Quick-Fix Summer Squash

To Steam Summer Squash in the Microwave:

Cut the squash into 1/4- to 1/2-inch slices.
Place squash in a microwave-safe bowl.
Cover and microwave on 100 percent power (high) for 4 to 6 minutes or until the squash is just tender, stirring once after 2 minutes of cooking.

Lane Cake

Recipe: Lane Cake

http://www. npr.org/ sections/ thesalt /2015/07/15/422896049/ what-ever-happened-to-the-boozy-cake-in-to-kill-a-mockingbird?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=books&utm_term=artsculture&utm_content=20150715

This recipe is based on the original that appeared in Emma Rylander Lane's cookbook Some Good Things to Eat. It called for baking four layers in pie tins, but, with modern day cake pans, it's better to bake it in three layers.
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Ice and Fire (Norse creation myth)

Some of you who are interested in MCU might find this of interest. Please note that the three singers are using a triplet (?) form for the song. (I'm not sure what to call it, exactly. But I find it interesting and much more listen-able than various metal versions. Sorry, but metal just gives me a headache anymore. Getting old will do that, I guess.)

Ch.: And together we will sing into the distant Ages
Wisdom older than Odin's runes
And if we need, we'll borrow mead from Bragi's Hall
And weave our Eddas and in them truth

~*~
A duet between Odin and Loki.

Note: In the myths, Odin and Loki swear a blood oath to be brothers (No, they are not adoptive father and son. That's Marvel-verse only.)