Espresso Ice Cream

Espresso ice cream is one of my favorite treats. I was switching threw the channels and I happened to go bye a show called, “Barefoot Conessa”. This show is almost torture to watch. The main woman is not attractive at all and all that she does is lecture about her husband and what he wants. After about 3 minutes I gave up, but I recorded the episodes because she was making espresso Ice Cream. In the show I noticed that she used the same exact tools that my family has. I watched it and decided to try to make the ice cream. First I did all the steps. But when i First combined the half and half with the egg yokes and sugar it made a lot of foam because I mixed it together vigorously. The another one of the steps is to pour all of it back into the scolding pot. Since I couldn’t see the mixture directly cause of the foam I messed up and let it curdle. I didn’t just make it curdle a little bit, I curdled it all the way till it looked like soggy scrambled eggs. After that mishap I started over and fed that part to my dog. The second attempt went smoothly, but in the recipe it tells you to add chocolate covered espresso beans but it is not needed. After everything the ice cream was delicious. The espresso ice cream had a zing to it and the espresso really gave the tart flavor a kick. After everything the only negative for me is how many eggs i used up (13) and the amount of half and half. I used up about 13 eggs and one and a half cartons of half and half. I would give this recipe a 4.5 out of 5 because the ice cream had an amazing flavor to it.

Golden Spoon

Golden Spoon is one of my favorite places to get ice cream. I have always noticed that I have preferred frozen yogurt over ice cream whenever possible. The one exception is at Costco’s frozen yogurt because it’s nonfat. Nonfat yogurt is not the way to go. It always has a wretched aftertaste. The point of life is to live it to its fullest and having nonfat yogurt just ruins it. If they made nonfat yogurt that taste good then I would yell, “HAIL MARIE!!!!”, but right no thats not happening for Costco. But it is happening for Golden Spoon! Golden spoon has about 8 flavors to choose from and they’re always changing. My favorite combination of flavors is very unearthly. I like getting a small peanut butter and strawberry yogurt with rainbow sprinkles on top. This might sound odd but I’ve always got this same exact combination when ever it is possible which is not always the case. Golden Spoon changes the flavors in their stores every two weeks. But the always have the same type. For example Golden Spoon will always have a coffee yogurt, but the yogurt might be classic coffee or espresso. Another example there will always be a berry like strawberry or boysenberry. The only exception is that there is always chocolate, vanilla, and peanut butter. That has always sounded strange to me but I found that peanut butter is their best flavor. The last time I went to Golden Spoon they didn’t have strawberry. So instead I got very uncreative. I got a small peanut butter and peanut butter cup with peanut butter cups on top. I liked the sound of saying it so thats what I got. The reason I didn’t get just a peanut butter cup with peanut butter cups on top is because the peanut butter cup flavor is VERY chocolaty. I would recommend always getting a small size because the amount of frozen yogurt doesn’t change when you go up a size to a regular cause the kids that work there don’t really care that much about the amount only about the number of tips they get. So always get a small or mini size cup. I asked a person who worked there about this topic and he said that my article represents exactly what a Golden Spoon employee’s thought process is.

Good Hamburger

After my failed attempt at cooking a hamburger I decided to try again. This time I did everything the same. The only real difference was that I let the grill heat up first then put the patties on. Then I checked to make sure that the patties were thin so they would cook faster and more evenly. After about 5 minutes I took out a knife and and cut a patty and looked inside of it. I put the hamburger on a special type of bread. (the type that your make paninis out of)The patty was basically brown except a little part in the middle. That is how I like my patties done, medium rare. I put on some blue cheese instead of cheddar cheese which gave it richer flavor. I also salted the patty after I took it off to enhance the the juices pungency. In the end I finished my double double and whipped the plate clean.

Bad Hamburger

Today My parents were out of the house and I had to cook myself a hamburger. Like I said before, “I’m not a good cook, yet”. This was proven when I went to cook the hamburger. At first everything was going just fine. I had the bun toasted, the hamburger on the grill, and the condiments all ready to be put on the hamburger. I took the hamburger off the grill and put it on a bun with all the condiments. I took a picture cause I was so proud of it. Then I took a bite and it was pink all except the very outer part. I only cooked it until it “looked” done. The idea that the hamburger was rare didn’t stop me from eating it. I ate half of it till i got sick of the taste of raw meat then I flushed it down the toilet. The end of that adventure.