I know the article title says “on earth” but I doubt that they have data to cover the earth, however, there were two interesting articles last week – what the happiest person would look like and what the most miserable person would look like.
I found a few things interesting:
- Males were happier than females
- Tall folks were happier than shorter
- Youth was not mentioned as a factor for happiness/sadness
- Marriage brings happiness, but divorce sadness.
- Children bring happiness not sadness.
Further interesting thought was they found a person who fits the bill of happiest person, and yes, he is happy.
He said that perhaps he manages to be the happiest man in America because “my life philosophy is, if you can’t laugh at yourself, life is going to be pretty terrible for you.”
Of course, there are exceptions to these, I’m female with no children and I’m quite content. However, I think there is some salt to the validity of this research. Thoughts?
You start out with some flour, I used only bread flour (strong white flour) since we didn’t have any other kind at home. I made it once before and used the correct mixture, and the dough came out better, so be sure to use plain (all-purpose) flour as well.
Add some salt, sugar and yeast. mmmm yeast ….
Mix it all together and pour in some warm (not hot!) milk. It’s suppose to have an elastic like finish, not stiff.
Let it rise for about an hour, you’ll notice this isn’t as elastic-y as it should be, this is due to only using bread flour, so make sure you use all-purpose as well.
Add some baking soda to some water, then mix that in with the dough.
The mixture should be pancake like. I put a bit more milk in because of the lack of proper flour. Let it sit for a little while longer.
In a buttered pan, using cooking rings (I used cookie cutters instead) cook your crumpets.
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