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Residents of Flint, Michigan have been receiving FREE cases of water, water filtration devices, and replacement filters using State, Federal, and private donations of money and labor to help them cope with the contaminated water problems caused by the temporary switch to Flint River water supply.
As bad as this situation appears, it has now been discovered that Flint residents are taking their FREE filters, water, etc. to area stores and receiving refunds in ca$h or $tore credits instead of using these products to make their water intake safer.
Residents have also been seen trading their filter systems and cases of water to local liquor and convenience stores for booze and cigarettes. The filter systems and cases of water are then resold by these unscrupulous store owners at other locations.
Despite the outpouring of financial help from all over the world, including at least 65 GoFundMe accounts being set up to help them in their darkest hour, Flint residents have showed the world that their greed and ignorance is unmatched in modern history!
FEMA, Genesee County Emergency Management, National Guard, and volunteers have been instructed to black out UPC codes, using black Sharpie markers, on all water, filter, and replacement filter packages before being handed out to the Flint residents to prevent them from being returned to stores for cash.
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Corn flakes cereal is a staple on breakfast tables all over the
world. Today it is marketed as a healthy part of a balanced breakfast.
But corn flakes were originally invented by a fanatically religious
doctor as a way to stop people from masturbating.
The country's most popular anti-sex food.
In 1894, two brothers, Dr John Harvey Kellogg and Will Keith "WK"
Kellogg, were running a sanitarium and health spa in the town of Battle
Creek, Michigan.
John was the Superintendent, and WK was the bookkeeper.
Among the treatments offered at the sanitarium/hospital for various
ailments were hot and cold water baths, hydro-therapy with water enemas,
electric-current therapy, light therapy using both sunlight and
artificial lamps, and a regimen of exercise and massage. Among the more
famous of the hospital's clients through the 1910's and 1920's were
President Warren G Harding, actor Johnny Weissmuller, Henry Ford, Amelia
Earhart, Sojourner Truth, and Mary Todd Lincoln.
Both of the Kellogg brothers were Seventh-Day Adventists, a
fundamentalist church emphasizing strict Biblical literalism and clean
living, and their religious beliefs had a huge influence on many of
their "treatments". The Adventists believed in maintaining the purity of
the "body's temple", and forbade the use of caffeine, alcohol and
nicotine. They were also strict vegetarians.
Dr John Kellogg, however, took the Adventist faith in the purity of
the body to an even further extreme. He was firmly convinced that sex
itself was impure and harmful--and most especially the "solitary vice",
the "self-pollution" of masturbation. Kellogg married, but never
consummated the union--he and his wife had separate bedrooms, and they
adopted all their children. Kellogg became famous across the country for
his books condemning sex, promoting celibacy, and luridly describing
the evil health effects of "onanism", which included everything from
epilepsy to mood swings to dementia. "Neither plague, nor war, nor
small-pox," he thundered in one of his anti-sex books, "have produced
results so disastrous to humanity as the pernicious habit of onanism.
Such a victim dies literally by his own hand." Among the "treatments"
that Kellogg proposed for masturbation were piercing the foreskin with
silver wires to prevent erections, and using carbolic acid to burn the
clitoris so it wouldn't be touched.
But another part of his anti-sex and anti-masturbation "treatment"
came from his traditional Adventist reliance on vegetarianism. Kellogg
convinced himself that eating meats and spicy foods increased the desire
for sex, and forbade any of them at his sanitarium. Instead, he
prescribed a bland tasteless diet containing mostly whole grains and
nuts. In this, he was following the earlier lead of Presbyterian
religious fanatic Sylvester Graham, who had invented the whole-wheat
graham cracker as part of a diet that would reduce people's sexual
desire and stop them from both copulating and masturbating. Kellogg now
attempted to make his own anti-sex food, by mixing corn meal and oatmeal
into dough, adding nuts, and baking them into biscuits which were then
crumbled into pieces. He called it "granula". Unfortunately for Kellogg,
that name was already being used by another health food fanatic with a
similar product, and he threatened to sue--so Kellogg changed the name
of his concoction to "granola".
The Kellogg brothers also experimented with different types of bread,
and with using whole-grain dough to make thin rolled sheets of toasted
crackers. One day, after just having cooked some wheat for rolling, they
were unexpectedly called away. When they got back, they ran the cooled
wheat through the rollers, and each grain was flattened into an
individual flake. It was, they thought, a wonderful health food. In 1898
they tried the same process using corn instead of wheat, and "corn
flakes" were born.
John Kellogg immediately began serving corn flakes to his patients at
the sanitarium, as a method of cleansing their bodies and reducing
their sex drive. His bookkeeper brother WK, meanwhile, had less
religious fervor and more business sense than John did, and thought they
should add sugar to the mixture to eliminate the cardboard taste (a
heretical thought to John) and sell it to the public as a breakfast
cereal. After some arguing, the two patented their flake cereals and
formed the Sanitas Food Company to sell them through mail-order, mostly
to former patients of the sanitarium. After a time, the wheat flakes
were dropped. But corn flake sales remained low, mostly because John
Kellogg still refused to add sugar to the recipe to make it more
palatable. Finally in 1906, in frustration, WK Kellogg purchased the
rights to make "corn flakes" from his brother, changed the recipe, and
set up the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company. After a long legal
battle with his brother over the use of the name "Kellogg", this became
the Kellogg Cereal Company, adding Bran Flakes to its product list in
1915 and Rice Krispies in 1927.
By 1930, the Kellogg Cereal Company was the largest breakfast cereal
maker in the world. Its primary competition, the Post Cereal Company,
had been founded by CW Post--a former patient at the Kellogg Sanitarium,
who, WK Kellogg always claimed, had stolen the recipe for corn flakes
from the hospital's safe. Today, Kellogg's Corn Flakes are the
best-selling breakfast cereal in the US.
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5. When she was working on Watergate, why did her boss Zeifman, a
lifelong Democrat, call Hillary a “liar” and “an unethical, dishonest
lawyer” and have her fired?
14. Why do you lie even about things that mean nothing: lying about
being under sniper fire in Bosnia, lying about being named after Sir
Edmund Hillary, or lying that your grandparents were immigrants?
15. Should America be concerned that in "Chinagate", the 22 people
that were convicted of fraud or for funneling Asian funds into the DNC
were associates of Bill Clinton?
21. Doesn't approving the Russian-owned Uranium One deal as secretary
of state--because of illegal contributions to your foundation--in fact
make you a traitor to this country?
22. Was it wise to have at least four Clinton Foundation board of
directors that have either been convicted or charged of the financial
crimes of bribery and fraud?
23. Why, Hillary, did you pay your female Senate staffers 72% of what you paid your male staffers?
25. She said she had one e-mail address, it came out that she had
two; She said she had one device, it came out that she had two: She said
none of her e-mails on her private server was classified, but when the
State Dept handed over 300 e-mails the FBI redacted large sections of
one, proving again she was wrong. Thus, Ms. Clinton, are you incompetent
or just a congenital liar?
26. In a CNN interview you said your records were not under subpoena,
when in fact the Congress of The United States of America had issued
two subpoenas before you destroyed your server. Do you think it's
impossible that you will ever go to jail, or are you just psychopathic?
27. There were over 600 e-mail requests for additional security
before the Benghazi attack--you said you saw none of them. Are you so
grossly incompetent that an ambassador--who you appointed and knew
personally--can't get assistance in the most dangerous part of the
world? 600 requests?
28. Within hours of the attack you promoted a false narrative that a
video was responsible for the attacks, yet you sent e-mails to Chelsea,
the President of Egypt and others that you knew it was a planned terror
attack. Do you routinely lie to the families of fallen heroes and the
American public?
29. Why did Chelsea even get an update on Benghazi? Does she have Top Secret clearance?
30. Marc Rich, was to be indicted on 65 criminal counts, including
tax evasion, fraud and working with Iran during the hostage crisis, was
granted a pardon by your husband during his last day in office. Do you
think it's a coincidence that Rich’s wife contributed $450,000 to the
foundation for the Clinton Presidential Library and $100,000 to Hillary
Clinton’s Senate campaign?
31. Wasn't it an outright lie when you claimed to have tried to join
the Marines at age 27 when it a matter of record that you were an
outspoken critic of the Vietnam War?
32. In the recently released Huma Abedin e-mail--your closest aid--
she described you as "Often Confused." Should the "Often Confused" be
running the country?
“My accomplishments as Secretary of State? Well, I'm glad you asked!
My proudest accomplishment in which I take the most pride, mostly
because of the opposition it faced early on, you know… the remnants of
prior situations and mindsets that were too narrowly focused in a manner
whereby they may have overlooked the bigger picture and we didn’t do
that and I’m proud of that. Very proud. I would say that’s a major
accomplishment.”
- Hillary Clinton, March 11, 2014
So the Clinton's weren't so bad, eh?
If you're under 50 you really need to read this. If you’re over 50,
you lived through it, so share it with those under 50. Amazing to me how
much I had forgotten!
When Bill Clinton was president, he allowed Hillary to assume
authority over a health care reform. Even after threats and
intimidation, she couldn’t even get a vote in a democratic controlled
congress. This fiasco cost the American taxpayers about $13 million in
cost for studies, promotion, and other efforts.
Then President Clinton gave Hillary authority over selecting a female
attorney general. Her first two selections were Zoe Baird and Kimba
Wood – both were forced to withdraw their names from consideration. Next
she chose Janet Reno – husband Bill described her selection as "my
worst mistake." Some may not remember that Reno made the decision to gas
David Koresh and the Branch Davidian religious sect in Waco, Texas
resulting in dozens of deaths of women and children from the gassing and
subsequent fire.
Husband Bill allowed Hillary to make recommendations for the head of
the Civil Rights Commission. Lani Guanier was her selection. When a
little probing led to the discovered of Ms. Guanier’s radical views, her
name had to be withdrawn from consideration.
Apparently a slow learner, husband Bill allowed Hillary to make some
more recommendations. She chose former law partners Web Hubbel for the
Justice Department, Vince Foster for the White House staff, and William
Kennedy for the Treasury Department. Her selections also went
predictably well: Hubbel went to prison, Foster (presumably) committed
suicide, and Kennedy was forced to resign.
Many younger votes will have no knowledge of "Travelgate." Hillary
wanted to award unfettered travel contracts to Clinton friend Harry
Thompson – and the White House Travel Office refused to comply. She
managed to have them reported to the FBI and fired. This ruined their
reputations, cost them their jobs, and caused a thirty-six month
investigation. Only one employee, Billy Dale was charged with a crime,
and that of the enormous crime of mixing personal and White House funds.
A jury acquitted him of any crime in less than two hours.
Still not convinced of her ineptness, Hillary was allowed to
recommend a close Clinton friend, Craig Livingstone, for the position of
Director of White House security. When Livingstone was investigated for
the improper access of about 900 FBI files of Clinton enemies
(Filegate) and the widespread use of drugs by White House staff,
suddenly Hillary and the president denied even knowing Livingstone, and
of course, denied knowledge of drug use in the White House.
Following
this debacle, the FBI, out of embarrassment, closed its White House
Liaison Office after more than thirty years of service to seven
presidents.
Next, when women started coming forward with allegations of sexual
harassment and rape by Bill Clinton, Hillary was put in charge of the
#$%$ eruption" and scandal defense. Some of her more notable decisions
in the debacle were:
She urged her husband not to settle the Paula Jones lawsuit. After the Starr investigation they settled with Ms. Jones.
She refused to release the Whitewater documents, which led to the
appointment of Ken Starr as Special Prosecutor. After $80 million
dollars of taxpayer money was spent, Starr's investigation led to Monica
Lewinsky, which led to Bill lying about and later admitting his
affairs.
Hillary’s devious game plan resulted in Bill losing his license to practice law for "Lying under Oath" to a grand jury and then his
subsequent impeachment by the House of Representatives.
Hillary avoided indictment for perjury and obstruction of justice
during the Starr investigation by repeating, "I do not recall," "I have
no recollection," and "I don’t know" a total of 56 times while under
oath.
What a swell party – ready for another four or eight year of this type low-life mess?
Now we are exposed to the destruction of possibly incriminating
emails while Hillary was Secretary of State and the "pay to play"
schemes of the Clinton Foundation – we have no idea what shoe will fall
next. But to her loyal fans - "what difference does it make?"
Electing Hillary Clinton president would be like granting Satan absolution and giving him the keys to heaven!
In addition to various consensual relationships with women not his
wife, some going on for years, the Governor of Arkansas found it
necessary to have his security detail escort a total stranger who was at
the same state employee convention in Little Rock up to his room upon
which he dropped his pants and requested sex. In an amazing ruling, a
friendly judge ruled there was no criminal act in the Governor of
Arkansas' actions even though it violated various laws regarding abuse
of authority and sexual harassment. The woman sued.
The Governor went on
to be elected President and went all the way to the SCOTUS to get the
lawsuit quashed while he was President, and he lost 9-0 before the
SCOTUS. While being deposed in the lawsuit, he deliberately lied under
oath and got caught by a certain blue dress, and he also was guilty of
obstruction of justice in his efforts to affect the testimony of the
owner of that blue dress. He was impeached, and in an act of total
disregard for the law, his political Party circled the wagons and made
the case about his dalliance with an intern when they knew it was not
the underlying case in which he perjured himself and obstructed justice.
To this day, the President's political Party is successful at covering
up what he actually did to get sued and to this date most people
incorrectly identify his offense as having been his consensual dalliance
with the intern. His political Party and their supporters completely
destroyed the reputation of the women, calling them liars, b...bos,
sl...ts, Carville had his famous quote about dragging a hundred dollar
bill through a trailer park, and the whole thing was declared a
political witch hunt even though the President was guilty as Hades and
had to pay off his accuser.
The President is revered by his Party for treating women like garbage
and their true feelings about women are evident in their defending the
indefensible
This is what Trump is Warning Hillary about......and you know he will use it.
Long history of American people willing to overlook his sexual promiscuity....but not this.
Why did a convicted billionaire pedophile named Jeffrey Epstein that
pimped out underage girls to powerful men have 21 contact phone numbers
for Bill Clinton?
And why did Clinton fly on “multiple occasions” to the private
Caribbean island where Epstein regularly held wild sexual orgies? Let me
give you a hint: it was not to discuss politics over milk and cookies.
Every once in a while, we get a small peek into the twisted sexual world
of the global elite. In this case, a Florida lawsuit that alleges that
Britain’s Prince Andrew had sex with a 17-year-old “sex slave” provided
by Epstein is making headlines all over the planet. But of potentially
even greater importance is what this lawsuit is revealing about Bill
Clinton. If it can be proven that Bill Clinton had sex with underage
girls provided by Jeffrey Epstein that could potentially destroy any
chance that Hillary Clinton has of winning the presidency in 2016.
Since that time, approximately 40 other women have accused Epstein of sexual misconduct.
So needless to say, this is one very sick individual.
And right now the mainstream media in the U.S. is largely ignoring
the fact that
Bill Clinton flew down to Epstein’s private Caribbean
island on “multiple occasions”
Details buried in original court papers filed against pervert Jeffrey
Epstein, 61, reveal that he recorded the sordid orgies he threw for
VIPs at his luxury homes using cameras hidden in the walls of guest
bedrooms.
So if Bill Clinton did commit a crime, somewhere there may actually be video of it.
But wait, there’s even more to this story. The following comes from the Daily Mail…
The lawsuit claims that Clinton was friends with an unnamed woman who
‘kept images of naked underage children on her computer, helped to
recruit underage children for Epstein… and photographed underage females
in sexually explicit poses‘.
While he cut off ties with Epstein, this woman’s abuses apparently
did not end their relationship as she was reportedly one of the 400
guests at Chelsea Clinton’s 2010 wedding.
Though the lawsuit may be bringing up sexual skeletons from Clinton’s
past, he has added to the drama of late by posing for a photo with two
known prostitutes at a fundraiser in Los Angeles last month.
Obviously Bill Clinton has a lot of hard questions that he needs to answer.
But if Bill Clinton cannot be charged with a crime, will the American
people even care what else he did...I think this time they just might.
When Bill Clinton was president, he allowed Hillary to assume authority
over a health care reform. Even after threats and intimidation, she
couldn’t even get a vote in a democratic controlled congress. This
fiasco cost the American taxpayers about $13 million in cost for
studies, promotion, and other efforts.
Then President Clinton gave Hillary authority over selecting a female
attorney general. Her first two selections were Zoe Baird and Kimba Wood
– both were forced to withdraw their names from consideration. Next she
chose Janet Reno – husband Bill described her selection as “my worst
mistake.” Some may not remember that Reno made the decision to gas David
Koresh and the Branch Davidian religious sect in Waco, Texas resulting
in dozens of deaths of women and children.
Husband Bill allowed Hillary to make recommendations for the head of
the Civil Rights Commission. Lani Guanier was her selection. When a
little probing led to the discovery of Ms. Guanier’s radical views, her
name had to be withdrawn from consideration. Apparently a slow learner,
husband Bill allowed Hillary to make some more recommendations. She
chose former law partners Web Hubbel for the Justice Department, Vince
Foster for the White House staff, and William Kennedy for the Treasury
Department. Her selections went well: Hubbel went to prison, Foster
(presumably) committed suicide, and Kennedy was forced to resign.
Many younger voters will have no knowledge of “Travel gate.” Hillary
wanted to award unfettered travel contracts to Clinton friend Harry
Thompson – and the White House Travel Office refused to comply. She
managed to have them reported to the FBI and fired. This ruined their
reputations, cost them their jobs, and caused a thirty-six month
investigation. Only one employee, Billy Dale, was charged with a crime,
and that of the enormous crime of mixing personal and White House funds.
A jury acquitted him of any crime in less than two hours.
Still not convinced of her ineptness, Big Bill allowed Hillary to
recommend a close Clinton friend, Craig Livingstone, for the position of
Director of White House security. When Livingstone was investigated for
the improper access of about 900 FBI files of Clinton enemies
(Filegate) and the widespread use of drugs by White House staff,
suddenly Hillary and the president denied even knowing Livingstone, and
of course, denied knowledge of drug use in the White House. Following
this debacle, the FBI closed its White House Liaison Office after more
than thirty years of service to seven presidents.
Next, when women started coming forward with allegations of sexual
harassment and rape by Bill Clinton, Hillary was put in charge of the
“bimbo eruption” and scandal defense. One of her more notable decisions
in the debacle was: She urged her husband not to settle the Paula Jones
lawsuit. After the Starr investigation they settled with Ms. Jones. She
refused to release the Whitewater documents, which led to the
appointment of Ken Starr as Special Prosecutor. After $80 million
dollars of taxpayer money was spent, Starr's investigation led to Monica
Lewinsky, which led to Bill lying about and later admitting his
affairs. Hillary’s devious game plan resulted in Bill losing his license
to practice law for 'lying under oath' to a grand jury and then his
subsequent impeachment by the House of Representatives. Hillary avoided
indictment for perjury and obstruction of justice during the Starr
investigation by repeating, “I do not recall,” “I have no recollection,”
and “I don’t know” a total of 56 times while under oath.
After leaving the White House, Hillary was forced to return an
estimated $200,000 in White House furniture, china, and artwork that she
had stolen.
What a swell party – ready for another four or eight years of this
type low-life mess? Now we are exposed to the destruction of possibly
incriminating emails while Hillary was Secretary of State and the “pay
to play” schemes of the Clinton Foundation – we have no idea what shoe
will fall next. But to her loyal fans- “what difference does it make?”
Electing Hillary Clinton president would be like granting Satan
absolution and giving him the keys to heaven! One more thing... when she
was Secretary of State, Bill gave a speech to an enemy country for one
million dollars and the next year gave another for one million dollars.
What did he say to warrant such a large charge? The money went into
their Foundation Group, tax free.... Considered illegal!
We will add more links as they are found!
Peace, and KNOW the TRUTH!!
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There’s been a lot of talk
about “toxic wheat” circulating the Internet, and even a lot of denial
from farmers on social media about the use of glyphosate for
pre-harvesting wheat. Perhaps even more than denial, is the fact that it
is not a common practice, but it is a practice used in wheat farming
nonetheless.
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The amount of progress we’ve made, as humans, in regard to
wiping our backsides, is embarrassing. It’s 2015 and the fact that we’re
still shoving paper up there to clean out detritus is absurd and
laughable. Look at how far technology has come in recent
years — everything from computers to automobiles to video games to
communication tools have evolved at warp speed.
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So, it's spring. Well, sort of anyway. Maybe just a wee bit late.
Ms. Avops and myself are going out to pick up some pepper plants for
the mini garden that replaced our huge sprawling garden from years
back. So first we hit the local grocery store... green bell peppers
are sold out, sorry. Next, we hit the local greenhouse... same story.
Then we head a little farther out of town to the lady who sells
plants in front of her house. Now this is a kind of sad statement as
to the regulation of small home-based growers. Seems that this gal,
who for years has been selling her greenhouse starter plants at very
competitive prices has been shut down by the township. Big Brother
told her that there were too many cars stopping to buy her products
and that it was causing a nuisance to someone and gave her a cease
and desist order. Pretty sad, she always had a good selection of very
healthy plants at really good prices. I'm guessing she was causing a
loss of profit to the well connected “legitimate business” around
here.
Anyway, with that option scratched of the list, off we go to the
“Big Box” store in the next town over. Yay! They still have some
garden vegetable plants! So we make our way through the
elbow-to-elbow crowds to the vegetable section.... and.... there are
2, yes, TWO green bell pepper plants left. One looked like a survivor
of a drone strike and the other looked like maybe it was coming down
with a case of capsicum fever.... so I grabs the flat of feverish
looking peppers and am ready to make a quick escape from the hordes
in the “Big Box” open air prison complex.
Suddenly, I realize that Ms. Avops is nowhere to be found........
rats.
So off I go in search of the missing woman. Quickly scanning the
writhing hordes, I spot a waving arm! There's the Ms. right back
where I started. So I make my way back, bouncing off a few plant
zombies, and meet Ms. A right where I got my green pepper treasures.
She has a big smile and a flat of decent looking pepper-like plants in
her hand. She says "these are the ones we are going to buy!"
OK, at this
point I'm ready to crawl over the barb wire fence to get out of
there. She takes my flat of feverish looking green peppers and puts
them back on the shelf and gives me HER flat of decent looking green
peppers.
Zoom... we're outta there!
Back a the ranch, I get the planter ready for the green peppers
and start removing them from the fancy pot, noticing that the leaves
are a little different than what I remember from green peppers, I spy
some microscopic writing on the side of the flat. So I go get my
magnifying glass (yes, I'm at THAT age) and low and behold.... we are
the proud owners of a flat of tomatillos!
Great! Now what the heck are tomatillos? Off to the inter-web to
do some research.
So, I find out that the tomatillo is:
“a native to Mexico and
domesticated by the Aztecs around 800 B.C., tomatillos are one of our
most ancient food-bearing plants. Today, you can grow varieties of
the same two species the Aztecs grew. Physalis ixocarpa is
commonly sold in markets and has large (up to 2 ½-inch-diameter)
tart green fruits, which ripen to pale yellow. P. philadelphica
produces sweeter, marble-size purple fruits. This species is a common
field weed in Mexico, but it is no less delicious. “
Great again! Now, what are we gonna do with 'em? Turns out they
are pretty easy to grow (probably has something to do with the field
weed thing) and..... they are considered an essential ingredient for
authentic salsa (among other things).
Alrighty then, here's a few ways to use these critters if you ever
happen to get stuck with some tomatillos.
Smoky Salsa Verde
Roast a large unpeeled onion, five
unpeeled garlic cloves, two to five chile peppers (such as Serrano,
poblano, or Anaheim), and 1 pound tomatillos on a charcoal grill or
in a heavy, ungreased skillet on top of the stove until charred and
soft. Peel the onion, garlic, and peppers and cut into chunks. Pulse
all ingredients briefly in a food processor along with sea salt, a
handful of cilantro, and a generous squirt of fresh lime juice. Serve
with chips or use to smother cheese enchiladas.
Crisp Fried Tomatillos
Halve the fruits. Beat an egg
with a ½ cup of milk. Prepare a shallow bowl of seasoned flour and
another of cornmeal. Toss the fruits first in flour, then in the egg
mixture, then roll in cornmeal. Fry in olive oil in a nonstick
skillet until crisp and golden.
Green Rice
Puree 2½ cups raw tomatillos with ten
cilantro sprigs. Measure 2 cups of this puree. In a medium saucepan,
sautée a finely chopped small onion in 1 tablespoon olive oil until
soft. Add 1 cup rice and cook, stirring, five minutes longer. Add the
puree and 1 teaspoon salt, cover, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to
low and cook 20 to 30 minutes, until all liquid is absorbed.
And... drumroll please....
Terrific Trio
Combine tomatillos, cilantro, and onion
for a classic salsa combo!
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