Precise detail adds texture, but profuse detail adds tedium, as when Ebershoff interrupts a dramatic dialogue between Linda and Rosa, the Poores' head housekeeper, to tell us that "Rosa was loading a box with food for the ranch house: a sack of H.O. oats, a pound of Purity Oleoa, a box of Not-a-Seed raisins, three pounds of boiling beef".
In the bowl of a stand electric mixer fitted with a dough hook, place 41/2 cups (19.1 ounces) flour, sugar, fennel seeds, 3 tablespoons sesame seeds, raisins and grated peel if using.
We made a mole from one of his cookbooks, a reduction of two intense purees, one made with dried ancho chilies deep-fried in lard and softened with water, and the other a thick paste of pumpkin seeds, peanuts, raisins, almonds, corn tortillas and stale bread all deep-fried in lard.
"Then empty a tin of salmon with nuts and seeds and raisins if you like and serve with natural yoghurt".
Purple Finches:Flax seeds Robins: Raisins Currants Crows:anything.
In a large bowl, combine oats, almonds, pumpkin seeds and raisins.
You can replace almonds, pumpkin seeds and raisins with any nuts, seeds or dried fruits of your choice.
Put a loaf of bread filled with caraway seeds and raisins, a jug of milk and a large, lit candle on the table.
Get 2-3 spofnful of peanut butter and put it in a microwaveable bowl Squirt a little bit of [choose one or all] chocolate syrup, soda, seeds or raisins, corn, barbecue sauce, or pudding in and mix it with a spoon When you like the color, put it in the microwave for 25 seconds Let it cool for a minute, then mold it into the shape you want.
For example, use a treat of one sunflower seed or a raisin.
