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Bacon Ice Cream

Ingredients:

  • 1 lb applewood smoked bacon
  • 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
  • 3 cups heavy cream
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 1/4 cups sugar
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 1 vanilla bean, split

Directions:

preheat oven to 400 degrees. lay bacon on baking sheet, sprinkle with brown sugar, bake for 14-16 minutes until awesome, cool, chop fine.

combine cream, milk, vanilla bean, and sugar in heavy saucepan over medium-high heat until hot and sugar dissolved, stirring just occassionally. discard vanilla bean.

in small bowl, beat egg yolks until smooth. slowly whisk in 1 cup of hot cream mixture. return yolk mixture to saucepan, beating constantly. cook over medium heat, stirring continuously, 6-8 minutes until ready (mixture will coat the back of a wooden spoon, do not let it boil).

strain the mixture into a clean bowl and let cool completely. stir in bacon and put to use your favorite ice cream maker. makes 1 serving. original recipe came from Cat Cora. If she had used more bacon in her desserts, she might win a little more in Kitchen Stadium

Tis’ the season for crawfish boils

There were four crawfish boils I could have gone to this weekend, but as schedule permits, I could only make one. I’m glad I went to this one. Up in Ashland City, in the backyard of an old farmhouse, and it was very well done. Four batches in all, each getting hotter, just poured right over a recreation table covered up with newspaper. I never did try the corn on the cob, since people were lined up for those. But must have had at least 3 pounds worth of crawfish. Mighty tasty. I’m not sure how all that eating will impact my diet, but I would think it takes more energy to harvest the crawfish tails than the caloric intake of the food.

It couldn’t have been nicer weather for most of the day, sunny but not too hot. Plus there was a horseshoe pit. Every Saturday should be like this.

crawfish-boil-done-right

And it went to a good cause, raising money for a local animal shelter.

Camping Out

Last time I went camping, like a month ago, I left the campsite around midnight because it started raining. So I bought a 3 season, 1 person tent and I’ve yet to pitch it. Still sitting in the stuff sack it came in. I’m probably going camping again this weekend and I’m going to look like a fool trying to setup my tent without knowing how. In the dark.

I’m tempted to revisit my previous success with campfire dinner by making those tacos again. They were easy to make, awfully tasty, and I cooked about 2 pounds of ground chuck and we didn’t have any leftovers. I may be sleeping in a tarp wad, but at least I’ll have a full belly.