David is gone until Sunday. Five days, that's right. What do I do all by myself for 5 days? Well let me give you a peak into my so called life.
Today I decided that making ice cream in a ziplock bag was what I was going to do. Thank you pinterest, you are so smart sometimes. Besides, it sounded so easy and came from a mommy blog which means she really did it and she said it worked. I can do it too!
I even got this really smart idea that I was going to slip the quart size ziplock into a large cup so that I could easily poor into it. I was going places, had this one in the bag. (haha, no pun intended!) Bag with ice cream mix, check. Put bag into gallon size bag with ice and rock salt (make sure everything is sealed very very well), check. Shake for 8 or so minutes. Okay.
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Two minutes into shaking. Me: Mmmmm I bet that little bit of almond extract along with my vanilla is going to be great! I am a freaking ice cream genious!
Wait a minute...I wonder if mom meant to say teaspoons instead of tablespoons. That sure seemed like a lot of extract. (Check recipe). Nope, it says t-a-b-l-e-s-p-o-o-n-s (you must say this part out loud to yourself). If you do not do that then you won't suddenly remember that you halved the rest of the recipe, except for the extract. Have I mentioned that baking (or any cooking that requires precise measuring) is not my thing. Not that I ever tried to make banana bread without the eggs or anything like that, I would never do that...it was my 4th failed loaf in one night, I was a little frazzled okay.
Not to fear, I can fix this! Pour contents back out of bag into mixing bowl and add the other portion of half and half and sugar. Check!
We're in business again, shaking away. Wow, this is really cold. I am going to wrap this in a towel. Shaking shaking shaking...shaking shaking shaking. I don't remember anything in the instructions that described your muscles burning from shaking a 6 lb bag of cream and ice vigorously for several minutes. It is at this point that I decided that me and Riley didn't need to go out for exercise tonight because I was clearly already getting my workout in. Today was weights.
Me: Shaking bag of milk wrapped like baby in towel, rocking back and forth on couch singing Spirit in the Sky (you know this one mom!). I usually don't listen to songs that mention god or Jesus but this one is really catchy you know. Anyway, this is what I may be doing if you were to randomly stop by my house when there is no one here to keep me sane.This is the sort of thing I will be doing for the next 5 days.
Oh, the ice cream? It's in the freezer. I will let you know. And no I don't have any pictures, they have all turned out terrible lately. No pictures. Maybe next time.
Sooo, did it work?? It seems like maybe a fail and you just don't want to own up to it. Also, why Spirit in the Sky? Were you watching 40 year old virgin? And one more thing: three posts!! You are on a roll!
ReplyDeleteI actually ate some after I was done posting and it was good. Little less almond or none, it is strong stuff. But as far as texture, almost exactly the same and since I don't have an ice cream maker I will be doing it again for sure. Maybe chocolate next time, yum! I was listening to pandora and for some reason that song always comes on my classic rock station, probably because I gave it a thumbs up cause it's really great to sing along to. I would be on more of a roll if I could take a descent picture but my plants are not that inspiring right now. Probably because when I went through all my old pictures I had the same exact pictures a year ago that I have now. Guess that means I need more plants!
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