Ice-cream and waffle
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But first, belated birthday wishes to the wise and lovely
thalinoviel! Hope you had a fantastic time! Sorry we couldn't be there - prior engagement for a birthday of the big 40 kind.
The birthday girl seemed to have a wonderful evening. And guess what? I made ice-cream!
Most of those who know me will recall that the best and sweetest way I can show love for you is to stay out of the kitchen forever. This is no affectation, I genuinely am the very worst cook you have ever met. But this ice-cream is different, and it works so well I have to record it. You do not need an ice-cream maker. All you need is a little alcohol, to stop the ice-crystals forming.
It goes like this; 3 mixing bowls, four separated eggs, 200g/7oz caster sugar, 400 ml/14 fl oz double cream, 125 g/4 and a half oz of whatever you are going to flavour it with, two tablespoons of appropriate alcohol.
Mixing bowl number 1: Beat egg yolks and caster sugar until mixture is pale and fluffy.
Mixing bowl number 2: whip the cream. Cream is evil stuff, don't you think? The recipe says, whip until thick but not solid, because the cream dictates the consistency of the ice-cream. But it only takes one stroke too many to take it too far and you never know until the damage is done. I am trying not to turn this recipe into an allegory for anything at all.
Mixing bowl number 3: whip the egg whites until they form stiff peaks.
Then you use a metal spoon to fold alternating spoonfuls of cream and egg-white into the egg yolk mixture. In between each folding, add a handful of your flavouring (the recipe suggests creamed coconut, or chopped strawberries, or chocolate and nuts etc)until it's all combined.
Then you fold in the two tablespoons of alcohol (suggestions included malibu for the creamed coconut, kirsch for the strawbs and cognac for the choc and nut combo). Pour the mixture into a container, cover it with clingfilm and leave it for at least 8 hours. Then you can eat it.
Things I did wrong: I thought it would be extra caring and loving to hand beat the whole thing. What a twit I was. Two hours later I was tearing my hair out. The egg-whites wouldn't form stiff peaks, possibly because I didn't separate them enough and they still contained dribbles of yolk. The strawbs all sank to the bottom, to be discovered long after the end of the evening, as frozen little fruit corpses similar to those dried things you find in posh muesli. The moral of these stories? a) use blenders when you can and b) puree/liquify the flavouring in order to mix it in well.
However - I am almost ashamed to admit it - despite these problems, the ice-cream tasted absolutely fantastic, very rich, sweet and creamy, and certainly many times better than anything I have tasted from supermarkets. It goes without saying that
larians created lots of wonderful food, but this is everyday for him cos he's a fab cook. Any day when I walk into a kitchen and walk out again without having set something on fire/dropped something/curdled something just by looking at it is a red letter day for me!
We saw films this weekend; House of Flying Daggers which was very beautiful, and Team America World Police which was puerile, offensive and disgusting, and had me laughing from start to finish. Now, here's a curious thing:
In TAWP, puppets go through the gamut of ugly deaths; some are burned alive, some are eviscerated from the waist up, some have their heads smashed to pulp. And the censors say that's OK, and everybody laughs.
There's a sex scene between boy puppet and girl puppet. It's graphic, considering that the puppets are not anatomically correct. And the censors say that's OK, and everybody laughs.
But then there's a scene where one (male) puppet fellates another. And the censors say No Way Jose, and the scene is cut.
Wow. We're so freaked by same gender sex we can't even allow wood and plastic to represent it. So let's get this right:
Long hair puppet + short hair puppet having sex = OK.
Short hair puppet + short hair puppet having sex = Not OK.
Any puppets killing/maiming/torturing any puppets = Very OK.
Makes perfect sense, right? Time to go visit my home planet...
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The birthday girl seemed to have a wonderful evening. And guess what? I made ice-cream!
Most of those who know me will recall that the best and sweetest way I can show love for you is to stay out of the kitchen forever. This is no affectation, I genuinely am the very worst cook you have ever met. But this ice-cream is different, and it works so well I have to record it. You do not need an ice-cream maker. All you need is a little alcohol, to stop the ice-crystals forming.
It goes like this; 3 mixing bowls, four separated eggs, 200g/7oz caster sugar, 400 ml/14 fl oz double cream, 125 g/4 and a half oz of whatever you are going to flavour it with, two tablespoons of appropriate alcohol.
Mixing bowl number 1: Beat egg yolks and caster sugar until mixture is pale and fluffy.
Mixing bowl number 2: whip the cream. Cream is evil stuff, don't you think? The recipe says, whip until thick but not solid, because the cream dictates the consistency of the ice-cream. But it only takes one stroke too many to take it too far and you never know until the damage is done. I am trying not to turn this recipe into an allegory for anything at all.
Mixing bowl number 3: whip the egg whites until they form stiff peaks.
Then you use a metal spoon to fold alternating spoonfuls of cream and egg-white into the egg yolk mixture. In between each folding, add a handful of your flavouring (the recipe suggests creamed coconut, or chopped strawberries, or chocolate and nuts etc)until it's all combined.
Then you fold in the two tablespoons of alcohol (suggestions included malibu for the creamed coconut, kirsch for the strawbs and cognac for the choc and nut combo). Pour the mixture into a container, cover it with clingfilm and leave it for at least 8 hours. Then you can eat it.
Things I did wrong: I thought it would be extra caring and loving to hand beat the whole thing. What a twit I was. Two hours later I was tearing my hair out. The egg-whites wouldn't form stiff peaks, possibly because I didn't separate them enough and they still contained dribbles of yolk. The strawbs all sank to the bottom, to be discovered long after the end of the evening, as frozen little fruit corpses similar to those dried things you find in posh muesli. The moral of these stories? a) use blenders when you can and b) puree/liquify the flavouring in order to mix it in well.
However - I am almost ashamed to admit it - despite these problems, the ice-cream tasted absolutely fantastic, very rich, sweet and creamy, and certainly many times better than anything I have tasted from supermarkets. It goes without saying that
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We saw films this weekend; House of Flying Daggers which was very beautiful, and Team America World Police which was puerile, offensive and disgusting, and had me laughing from start to finish. Now, here's a curious thing:
In TAWP, puppets go through the gamut of ugly deaths; some are burned alive, some are eviscerated from the waist up, some have their heads smashed to pulp. And the censors say that's OK, and everybody laughs.
There's a sex scene between boy puppet and girl puppet. It's graphic, considering that the puppets are not anatomically correct. And the censors say that's OK, and everybody laughs.
But then there's a scene where one (male) puppet fellates another. And the censors say No Way Jose, and the scene is cut.
Wow. We're so freaked by same gender sex we can't even allow wood and plastic to represent it. So let's get this right:
Long hair puppet + short hair puppet having sex = OK.
Short hair puppet + short hair puppet having sex = Not OK.
Any puppets killing/maiming/torturing any puppets = Very OK.
Makes perfect sense, right? Time to go visit my home planet...
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Date: 2005-01-20 11:37 am (UTC)Say Hi to Yortleplusgubbly whilst you're there M'dear.
Oh and could you grab me a tube of Bio-bip and some potassium 2-ethoxide crystals when you pass Beta Hydri ?
Love and Kisses.
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Date: 2005-01-20 11:52 am (UTC)