Stuffy Class: Food Service Division

 Hello Stuffy World.

Little Fox here. I'm enjoying a nice afternoon at the beach.  This weeks stuffy class is a little different.  As you know we have many instructors at stuffy class.  Fortunately, they work for free so as a good administrator I always make sure my team is fed. 

Hello friends.  My name is Young Fox and I am one of the newest foxes here at the house.  I am in charge of feeding the guest lecturers at Stuffy Class.  Today, I am working on some fresh salsa.

Step 1: I am washing the class "B" tomatoes from the garden.  What's a class "B" tomato?  They are the ones with imperfections, spots, and dents but they still taste good.

Fresh onion from the garden.  Just need to get the dirt off.

The tomatoes are dry.  Now they are ready to be processed. 

I have most of my ingredients in the food processor.  The trick to making salsa for a large group of people is to use a food processor to grind up the tomatoes, cilantro, onion, garlic, and jalapeno.

I need some lime.  I had to ask my pal Drunk Fox to help me with the limes.

Um.  Looks like Drunk Fox needs a nap.  I know what will wake him up.  

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Fresh chips and homemade salsa.  This ought to keep the guest lecturers happy for awhile. 

Of course stuffies can't live on salsa alone.  Let's see what else I can make? I have baking soda, whole wheat flour and regular flour.  I also have some over ripe bananas and chocolate chips.  I bet I can whip something together. 

Voila.  Banana muffins. 

Drunk Fox wanted to get his spot near the muffins.  

Funny how fresh muffins bring all the stuffies out. 

I hope my fresh salsa and homemade muffins are acceptable to our teaching staff at Stuffy Class. 

Stuffy Class: Today's Topic: Karma

Good Afternoon Stuffy Class Students!

Little Fox here and today's class is on the concept of doing something for others.   

Wait, who is our guest instructor today? 

Did you guess Wolfy?  If so, you did great.

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Wolfy here.  Welcome to my Stuffy Class today.  Today's topic is Doing something for others and the basic principle of Karma.  I am going to teach you how to make some vegan ice cream for my pal Reindeer who is a vegetarian.  

Am I a vegan?  Nope.  Am I a vegetarian?  Nope, but I want to do a nice gesture for my pal Reindeer.  Let's get started.

PS -I know a lot of my students disliked the $10.00 lab fee for this class so I have decided to waive it for this class and all future classes.

Step 1: This recipe requires confectioners sugar and we are out.  No problem, you can take regular sugar and grind it up in your food processor or blender with a little bit of cornstarch and you are good to go.

Next step is to get some aquafaba.  What is aquafaba?   Well, it's the liquid that comes in the can of chickpeas.  You will need to whip 3/4 cups of aquafaba to form still peaks.

A hand mixed will do the trick. About 12 minutes or so.  Hard to believe it but it works. It really looks like egg whites.

I hope these are stiff enough peaks.  

Next step:  Get 10 ounces of peaches.  Your confectioners sugar and grind it up in a food processor.  Be sure to add some vanilla as well.  

Okay class.  Grind up those ingridents.

I have this weird peachy paste.  I thought it would be smoother.  I hope Reindeer enjoys the ice cream, this Wolf is a little skeptical.  I decided to whip the aquafaba a little more to ensure stiff peaks.  Then all you have to do is mix in the peach vegan stuff to the faux egg whites.

Voila!  The finished product actually looks pretty good. 

As Tom Petty would say: "The waiting is the hardest part."  So, it's time to put the vegan ice cream in a 9x5 loaf pan and let it freeze for at least 6 hours.  

Let's loop back to my topic.  Karma is an action not a result.  I will have to remind Reindeer about that if this vegan ice cream is an epic fail.

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6 short hours later the ice cream is ready to taste.  I think that Reindeer should get the honor of scooping the first scoop.

  Notice how fresh ice cream brings out all the stuffies?  Funny how that happens.

 Reindeer gets the first taste (being that I made this specifically for him) and the verdict is.....  Texture is strange but the taste is good.  Reindeer gives it two paws up!

Stuffy Class: Drunk Fox

 Hello Students.  Little Fox here.  As the unofficial dean, registrar, and financial aid counselor at Stuffy Class I want to take a second and introduce our most popular instructor.  He's traveled the world, drank in many many many bars (and casinos, nightclubs, speakeasy's etc).  If you guessed Drunk Fox then you are correct.

Take it away Drunk Fox.

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Welcome students to my class.    Yes, you are correct I am one of the most popular instructors at Stuffy Class and today's class is on signage. 

 There will be a comprehensive final at the end of my class.  Let's get started with my bumper sticker lecture.   

Some of my personal favorites.

Jesus is a big theme in the bumper sticker world. 

Another creative sticker.

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Being that this is only an introduction class I will move onto my next favorite church signs.

This one is for my friend Droopy (it seems like it fits his sense of humor).

I believe.

Food for thought. 

Simple and to the point. 

The final section of my lecture is a potpourri of signs.

 

I got nothing for this one.

Well said.

Where was this sign when I was a pup?

Can anyone tell me what they are trying to convey in this sign?

Sorry Ajdin,  Sandy, Jerry, Ben and Little Bear.  You'll have to stay elsewhere.

As the most popular class at Stuffy Class I get asked what my favorite sign is.  I think this one takes the cake.

Students. 

 Are you ready for the final?  Please note the comprehensive final for my class will be on November 31st.  See you then.

Thanks for taking my class.
Drunk Fox

Stuffy Class: Art Appreciation

 Hello Blog World. Little Fox here and I would like to welcome our guest instructor.

Class, please say hello to this weeks instructor, me, Little Fox.

Let's dive right into the art world.

I like this bear.   Friendly, has some nice color with the flowers on the left and he's wearing his mask.  Bravo!

This one really "calls" to me.   Astonishing work by this artist.  These foxes do the hard work of greeting patients to the Boise Children's Hospital.  Do you have important work to do?  Best leave it up to an animal.

Idaho elk.  These two are staggeringly stoic.

This next section is for Beanie.  Lot's of painted electrical boxes around Boise. 

This is one of my favorites.  Breathtaking!

The many layers of Boise.  Farming, camping, nature, football. 

Really makes you think.

Each box is a commisioned piece of work.  The artist gets to paint all sides of the box.

In case you forgot where this class took place.

This one is in the Basque District.  Idaho has one of the largest Basque populations outside of Spain.

The final area of art appreciation will be mural appreciation.

I titled this one Home Sweet Home.  Shockingly awesome!

This is a pleasant little fellow.  Bonus points for having a fellow canine brother in the mural. 

This one agrees with me. 

Students.  I hope you enjoyed my stuffy class on art appreciation.  Yes, this does count as your humanities section so if you want your humanities credit please write a 1 page paper on art.