Short Hand or social network language?

Honestly, I don't even know where to start from. I'm not an English teacher, but for some reason it just bothers me. The fact that half of the sentences I see in conversations or posts on facebook, blackberry messenger, twitter, etc, are just written the way the person would pronounce them, with no thought about the spelling whatsoever. The one I saw today didn't even seem to make sense. Since when is "makes" spelled "mex"??? The other one I saw the other day was "litu". You can guess that it stands for the word, little. I understand that typographical errors occur, but this is an entirely different thing going on here. The one I just don't understand is that even when the original word is only three letters long, it'll still be changed to something else. I know I've seen "wu" before, instead of who.

Okay, I'm going to chill, it's not like I can really do anything about it. I just wish people will at least type a full "Happy birthday" to a friend instead of hbd. I think they deserve more than three letters for a wish.

How To Make Pizza At Home

So this is pretty easy to make and will make 2 medium-sized pizzas. Alright, here we go!

What you need:

-Two teaspoons of dry yeast

-One and a half cups of warm water

-Four cups of flour (plus extra for kneading and to get the right consistency)

-One and a half teaspoon of salt

-Two tablespoons of vegetable oil

-One tablespoon of sugar

-Mozzarella cheese, and whatever you wish for the toppings.

-Tomatoes, onions, garlic(if you like), and vegetable oil to prepare the sauce. And pepper, if you like it hot.

-Pizza pans, and an oven

What to do: 

-Dissolve sugar in warm water

-Add the yeast and dissolve completely (I use a whisk)

-Add oil

-Add the flour and whisk, then smooth dough into a mass

-knead the dough, roll and place in the pizza pan(s)

SAUCE: blend the tomatoes, onions and garlic, fry in about 1 cooking spoon of veg. oil, and add spices and salt to taste.

-Spread the sauce over the dough, spread the shredded cheese over the sauce and place whatever toppings you wish.

-Preheat oven to about 450degrees and bake pizza for 10 minutes (if you can look through the oven glass, just check to see if more time is needed or not).

And voila! 

How to bake bread

Simple Way To Bake Bread At Home

What you need: 

-3 cups of warm water

-3 Tablespoons of yeast

-3 teaspoons of salt

-4 Tablespoons of vegetable oil

-1/2 a cup of white sugar (more or less depending on how sweet you want it)

-8 cups of flour (plus some extra for kneading)

-A table-top and an oven ;) (some people really don't have ovens, like my friends in the dorm).

What to do:

-Put the water in a mixing bowl

-Dissolve the yeast in the water, add the sugar, salt and vegetable oil

-:Mix 4 cups of the flour in the mixture, cover with a cloth, and leave to rise in a warm place (I just put it in the oven or cupboard)

-Leave for about two hours and mix in the rest of the flour

-Knead and shape the dough how you like it (here's a link of dough I braided)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG77IUCjKTY

-Preheat oven to about 300 degrees

-I brushed milk on the dough before putting in the oven to give it the shiny appearance.

Here's another link: http://vimeo.com/35993746

How to make chinchin (West African snack)

So I tried doing this for the first time on my own and it came out very good. This recipe is enough to fill two small zip locks.


What you'll need: 
-two and a half cups of flour
-two-thirds of a cup of sugar
-half a teaspoon of salt
-a quarter teaspoon of baking powder
-two eggs
-five tablespoons of butter
-2 tablespoons of milk
-enough vegetable oil to deep fry.

What to do: 
-First, you mix the flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder in a mixing bowl.
-Next, you add the butter and mix in with the contents in the bowl.
-You then mix the eggs and milk, and add to the center of the bowl
-Knead, cut and fry.

Enjoy :)