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Why order take out when you can make your own Chinese lemon chicken at home? There are a few different versions of lemon chicken out there, all coming from different countries. Probably the most popular type of lemon chicken would be baked in the oven. We all know baked lemon chicken is great but here is the Chinese version – just like take out or at the buffets. The Chinese version varies greatly from that of other cultures. Like most types of Chinese chicken the chicken is first cut into small chunks, battered, and then deep fried and covered with a sweet-lemon sauce. I do have a confession to make, I used yellow food coloring to get the sauce that amazing bright yellow color. If you have some yellow food coloring on hand, just add a drop or two into the sauce before you heat it. This recipe goes great served with rice and broccoli. Enjoy.

Ingredients:
2 1/2lbs boneless-skinless chicken breasts (cut into 1” cubes)
Marinade-
2 tablespoons soy sauce
½ teaspoon salt
Batter-
2 large eggs
¼ cup cornstarch
½ teaspoon baking powder
1 pinch white pepper
oil (for frying)
Sauce-
1/3 cup sugar
1 cup chicken broth
1 ½ tablespoons cornstarch
2 tablespoons lemon juice
¾ teaspoon salt
3 slices of lemon (peeled)
2 tablespoons oil
yellow food coloring (optional)

Cooking Instructions:

Step 1: Place cut chicken breast pieces into a bowl and mix with 2 tablespoons of soy sauce and ½ teaspoon of salt. Cover and marinate in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
Step 2: To make the batter – beat 2 large eggs with ¼ cup of cornstarch, a pinch of white pepper and baking powder. Coat the chicken with the batter.
Step 3: Heat deep fryer to 350 degrees and deep-fry in batches until chicken is fully cooked. Drain on paper towels and set aside. You can also cook the chicken using a wok if you don’t have a deep fryer.

Step 4: Now, to make the lemon sauce – combine 1/3 cup of sugar, 2 tablespoons cornstarch, 1 cup chicken broth, 2 tablespoons lemon juice, and ¾ teaspoon salt (if using food coloring you can add it now). Mix until well combined and add 3 slices of lemon to the sauce mixture.
Step 5: Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in your wok and stir in the lemon sauce mixture and heat until well mixed and sauce becomes clear. Remove lemon slices and pour the sauce over the chicken and mix. Best served with rice and broccoli.

Deep Thoughts

(by Jack Handey)

If you ever drop your keys into a river of molten lava, let'em go,
because, man, they're gone.
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If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them
down?  We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.
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To me, it's a good idea to always carry two sacks of something when
you walk around.  That way, if anybody says, "Hey, can you give me a
hand?"  You can say, "Sorry, got these sacks."
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One thing kids like is to be tricked.  For instance, I was going
to take my nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an old
burned-out warehouse. "Oh no," I said, "Disneyland burned down."

He cried and cried, but I think that deep down he thought it was a
pretty good joke.  I started to drive over to the real Disneyland, but
decided to go home instead.
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The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face.
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If you lived in the Dark Ages and you were a catapult operator, I
bet the most common question people would ask is, "Can't you make it
shoot farther?"  "No, I'm sorry.  That's as far as it shoots."
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Is there anything more beautiful than a beautiful, beautiful flamingo,
flying across in front of a beautiful sunset?  And he's carrying a
beautiful rose in his beak, and also he's carrying a very beautiful
painting with his feet.  And also, you're drunk.
==========
I believe in making the world safe for our children, but not our
children's children, because I don't think children should be having sex.
==========
If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell
him is, "God is crying."  And if he asks why God is crying, another cute
thing to tell him is, "Probably because of something you did."
==========
If you ever catch on fire, try to avoid seeing yourself in the
mirror, because I bet that's what REALLY throws you into a panic.
==========
Whenever I see an old lady slip and fall on a wet sidewalk, my first
instinct is to laugh.  But then I think, what if I was an ant and she
fell on me.  Then it wouldn't seem quite so funny.
==========
To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no
choreography and the dancers hit each other.
==========
I hope if dogs ever take over the world and they choose a king, they
don't just go by size, because I bet there are some Chihuahuas with
some good ideas.
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If life deals you lemons, why not go kill someone with the lemons
(maybe by shoving them down his throat).
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Instead of having "answers" on a math test, they should just call
them "impressions," and if you got a different "impression," so what,
can't we all be brothers?
==========
Probably the earliest fly swatters were nothing more than some sort
of striking surface attached to the end of a long stick.
==========
I wish I would have a real tragic love affair and get so bummed out
that I'd just quit my job and become a bum for a few years, because
I was thinking about doing that anyway.
==========
I think a good gift for the President would be a chocolate revolver.
And since he's so busy, you'd probably have to run up to him real
quick and hand it to him.
==========
Maybe in order to understand mankind we have to look at that word
itself. MANKIND.  Basically, it's made up of two separate words "mank" and
"ind." What do these words mean?  It's a mystery and so is mankind.
==========
If you go flying back through time and you see somebody else flying
forward into the future, it's probably best to avoid eye contact.
==========
It's easy to sit there and say you'd like to have more money.  And I
guess that's what I like about it.  It's easy.  Just sitting there,
rocking back and forth, wanting that money.
==========
If you ever reach total enlightenment while you're drinking a beer,
I bet it makes beer shoot out your nose.
==========
To me, clowns aren't funny.  In fact, they're kinda scary.  I've
wondered where this started and I think it goes back to the time I
went to the circus and a clown killed my dad.
==========
As the light changed from red to green to yellow and back to red
again, I sat there thinking about life.  Was it nothing more than a
bunch of honking and yelling?  Sometimes it seemed that way.
==========
I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate.
And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it.
==========
I hope some animal never bores a hole in my head and lays its eggs in
my brain, because later you might think you're having a good idea but
it's just eggs hatching.
==========
Whenever you read a good book, it's like the author is right there,
in the room talking to you, which is why I don't like to read good books.
==========
What is it about a beautiful sunny afternoon, with the birds singing
and the wind rustling through the leaves, that makes you want to get
drunk? And after you're real drunk, maybe go down to the public park
and stagger  around and ask people for money, and then lay down and go
to sleep.
==========
Instead of a trap door, what about a trap window?  The guy looks out
it, and if he leans too far, he falls out.  Wait.  I guess that's like
a regular window.
==========
During the Middle Ages, probably one of the biggest mistakes was not
putting on your armor because you were "just going down to the corner."
==========
If I ever get real rich, I hope I'm not real mean to poor people, like
I am now.
==========
When I found the skull in the woods, the first thing I did was call
the police. But then I got curious about it.  I picked it up, and
started wondering who this person was, and why he had deer horns.
==========
I remember how my great-uncle Jerry would sit on the porch and
whittle all day long.  Once he whittled me a toy boat out of a larger
toy boat I had.  It was almost as good as the first one, except now it had
bumpy whittle marks all over it.  And no paint, because he had whittled
off the paint.
==========
Here's a good thing to do if you go to a party and you don't know
anybody:  First take out the garbage.  Then go around and collect any
extra garbage  that people might have, like a crumpled napkin, and
take that out too.  Pretty soon people will want to meet the busy
garbage guy.
==========
Sometimes I think you have to march right in and demand your rights,
even if you don't know what your rights are, or who the person is you're
talking to. Then on the way out, slam the door.
==========
If you're a cowboy and you're dragging a guy behind your horse, I bet
it would really make you mad if you looked back and the guy was reading
a magazine.
==========
If your friend is already dead, and being eaten by vultures, I think
it's okay to feed some bits of your friend to one of the vultures, to
teach him to do some tricks.  But only if you're serious about adopting
the vulture.
==========
Broken promises don't upset me.  I just think, why did they believe me?
==========
If you ever crawl inside an old hollow log and go to sleep, and while
you're in there some guys come and seal up both ends and then put it on
a truck and take it to another city, boy, I don't know what to tell you.
==========
One thing vampire children have to be taught early on is, don't run
with a wooden stake.
==========
If you go to a costume party at your boss's house, wouldn't you think
a good costume would be to dress up like the boss's wife?  Trust me,
it's not.
==========
Most of the time it was probably real bad being stuck down in a
dungeon. But some days, when there was a bad storm outside, you'd look
out your little window and think, "Boy, I'm glad I'm not out in that."
==========
Consider the daffodil.  And while you're doing that, I'll be over
here, looking through your stuff.
==========
For mad scientists who keep brains in jars, here's a tip: why not add
a slice of lemon to each jar, for freshness?

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Amazing Useless “Facts” (and the actual facts)

I’m getting sick of these lists of “amazing facts” that are complete baloney. In the interest of keeping my readers from being uneducated and gullible, I decided to whip up this list - references are linked to. This is the latest list I received, verbatim, followed by the facts that contradict the “facts” (or at least show you why the fact isn’t really all that amazing):

• “I am.” is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

“Go,” used in the imperative mode is the shortest sentence in the English language (especially because you can use body language as a compliment referring to “there” or “away”). “I am,” is not a complete sentence. “Am,” would need a compliment to turn it into a predicate (i.e. “I am stupid”) - you can’t use body language like you can with “Go”. If you don’t like using modes, try “I go.” (Edit: Okay, whiz kids who think I’m wrong, a sentence needs a subject and a complete predicate - which can be implied. “I am” is a sentence just like “Q” is a sentence when used as a response - like, “What letter comes after the letter P?”. If you say it to some random stranger on the street and they think you make sense, then it is probably a sentence. Imagine going up to somebody and telling them “Go!” They would understand that you want them to leave. If you walked up to someone on the street and said, “I am!” they would likely wonder what you were responding to, because it is not a complete sentence. I’m not going to keep repeating myself for the stupid people, so I found some references for them to go look at. Reference 1. Reference 2. Reference 3) If you want to argue it, I will probably make fun of you. I am not the nicest blogger in the world.

• More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.

There are more donkey related injuries than airplane deaths per year, but there are no statistics, nor has there ever been, to back up more donkey related deaths. There are roughly 1,200 airplane deaths per year.

• The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.

“South America” and “North America.” Does that need a complete sentence or is it obvious enough?

• The word “lethologica” describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

“Aphasia” could just as easily be used here, given the generalized definition provided.

• TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.

What about pepperroot, pepperwort, perpetuity, pirouetter, prerequire, pretorture, proprietor, repertoire, repetitory? I’m sure we can think of even more words, and I’m only using the top row of keys on a QWERTY keyboard for those ones.

• A snail can sleep for 3 years.

Snails don’t “sleep” - they enter a state of torpor - no brain function and the appearance of being dead. Believe it or not, I actually raised snails for a season - even got 3rd place at the Great Folsom Snail Race.

• The longest word in the English language is 1909 letters long and it refers to a distinct part of DNA.

The word referred to is LATIN and GREEK, not English. It is only used by a very small group of scientists, too, and would not appear in any English dictionary. But maybe they are actually trying to say it is the longest word in the world, regardless of language… a distinction that, with four more letters, already belongs to:

Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosy -
lglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanylglutaminy -
lleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamylglycyla -
lanylphenylalanylvalylprolyphenylalanYlvalythre -
onylleucylglycylaspartylprolylglycylisoleucylg -
lutamylglutaminylsErylleucyllysylisoleucy -
laspartylthreonylleucylIsoleucylglutamy -
lalanylglycylalanylasparthlalanylleucylg -
lutamylleucylglycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylse -
Rylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartylglycylp -
RolylthreOnylisoleucylglutaminylasPfraginylal -
anylthreonylleucylarfinylalanylphenylalanylalany -
lalanylglycylvalythreonylprolylalanylglutaminy -
lcysteinylphenylalanylglutamylmethionylleucy -
lalanylleuOylisoleucylarginylglutaminy -
llysyhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylproly -
lisoleucylglycylleucylmethionyltyrosylalany -
lasparaginylleucylvalylphenylalanylasparaginy -
llysyglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalany -
lthrosylalanylglutaminylcsteinylglutamyllysylva -
lylglycylvalylaspartylserylvalylleucylvalylalny -
laspartylvalylprolylvalylglUtaminylglutamylsery -
lalanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminylalany -
lalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginyvalylalany -
lprolylisoleucylprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucy -
lphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartylalany -
laspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginy -
lglutaminylisoleucylalanylseryltyrosylglycy -
larginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrOsylleucyl -
leucylserylarginylalanylglycylvalylthreony -
lglycylalanylglutamYlasparainylarginylalany -
lalanylleucylprolylleucylasparaginylhistidy -
lleucylValylalanyllysylleucyllysylglutamy -
ltyrosylasparaginylalanylalanylprolylpro -
lylleucylglutaminylglgycylphenylalanylglycy -
lisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminy -
lvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalany -
lglycylalanylalanylglycylalanylisoleucylsery -
lglycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoIeucy -
lisoleucylglutamylglutaminylHistidylasparaginy -
liSoleucylglutamylprolylglutamyllysylmethionyl -
leucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanyl -
calylglutaminylprolylmethionlysylalanylalanylt -
hreonylarginylserine.

• Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, dogs only have about ten.

Blatantly false. Somebody must have spent too much time hanging out with a very quiet dog. Try going on YouTube and looking up “talking dog.” A dog can make fewer vocal sounds than a cat, but far more than ten.

• Feb 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

February 1865 did in fact have a full moon, though there was no full moon in the Februaries of 1866, 1885, 1915, 1934, 1961, and 1999. Go figure.

• Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

Almost any spice, when injected in the body, is extremely poisonous. Try shooting up some cardamom. I wonder if this was intended to imply how poisonous nutmeg is when taken in large quantities, orally? It has been shown to cause extremely intense hallucinations.

• The strongest muscle in the body is the TONGUE.

I don’t know where people came up with this one. It has no basis in fact. Despite the fact that the tongue is made up of 16 seperate muscles, each fiber of a muscle, no matter where, exerts about 0.3 micronewtons of force. Gram per gram (compressed muscle), the myometrial layer in a woman’s uterus (yes, it is a muscle) is the strongest muscle a human has.

• It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

I have sneezed with my eyes open. It is not natural, but it is easily done. And no, your eyeballs won’t pop out. They even did a debunking of it on Mythbusters.

• Polar bears are left-handed.

Most polar bears are right handed. The best explanation for the confusion I could find was that they use their dominant paw to cover their nose (not a likely explanation at all, however - see comments from Des and Gryndyl), to blend in while waiting beside their prey. They catch their prey (primarily seals) by either biting their heads or swatting at them (with their left paw) to knock them onto the ice when they surface. Some of the studies on the subject can be very misleading because it appears that polar bears always attack with their left paw, but during casual interactions they revert to their right. I suspect the true reason is something along the lines of them requiring stability when attacking and thus, keeping their footing with the right paw is more effective.

• The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds, that makes the catfish rank #1 for animal having the most taste buds.

Catfish do have a lot of taste buds, but most of them do not transmit anything. They are completely non-functional. It is like bragging about having the most cars of anybody in Texas… but it is only because you own the garbage dump where they drop off wrecked cars.

• Elephants are the only animals that can’t jump.

First, I’m going to assume that there was a typo here and they meant to say mammals, since fish, snakes, eels, brine shrimp, etc., can’t jump. But even among mammals, I’ve never heard of a hippo being able to jump. How about a guinea pig? They can barely hop with the limited joints in their back legs. Sloths? (Edit: according to some comments I’ve received, I’m wrong because jumping can just mean “to be full of activity or bustling” - just to clarify, even an elephant could have this attributed to them, despite their inability to rapidly extend their extremities in order to gain enough vertical velocity to significantly propel them from the ground. The “fact” I criticize here is wrong, regardless of any of these arguments.)

• Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

This is as true as saying gasoline is made with Stegosauruses’ remains. Extracted peanut oil could be used to make glycerin that could be further processed to make nitroglycerin, and nitroglycerin is one of the ingredients commonly used for making dynamite, but peanuts are hardly a required ingredient.

• A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

Pufferfish can blink. Last I checked, that was a fish - I mean, it is part of their name. Most sharks actually roll their eyes back in their head, rather than blinking, too.

• Two-thirds of the world’s eggplant is grown in New Jersey.

New Jersey produces about 0.1% of the world’s eggplant, by the numbers. They produce roughly half the amount that comes out of California, alone.

• The longest one-syllable word in the English language is “screeched.”

Scrootched is a word. Look it up (it is under the word “scrootch,” a variant of “scrooch”). It is longer than screeched, but still one syllable.

• No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.

Hunth, a word meaning a hundred thousand. Sporange as a variant of sporangium per Webster’s Third Unabridged and the Oxford English Dictionary. Chilver as an ewe lamb per the Oxford English Dictionary. Hirple, meaning to limp. Look them up. They are, in fact, words (though hirple is a Scottish English word, so it might not be in everybody’s dictionary).

• There are only four words in the English language which end in “- dous”: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

How about amadous, apodous, decapodous, iodous, nodous, nonhazardous, palladous, ultrahazardous, and vanadous? Yep, they are all words.

• A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

A cat has 0 muscles in each ear. They do have about 30 muscles at the base of their ears. Am I being petty?

• A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.

A dragonfly’s lifespan is up to 6 months.

• A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

A goldfish can remember an event for about 3 months. See multiple studies on this for more info. It is pretty interesting.

• In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

The correct term is Speaker of the House of Commons, and they are allowed to speak, but are required to take an impartial position and can’t argue one side over another. Their position is a little bit similar to a judge’s at a trial.

• There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

Regulation size golf balls can have anywhere from 300-500 dimples.

• You can’t lick your own elbow.

If you are flexible or have a long tongue, yes you can. I happen to have a very long tongue, and can almost reach it. There are groups of people on YouTube that post videos of themselves doing this very thing.

Is any of this enlightening?

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Movie Posters

A great movie poster is a hard thing to find. Most posters are cut and paste jobs that don't sell the movie very well at all. A great poster should intrigue, shock, inspire & excite. It should be aesthetically beautiful or original. Above all, it should be so memorable that a single glance will be instantly recognizable.

Top 100

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