What do you do to unwind?

[Bob]

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[lau]

I hope this helps with your question:   

Oreo Cookies
Yields: 48 servings

Cookie Dough
1 (18 ounce) box devil's food cake mix
2 eggs
2 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1/2 cup bitter cocoa powder

Cookie Filling
1 envelope unflavored gelatine
1/4 cup cold water
1 cup Crisco
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 pound plus 1 cup confectioners' sugar

Cookie Dough: Blend all ingredients together until the dough can be shaped into a smooth ball. Let it stand 20 minutes, loosely covered.

Form dough into marble-size balls. Place 2 inches apart on greased cookie sheet. Flatten each with smooth bottom of a drinking glass greased once and dipped into Nestles' Quick Powder (or use sweetened chocolate drink powder). Bake at 400 degrees F for 8 minutes. Remove cookies at once from baking sheet, to paper toweling and immediately flatten each cookie with back of pancake turner. Let cool 20 minutes.

Fill with Cookie Filling mixture.

Cookie Filling: Soften gelatine in cold water. Place in heatproof cup in pan of hot water till gelatine is transparent.

Meanwhile beat Crisco until fluffy, adding vanilla extract and sugar a little at a time. Beat in gelatine mixture when it is completely cooled, but not yet "set" or firm.

When cooled, shape filling into 1-inch balls. Place between the two bottom sides of the cooled cookies, pressing gently until filling has spread to edge of cookies and rounded out like the originals.

Best Wishes,

Lau

[Bob]

Actually Lau is on the ball with this one.  Cookies are good for unwinding.

[lisztisforkids]

Jacuzzi!

[pianistimo]

math problems with my son

i forgot all about scatter plots.  had to figure that one out.

[Dazzer]

smash a few things, yell and shout, and cry eventually.

of course that's an extreme case.

[gorbee natcase]

I hope this helps with your question:

Oreo Cookies
Yields: 48 servings

Cookie Dough
1 (18 ounce) box devil's food cake mix
2 eggs
2 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1/2 cup bitter cocoa powder

Cookie Filling
1 envelope unflavored gelatine
1/4 cup cold water
1 cup Crisco
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 pound plus 1 cup confectioners' sugar

Cookie Dough: Blend all ingredients together until the dough can be shaped into a smooth ball. Let it stand 20 minutes, loosely covered.

Form dough into marble-size balls. Place 2 inches apart on greased cookie sheet. Flatten each with smooth bottom of a drinking glass greased once and dipped into Nestles' Quick Powder (or use sweetened chocolate drink powder). Bake at 400 degrees F for 8 minutes. Remove cookies at once from baking sheet, to paper toweling and immediately flatten each cookie with back of pancake turner. Let cool 20 minutes.

Fill with Cookie Filling mixture.

Cookie Filling: Soften gelatine in cold water. Place in heatproof cup in pan of hot water till gelatine is transparent.

Meanwhile beat Crisco until fluffy, adding vanilla extract and sugar a little at a time. Beat in gelatine mixture when it is completely cooled, but not yet "set" or firm.

When cooled, shape filling into 1-inch balls. Place between the two bottom sides of the cooled cookies, pressing gently until filling has spread to edge of cookies and rounded out like the originals.

Best Wishes,

Lau

excellent I think I will try

math problems with my son

i forgot all about scatter plots. had to figure that one out.

You do this to unwind??

[zheer]

Watch TV, and talk to my imaginary friends on this websight.

[pianistimo]

hey, that's what i'm doing! 

i suppose if i had my leg back, i would bicycle to unwind.  everything just flits out of my mind that is work related - and i can meditate, or concentrate on breathing or speed or both, and sometimes on the way back from a bike trip i start humming tunes that i make up - sometimes with words.  kinda jazzish.

[danyal]

I practise

[Jacey1973]

I see my friends, or go cruising with my friend in her car and scream at random people, and car flirt with guys it's funny  or do prank calls to people, or drink wine and watch films and smoke.

[thalbergmad]

I usually practise to unwind. Nice drop of scotch goes down well.

Giving the girlfriend a good bashing is relaxing.

[Tash]

i go with the whole cooking thing- i've decided that it's the one thing that can completely take my mind of absolutely everything, so yesterday, as my first official day of hols in which i haven't had to study for assessments or anything, i baked chocolate brownies yum yum

or watch tv- but i can still think at the same time as that...

or wander aimlessly- that's one of my fave things to do if i have time to kill, just go for a wander

[lau]

Guys, I can't stop baking. I AM ADDICTED!

[pianistimo]

where do you get your recipies, might i ask? 

[danyal]

Guys, I can't stop baking. I AM ADDICTED!

Hmmm... what exactly do you bake??

[pabst]

swimming works. after you managed to beat the spirit out of yourself due to several kilometers of arm-stretching,  you come out of the other whole, newly-born.

 

[leahcim]

swimming works

Yes. I guess physical exercise gives a natural high. I like swimming particulary because you come out of the pool so clean compared with running around [aside from smelling of chlorine compounds]

It makes you fitter too, as opposed to eating which works, but the end result can cause more stress which leads to more eating if that's your stress solution.

Mentally though, what you think about when you're doing it might mean you unwind less - if you focus on whatever is causing the stress. Doing a sport that requires concentration might help more with that side.

That's where I think the math problems make sense. I've written a few computer programs when swimming length after length. Another example, if you're stressed and can't pee [which is a problem for some in public urinals or perhaps during a medical with a nurse stood there and they're trying to do it on cue] advice is to try calculating something - to occupy your mind.

In that latter respect, I'm surprised few have mentioned piano playing / practise? Ironic if some of us are playing the piano to unwind and others are doing something to unwind from playing the piano

[lau]

where do you get your recipies, might i ask?

Dang, from a website:  https://www.recipegoldmine.com/  its good

Hmmm... what exactly do you bake??

dang, mostly sweets and breads   

Best Wishes,

Father Beverage

[pianistimo]

wow.  that's a great site!

[dave santino]

I play my guitar/piano, complise, read or watch TV n films.

[zheer]

Giving the girlfriend a good bashing is relaxing.

  Haw romantic, and those choice of words.

[whynot]

Practice while baking a cake, practice more while it's cooling.