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Do your Part

College is something that most of our grandparents couldn’t afford and even though the costs are high today as well, it is possible to earn a degree if you apply for college grants. These are available in many forms, but two important categories include merit and need based grants, so you should use these two main criteria to narrow down the search.

There is nothing preventing you from applying to both, but while the latter are usually destined to people with low income, your financial situation can become an obstacle in getting this type of help. On the other hand, if you are very serious about your education and have the results to prove it, you should apply for college grants that are merit based. Or you can learn on how to apply the scholarships for African Americans as well.

The reason is that you will enjoy an amount of money that you don’t need to repay, and so you will not start your life after college with a huge debt that you will find difficult to pay back. Loans for college are not a novelty, but they will force you to start your career with a handicap, which translates into at least a few years of financial hardships.

Regardless of what type of grant you are aiming for, the FAFSA submission should the first on your priority list because it opens the way to both need and merits based grants. If you find out that you can’t prove the need for a grant, you should apply for college grants that put merit first, and these can be found on the state’s website.

Each state offers different grants, and you will have to send your GPA to find out if your results are good enough to qualify for a grant. Equally important is to submit all the information in time and to make sure that you will include everything they require on the online form.


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Too Good to be True

When you are being presented with a business opportunity that seems too good to be true, it usually is, so of you hear about government business grants that are offered for free, it pays of to do a little research. There are many people bragging about how they can teach you to get this free money, but they usually connect this promise with the request to buy their books or online courses.

Given the importance this kind of financial boost has on a fledgling business, it is easy to understand how some entrepreneurs give in to temptation and trust them blindly. Government business grants do exist, and they are available in limited amounts for those who respect a strict set of conditions and qualify for this type of aid. Socially, and economically disadvantaged individuals who own a business are the ones who have the best chance of getting this financial aid, through the Small Business Administration.

They need to present certain documents and credentials to prove eligibility, but there are certain minority groups such as Hispanics, Native Americans, African and Asian Americans, who are presumed to be disadvantaged. The application procedures are all made online, and you will find all the needed information and receive assistance on the website.

This has a two-pronged effect, because even those who know virtually nothing about government grants franchises and what makes them eligible, will immediately learn how to apply. Furthermore, this renders any third party books and guides virtually useless, so there is no chance of being scammed by those who are simply trying to extort you of some money.

Regardless of the result, you will be notified about the approval or decline through a letter from SBA, so that you know exactly which your options are. If you feel that you have been misunderstood, and they made an error, you can file a letter asking for them to reconsider that decision.


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Gonzales Market

Last month I went to Texas for SXSW and since flying into San Antonio cost me 52 bucks that’s where I landed. I decided to take a little bbq roadtrip during the drive to Austin. I usually don’t get to do this because my wife is vegetarian and eating sides at meat castles sucks. Anyways I Google map and expect to hit Gonzales and Lockhart.

The problem was my iphone put me on these backroads with prehistoric speed limits of 30mph. Texas state troopers know I can’t drive that slow so I had to abandon the iphone and just take whatever the streets I thought were the fastest way my rental metal can get me to some small town I’d never been too.

I get to Gonzales later than intended and begin to reconsider my plans for Lockhart as I still have to get to Austin in time to get my wristband, eat, pound beers and see my first rap show of the week. Figured, lets do the combo plate of ribs, brisket, cheese potatoes, mac & cheese and the finest beer they had: Tecate.

The brisket ended up being the best part. That was actually pretty, super flavorful and a decent amount of smoke. I like super heavy smoke but this was tasty. The ribs though, man that sucked. I don’t know if they had been sitting out or what but they were overcooked, dry and took longer to chew than they were worth. Sucks because I had high hopes for this joint. The sauce was served in bottles at the table which was nice because I hate when they dump that on your plate. Sauce was alright, not spicy enough for me, fortunately there was some hot sauce there too so I rocked it to a perfect ratio.

I smashed the macaroni and potatoes then jetted as I was really trying to hit Kruez in time so that I could still see some rap in Austin. Unfortunately I didn’t count of traffic due to south Texas winds so that got scrapped. In the end my Texas BBQ road-trip consisted of one place with awesome brisket and ribs.

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My White Castle Turducken

I’ve been talking about this for a while but finally decided to create this masterpiece.

Sarah was in charge of the stuffing. She based it off the White Castle Cook-Off winning recipe, which we scaled up to meet the demands of our turkey bag.

I sucked around deboning these birds for an hour and a half, during which I swore relentlessly to never do again. Never having done this before I checked out some really horrible youtube videos and decided to try to get the turkey carcass out in one piece. I managed to get it out without splitting the skin and the turkey was ready to be stuffed with the duck and chicken that I destroyed. You really need to have a ridiculously sharp knife to do this shit- which I didn’t.

This turd is now sitting in the oven at 250F. We have a party to go to at 6pm and I really hope this is done in time.

Update:
Yeah this turned out pretty damn good. It ended up taking 8.5 hours. I also found out that my thermometer is reading 4F lower than it should so this was a bit drier than I’d like it to be. Overall the flavor was there and the stuffing was banging but it def could have benefited from some type of injection or basting (which I didn’t do). Who gives a damn though, there were burgers in my turducken.

Here are some real sexy pics:

We’re dipping into the leftovers now, and as expected the ass end of those birds are tasting much better than the white meat.

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Biscuits

I like eating biscuits and a while back I was craving them and ribs so last Sunday I got together with some friends to do a little hee haw southern brunch. We did it up proper with two kinds of ribs, smoked country ham, mac & cheese, potato salad, biscuits, corn pudding, bread pudding, collards, apple pie and some hummus that a Korean brought for no goddamn reason. Anyways this post isn’t about that, this is about biscuits. I really wanted some southern style biscuits and wanted to figure out how to make them super flaky and fluffy.

I initially started with this recipe for Black Pepper biscuits because it just sounded dope. These tasted good but were real heavy, just didn’t have the flakiness I was looking for. After that I decided to do more research wondering if it was the recipe or of I was messing up.

Turns out it was both, my baking powder was like 3 years old (I don’t bake much) and apparently that matters, you want fresh. The other thing was the recipe telling me to bake them 2 inches apart, they should be touching, it helps them rise. This makes sense but I don’t know man I never made biscuits. Someone else always hooked them up so I never knew how easy these things were to make. It takes less than 10 minutes to whip up a batch of dough, eating biscuits from a tube.

After this batch I started looking for southern biscuit recipes specifically. I found a lot of people were using southern self rising flours that I can’t buy in San Francisco and didn’t have time to order online. Then I found this post on Pinch My Salt explaining the differences in types of flour. Depending on the flour the percentage of protein it contains differs. More

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