And, John, I should let you know that Risa's "Kick-Ass" Hummus really does.<G> AndyB RisaG wrote: > I've had ice cream with red savina powder sprinkled on it. At the Hot > Luck for the filming of Eat the Heat, Andy sprinkled red savina powder > on Vanilla Ice Cream. It was unbelievably good. > > I went home and ate it again. I've done it since but with different > chile powders. So delicious. Such a wicked dessert. > > RisaG > > */"John H. Sphar" <jsphar@pacbell.net>/* wrote: > > Thanks a lot to all who responded. It was just a > simple question to which so many replied. What a > great list! It was worth the time to get connected. > > About the ice cream... I like the idea of a sauce > over it (thanks Mike N.). Also, I am definitely going > to go to my local Baskin Robbins with a stash, or try > it at home. Never thought of that one. But Mike, > when you say pickle the peaches, do you really mean > pickle, or do you mean put up with fruit fresh? > Vinegar with ice cream doesn't give me the a greatest > mental visual. > > To you and Helen, Alex, Mike, Jim, Brent, Sandy and > Mark (what's the "=" for? I saw you on eGullet > too...), thanks! > > John S. > > --- AndyB wrote: > > > John, > > > > (Re)making your own ice cream is iffy if you don't > > have an ice cream > > maker. However, make or have made a thick > > milkshake! -- with the > > special ingredients. > > > > Fast food places probably won't cooperate. We have > > a diner nearby with > > a counter that has old-fashioned milkshake blender - > > the whirly disk > > kind. Start with a thick vanilla shake -- but ask > > them to put in your > > "special ingredient" before blending. Be sure the > > ingredient has > > previously been chopped/powdered finely. > > > > I don't know where you are on the > > moderate-to-adventuresome scale, but > > here is a suggestion that both I and my son Doug > > love, but as I am now > > on a low-carb diet, milkshakes are a no-no. > > > > Get some Applewood-smoked, Red Savina powder (see > > Jim C.)(use caution). > > Place one heaping teaspoon in the shake before > > blending. It is > > absolutely delicious, and as =Mark comments in a > > later post, you really > > can't stop drinking it -- I mean you really don't > > want to stop! (It's > > like taking the poison with the antidote.) > > > > (Be sure to tell the place to rinse thiner shaker a > > couple of times.) > > > > AndyB > > > > John H. Sphar wrote: > > > Tonight, I purchased a pint of Hagen Dazs Mango > > > sorbet. I will puree some peach habs tomorrow. > > I > > > want to incorporate them into the ice cream > > somehow. > > > Never tried it. I don't want to melt the sorbet > > and > > > refreeze it, so if anyone knows how to blend > > chiles > > > into sorbet or ice cream let me know. Maybe the > > best > > > way is to make some ice cream from scratch. > > > > > > Again, thanks Alex for the post. > > > > > > Adios, > > > John S. > > > San Jose, CA > > > > > John H. Sphar > LAN Dyamics > San Jose, CA > 408.343.1276 > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.25/102 - Release Date: 9/14/2005