Honey Pot

Here’s what I ended up mixing together for this batch: 3 Tablespoons shea butter 3 Tablespoons baking soda 2 Tablespoons corn starch 2 Tablespoons cocoa butter 2 vitamin E oil gel caps (puncture and squeeze out the oil) Essential Oil (I used ylang yang and orange)

I melted all the ingredients (except the oils) and gave it a good stir. This only took about 30 seconds in the microwave. Then added the oils, stirred again, and poured it in a jar, then placed it in the fridge to set. This recipe filled the jar in my hand, which is a 1/2 pint.

“Try telling a man whose children are starving that the damage to the building he’s ripping copper from far outweighs the value of the metal in his arms. You can’t assume any scrapper has such a noble heart: perhaps he is just looking for that next hit of crack, or the payment for last month’s cell phone bill. These men have minds like locusts. They see a city abandoned, with cash just sitting there, waiting to be harvested. Myopia is not just a luxury of the privileged.”

I’d never heard of scrappers until this article. This is a really interesting essay on the sub-culture.

Ingredients

Serves 4

• 3 ripe avocados
• 2 cups low-fat buttermilk
• 1/3 cup walnut halves
• 1/3 cup fresh dill sprigs, plus more for garnish (optional)
• 1/3 cup diced red onion, or half a small onion
• 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
• 1 teaspoon coarse salt

Directions

1. Halve and pit two avocados. With a spoon, scoop out flesh and transfer to a blender. Add buttermilk, walnuts, dill, red onion, vinegar, salt, and 1 cup water and puree until smooth.
2. Cover the blender and refrigerate until the soup is well chilled, at least one hour. Halve and pit remaining avocado. Cut into four sections lengthwise, and then cut crosswise into 1/2-inch chunks. Divide soup among four bowls and garnish each with diced avocado and dill, if desired.