INPUT ARTICLE: Article: The fresher and tastier the fruit you choose is, the better your sorbet will taste in the end. Getting local fruit that is very fresh is often the most cost-effective way to get tasty, ripe fruit. The amount of fruit you get will determine how much sorbet you have. In order to make a quart of sorbet, try to get about 2 pounds of fruit (which should yield about 4 cups of puree). While you can make sorbet with any fruit, some fruits (such as citrus and pomegranate) are more challenging for beginners. Fruits that are high in pectin (such as berries) or high in fiber (such as strawberries, peaches, mangoes, or bananas) make getting a creamier sorbet texture easier. Wash your fruit, remove any tops, cores, seeds, or ends, and cut into smallish pieces. Cutting the fruit ahead of time will make the pureeing process go more smoothly. Use a food processor or blender to puree your fruit. Make sure that the mixture is free of lumps and remove any errant seeds that got through. You should have about 4 cups of pureed fruit. If you have less, you might want to puree a little more fruit to have the right balance of fruit and sugar. This step may be optional, depending upon the fruit you're using and what kind of texture you'd like for your final product. If you want a delicate texture, strain the fruit. If you don't mind a rougher texture, you can leave the pulp in.

SUMMARY: Choose seasonal, fresh fruit. Select a fruit that is high in fiber or pectin. Wash and chop the fruit. Puree the fruit. Strain the mixture.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Make sure you know how to check to see the oven is heated properly. Some ovens make a noise, like a beep, when they're done preheating. If your oven does not indicate when it finishes preheating, use an oven thermometer to make sure the oven is heated adequately. As a single serving cake does not take long to mix, it's a good idea to wait a few minutes between turning on the oven and starting your cake. This way, you can put your cake in the oven right after you prepare the ingredients. You need a standard sized mug that's safe to cook in the oven. It should say somewhere on the label if the mug can be placed in the oven. Once you've found a suitable mug, spray it down with non-stick spray. If you can't find a mug, you can use a ramekin roughly the same size as a standard sized mug instead. For this cake, you will add all the ingredients at once. Mix the ingredients together until your batter is smooth and consistent throughout. You do not need to use an electric mixer. You can use a fork or a small spoon to stir. Start off baking your cake for 16 minutes. If the cake is not done after 16 minutes, cook your cake for an additional minute. Keep adding a minute onto the cooking time until your cake is done. When the cake is done, it will spring up after you press down on it. You should also be able to insert a fork or toothpick into the cake and have it come out clean.

SUMMARY: Preheat your oven to 330 degrees Fahrenheit (about 165 degrees Celsius). Find an oven-safe mug. Add your ingredients to the mug and mix thoroughly. Bake for 16 to 18 minutes.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: People report that different emotions feel different subjectively. While the clearest distinction is that negative emotions feel very different than positive emotions, different negative emotions also feel different from each other. Embarrassment feels different than sadness, which feels different from fear. Anger is experienced when someone has wronged you in some way. It serves to dissuade them from doing so again in the future. Without an emotion like anger, people might repeatedly take advantage of you. The experience of anger sometimes begins in the back between the shoulder blades and travels upward, along the back of the neck and around the sides of the jaws and head. When experiencing anger you may feel hot and flustered. If you notice sensations like tension, pain, and pressure in your back, neck, and jaws, you may be internalizing your anger. Disgust is a response toward repulsive stimuli, often things that can make us physically sick. It functions to protect us from things that could make us ill. It can also be experienced when we find things metaphorically gross - like certain moral violations. Disgust is felt primarily in the stomach, chest, and head areas of the body. You may actually feel sick or nauseous and find yourself closing off your nasal passages and moving away from the revolting stimuli. Fear is experienced in response to dangerous threats like bears, heights, or guns. It helps us to avoid these things in the moment and to learn to avoid them in the future. Although fear is an evolved emotional response, many of the things we are afraid of are learned. Fear is usually felt primarily in the top half of the body. However, when it involves a fear of heights, fear often involves sensation in the legs. When experiencing fear, your heart may beat faster, you may breathe quicker, your palms may feel sweaty and hot as part of your nervous system kicks into high gear. This response is the so called fight or flight response. Happiness is experienced in response to things that often have implications for surviving, thriving, and passing on one's genes. Examples of things that make us happy include having sex, having children, succeeding in a valued goal, being praised by others, and being in a nice welcoming environment. While happiness is perhaps one of those most easily recognizable or well-known emotions, is also one of the most difficult to define. It can involve feelings of warmth throughout the whole body, or it can involve a sense of feeling content, safe, or living the good life. Sadness is experienced in response to a loss that we care about. It is a very painful emotion, which may act to help us to avoid losses in the future or to appreciate what we have when we get something back (such as in the case of a romantic partner). Sadness often begins in the chest and moves upward through the throat and up to the eyes where we see tears. You've probably heard the expression: "She's all choked up." Allowing yourself to cry fully can be a cleansing experience. Paying attention to the physical sensations in these areas and allowing the energy to move, helps us to grieve after a loss and empathize with others' suffering. Surprise is experienced when something is unexpected but not deemed to be a threat. It is an interesting emotion in that it is relatively neutral in valence compared to the other emotions, which are often felt as positive or negative. Surprise may function to help re-orient attention to novel unexpected things. Surprise is felt primarily in the head and chest. It is experienced in response to the unexpected; it can feel like a bit of a jolt.

SUMMARY:
Learn what each emotion feels like. Learn what anger feels like. Learn what disgust feels like. Understand what fear feels like. Know what happiness feels like. Review what sadness feels like. Know what surprise feels like.