Eggplant flower
Well, chefs, if I had an actual ice cream maker like Holly I'm not sure I'd eat anything else. Today she returns with a recipe that's really a custard since it includes eggs, and the result is all the richer for it.
Holly writes: I didn't remember
to take pictures during the cooking...I guess I was too focused on stirring.
Very Chocolate Ice Cream
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 cup milk
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3 egg yolks, lightly beaten·
- 2 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Combine sugar, milk, salt,
and cocoa powder in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly. Bring to
a simmer.
Place the egg yolks into a
small bowl. Gradually stir in about 1/2 cup of the hot liquid. and return to
the saucepan. Heat until thickened, but do not boil.
Remove from the heat, and
stir in the chopped chocolate until chocolate is melted.
Pour into a chilled bowl, and
refrigerate for about two hours until cold, stirring occasionally.
When chocolate mixture has
completely cooled, stir in the cream and vanilla.
Pour into an ice cream maker, and freeze
according to manufacturer's directions.
From Chicago to SW Michigan
This delicate pink hydrangea was being dug up from Rob's Chicago parkway. Happily, he called me and I rushed over with a bag and transported it here. Yesterday it was encrusted with pollinators, best friends of the garden.
Music
I
Remember Everything
The
last recorded song by John Prine.
Written by Prine and his longtime
collaborator Pat McLaughlin.
I’ve been down this road before
I remember
every tree
Every single blade of grass
Holds a special place for me
And I
remember every town
And every hotel room
And every song I ever sang
On a guitar
out of tune
I remember everything
Things I can’t forget
The way you turned and
smiled on me
On the night that we first met
And I remember every night
Your
ocean eyes of blue
How I miss you in the morning light
Like roses miss the dew
Summer squash
from our CSA box
Poetry
The Health-Food Diner
by Maya Angelou
No sprouted wheat and soya shoots
And Brussels in a cake,
Carrot straw and spinach raw,
(Today, I need a steak).
And Brussels in a cake,
Carrot straw and spinach raw,
(Today, I need a steak).
Not
thick brown rice and rice pilaw
Or mushrooms creamed on toast,
Turnips mashed and parsnips hashed,
(I'm dreaming of a roast).
Or mushrooms creamed on toast,
Turnips mashed and parsnips hashed,
(I'm dreaming of a roast).
Health-food
folks around the world
Are thinned by anxious zeal,
They look for help in seafood kelp
(I count on breaded veal).
Are thinned by anxious zeal,
They look for help in seafood kelp
(I count on breaded veal).
No
smoking signs, raw mustard greens,
Zucchini by the ton,
Uncooked kale and bodies frail
Are sure to make me run
Zucchini by the ton,
Uncooked kale and bodies frail
Are sure to make me run
to
Loins
of pork and chicken thighs
And standing rib, so prime,
Pork chops brown and fresh ground round
(I crave them all the time).
And standing rib, so prime,
Pork chops brown and fresh ground round
(I crave them all the time).
Irish
stews and boiled corned beef
and hot dogs by the scores,
or any place that saves a space
For smoking carnivores.
and hot dogs by the scores,
or any place that saves a space
For smoking carnivores.
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