Browine-in-a-mug

A friend of mine found this first on a recipe site, but I can't for the life of me remember where, so here's the transcribed and reiterated version, sans attribution.

Dry Ingredients:
4 tbsp flour
4 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp cocoa powder
1/2 tsp baking powder
dash of salt

Mix dry ingredients together in a bowl.

Add:
3 tbsp water
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1/4 tsp vanilla

Stir until a cake-batter-like texture is achieved, and no dry flour clumps remain, but do not over-stir.
Microwave for 90 seconds.

Optionally, split batter into two mugs, and microwave each for 45s.

Tips:
Do not forget the salt! It will not work without at least some salt.
Do not use olive oil! Unless you're a fan of olive flavoured brownies.

SFContario 2011

In brief:

Friday night:
* AE SciFi party, with cake!

Saturday:
* Late start (for me, anyway) - chatted with the AE SciFi folks
* Edge of Time book launch - also with cake! Dufflet's cake. Mmmm....
* First Contact Without a Universal Translator
* Creation Museum Slideshow by John Scalzi
* Linguistics for Fiction
* The Future of Fandom (only part - I got frustrated)
* Sun of Suns Graphic Novel Sneak Peek

Sunday
* What is a Human?
* Accents and Speech Patterns in Fiction
* It's My Baby and You Can't Touch It
* Auction

And that was that. I didn't take notes on Saturday, as I was knitting, and the conversations were streaming along at a remarkable rate. Very interesting, but would have been self-defeating to try to transcribe.

Next year, SFContario seems to be the weekend after World Fantasy Con (which is also in TO), so I won't be doing both. I already have my WFC membership.