{"id":66114,"date":"2018-04-12T00:09:27","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T07:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/?p=66114"},"modified":"2018-04-12T00:09:27","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T07:09:27","slug":"young-cultivator-merit-badge-do-you-know-the-muffin-man-beginner-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/66114","title":{"rendered":"Young Cultivator Merit Badge: Do You Know the Muffin Man? Beginner Level"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tThe adorable, always humorous MBA Jane is my way of honoring our<\/span> Sisterhood Merit Badge program<\/span><\/u><\/a>, now with\u00a07,504 dues-paying members who have earned an amazing number of merit badges so far\u201410,886 total! Take it away, MBA Jane!!! MJ
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Wondering who I am? I\u2019m Merit Badge Awardee Jane (MBA Jane for short). In my<\/span> former life<\/span><\/u><\/a> \u2026\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

For this week\u2019s Farm Kitchen\/Do You Know the Muffin Man? Beginner Level Young Cultivator Merit Badge<\/u><\/a>, Piper and I put up our muddy boots and got to talking.<\/p>\n

Talking about? Muffins, of course. I mean, is there anything else in the wide, green world to talk about really? Right up there with Nancy Drew mystery stories, dresses with pockets, and whether or not one believes in ghosts, breakfast foods are really the go-to in any young girl\u2019s conversational arsenal.<\/p>\n

Perhaps Pooh and Piglet put it best:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you wake up in the morning, Pooh,\u201d said Piglet at last, \u201cwhat\u2019s the first thing you say to yourself?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s for breakfast?\u201d said Pooh. \u201cWhat do you say, Piglet?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI say, I wonder what\u2019s going to happen exciting today?\u201d said Piglet.<\/em><\/p>\n

Pooh nodded thoughtfully.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the same thing,\u201d he said.<\/em><\/p>\n

But of course\u2014and this is the really exciting part\u2014muffins aren\u2019t just for breakfast anymore. They belong to one of those remarkable food categories like eggs, apples with peanut butter, and granola bars: an excellent choice no matter the time of day. Midnight snack muffins? Um, yes please. Breakfast, second breakfast, brunch, lunch, snack, dinner, and dessert? They can all be satiated with a muffin. They really are the perfect food \u2026<\/p>\n

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\u201cAunty,\u201d said Piper, \u201cyou\u2019re getting that dreamy-eyed look again. Are you okay?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cJust waxing poetical about muffins,\u201d said I. \u201cTop or bottom?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTop, of course!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat if you slice them from top to bottom instead of lopping off the top like most people do? Then each half would have half a top and half a bottom?\u201d<\/p>\n

Piper thought for a minute, then declared me a genius. (I know, I admit it humbly.)<\/p>\n

Our next question was regarding our favorite flavors and it was such a long discussion we needed sustenance and lemonade, so we broke out the cookie jar while we deliberated. In the end, while we did choose current favorites, we realized our muffin knowledge was sadly lacking. Example: Piper had only ever had blueberry muffins and chocolate muffins, and I had been stuck in a lemon poppyseed rut for far too long. We had a feeling this badge was going to get us out of our comfort zone, and we were right!<\/p>\n

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