Ice Cream in a Bag

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Here is what you will need to make homemade ice cream in a baggie:

  • 2 Tablespoon sugar
  • 1 cup half & half (or light cream)
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup coarse salt or table salt(I used canning salt)
  • ice
  • gallon-sized Ziploc bag
  • pint-sized Ziploc bag

Mix the sugar, half & half and vanilla extract together. Pour into a pint-sized Ziploc baggie.  Make sure it seals tightly.

Now take the gallon-sized Ziploc bag and fill it up halfway with ice and pour the salt over the ice. Now place the cream filled bag into the ice filled bag and seal.

Make sure it is sealed tightly and start shaking. Shake for about 5 minutes (or 8 minutes if you use heavy cream.)

Open the gallon-sized bag and check to see if the ice cream is hard, if not keep shaking. Once the ice cream is finished, quickly run the closed pint-sized baggie under cold water to quickly clean the salt off the baggie.

Open the baggie and pop in a spoon.

Sliced Taters

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Fishbowl Punch

Fishbowl Punch

10 ounces vodka

10 ounces coconut rum

6 ounces Blue Curacao liqueur

12 ounces sweet-and-sour mix

20 ounces pineapple juice

32 ounces lemon- lime soda

blue food coloring, if desired More.

Moonbeam’s Pecan Brown Sugar Bacon Candy

Prep: 15 min.

Bake: 25 min.

Stand: 5 min.

Yield: Makes 6 servings

Ingredients:
2 tablespoons coarsely chopped pecans
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons freshly ground pepper
12 thick-cut bacon slices More.

Larry’s Family Restaurant

Larry’s Family Restaurant
5401 S Colony Blvd (map)
The Colony,  Tx  75056
972-370-0626
(Website Link)

Larry’s Famliy Restaurant has been serving up deliscious down home cookin’ since 1978.  With a menu that includes burgers, chicken fried steak, catfish, gilled chicken, chili, ribeyes, & hot wings Larry’s is sure to have something for everyone in your group.

Be sure to check out their daily $4.99 lunch specials too!

Now that’s a cake

Octopus Cake

Holy Crap! that's a cake?!?

This 200 lb piece of art (cake) was created by Karen Portaleo of Highland Bakery in Atlanta Georgia. Flickr Gallery link

Dan’s Smoke House Jerky

Dan's Smoke House

Located in Weatherford Texas, Dan’s Smokehouse makes one seriously good Jerky… Give it a try!
http://www.internetjerky.com
mmm…mmm… good. :)

Bad KFC.. bad

KFC Double Down Sandwich Meal

KFC Double Down Sandwich Meal

I decide to try the new KFC Double Down sandwich meal completely on a whim. When I hear the price, $7.57 for a sandwich, drink, and ‘tater wedges, I realized I had made a mistake.  Normally you can get a 3 piece fried chicken dinner, two sides and a beeos’kit for this kinda scratch.  But hey.. it’s a sandwich with chicken patties as buns powered by cheese and bacon in the middle (prepared by KFC no less).  This has winner written all over it. Right?!?!  

The ‘tater wedges aren’t done so they ask me to pull around and wait.  When the meal shows up and they hand me the bag… I could tell it wasn’t gonna be pretty.  The bag weighed about a $1.50′s worth. I pull the sandwich out and take a bite.  My Double Down was dry and bitter. I’m still not sure about that bitter part… The chicken patties were cold, probably from waiting on the wedges and the cheese in the middle was not melted.  All signs care wasn’t taken with my lunch.  More.

Jell-O shot recipes

Tequila Sunrise

  • 2 cups boiling orange juice
  • 2 small boxes orange Jell-O
  • 1/2 envelope Knox gelatin
  • 1 cup favorite tequila

Orange Julius

  • 2 cups water
  • 1 small box pineapple Jell-O
  • 1 small box orange Jell-O
  • 1 envelope Knox gelatin
  • 1 cup cream of coconut, chilled
  • 1 cup Malibu rum

Scrawberry Fields

  • 2 cups water
  • 2 small boxes strawberry Jell-O
  • 1/2 envelope Knox gelatin
  • 1 cup vodka

Devil’s Tit

  • 2 small boxes cherry Jell-O
  • 1/2 envelope Knox gelatin
  • 2 cups boiling water
  • 12 maraschino cherries
  • 1 cup vodka

Margarita

  • 1/4 cup Rose’s Lime Juice
  • 1/2 cup lime juice
  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • 2 small boxes lime Jell-O
  • 1/2 envelope Knox gelatin
  • 3/4 cup Tequila
  • 1/4 cup triple sec
    • Chill tequila and triple sec in the freezer. 
    • Boil the lime juices and water.
    • Dry Mix the Knox & lime Jell-O then slowly stir into the boiling juices. 
    • Allow to cool to room temperature.  
    • Add the tequila and triple sec.
    • Chill for at least 3 hours

Piña Colada

  • 2 cups water
  • 2 small boxes pineapple Jell-O
  • 1 envelope Knox gelatin
  • 1 cup cream of coconut, chilled
  • 1 cup Malibu rum
    • Drymix Knox and pineapple Jell-O
    • Slowly pour the gelatin mix into boiling water while stirring.
    • When all the gelatin is dissolved, mix in cream of coconut.
    • Allow the entire mixture to cool to room temperature.
    • Add the Malibu rum.
    • Chill.

JELL-O SHOT TIPS   from the pros @ mrjelloshots.com

  • Before filling your Jell-O shot cups with the good stuff, spray them lightly with an unflavored non-stick cooking spray.  The shots will slide out easily when they’re chilled.
  • Never add alcohol to hot Jell-O it evaporates away. Always allow your Jell-o to cool to room temperature first.
  • Dry mix all your Jell-O and Knox Gelatin in a bowl before starting each recipe.
  • If you use a Pyrex mixing bowl, you can easily see that all of the gelatin, including what’s on the bottom, has dissolved.
  • If you put the Jello in the freezer to cool it prior to molding, place a hotpad underneath. Otherwise, the bowl’s contact with the floor of your freezer will chill the bottom of the bowl quicker than the rest. You’ll end up with solidified Jello at the bottom of the bowl while the rest is still liquid. Also, if you leave it in the freezer for 30 minutes, it’ll be too late to add the alcohol, and you’ll be stuck with a rubbery mess that resembles Jello-flavored latex.  Be very careful never to allow Jello to freeze.
  • Want to speed up the cooling process?  Keep the pan and the alcohol in the freezer until you’re ready to use them.
  • Be sure to clean up spills quickly. No matter how careful you are, there will be spills. Clean them up quickly, because liquid Jell-O is much easier to wipe up than Jello that has solidified to a countertop, a floor, your cat, etc.

Babe’s Chicken Dinner House

Babe's Chicken Dinner House downtown Roanoke

Babe's Chicken Dinner House Roanoke, Tx

Review:  Roanoke, Tx location
Main Link: http://www.babeschicken.com
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104 North Oak Street, Roanoke, TX 76262-6612
(817) 491-2900

Located in rustic old town Roanoke, Babe’s Chicken Dinner House is a North Texas institution.  The Roanoke location menu offers only two main course choices:  fried chicken & chicken fried steak.  Generous portions and all-you-can eat sides will satisfy even the biggest home cooked appetites.

Built inside an old hardware store, Babe’s offers an atmosphere akin to a big family reunion dining hall.  If you arrive right at supper time, be prepared to wait. Tailgate parties are a common site and a sure sign of seasoned Babe’s patrons.

A Babe’s Roanoke dinner includes a Chicken Fried Steak or Fried Chicken (Wing, thigh, drumstick and breast.)  and all-you-can eat Mashed Potatoes, Green Salad, Cream Gravy, Cream Corn, Buttermilk Biscuits, butter, Honey, & Sorghum.  (Babe’s has an extended menu at it other locations which includes: Smoked Chicken, Fried Chicken Tenders, Fried Catfish, & Pot Roast.)

Menu Prices (link) • Hours of Operation (link) • Map (link)

BYOB

When you go with the kids, be sure to ask your waitress about the baby Rattlers!!!

Dr. Pepper fans, the antique shops around Babe’s Roanoke sometime carry the original Dublin cane sugar Dr. Peppers. Yum! (link)

If you like Babe’s Roanoke, I also recommend North Main Bar-B-Q in Euless Texas (link)

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