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Another commonly held misconception is that the belief of a flat earth was nullified when Columbus sailed across the Atlantic Ocean. In fact, the notion of a spherical earth has been around since Late Antiquity (c. AD 300 - 600), but it was Washington Irving's book, The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus published in 1828 that propagated the notion that superstitious sailors believed they would sail off the end of the earth. However, it is simply enough to know that there was a time, when the only earth was a flat one. Why would you think anything else? Round? Come on. The oceans would drain off, right? But eventually, people came around to the theory of a spherical earth, and now, except for a few radicals, you'd be crazy to think otherwise.
But the earth was still the centre of the universe, right? I mean, the sun revolved around the earth, after all. The Greeks believed it... the Catholic church endorsed it... why believe anything to the contrary? You would have to be an idiot to think anything different. But a guy named Nicolaus Copernicus came up with a theory that the earth actually was the one revolving around the sun, and not the other way around. Then our man Galileo proved him right. So for thousands of years, we all thought that we were certain of what we knew, and guess what? We were wrong. Somebody else knew what was right, and eventually, we came around to their way of thinking. It probably wasn't easy, but over time, we began to realize that we didn't know everything, or we weren't always right. And the guy that came up with it? Well, it turns out he wasn't an idiot after all. So perhaps that co-worker has a better way of doing it than you do, and he isn't a complete imbecile for thinking that he does. And it is possible that the customer could be right, despite the fact that everything tells you that he is most likely wrong. Or maybe, just maybe, someone else has a better recipe for apple crisp.
Ma Chin's famous apple crispOrignally Posted on: Nov 13, 2007
A longtime staple of the Chin diet, this crisp doesn't include oats, as most recipes do. Instead, the shortbread-style topping makes this dessert unique.
Ingredients:
6 medium apples - peeled, cored and sliced
1/4 c. white sugar
2 tbl. white flour
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
dash nutmeg
Topping:
1/2 c. butter
1 c. white flour
3/4 cup white sugar
dash salt
Serve warm, topped with whipping cream or vanilla ice cream.
- Pre-heat oven to 400° F. Butter/grease medium/large baking dish.
- Place apples, sugar, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg in dish and toss to mix ingredients.
- In separate bowl, combine topping ingredients and cut in butter until mixture is crumbly.
- Spread topping mix over apples and pat down lightly.
- Bake covered 15 mins at 400° F; reduce heat to 325° F for 30 mins uncovered. Cook until topping browns lightly.
