Get-Crafty-Hermes-Fur-Scarf-Collar-Zero-Dollars~

[lilyhermes]

Délicieux! I am making it tonight!

Mon Dieu, Monsac, I am so jealous of all of you with lavender at the ready. Oh, and that extra good and rich French cream? Mon Dieu, Mon Dieu, Mon Dieu.

 

[allaborsa]

No Neimans near me and I WANT shoes!!!!

 

[pug*shoes]

Curlin those little tails, huh?

And why is "Puttin on my Top Hat, Tying on My White Tie, Dusting Off My Tails" running through my head at this point? (Guess I must be remembering those pug/bow tie pictures.)

Exactly!

Well all right ....he would be delighted....I think Morgan can stay with her dad as sometimes she gets snippy

Aww, Morgan can come too, she can sit on the ottoman and just watch the party

Dear Furbies,

Eating flowers?

Now I've heard everything.

Signed with love,

Your resident non-foodie

Oh yes, lavender is amazing. Goes with lots. Yum!

 

[lilyhermes]

Dear Furbies,

Eating flowers?

Now I've heard everything.

Signed with love,

Your resident non-foodie

Oh irish! Not far removed from fruit and herb/spice flavors after all. For example, mint is made from MINT leaves - little green things with a pungent fragrance. And you don't actually eat the flowers (but of course, you can) - they're simply infused in the cream and then strained.

Oh, oh, I guess I should now explain infuse and strain?

And, have you never eaten squash blossoms stuffed with ricotta and herbs and then lightly battered and fried? Oh, my, my, my. Yum, yum, yum . . . yum.

Allaborsa and I will make a foodie out of you yet! As God is my witness (shaking fist a la Scarlett O'Hara after finding Tara in ruins and faced with nothing but an old dried up turnip for dinner.)

 

[lilyhermes]

No Neimans near me and I WANT shoes!!!!

Tell me what you want, allaborsa. I have one close and can run right over there tomorrow. Heck maybe they'll even give me a free pair, as it's my birthday and all. Sure. Uh, uh.

 

[pug*shoes]

Oooh, stuffed squash blossoms Love!

 

[pamella]

Okay, allaborsa and pamella, here's the recipe for Lavender Honey ice cream. So, no excuses now!

Honey Lavender Ice Cream
Gourmet | September 2003
yield: Makes about 1 qt

Active time: 20 min Start to finish: 8 hr (includes steeping, chilling, and freezing)

Ingredients
2 cups heavy cream
1 cup half-and-half
2/3 cup mild honey
2 tablespoons dried edible lavender flowers*
2 large eggs
1/8 teaspoon salt


Special equipment: a candy or instant-read thermometer; an ice cream maker

Preparation: Bring cream, half-and-half, honey, and lavender just to a boil in a 2-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, then remove pan from heat. Let steep, covered, 30 minutes.

Pour cream mixture through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl and discard lavender. Return mixture to cleaned saucepan and heat over moderate heat until hot.

Whisk together eggs and salt in a large bowl, then add 1 cup hot cream mixture in a slow stream, whisking. Pour into remaining hot cream mixture in saucepan and cook over moderately low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until thick enough to coat back of spoon and registers 170 to 175°F on thermometer, about 5 minutes (do not let boil).

Pour custard through sieve into cleaned bowl and cool completely, stirring occasionally. Chill, covered, until cold, at least 3 hours.

Freeze custard in ice cream maker. Transfer ice cream to an airtight container and put in freezer to harden.

Cooks' notes:
• To cool custard quickly after straining, set bowl in a larger bowl of ice and cold water and stir until chilled. • Custard can chill up to 1 day before freezing. • Ice cream keeps 1 week.

OH Thank you Lily!!!! I am ok until
the part about the ice cream maker! No machiny in the kitchiney!!!!

 

[lilyhermes]

Oooh, stuffed squash blossoms Love!

Ya wanta help me force feed one to irish?

 

[pug*shoes]

Pamella, infuse cream, mix into a pint of Haagen-Dazs, refreeze

 

[pug*shoes]

Ya wanta help me force feed one to irish?

YES!!!!!

Let's throw some wild chantrelle mushroom and spinach risotto into the mix too, you know, green stuff

 

[pamella]

LGA Yay, I'm so glad someone is going to H today! Could you come back and
give us a detailed report of EVERYTHING!!!!

 

[pamella]

I will be making this when I get home---so excited!

Your making this TONITE! Wow!!! I was reading about this ice cream on the
web and they said it is from Provence! No Wonder we love it, it comes from
the land of our muse, MaiTai!!! They said that the honey had to be from bees
from Provence that eat the Lavender! Oh this is so romantic!

 

[allaborsa]

And, have you never eaten squash blossoms stuffed with ricotta and herbs and then lightly battered and fried? Oh, my, my, my. Yum, yum, yum . . . yum.

OMG

 

[pamella]

Tell me what you want, allaborsa. I have one close and can run right over there tomorrow. Heck maybe they'll even give me a free pair, as it's my birthday and all. Sure. Uh, uh.

Wait!! Didn't you get the coupon in the mail from Neimans that gives you
one free pair of shooz on your birthday!!!! Oops, I was mistaken,
it was free donuts at Krispy Kreme!

 

[allaborsa]

...and OMG Let's throw some wild chantrelle mushroom and spinach risotto into the mix too, you know, green stuff

Don't worry irish I'll save you...so I can eat your share!