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[FranC]

Good morning, Fran
I have a few errands to run this morning, after that I'm not sure what mischief I'll get into.



That's good to hear, hoping she continues improving rapidly.

I hope so. She felt well enough to message her children . She's back to sleep now.

 

[FranC]

Good morning, mixers, hoping all of you have a good day!

Good morning to you and you have a good day too.

 

[hittman]

Good morning. I really slept in today. No big plans yet.

 

[FranC]

Good morning. I really slept in today. No big plans yet.

Good morning, hitt. Good for you.

 

[DavidOck]

Morning, mixers.

Light rain persists, temp too high

I hope so. She felt well enough to message her children . She's back to sleep now.

Hope she continues in the right direction!

 

[FranC]

Morning, mixers.

Light rain persists, temp too high



Hope she continues in the right direction!

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39 here with light rain.

 

[FranC]

I know I have mentioned before that dd works from home. Well today is payroll day and it's her job. I think she'd get up from her death bed to do her job. Sooooo she is up to do her job of payroll looking just marginally better than yesterday. She did have some soup for breakfast which is a plus.

 

[FranC]

She didn't get much of the soup down but at least she had some.

On the vaping front I put the last of my Blackberry Crumble in my tank this morning.

 

[englishmick]

GD invited us to the zoo last night for a Christmas family special. Her new husband was there and GGD, along with GGD's father, his current wife and their 5 kids. GD is 7 months down the road to her next kid. Mostly outdoors with millions of christmas lights. The animal areas were dark and the few critters we could see were asleep. It was really cold and really crowded. Their plan was to walk at high speed for 2 hours. I'm 73 so walking for miles in the dark at 20 degrees isn't so much fun anymore. It was OK for 15 minutes, by the end I couldn't feel my fingers. Today I'm staying home.

I've been working on my blackcurrant meringue recipe. Slowly reduced the meringue from 3% to 0.5%. Decided I don't like meringue. The latest version has 0.5 meringue and 2% FA Fresh Cream. That should be ready to use in a couple of weeks, I have enough of the previous version to keep me going until then. Then I'll decide whether to remove the meringue completely. I always use cream with fruit but I decided to experiment a bit with the blackcurrant. Should have stuck with what I know.

 

[Kat56]

Good morning everybody

 

[FranC]

Good morning everybody

Good morning to you.

 

[hittman]

GD invited us to the zoo last night for a Christmas family special. Her new husband was there and GGD, along with GGD's father, his current wife and their 5 kids. GD is 7 months down the road to her next kid. Mostly outdoors with millions of christmas lights. The animal areas were dark and the few critters we could see were asleep. It was really cold and really crowded. Their plan was to walk at high speed for 2 hours. I'm 73 so walking for miles in the dark at 20 degrees isn't so much fun anymore. It was OK for 15 minutes, by the end I couldn't feel my fingers. Today I'm staying home.

I've been working on my blackcurrant meringue recipe. Slowly reduced the meringue from 3% to 0.5%. Decided I don't like meringue. The latest version has 0.5 meringue and 2% FA Fresh Cream. That should be ready to use in a couple of weeks, I have enough of the previous version to keep me going until then. Then I'll decide whether to remove the meringue completely. I always use cream with fruit but I decided to experiment a bit with the blackcurrant. Should have stuck with what I know.

I like ssa blackcurrant a lot. I sometimes just mix it with 2-3% pudding base.

 

[FranC]

GD invited us to the zoo last night for a Christmas family special. Her new husband was there and GGD, along with GGD's father, his current wife and their 5 kids. GD is 7 months down the road to her next kid. Mostly outdoors with millions of christmas lights. The animal areas were dark and the few critters we could see were asleep. It was really cold and really crowded. Their plan was to walk at high speed for 2 hours. I'm 73 so walking for miles in the dark at 20 degrees isn't so much fun anymore. It was OK for 15 minutes, by the end I couldn't feel my fingers. Today I'm staying home.

I've been working on my blackcurrant meringue recipe. Slowly reduced the meringue from 3% to 0.5%. Decided I don't like meringue. The latest version has 0.5 meringue and 2% FA Fresh Cream. That should be ready to use in a couple of weeks, I have enough of the previous version to keep me going until then. Then I'll decide whether to remove the meringue completely. I always use cream with fruit but I decided to experiment a bit with the blackcurrant. Should have stuck with what I know.

Well at least you will learn somthing from your experiment. You might actually like the small amount of meringue.

 

[FranC]

I should be working on recipes but haven't felt like it yet.

 

[FranC]

3 more gloomy days after today before we see the sun again. Some rain also here and there. It will be really nice to see the sun when we finally do.

 

[DavidOck]

Yes. We sometimes get guesses of "scattered sun", or "sun-breaks" here, and look forward to those moments

 

[hittman]

It’s still snowing lightly. Looks like we’re going out to do some shopping. I have a couple things to return also. My brother in law got me this magnetic power tool holder that’s supposed to hang off the side of a tool box but I have no room for it so am going to return it.

 

[ShowMeTwice]

new recipe.......

Chocolate Cookie IC Sandwich with Peanuts

FA Vanilla Cookie 1.5%
SSA Crumbly Cookie 1.5%
FA Cookie 0.8%
WF Ice Cream Dark Chocolate 2.5%
SSA Clotted Cream 1%
FLV Peanut Butter 0.6%

Optional: Sweetener to taste. Start low, as in 0.25% - 0.5%.

Steep time = 4 weeks / as always, YMMV

The FA VC, FA Cookie and SSA CC cookie base is one I've used before. Combined they make an awesome tasting cookie. It's a nice base that can be taken in many directions with nearly any flavors (fruits, coffee, nuts etc. etc.).

WF Ice Cream Dark Chocolate is an excellent flavor. In this recipe it pulls double duty as a fine ice cream and it changes the cookie base into, ummm, a chocolate cookie.

Clotted cream boosts the overall IC profile. It also helped in making the chocolate less "dark" leaning.

FLV Peanut Butter is an excellent, and very realistic, roasted peanut with a light salt note. It is not even close to what I would call a "true" peanut butter flavor.

I mixed two 10ml versions of this recipe. One minus sweetener. The other with 1 drop CAP Super Sweet. Both are flavorful. The one with CAP SS is a wee bit sweeter, but it's not something I would call a "sickly" sweet. It's just the right amount for my tastes.

This is a delicious tasting IC sandwich. You get the chocolate cookie profile out front, a very creamy ice cream in the middle and peanut on the backside.

Note: A "blond" cookie version of this ice cream sandwich can easily be made with one or two subs. Pull WF Ice Cream Dark Chocolate, then sub 2.5% SSA Ice Cream or 2.5% SSA Ice Cream Vanilla. Or use them in combination, with one at 1.5% and the other at 1%.

@Zazie can you please add this to your blog? TIA

 

[ShowMeTwice]

I know I have mentioned before that dd works from home. Well today is payroll day and it's her job. I think she'd get up from her death bed to do her job. Sooooo she is up to do her job of payroll looking just marginally better than yesterday. She did have some soup for breakfast which is a plus.

Hopefully she gets much better soon.

 

[ShowMeTwice]

good afternoon everyOne............