St. Charles County Living

If you’ve been to the grocery store lately, you undoubtedly crossed paths with expensive eggs.

When making up my grocery lists, I used to allow about 89 cents for a dozen eggs. Now it’s over $2!

I recently remembered what I used to do when baking for my grandmother who was allergic to eggs.

Try this:

An adequate substitute for each egg called for, when baking, is a mixture of one tablespoon of soy flour and one tablespoon (or a little more) of water.

I would use this substitution mostly when baking cookies. It gave them a crinkly texture, but they were still really tasty.

I never tried it with cakes, but I think I will.

Where to find soy flour:

I just bought a pound of soy flour at Schnuck’s in LSL for $2.69. The soy flour was located in the baking aisle near the other flours on the bottom shelf.

We can’t let the price of eggs prevent baking yummy stuff!

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Some local happenings aren’t especially “newsworthy,” but are still helpful for the community to be aware of them.

If you are so inclined, please say a little prayer for each of these neighbors who may be having a bad day (to say the least). Also remember the emergency professionals as they often work through dangerous situations.

These listings will be updated regularly in this blogs area. Check back often!

March 4, 2008:

A Pontiac struck the median on the 364 Bridge.

Highway 370—Yellow van against the median.

A MODOT plow involved in an accident.

A vehicle hanging off an embankment near Washington, MO.

Traffic accident Highway 70 Eastbound between LSL Boulevard at Highway 61 (highway was closed).

Smoke detector was going off in a house.

Traffic accident Highway 70 Westbound between Bryan and LSL Boulevard.

Traffic accident on Pitman and North Callahan in Wentzville.

It was reported that someone was having suicidal thoughts in Lincoln County.

On Highway Z, South of Highway N, there was a passenger car in the ditch.

Someone struck a light pole—location unclear.

Vehicle accident—Highway K at Christina Marie in O’Fallon.

St. Charles—someone reported having chest pain.

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