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.

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