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Am I a female elf shaman named Beho?

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In case you don’t know me very well, the answer is “No, it is wildly unlikely that Nuke is actually a female elf shaman named Beho.”  For starters, if I were a female elf, I probably wouldn’t be a shaman, given the likelihood of other career choices.  Furthermore, if I were named Beho then I’d change my name because it sounds too much like a neanderthal’s instructions:  “Be [a] Ho.” If I were a female elf, I wouldn’t be that kinda girl.  And last but not least, basic anatomy continues to support the theory that I’m not female and for all intents and purposes, appear to be human.

So…  for me, it’s obvious:  I am not a female elf shaman named Beho for several reasons.

For some guys, the question of “am I a female elf shaman named Beho” is less clear:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/6425333.stm

Irish Carbomb Cupcakes

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The cake:
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/recipe_views/views/107105
and use Guiness, and Hershey’s Dark cocoa powder for the cake.  Skip the icing part of that recipe.  Spray some Pam (or Pam for Baking) into the cupcake papers,  fill them about 3/4 of the way, and cook it for a shorter amount of time.  Test with a toothpick.

The frosting:
From The Joy of Cooking (1997), “Quick White Frosting I”, using 3 tbsp hot heavy cream instead of 4 tbsp butter.  Instead of coffee/whatever, using 2 tbsp of Jameson’s 12-year-old whiskey, and 2 tbsp Baileys.

The 75th Anniversay Edition doesn’t quite have this recipe, so here’s the full deale:
2+ c confectioner’s/powdered sugar
3 tbsp hot heavy cream
2 tbsp Jameson 12-year whiskey
2 tbsp Bailey’s
1 tsp Vanilla extract
pinch of salt

Heat heavy cream in tiny pot, or possibly a metal measuring cup.  Beat the heavy cream into 2c confectioner’s sugar.  When well-mixed, beat in everything else, one at a time.  Add more sugar and until it’s thick enough and tastes right.