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Experimental Baking #5, and Quinoa Curry with Carrots

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 I like cooking things nobody else in the house will eat.  That's sarcastic, but I do like to cook some odder things.  And I like to experiment freehand baking, while I'm already up and at things, and see how my chemistry brain works out. Strawberry Muffins  1 cup flour 1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg .5 teaspoon cream of tartar .5 teaspoon baking soda .5 teaspoon salt (would add a shake more next time) 1/2 cup of white granulated sugar soaked overnight in a handful of fresh strawberries from the garden, cleaned and chopped.  (I'd add several more tablespoons of sugar next time if I were baking this recipe with it.. but it is our standard preservation method for strawberries from the garden that are not eaten immediately)  This batch was not 'sweet'..more like an oatmeal muffin, so it would take more sugar to sweeten it up to most people's taste, or maybe some honey - that is worth further pursuit. about 3/4 cup of milk 1 fresh chicken egg 1/2 stick butter Stir toge...