Honey Drippin' Beehive.

"Why was honey considered an aphrodisiac, anyway? Honey is rich in B vitamins needed for testosterone production, but could people have known that in ancient times? Could it be that the scent of honey resembled the smell of urine due to the presence of phenylacetic acid in both, and that smell of urine just so happened to bring to people's minds images of genitalia? Bois de Jasmin's Victoria writes: "Phenylacetic acid in extremely low concentrations has a luscious honey and animalic malt odour; however, in large doses, it becomes distinctly urinous" -pink manhattan

We kept it simple this time.
6 egg yolks, milk, vanilla, heavy cream, and honey.


The milk got heated and the honey disolved into it. That mixture went into the eggs and then back on the stove for a few minutes.
I put that shit through a strainer and stashed it in the fridge for a few hours, mixed in the heavy cream, got out the machine and froze the custard.

This custard came out pretty good. Ralph was really enthused about the texture, and enjoyed that it wasnt too sweet.
Personally, I was a little disappointed in how mild the honey flavor was. I guess I have to spend some time investigating more local honey before I try this one agin.

"flaming ruby heart
pee on my naked thigh
shiny wet behind
I get hard and I cry"
-G. Bataille

Tony Shrooms Lime Ice.

A few weeks ago I went to the local folk fest. A nice day of listening to pretty terrible music and people watching. Hanging out in the shade and just enjoying my friends and being outside. Anthony suggested we get some ices, and this was something I could totally get down with. The line was long, but there was nothing else to do. I don't remember the specific flavors but I know I got a lemon ice, Jen might have gotten lemon and cherry, Anthony got 2 lemons. There was probably chocolate and blue as well. Blue, I assume, is raspberry. So, while in line Anthony thought out loud about how good a lime ice would be. I thought this was a great idea, and a few weeks later I got around to making one.
The first step was to make a simple syrup. One cup of sugar and one cup of water get combined and heated until the sugar is all dissolved. In the meantime I zested four limes and juiced what I think was about ten limes. I tossed half the zest in to the syrup in hopes to infuse the syrup with some extra lime flavor. Then I stuck the syrup in the frigerator.



I gave the syrup a little longer to chill, and gave myself a nice afternoon nap. When I woke up a few hours later I mixed about two thirds of a cup of the syrup with the juice, added a bit more water, and the remaining lime zest. Then I poured it all into the ice cream machine. A few minutes before it looked ready I added a beaten egg white. Again, I dont know science but from what I understand the egg white stabilizes the mixture and keeps it from freezing into a huge solid ice cube in the freezer.
I couldn't get a nice looking picture of the finished ice, but hopefully I'll get around to taking a nice picture of Tony Shrooms enjoying it.

The All Seeing Eye Scream.

The plan was to make a kiwi custard for banana splits. I started with a dozen kiwis mashed them up, tossed two tablespoons of sugar on them, and stuck them in the fridgerator for an hour. I suppose some science goes to work at this point and breaks the fruit down a bit. I took the kiwi out and processed them to a liquid and tried my best to strain the seeds out.



Putting the fruit to the side, I made a standard custard with egg yolks, milk, and sugar. When the custard was finished I let it cool for a bit. Later on I mixed in the kiwi and some cream, then waited until the next day to freeze it.
I didn't find the time to freeze it for a few days and then when I did I forgot to put the mixing blade into my machine. A few minutes passed as I assembled the tools needed to store the finished custard. It had only been a few minutes, but it was already too late. The custard had started to freeze in a solid sheet to the bottom and sides of the machine. Trying in vain to scrape the sides and get the blade in there I realized I would have to save the unfrozen custard, clean and refreeze the frozen part of the ice cream machine and try again the next day. Sadly, I didn't get back to the custard for two or three days. By this time the custard smelled a little funny, so I poured it down the drain.
However, the day wasn't a total loss. I went to Louis st. without the custard, and got another tattoo from the cutest up and comming tattooer I know.

Cocoa Cheesecake Brownie Milkshakes.

I started with all the good stuff. Milk, egg yolks, sugar, vanilla, and cream. Also on hand cocoa and cream cheese.

I put the milk on the stove and mixed the eggs, sugar, and cream cheese in the machine. It whipped up nice and when the milk was hot I added some to the egg mixture and some to the the cocoa. I'm not sure if I really needed to make the cocoa paste, but I read I should, so I did.

I put the egg mixture and cocoa paste into the remaining milk and I cooked it the rest of the way. Put it in a pitcher, mixed in the vanilla and cream, and stashed it in the fridge.
The next morning I froze that shit.
At this point the ice-cream tastes like a Frosty. That's a good thing. The cheese doesn't really come through, but I think it adds to the texture. It's rich and smooth. The cocoa is a nice change from a heavy chocolate.
I packed up the ice-cream and head over to a second location.
We baked brownies. From a box and a bag.


Ice-cream, brownies, and a little milk went into the blender. We saved some bits of brownie to dip and mix into the milkshake. Four servings.