ita, dip the scoop in hot water right before scooping the ice cream. It solves the patience problem as well as the ice cream = rock solid issue.
I had a whole section about civic pride.
Mayor ,'Chosen'
Natter 36: But We Digress...
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Maria - Jun 22, 2005 11:42:05 am PDT #3820 of 10001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Lee - Jun 22, 2005 11:44:01 am PDT #3821 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Hey, Perkins! -t said "abalone"!
Was it still squiggling?
I really need to plan an LA trip. Maybe in August.
sarameg - Jun 22, 2005 11:45:50 am PDT #3822 of 10001
Abalone?
OK, it doesn't matter if you have a PhD and speak at least 2 languages. The abuse of !!! makes me think you are a omigaaawdteenybopper.
Emily - Jun 22, 2005 11:49:07 am PDT #3823 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Hey! Dammit, I had a post! Freaking new Netscape.
Anyway, I was bitching and moaning about our apartment, where it takes a good five minutes to get hot water, so not so much on the patience issue. Then, once I was done being all about me and my problems, I was going to tell ita about the special fancy-schmancy defrosting ice cream scoops, of which we have one. Like this, for instance. It's fantastic. I never understood how people got satisfactory scoops of ice cream before.
Jesse - Jun 22, 2005 11:50:33 am PDT #3824 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The other week, when I was with my family, my grandmother gave me shit for putting "too much ice cream" on the desserts. My question to the group is this: Is that even possible?? Is there such a thing as too much ice cream??
Steph L. - Jun 22, 2005 11:51:18 am PDT #3825 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Is that even possible?? Is there such a thing as too much ice cream??
Not in any world *I* want to live in....
ChiKat - Jun 22, 2005 11:52:33 am PDT #3826 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
I have a scoop like that! And, no such thing as too much ice cream.
-t - Jun 22, 2005 11:52:44 am PDT #3827 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Abalone?
Sea snail of much tastiness. And the inside of the shell is pretty.
Is there such a thing as too much ice cream??
Not in my experience.
Maria - Jun 22, 2005 11:53:08 am PDT #3828 of 10001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Is there such a thing as too much ice cream??
Nope. I just had a double scoop hot fudge sundae and it wasn't nearly enough.
§ ita § - Jun 22, 2005 11:53:13 am PDT #3829 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
As someone still determined to finish a pint at a sitting, yes, so far there is too much ice cream.
Emily!!1! I just went to Cook's Illustrated to see what they had to say on the topic, and they agree with you.