: About Me

Melanie R was taken into the witness protection program at the age of two weeks after giving key testimony in the RICO trial of a prominent organized crime leader. Adopted by a mid-western couple unaware of her background, she has evaded those seeking to collect on the million dollar contract on her life. She blogs as Addie Pray at According To Addie.

Between dodging bullets, she has written pieces for The Weaver's Friend, and numerous gardening magazines. She has been a guest on The Adoption Show and guest blogged at Adoption Under One Roof. She has also contributed content to numerous websites.

As LewElllen Singley she has an upcoming contribution to Peices Of Me: What Do I Want To Be, coming this fall from EMK Press.

My passion is ...

napping

I know too much about ...

adoption

My parents always told me ...

to shut up

My childhood ambition ...

to grow up

My favorite memory ...

that would be memory foam

Why I write ...

because it's there

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

crickets

My first job ...

sucked

My best moment ...

is hopefully yet to come

My inspiration ...

took a vacation

Food & Drink > Food & Drink (Other) Is it possible to trick the taste buds?

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You can trick some of the taste buds some of the time, but you can't trick all of the taste buds all of the time. That doesn't stop some folks from trying. One instance of taste bud tomfoolery that cannot be forgotten has to be the women's magazine recipe section inspired Ritz Cracker Apple Pie. There were no apples in it. It was generally considered to be quite crafty and sly in the world of extension club meetings, and church carry-in suppers to pull off a ruse of this kind. Ladies that lunched for a cause would sit around with their snack trays balanced on their laps and exclaim how you...

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