air quality and cookies

Today I learned by comparing all the PM2.5 and PM10 Comparison Data on this page that particulate readings in town don't change much even when we have an air quality problem, so they're pretty useless. What's not useless is what J. Paul writes here about the air in Phoenix. He says I'm going to feel lousy until Thursday, which is a bummer, but at least it's useful.

In other news, I learned how to make cookies using coconut flour, coconut oil, sugar, and water. First you measure about a cup of coconut flour. Then you add about a half a cup of sugar and several spoonfuls of coconut oil and stir. Put in more coconut oil until you realize you should have creamed the oil and sugar together first, and then added the flour. Taste it. Add more sugar until it seems good. Add enough water that it looks like cookie dough, roll it into little balls, roll those in sugar, and flatten them on a cookie sheet. Bake for a while at 350 F, and surprisingly, you have a dozen yummy cookies, but you realize that you now bake like most people make mudpies.

Sigh.