Yes, it’s been a while. So long, in fact, that this very entry is the first in
the category — in spite of the category having been here for ages. On Friday,
I tried to recreate one of my greatest hits; _Killer Apple_.
Lets just say it came out as more of a 24-hour virus than Jack the Ripper.
Don’t get me wrong, it was still pretty good — it just wasn’t `killer`. In
their book (which got me started making ice cream, and which I highly
recommend for beginners), Ben & Jerry say:
> There’s no such thing as unredeemingly bad home-made ice cream.
I’m certainly not disputing this. On the other hand, there was a…grittyness
that I haven’t explained, and the fruit flavor was sort of buried (like muddy
base, if I was setting up speakers, instead of making ice cream). I strongly
suspect that I know the origin of the flavor issue, so I’ll have to mess
around to see how to resolve it. The gritty part, however, I’m not sure if
could even reproduce, much less find and fix the underlying problem.
This probably makes my process of making ice cream sound very regimented, but
one look at my notes on _Killer Apple_ would instantly resolve any confusion;
never mind that my sister would probably have someone bumped off if they
caused that document to be misplaced.