MMMMM yum mushrooms!

INGREDIENTS 

• 12 whole fresh mushrooms  (My box was short a mushroom)
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil (I used same amount of butter instead.)
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic  (dunno how much that is, but I used three little thingos)
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened (could use a little less.)
• 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper (skipped)
• 1/4 teaspoon onion powder  (I used like.. 1/2-3/4 teaspoons cause I read the instruction's wrong)
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper (I used Old Bay seasoning) 

DIRECTIONS

1. (I ended up turning on the oven a little too late, which was cool; cause I ended up taking too long to prepare the silly mixture) Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray (If I had a baking sheet. Turns out, Hawk donated all their spare stuff minus some spoons somewhere. I ended up finding a microwave tin and lined it with Al foil! -- worked out perfectly cause it had high edges that kept my mushrooms upright). Clean mushrooms with a damp paper towel (or a random hand towel that I happen to have cause their paper towels look nasty). Carefully break off stems(to which they mean cut them a little then rip off the end. Cause breaking them seems to make them button caps shallow). Chop stems extremely fine, discarding tough end of stems. (chop chop chop!)
2. Heat oil (or, in my case butter) in a large skillet over medium heat (doesn't matter, apprently, if you burn the butter, which I think I might have almost done while chopping garlic). Add garlic and chopped mushroom stems to the skillet (mushroom stems went in first-- then yummy yummy garlic) . Fry until any moisture has disappeared, taking care not to burn garlic (Thanks for the tip!). Set aside to cool. (I fried the stems first, and added the garlic maybe... 5 mins before the mushroom stems were done)
3. When garlic and mushroom mixture is no longer hot (Um... yeah... impatient), stir in cream cheese, Parmesan cheese, black pepper, onion powder (that is not somehow tipped upside down and eptied out by accident into my mix)and cayenne pepper. Mixture should be very thick. Using a little spoon (Or a big one....), fill each mushroom cap with a generous amount of stuffing (And apparently, by generous, she meant heaping....[my musrooms were teetering, cause there was more filling than mushroom]). Arrange the mushroom caps on prepared cookie sheet. (or ramdom round bake tin.)
4. Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the mushrooms are piping hot and liquid starts to form under caps.
5. (EAT THEM)

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This excelent recipe was submitted to http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Mouth-Watering-Stuffed-Mushrooms/Detail.aspx by some Angie Gorkoff. THANKS ANGIE!

Shady boys on the north door of cary west. I had to pass by them as they were sitting like gargoyles on the Cary stone architecture. They weren't unattractive. Just shady. A dark black guy bigger than Cory, just as trim and sporting thick dreds was the one that caught my attention at first. then the guy lying across the stone handrail. Then the guys sitting on the opposite edge of the stairs. Then the girl. They were either side of me, I had no choice but to walk thorugh-- and I suppose I looked a little more hesitant that I though was polite, so I just gave them a brief glance and tried not to oogle.

"So you were studying in there?" dred boy teased, clearly indicating to J-, who I had hugged then let him go back upstairs.

"Yup," I replied pretty calmly. "And swear, it was just 'studying'."

He laughed, took the bait and responded, "Is that what they're calling it now a days?"

By now, halfway across the sidewalk and into the street, I turn back on them with a shrug and a broad smirk and reply, "That's what I'm calling."

I guess you might have had to actually be there and hear them to fully appreciate it. It was cute. We all were laughing at the end. And then I drove home.