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How To Make Cloud Eggs, Instagram’s New Food Darling

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How To Make Cloud Eggs, Instagram’s New Food Darling

Just when you thought you knew all the ways to make eggs in the morning, along comes Instagram and its shiny new photos of something called “cloud eggs” that look like a cross between whipped cream and macaroons.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BUUttbphS7o/

But while cloud eggs are settling nicely into their Instagram spotlight, the dish has been around for centuries.

The first “cloud eggs” hashtag appeared on Instagram 214 weeks ago (math: that’s over 4 years ago):

https://www.instagram.com/p/YGCh4OygOn

The 400-year old recipe, initially known as Eggs in Snow, is quite easy to pull off. Simply separate the egg whites from the egg yolks, beat the whites as if you’re making a merengue, place on a baking sheet, bake, add the yolks, bake some more, and in about 5 minutes, cloud eggs are born.

NPR talked to the culinary director at Serious Eats, who points out a recipe for Oeufs à la Neige (eggs in snow), in Le Cuisinier François, published in 1651, a prequel to France’s world culinary domination.

  • Related Story: Peanut Butter On Eggs? The Peculiar Eating Habits of 7 Celebrities

The next time you see a photo of egg clouds, give a small thanks to modern ingenuity. Back when eggs in snow what a thing, people were using sticks to whip their egg whites into stiff peaks, and baked them on hot coals instead of ovens. Now that’s a photo op.

Someone Accidentally Donated 100 Grams Of Marijuana To A Children’s Thrift Store

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Someone Accidentally Donated 100 Grams Of Marijuana To A Children’s Thrift Store

It is also wise to check your pant pockets before carrying out various tasks. Before you load a laundry perhaps. Or maybe prior to jumping into the pool. There are numerous situations where you should know what it and isn’t in your pants pockets.

One of those includes donating clothing to a local thrift store as one Minnesota person—or possibly persons—recently learned. Maplewood Police posted on Facebook and Twitter about someone who donated clothing to a local thrift store.

In that clothing, they discovered more than 100 grams of marijuana, bunched up in baggies. According to MPD’s Twitter, it was donated to Once Upon A Child, a used clothing store that sells gently used children’s clothes.

MPD wrote jokingly on their Facebook about reuniting the weed with its owner:

If you accidentally donated 111 grams of marijuana along with your clothing earlier to a local store please come to the PD so we can reunite you! We know you spent a lot of time dividing them into these perfectly measured baggies & must be missing them.

So again, remember to check your pockets before leaving the house, exiting a movie theater, and donating clothing. Otherwise, you’re never sure what you could lose.

Gossip: ‘Teen Mom’ Star Arrested for Prostitution; Liam Payne Promises To Strip Naked If Single Hits Number One

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Gossip: ‘Teen Mom’ Star Arrested for Prostitution; Liam Payne Promises To Strip Naked If Single Hits Number One

Jenelle Evans’ former friend has quite the rap sheet.

Taylor Lewis — who appeared on Teen Mom 2 before she hooked up with Evans’ ex-husband, Courtland Rogers — was arrested for prostitution on January 28, 2016.

According to legal documents, Lewis has been taken into police custody on numerous occasions, including the separate times she was arrested for common law obstruction of justice, simple assault, and violating terms of her pre-trial release. Via Teen Mom Talk Now:

After doing some digging we’ve learned that the former co-star on the hit reality series can add lewd behavior to her list of allegations, landing herself in custody January 28, 2016 for agreeing to perform vaginal intercourse for money!

Over the past year Lewis has been the source of lots of legal drama and was arrested again on May 8 for violating the terms of her pre-trial release. She’s due back in court for sentencing on June 5 and has a bond set at $1M.

Liam Payne Promises To Strip Naked If Single Hits Number One

Everybody needs to buy Liam Payne’s new single “Strip That Down” right now.

That’s because if Mr. Payne is a man of his word, the former One Direction member has promised to strip completely naked if his single hits the top spot!

From Attitude:

Speaking on Vodafone’s Big Top 40, the singer said last week: “If we get Number One I’m going to strip naked. Not even an Olly Murs thing, I’m just gonna get naked.

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Angelina Jolie’s Tattoos: What Each One Means And Who Did Them

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Angelina Jolie’s Tattoos: What Each One Means And Who Did Them

Angelina Jolie is a talented actress whose celebrity is sometimes eclipsed by a mysterious and rebellious persona she can’t seem to shake no matter how many awards she wins.

Aside from messy relationships, blood vials and wonderful performances, she’s also known for her elaborate and mysterious tattoos. She’s offers no explanations for them, but we have the inside scoop.

Here is an accounting:

Shoulder Tattoo

This tattoo has seem some alterations. It started off as a dragon, with the name “Billy Bob” written on top. After that relationship ended, Jolie claimed that she’d never get a man’s name tattooed on her body again, and she lasered it off. Now, the tattoo has the geographical coordinates where each of her kids were born.

Buddhist Inscription

Probably her most famous tattoo to date, her shoulder has a Buddhist inscription for her son Maddox. The tattoo was done in traditional Thai style, with long needles and a hammer. She also had to kneel in prayer as the tattoo was made.

Bengal Tiger On Lower Back

This tattoo was made by the same artist who made the shoulder tattoo, Noo Sompong Kahnpaiin. He supposedly chanted a hymn as he worked.

Know Your Rights

The actress has the quote tattooed on her back and it reverberates with her passion for humanitarian work and her contributions with the United Nations.

#angelinajolie #angelinajolietattoos

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Tennessee Williams Quote

The quote from the famous playwright reads “A player for the wild at heart kept in cages.” and is located on her arm, where she also has the number 13 tattooed on roman numerals.

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Gossip: Katy Perry Getting $25 Million to Judge ‘American Idol’; JLo In Charge Of Her Relationship With A-Rod

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Gossip: Katy Perry Getting $25 Million to Judge ‘American Idol’; JLo In Charge Of Her Relationship With A-Rod

Everyone may be laughing at Katy Perry’s ‘SNL’ performances, but Ms. Katy’s laughing all the way to the bank!

According to reports, the singer is getting a cool $25 million to judge the new ‘American Idol.’

via TMZ:

Multiple sources tell us ABC was desperate to sign a name before the Upfronts last week, when honchos announced she was the lead judge. As one source put it, “Katy had all the leverage. If ABC ended up announcing the show without a judge, they’d be screwed.”

TMZ broke a story way back in 2012 that ‘A.I.’ was trying to get Katy as a judge but she rejected the network’s $20 mil offer.

As we reported, ABC tried to get Kelly Clarkson but at the last minute she jumped ship and went to NBC’s “The Voice.” NBC also snagged Jennifer Hudson.

We’re also told ABC is “on the verge” of signing the deal with Ryan Seacrest to host the show. Sources connected with the first run of ‘Idol’ tell us Ryan was making $15 mil a season at his high point.

JLO Is In Charge Of Her Relationship With A-Rod

A source says, “Jennifer is aware of his past womanizing ways, so she wants to make sure she’s in control ….. She has him on a very tight leash …. Jennifer is wearing the pants in the relationship!”

The insider adds that he texts his whereabouts to Jennifer’s assistant when they’re not together! Sounds like a healthy start LOL!

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The Fresh Toast Marijuana Legislative Roundup: May 22

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The Fresh Toast Marijuana Legislative Roundup: May 22

The fight to legalize marijuana in the United States made some significant strides last week. Michigan moved one step closer to placing an initiative on the 2018 ballot. And a legalization bill is currently sitting on the desk of Vermont Gov. Phil Scott. Read all about these developments and more in The Fresh Toast’s Marijuana Legislative Roundup for May 22.

National:

Two Colorado congressmen introduced legislation on Thursday that seeks to prevent federal law enforcement from cracking down on states where cannabis is legal for recreational or medical purposes. The Respect States’ and Citizens’ Rights Act of 2017 would insert a provision into the Controlled Substances Act stating that the act shall not be construed to preempt state marijuana laws.

Marijuana is listed as a Schedule I substance under the CSA, placing it in the most tightly-restricted category of narcotics along with drugs such as heroin and MDMA. The bill comes in response to threats from the Trump administration to crack down on state-legal marijuana businesses, and was previously introduced in 2012, 2013, and 2015.

Vermont:

On Thursday, legislation landed on Vermont Governor Phil Scott’s desk that would legalize recreational cannabis for adults. Under the bill, adults 21 and older could possess up to an ounce of marijuana and grow a total of six plants at home beginning in July of 2018. The measure would also create a commission to study marijuana tax and regulatory systems implemented in other states, and make recommendations as to how Vermont should proceed.

The bill does not specifically provide for any such system, which would require further legislative action based on the commission’s report. Governor Scott is expected to neither sign nor veto the measure, allowing it to become law by default after five days.

Delaware:

On Thursday, the Delaware state Senate unanimously approved a revised bill that modestly loosens the restrictions on medical marijuana for PTSD patients. The original legislation, which failed to pass on Tuesday, would have added debilitating anxiety disorders to the list of conditions eligible for treatment with cannabis. In the end, the measure passed by Senators will merely allow any physician to prescribe marijuana to treat PTSD. Currently, only psychiatrists can authorize PTSD patients to use medical cannabis.

Michigan:

On Thursday, advocates of marijuana legalization in Michigan moved one step closer to placing an initiative on the ballot in 2018. The Michigan Board of State Canvassers approved language for a measure that would legalize marijuana for adults 21 and older. If backers of the legislation are able to gather 252,000 signatures within six months, the state legislature with have the option of either voting on the bill or sending it to the ballot for voters to decide.

If enacted, the measure would legalize possession of up to 2.5 ounces of cannabis and cultivation of up to 12 plants.  The Republican-controlled legislature is generally seen as unlikely to vote on the measure if presented.

Rhode Island:

On Wednesday, members of the Rhode Island House Judiciary Committee unanimously approved legislation to form a commission to study marijuana legalization. If enacted, H. 5551 would create a 15-member commission tasked with studying the effects of recreational marijuana in states where legalization has been implemented, such as Washington and Colorado. The study commission would produce a report providing recommendations on how best to implement cannabis legalization in Rhode Island. The bill will now go to the floor for a vote of the full House of Representatives.

New Jersey:

On Monday, New Jersey state Senator Nicholas Scutari introduced a bill to legalize recreational marijuana in the state. Under the legislation, adults would be able to legally possess up to an ounce of cannabis flower, 16 ounces of edibles, and seven grams of concentrates. A new Division of Marijuana Enforcement would be tasked with regulating the recreational system, and a sales tax of no more than 25 percent would be phased in over the course of five years if the legislation is enacted.

Governor Chris Christie has recently made his stark opposition to marijuana legalization known, so the measure is unlikely to become law under his administration. However, the governor is up for reelection in November and the frontrunner in the race, Phil Murphy, has expressed support for the idea.

This Healthy Beet Latte Is Packed With Nutrition And Marijuana

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This Healthy Beet Latte Is Packed With Nutrition And Marijuana

When you stay on top of the trends, you can see way too much of the same thing. Millennial pink has been kicking around since 2013 easily, so it’s utter saturation now even into food is peak internet fodder. Though I fully support everyone’s inner unicorn, having calorie slammed sugar bombs isn’t a feasible habit. With this color based trend in food, there’s luckily many healthy alternatives that are still delicious, like this Beet Latte.

Hip cafes in Manhattan are making lattes in all the colors of the rainbow, especially millennial pink, but they aren’t your typical beverage. Each one is stained by a different and generally healthy ingredient, like blue algae, spirulina, beet, and charcoal. Beet sounds like the only tasty one, so it was the most appropriate to hack for adding cannabis, and it’s as trendy as a new Snapchat filter.

Beet flavors things so pleasantly, and it’s even used as a source of sugar in many countries over cane sugar. It has an earthy, dirt-like taste quality to it that when mixed with creamy things, is a delicious pleasure. It’s why goat cheese and roasted beets go so well together. This cannabis infused Beet Latte tastes like dirt cake, and I mean that in the best way.

Photos by Maria Penaloza

Vegan Beet Latte

Danielle Guercio 2017
14mg THC per latte

  • 1 c beet juice
  • ½ c coconut milk
  • 1 tsp cannabis glycerin tincture
  • 1 Tbs demerara sugar
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 1 tsp turmeric

Heat up beet juice with sugar, turmeric, and cinnamon stick until warm, avoid boiling. Remove from heat and stir in cannabis tincture. Dispense ½ cup into two mugs, you can stretch this to three if you want to drop the potency, just use smaller mugs and ⅓ cup of the beet mixture in each.

In a milk frother or on the stove, heat up coconut milk until it’s warmed, again don’t boil. Top each mug off with some milk, it will blend itself into a tasty layer. Garnish with a cinnamon stick if desired.

Photos by Maria Penaloza

*Cannabis Infused Glycerin Tincture

In an oven safe container double sealed with foil, decarboxylate 3.5 grams finely ground cannabis at 225 degrees Fahrenheit. Put cannabis in a mason jar or vacuum sealed bag, pour over 2 oz vegetable glycerin and seal tightly. Place in a water bath at just under boiling for 1 hour. Strain and keep contents in a sterilized container. Stores indefinitely in freezer.

Photos by Maria Penaloza

Whether you’re looking for a coffee and tea alternative or just enjoy colorful and fun experiments, this is a winning drink. You can add seasonings that we didn’t, like allspice, clove, and nutmeg, if you really want to go for the cake theme.

If you know how to do milk art, you can make this thing look as good as any $6 gentrificappucino any day. No matter how you started your day, after this you will feel much more aligned with your inner chill.

Photos: Maria Penaloza

The Cannabis Industry Will Be Bigger Than Ice Cream, Streaming Music, And Girl Scout Cookies

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The Cannabis Industry Will Be Bigger Than Ice Cream, Streaming Music, And Girl Scout Cookies

A new report from Marijuana Business Daily estimates that the total demand for marijuana in the cannabis industry is worth around $45-$50 billion in the US.

For context, they put these numbers alongside a few other classic American staples:

  • Ice cream sales are around $5.1 billion
  • Movie tickets come in at $11.1 billion
  • Girl Scout Cookies rake in $776 million
  • Paid streaming music is a $2.5 billion industry

Surprised? There’s more. As Forbes notes:

The report points out that these employees spend their earnings on housing, food, travel and entertainment, which helps other local businesses. The launch of all these cannabis businesses has sparked a real estate boom in spaces that were for the most part previously vacant. Tourism is bringing new travel dollars into these states as well.

The report estimates that for every $1 consumers spend at dispensaries, another $3 in economic benefits are created in cities, states and nationwide. State and local municipalities are plugging holes in their budgets with the marijuana tax receipts and making infrastructure repairs and boosting schools.

“On the recreational side of the business, the originally legalized states are still posting massive growth,” Chris Walsh, editor of Marijuana Business Daily, which published the report, said according to Forbes. “The demand for marijuana is so enormous in this country.”

Researchers Will Pay You $10 Per Hour To Smoke Marijuana

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Researchers Will Pay You $10 Per Hour To Smoke Marijuana

A team of scientific minds from the halls of Washington State University is currently looking to employee a handful of enthusiastic consumers to smoke marijuana and get paid.

According to a report from CBS-affiliate KREM, researchers are willing to pay people $10 per hour to simply smoke marijuana and help them find a solution to gauging cannabis impairment. Although several prototypes from various companies have surfaced over the past several years, there is still no accurate breath detection device available for marijuana intoxication.

“We’re trying to create a roadside tool for law enforcement and businesses to detect if someone is inebriated or under the influence of marijuana… This is cutting edge – there is nothing in the world like this,” Research Assistant Nathan Weller told the news source.

In order to qualify for participation in the study, volunteers need to be at least 21 years old, a resident of Pullman, Washington and willing to submit to a series of preliminary testing prior to acceptance. Once the candidate has been approved, they would be given free reign to purchase any marijuana of their choosing from a neighborhood dispensary to smoke at home until the time comes for evaluation. At that point, researchers plan to send taxi cabs to gather the participants in an effort to prevent any of them from driving under the influence.

As it stands, more than half the nation has legalized marijuana in some form or fashion, but unlike with alcohol, there is no detection method available that can differentiate between someone who has smoked marijuana in the past week or within the past two hours.

However, Weller feels confident that his team’s work will lead to a solution.

“Law enforcement and businesses are struggling to enforce a no drug policy in legalized states. Often times, they have to wait for test results. This tool helps both government agencies and businesses get fast results to determine who is in fact under the influence,” Weller said.

In order to prevent innocent people from being tossed in jail, it is absolutely imperative that science finds an effective device for determining marijuana impairment. But that is easier said than done.

“We don’t have a consensus as to what levels of THC are consistently correlated with behavioral impairment,” Paul Armentano, deputy director for NORML, told Business Insider in 2016.

Anyone interested in getting involved in the study will need to act fast. Researchers are reportedly enrolling volunteers beginning this week, with the examination expected to last until sometime around mid-June.

Gossip: Sasheer Zamata, Bobby Moynihan, Vanessa Bayer Leaving ‘Saturday Night Live’; Who Gets Prince’s Estate Money

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Gossip: Sasheer Zamata, Bobby Moynihan, Vanessa Bayer Leaving ‘Saturday Night Live’; Who Gets Prince’s Estate Money

Sasheer Zamata is leaving “Saturday Night Live” and will not return for the new season, multiple outlets reported on Sunday, May 21.

The 31-year-old comedian, who joined the cast of SNL during its 38th season in 2014, performed in her last show on Saturday, May 20 — the season 42 finale — according to “Entertainment Tonight.”

She leaves the show alongside Bobby Moynihan and Vanessa Bayer, who previously announced their departures.

Zamata joined the NBC comedy show at a time when the series was being criticized for its lack of diversity. She became known for her impersonations of Michelle Obama, Beyoncé and Rihanna.

While the comedian has not confirmed her departure and NBC is not commenting, Zamata posted a photo on Instagram on Sunday morning that showed her being lifted up by “Weekend Update” anchor Colin Jost and guest host Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

Who Gets Prince’s Estate Money?

A Minnesota judge has officially ruled that Prince‘s six siblings are the heirs to his estate.

via Page Six:

In a ruling made public Friday, Carver County District Judge Kevin Eide declared that Prince died without a will and that his sister, Tyka Nelson, and five half-siblings are his heirs.

There are people who filed appeals after their claims of heirship were rejected. Eide said that if the appellate courts send those cases back to him, he’ll still fully consider them.

Eide also said Prince’s assets won’t be distributed without a formal court order and that nothing will be distributed that might adversely affect the claims of those with pending appeals.

Eide had previously said he wouldn’t declare the siblings as heirs until those appeals had been decided. Attorneys for those who appealed said their interests would be harmed if the district court didn’t wait out the appeals process.

But lawyers for Prince’s siblings didn’t want to wait, saying further delays would have increased costs to the estate and impede its efficient administration.

Prince died April 2016 of an accidental drug overdose.

Court filings suggest his estate is worth around $200 million. Federal and state estate taxes are expected to consume about half the value.

Hopefully now everyone can stop fighting about it.

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