errantember: (Little Cowboy Scott)
I got the official title to the Metro today, so it's 100% legal and 100% mine!

I've made it through two technical phone interviews and have an in person interview later this week for a great job that will make me a legitimate contractor and allow me to travel more.

I fixed the ice cream machine. It was leaking because it had several metal parts that were exposed to the mostly-salt-water freezing gel. I coated all effected parts with a heavy polyseal for floors, re-filled the gel compartment, and re-assembled it.

The blueberry sherbet is finally en route. It's in Phase One cooling in the freezer right now.

The paperwork for my Grandma's will showed up, and once everyone signs and returns it, I'll be getting another two months of money in the mail.

I polished my money frogs and dragons, and added a new gold dollar coin to the one in the kitchen.

I made a *lot* of progress cleaning up the remodeling garbage in the living room, and the floor looks great!

I'm learning Ruby, but promise not to become an asshole.
errantember: (Little Cowboy Scott)
The overall texture of ice cream made in my Krups machine has been very inconsistent. Even identical batches made at different times sometimes came out drastically different. However, I think I've Broken the Code. The biggest variable is the temperature of the ice cream when it goes into the machine. Since it's a frozen-canister type, you only have so much "coldness", if you will, per batch before the machine starts to thaw. Therefore, even a small difference in the initial temperature of the ice cream can make a big difference in how far down the smooth-and-creamy road a given batch makes it before the machine craps out. Normally I let the custardized cream sit overnight to make sure it's as low as the fridge gets, but *this* time I actually put it in the freezer first until it got down to about 38 degrees F before putting it into the machine. I also made sure to use a appropriate-sized container, to prevent the infiltration of excess air. The result? The smoothest, creamiest ice cream to come from the machine.

*slurp*

Ice cream -- It's what's for breakfast.

The Agony!

Mar. 29th, 2009 02:57 am
errantember: (Little Cowboy Scott)
The despair of slathering down the last of the broiled asparagus and fucking plate full of seared red peppers I got for *free* nearly overwhelmed me, but the sound of the freshly made ice cream churning in it's machine pulled me back from the abyss.

Why?!?

Oct. 27th, 2008 02:41 am
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Why does the one-teaspoon-is-like-a-fucking-triple-espresso green tea ice cream always have to come out of the machine at fucking three in the morning? It's not like tasting it is *optional*!

I guess sleep is...
errantember: (Cooking!)
...not to mention the Promise Land eggnog and matcha ice cream I'm in the process of making right now.

After all, it might be *terrible*.
errantember: (Cooking!)
It's really too bad that no one else except my roommate is going to get a chance to taste the blackstrap molasses and pistachio ice cream that will be emerging from the machine in about twenty minutes.

Yes.

*lick*

Too bad.
errantember: (Cooking!)
The third batch of green tea ice cream made here at Casa Blue was only finished about 3 hours ago, and is probably a quarter gone. Using 1/3 cup matcha for the batch was definitely the way to go. We tried the second batch with 1/4 cup, but it wasn't enough for it to really pop.

I wonder if it's any harder yet..?
errantember: (Cooking!)


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This is the vanilla ice cream recipe from the New Best Recipe with 1/3 cup(too much! bbbbbzZZZZZZZZZZzzZZZZZZZ!) matcha added in. While not as physically dangerous as the chocolate, it's arguably *more* wiring, and tastes *fantastic*. I think for the next round we'll try with 1/4 cup matcha, and make some mochi to make green tea mochi ice cream.
errantember: (Cooking!)
I just finished cooking my first batch of chocolate ice cream from The New Best Recipe. Two cooking pots, so laden with chocolate that I can't eat this late and still sleep, have been remitted to the fridge for later consumption. I hope it's as good as they claim, because it costs more than twice as much to make chocolate ice cream as it does to make vanilla. I also forgot to strain it before pouring it into the ice bath, and by the time I realized my mistake it had thickened too much. Hopefully this won't affect the flavor *too* much...
errantember: (Little Cowboy Scott)
The home-made honey-vanilla-cherry-pecan ice cream I just scraped out of the machine is pretty fucking good. I'm interested to see what it's like when it's fully frozen. I was worried I let the "It will only get better the more awesome stuff I add!" syndrome get away from me, but it fails utterly to be gratuitous. And it's 100% cane sugar free.

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