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Griddled oatcakes

From Epicurious : INGREDIENTS 3 1/2 cups (or more) water 1 3/4 cups steel-cut oats 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup whipping cream 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup plus additional for serving 1 tablespoon (packed) dark brown sugar 1 tablespoon vanilla extract Melted butter (for brushing) 2 pints strawberries, hulled, sliced PREPARATION Butter 13x9x2-inch metal baking pan or rimmed baking sheet. Bring 3 1/2 cups water to boil in heavy medium saucepan. Add oats and salt. Bring to boil; reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until oatmeal is tender but still firm to bite, stirring often and adding more water by 1/4 cupfuls if too thick, about 30 minutes. Add cream, 2 tablespoons maple syrup, sugar, and vanilla; stir until mixture thickens, about 3 minutes.  Spread oatmeal in prepared pan. Cover with plastic wrap and chill until firm, at least 4 hours.  DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Keep chilled. Cut chilled oatmeal into squares or triangles. Heat griddle or heavy nonstick skillet over m

Instructional review: Flow Jitsu by Mike Bidwell

I was really tickled to get an advance peek at an instructional by Mike Bidwell called Flow Jitsu. I'm enjoying BJJ in my forties but I am really working on being less rigid and smashy, more fluid and crafty what with all these young twenty-something monsters on the mat. This sounded just up my alley. The video is available in digital download format only at Jiu Jitsu Brotherhood Gear for $49.95 and is about an hour long. Who is Mike Bidwell?  He is a blackbelt under Phil Migliarese and Ken Kronenberg, founder of blog  BJJ After Forty , creator of Flow Jitsu, and he persevered through a very long brown belt phase from 2001 to 2014.  So, I think he knows how BJJ can become a grind. In his introduction with  Nic Gregoriades , Roger Gracie blackbelt, Mike emphasized that he believes in the ideas of flow, movement, adaptability, and the importance of acknowledging and working with any limitations on your physicality by seeking easily-replicatable techniques for all skill levels. Does