"MAY...What's Cooking This Month!"

Bugster2 wrote:I read a book on making ice cream. It said it is best to let the custard chill in the fridge overnight. Something happens to base during this time which produces a better ice cream.

Bugster2 wrote:and then we packed it into four 32-ounce sour cream containers and then stirred in the buttered pecans and mixed it up

My next flavor I plan to make is pistachio -- I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE pistachio ice cream, especially B&J's.  Homemade ice cream is not cheap to make with the heavy cream and light cream (or Half and Half) but it's sooo worth it.  

Crybaby wrote:

Barbara101 wrote:lol and let me tell you real ice cream is so good.If I can have the restraint to have a very small amount ,I am good to go.The hell with 1/3 of a peach too.  

 
I didn't make the custard for the Butter Pecan icecream until yesterday (no room in the fridge to chill it).  Made it yesterday afternoon and decided to let it chill overnight once I made room
 
So we're making it today.  Brian just came back from the store; he went to get some rock salt and some ice.  Since he was going to a different store than he normally does, he took the small list we had going and left.
 
He just came back.  Guess what?  He forgot to get the ice!!  This is par for the course for him.  He just laughed, shrugged and said he will go to the convenient store and get the ice.  
 
Personally, I think Brian is pixilated...

Bugster2 wrote:I make a killer Bailey's Irish Cream ice cream. I haven't really made anything else that has come up to my standards. I think I may try a gelato and see what happens. I was hoping to find a really good vanilla ice cream recipe but so many of them use too many egg yolks which IMHO makes an eggy tasting ice cream. BLECH!

Bugster2 wrote:I make a killer Bailey's Irish Cream ice cream. I haven't really made anything else that has come up to my standards. I think I may try a gelato and see what happens. I was hoping to find a really good vanilla ice cream recipe but so many of them use too many egg yolks which IMHO makes an eggy tasting ice cream. BLECH!

Crybaby wrote:

Bugster2 wrote:I make a killer Bailey's Irish Cream ice cream. I haven't really made anything else that has come up to my standards. I think I may try a gelato and see what happens. I was hoping to find a really good vanilla ice cream recipe but so many of them use too many egg yolks which IMHO makes an eggy tasting ice cream. BLECH!

Why don't you post that recipe, Bug, if it's not too much trouble.  Both Brian and I like Bailey's so that's one I'd like to try.

I have a good vanilla ice cream recipe but it's the kind without any eggs and is not a cooked custard.  Ooh, but I love homemade vanilla made with vanilla beans!  If I remember right, I use both the beans and the extract.  It's good to make and mix different cookies, chocolate chunks or Reese's Peanut Butter Cup chunks in the ice cream prior to putting it in the freezer for hardening.

We dug into the Butter Pecan Ice Cream once it was in the freezer for four hours.  Boy, was it good!  And the super thing was that the pecans (I used chopped AND pecan halves) were well distributed, which I try very hard to get right.

Niagara Visitor wrote:I haven't been here for a while, I think you will all understand, though..

I don't know where else to post this, but thought that this might be an appropriate place, for my hubby sure loved food.  He died peacefully on May 17, with me holding his hand and our sons and both daughters-in-law at his side.  He developed an unexpected abdominal obstruction, surgery was not an option, and he would not have wanted it.  With the caring help of an understanding doctor, he did not suffer long, and died 6 days after the blockage appeared.  He did not want any heroics to prolong his life, and we were able to see to that.

We buried his ashes in a beautyful old cemetery near where he used to ride both his bicycle and his horse, and then we had a grand party to celebrate his life on our farm.  I ordered a big tent, we had a fishfry, lots of sausages, shrimp, salads, lots of sweets, coffee, my sister made dozens of devilled eggs, we had way too much beer and wine.

We had over 100 people, he would have loved the party!

Bugster2 wrote:Oh dear! Poor Tina! I hope she is feeling better now.