the same.
- July 20, 2011 at 12:27 PM
Just because something sounds good and looks great does not mean you should make it or eat it. This is one of those times.
- July 20, 2011 at 12:29 PM
- bdwilcox said...
"Just because something sounds good and looks great does not mean you should make it or eat it. This is one of those times." - anonymous
- "anonymous" must be the life of the party... - July 20, 2011 at 1:33 PM
fried uncrustables!
- July 20, 2011 at 1:43 PM
- Chef John said...
LOL @ uncrustables! I've never seen those before!
- July 20, 2011 at 2:03 PM
I "wonder" if I might "marshall" my resources and (deep)fry these in DUCK FAT .... woooo HOOOOO !
(not that it mathers, er, matters ...) - July 20, 2011 at 2:49 PM
- Jenna said...
These were called Mountain Pies when I was a kid. Like Jesse, we cooked them in a cast iron clam shell contraption over an open fire. We filled them with everything from fresh blackberries we had picked earlier in the day to tomato sauce and cheese! YUM!
- July 20, 2011 at 3:12 PM
- Pam said...
Actually, I believe Elvis would've added some crispy bacon to the PBJ mixture. I know I will!
- July 20, 2011 at 3:38 PM
- buffy said...
Sorry I did try them, but it was like eating fry bread bit like you get here in England up north ,they fry everything
- July 20, 2011 at 4:04 PM
- buffy said...
Sorry, I did try it. But it was like eating fry bread a bit like you get over here in England up north they fry anything lol
- July 20, 2011 at 4:06 PM
- Rita said...
i haven't had white bread in yearssss! the way you were pinching the bread (pre-deep frying) - makes me want to get a loaf and just gnaw on it. AHAHAHA!
i am sure to try that. i'll just have to get over the hump of deep-frying phobia. - July 20, 2011 at 4:17 PM
- PattyinCT said...
This redneck says "Hell yeah!"
And of course I'll serve this to my brood barefoot in my front yard with a baby on my hip!
Pinchy pie power!!! - July 20, 2011 at 5:19 PM
- Matt_W. said...
great video chef john!! i tried it using guava paste and it turned out wonderful! ps looking forward to the shrimp toast video.
- July 20, 2011 at 6:13 PM
"One chef's white trash is another's white treasure"
please, Chef John, not on a Food blog - July 20, 2011 at 6:46 PM
wow~ my son would love this~
will make this weekend for sure!
and you were mentioning shrimp toast~~ yummm~!
so will there be shrimp toast recipe in the future? I hope so~! :)
talking about shrimp toast, have you ever tried ebi katsu burger (aka shrimp burger) from Japan? If you like shrimp toast, I think you'll absolutely love~ ebi katsu burger~ (just a thought) ;) - July 20, 2011 at 8:39 PM
Hmmmm. Down south here we just call em fried pies. True though that I've never made em with bread. Pastry, biscuit dough, etc. No reason not to use bread.
- July 20, 2011 at 9:47 PM
LOVE the name! SO fun to say!
Ps. I adore the way make us jealous with all that crunching
..sigh.. I really need a pinchy pie. - July 20, 2011 at 10:09 PM
Saw this recipe yesterday and wanted to try it really bad. Well, last night I made wontons; pork and spices in the food processor, egg and wrappers...ugh. After about 2 dozen the excitement id over and I don't want to make any more wontons. I only want to eat them. As a result I had leftover pork mixture. I decided to make a chinese pork pinchy pie. My friend, you have stumbled onto greatness. The possibilities are endless. Savory. Sweet. Nutella. Cheeses. I can hear my doctor yelling at me already.
- July 21, 2011 at 10:42 AM
- Michou said...
I will give it a try, BTW chef John your voice is very soothing :)
- July 21, 2011 at 12:55 PM
- Jared said...
This looks so amazing, especially with the powdered sugar on top. A serving size is 50 of them, right? Don't ruin this for me.
- July 21, 2011 at 1:14 PM
- Luatica said...
Not sure white bread in France does that, but I certainly want to try!
- July 21, 2011 at 2:45 PM
So how bad can peanut butter, jelly, white bread and deep frying? These are just wonderful. I made 10 of them and they were gone in a flash. So I had a few banana's and tried peanut butter and banana's. Oh my it was like eating a little piece of heaven.
Thank You Chef!!! - July 21, 2011 at 9:35 PM
Eat more than your share of these and there will be more to pinchy on your belly.
- July 22, 2011 at 3:42 AM
- lixximajig said...
Did this with Nutella! It's awesome.
- July 22, 2011 at 12:56 PM
- Marilyn said...
I immediately thought of these: http://www.firepies.com/irons.html
Pretty much the same, but not deep fried. - July 22, 2011 at 8:51 PM
- Lydia & Nick said...
chef john- porkenstein/porkporken stuffed pinchy pie? my husband and i think that the pinchy pies would be good with cubes of pork, goat cheese and minced garlic. yum! great idea!
- July 22, 2011 at 9:54 PM
- Unknown said...
Dearest Chef John,
The State Fair would LOVE to have you! Especially in the Califonia Food Styles building. We have chef demos and competitions! Check it out at www.bigfun.org
Would it be something you would consider for 2012's Fair?
The ever-hungry,
P.S. I <3 duck fat - July 24, 2011 at 3:35 AM
- Moiety said...
Going to give this a try. I will be having a few over for cider chiecken and this is a simple dessert to do. Will probably try cheeses in the middle as well as nutella.
- July 25, 2011 at 3:45 AM
Please make another Cheesecake Recipe.
- July 27, 2011 at 2:34 AM
Pssst...John, take a leaf from the book of the Uncrustable. These things will last in lunches about 10,000 times better if you put peanut butter on BOTH pieces of bread, then jelly in between. It'll keep the donut bread from getting soggy.
- July 28, 2011 at 8:37 AM
- metsukii said...
These pies came out sooo good. I did them once with maltese white bread, and once with regular brown bread. Both turned out great!
- August 2, 2011 at 11:00 AM
I love the pies . . . Just be careful saying the name in a traditional Hispanic home. I got slapped when I told my grandma what they're called. "Pinche" pie!
*f'ing pie - August 4, 2011 at 1:58 AM
- subgirl said...
OMG. Chef. This was awesome.
First try was with too old potato white bread so it flattened but didn't "pinchy". I also did not have regular PB so I used the "Bee's Knees" pb from Peanut Butter & Co. that has honey already in. For jelly I used Olallieberry from CMB Sweets. I ended up frying/sautéing/grilling them in butter as one would a grilled cheese.
I have to tell you. It was insane. INSANE. My SO had lost his job and I was sicker than sick and these perked us right up. Until we went into a food coma. Just one ~3" round crispy warm gooey not-pinchy pie was enough for each of us.
Magical. Truly magical. This next go-round I'm using Justin's Cocoa Almond butter (better than Nutella!) and bananas. I will also grill them in butter. None of that pansy (j/k) veg oil for us!!
(btw just using brand names because they're odd ingredients, not because I get them or am employed by them. Though I wouldn't mind free PB...) - August 9, 2011 at 1:57 AM
- They call me Fiki. said...
I tried making this, but my bread sort of soaked up the oil and it became too oily for us. It was still good, but felt as though it was pretty unhealthy for our liking.
Any tips on how to avoid the bread soaking up the oil and stuff? - August 18, 2011 at 6:54 PM
Dear Chef John,
Well, I hope you're happy!! I just made these for my grandsons--2 1/2 and 6. They LOVE them! If their mother ever finds out, I'm dead :-)! Please have the decency to come to my funeral!
My husband likes them, too. He also liked the one with cheese that I made for him. - August 21, 2011 at 4:08 PM
these are like those uncrustables except deep fried. they're made by smuckers. look them up!
- August 22, 2011 at 1:17 AM
My family also use to use the cast iron clam shells in a camp fire using this recipe and we called the "hobo pies". We filled them with canned fruit pie fillings such as apple and cherry. They are just as fantastic fried in oil on the stove!
- September 8, 2011 at 4:20 PM
- sr said...
Yep all I could think was fried Smuckers Uncrustables... or Mountain Pies that we grew up with.. same thing. I forgot how much I loved em. Thanks!
- September 14, 2011 at 7:14 PM
- Tamilla said...
Well, your invite, has really made me think of making these with reb and(or) yellow bell pepper and dried tomatoes, and white cheese filling..... Just the though makes me droooooooooool
- September 15, 2011 at 9:25 PM
- Janie said...
OMG! These would make awesome grilled cheese with jalapeno peppers!
The only time of the year I eat white bread iis the end of summer for homegrown tomato sandwiches with mayo..(White Trash cooking at its best!) ..but I found a new way to use it after the tomatoes are done! - October 1, 2011 at 3:16 PM
- conishkee said...
Please, Chef John, what can one do to avoid the bread from soaking up all the oil in the pan? It just seems so unhealthy digesting all that grease. Your video didn't show that happening. Please respond. Thanks.
- October 13, 2011 at 7:30 PM
- Chef John said...
If the oil is hot it doesn't absorb much fat at all!
- October 13, 2011 at 7:37 PM
- conishkee said...
Got'cha...thanks! I can't wait to try it with my goddaughter this weekend. Although she's 6, she'll get a kick out of it. I'll let her do the pinching!! ;-D
- October 13, 2011 at 7:40 PM
I hate pb&j, but they would be amazing with nutella and bananas! yumm....thanks, chef john!
- December 30, 2011 at 10:31 AM
- 1Bigg_ER said...
Sometimes I just watch Chef John's videos for entertainment. The man's inappropriateness is quite entertaining on so many levels. LOL
- February 20, 2012 at 2:38 PM
- PinkHanon said...
Hi!!! Loving all your recipe videos--THEY'RE SO FUN TO WATCH! Perfect for dorm life... where first-year meal plans limit imaginations...
In Taiwan/Japan, we actually have these kind of sandwiches and the mold to make it. (Not the fungi mold *sound effect*. Love that one!!!) I think it's 'cuz some people don't like the crust... In convenience stores, we have Peanut Butter/Tuna Salad/other flavor Pinchy Sandwiches!!!
The frying technique also looks a lot like what we call "fried ice cream sandwich." Imagine my surprise when I saw this video!!! Cool coincidences!
(Found a picture online! One with taro ice cream!!!)
http://blog.roodo.com/tieny/17050f16.jpg - March 3, 2012 at 2:06 AM
After frying, it look good but tasted like it had a ton of oil in it. Was nasty to tell the truth! I wouldn't recommend this recipe to anyone.
- March 8, 2012 at 1:14 AM
Had a similar rendition served with a dollop of Creme Fraiche, raspberries and Nutella on the side Need I say more......delish!!
- May 3, 2012 at 3:22 PM
- Bennett said...
What a great idea. I did my with peanut butter and banana.
- August 31, 2012 at 1:56 PM
- NickBlogs said...
I tried this with a few changes. I put bacon bits and cream cheese inside of mine. Dipped into a beaten egg and fried like french toast. A bit of powdered sugar and syrup made for a very great breakfast. Thanks for showing this technique
- April 4, 2013 at 2:40 AM
- NickBlogs said...
I tried this with a few changes. I put bacon bits and cream cheese inside of mine. Then dipped the whole thing in egg and pan fried it like french toast. With a little powdered sugar and syrup on top it made for a really amazing breakfast treat. Thanks for the technique.
- April 4, 2013 at 2:41 AM
- Dee said...
Chef John the diet wrecker... Sigh, well am off to make some banan pbj punchy pie :)
- May 30, 2013 at 2:05 PM
- Unknown said...
Oh my god... the crunch at 3:01-3:02... Everything about those split seconds needs to be what my life is made of. <3
- June 2, 2013 at 8:32 PM


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While I was waiting for the elevator, I popped the can open. Unfortunately, it exploded, showering me and the floor with soda.
Shit happens. Oh well. I ran to the bathroom next to the elevator, grabbed a handful of paper towels, and came back to clean up the mess.
As I'm working on it, Dr. Helmsley wanders by, and asks me what happened. I told him my Diet Coke exploded, and so I'm cleaning it up.
He laughed and said "I wouldn't bother. You're a doctor. The hospital pays drudges to do that." Then he walked away.
Screw you, Dr. Helmsley, and anyone else who thinks like that. Just because we have advanced degrees and training, DOESN'T EVER exclude us from normal courtesy. My mother always told me that if I make a mess I should clean it up. Not leave it for someone else to deal with.
And if you think being a doctor , or driving a Porsche, or ANYTHING exempts you from that, then your mother needs to slap the shit out of you.


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The following information is provided by Pam Sheppard and Addresses the extreme dangers of opening the 7 Chakras.
Those who have practiced meditation, yoga and who have submitted themselves to various chakra initiations within Eastern belief systems have unknowingly opened themselves to scores of demons. If you are a practicing Christian and you are experiencing various energy pulls, shifts, sensations of heaviness, heat and cold, if you find yourself frequently out of control of various body parts, bodily functions and/or other manifestations, you are experiencing the outward signs that suggest that you need to be delivered "inside" your spiritual body. Here is why. You have made an invitation to Hindu gods, aka, evil spirits aka demons and fallen angels. Here is a summary of "what has happened."
The 7 demonic gateways or doorways
There are seven psychic gates in the human body that occultists call chakras: The crown of the head, the forehead between the eyes called the 3rd eye, the throat, the heart, the navel, the sex organs and the anus. In his testimony, former grandmaster occultist, "Eric" revealed that these 7 openings are sealed by God and opened by man through sin. When they are opened, spirits are able to pass through these gates or doorways, several at a time.
About 5 years ago, I counseled a very religious man, an Asian who had been dedicated as a child to Hindu gods, converted as an adult to Christianity, studying to be a minister in seminary and a member of a 7th day Adventist church. He came to me because he was hearing condemning, accusatory voices throughout each day. In counseling we discovered that "James" was not saved. James has been a long time practitioner of yoga, a spiritual discipline whose goals are to "open the 7 gateways." James's gateways were wide open. The Lord gave James a dream, showing him that over each chakra, sat a Hindu deity, aka a demon–as follows:
- The Anus—Brahma
- The sex organs Vishnu and Rakini
- the Navel—Vahni
- The Heart—Isha
- the Throat—Savashiva
- The Third Eye—Hakini
- The crown—Shiva
During the telephone deliverance session, James discerned that scores of demons were running in and out of each of his gates. So to stop this, I had to close the gates by casting out each of the 7 deities. Calling them by their Hindu names, one by one, they came out roaring, cursing, screaming and speaking in tongues. By the way, James had never spoken in tongues, other than in the session.
This was a unique deliverance. I had never heard of any such thing before or since. However, after reading what Eric had to say, I will certainly perform this ritual with others. James was not only delivered of the torment, but all of his religiosity completely disappeared.
Eric reports in his book that he has projected himself into the bodies of weak pastors through the first gateway, the anus. When "inside", he would evaluate the pastor's spiritual power through his aura, a feat that Eric accomplished in two minutes. If the aura is a certain color, then Eric knows the person is weak in faith. In most cases, the power of the pastor was weak because of fornication. In his own words, "There are many men, women, boys and girls who are ravening wolves or agents of different demons, operating in different churches all over the world. Women and girls are more in this connection then men. The presence of such agents in Christian churches will always guide astral spirits on how to advance their manipulations against Christians."
According to Eric, the sins that open the 7 gates are:
- sexual intercourse with a demon in a dream or sex with a prostitute
- drugs
- visiting a fortune-teller
- receiving healing through occult powers
- reading occult books.
- Anger. (By anger, demons transmit certain diseases or sicknesses. Demons will manipulate people to seek solutions from witches and occultist—a psychic healer–who himself is an agent of demons in disguise.
This is no surprise to me. Our Deliverance Assessment Form gleans this kind of information from clients. What Eric confirms is that human spirits, witches and warlocks, and people skilled in astral travel can enter into one or more of the 7 gates with their own spirits, and function as if they were a demon spirit. Now I understand why the Holy Spirit has often led me to call the spirit by name—a mother, father, relative, rapist, any human being who has put my client into bondage. In my deliverance counseling practice, I have had success with not only casting out demons but also casting out human spirits from a captive to a demonic soul tie.
If you have opened any of these 7 gateways, you need to have demons expelled from each chakra and then each chakra must be shut down and closed tightly, the way God intends for them to be.
Morale to the story is DO NOT MESS WITH NEW AGE SPIRITUALITY AS IT IS NOTHING BUT OCCULT AND SATANISM IN DISGUISE!


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