Coconut Custard

Yesterday, Mommy made some bread that used a lot of egg whites. She wanted to make custard because Daddy LOVES it.  She taught me how to make custard and now Daddy is going to LOVE me when he gets home.  When Momma is gone, I can make custard for daddy. It is very good.   It is easier than I thought, and here is the recipe we used.

  • 1 1/2 cups milk
  • 1 1/2 cups coconut cream
  • 1/4 -1/2 cups vanilla sugar plus 2 tsp vanilla sugar to add to eggs
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 8 egg yolks
  • 5 Tbl cornstarch
  • 2-5 Tbl butter
  • Optional: Replace milk and coconut cream with half and half, or replace coconut cream with whipping cream
  • Replace vanilla sugar with regular sugar.
  • Use one vanilla bean, cut in half and seeds scraped into the half and half.  Use the bean to make your own vanilla sugar.

Mix milk, coconut cream, salt and sugar (I used 1/4 cup) until dissolved over medium heat in heavy sauce pan.

Meanwhile beat the egg yolks with 2 tsp vanilla sugar.  When sugar is dissolved, whisk in the cornstarch.

When milk mixture just starts bubbling, turn off heat.  Whisk it little by little into the egg mixture to warm it up. When about half transfered, pour it all back into the saucepan.  Over low heat, whisk until it thickens up. Turn off heat, put in bowl. Add butter and mix well.

Eat warm.  Or place plastic wrap over it so it doesn’t get a crust.  CustardPlace in refrigerator. Lick out cooking pan when it cools slightly. Daddy said if the custard is pourable, eat it over pies or cakes.  If it is firm, eat it like pudding.  He likes it both ways a lot!

This is very very good, but next time we are going to try it without cornstarch.

P.S.  Daddy said that he would really like it with real fruitcake, like he used to eat when he was younger.  I don’t know how to make it.  If you have a recipe I could surprise him with, could you please send it to me?

 

 

 

Indoor Soccer

Soccer

This is last weeks game. The skor was 5/3. I had fun. You can bouns the ball off the wall. I did not now that. If the ball goes up over the wall–there is a net to catch it.  Then it is a kick in. There is plastik to see throu.

Can you ges were I am?  Here is a clou, I am no 9. 🙂

My indoor game schedule is every Friday at 5:00 until the 14th of March.  As of now, when those games are done, I am finished with games for awhile.  My games are all at Elkhart Sports Center on 1162 Fremont Ct.  When you go in the building, the field is on the left.There is plenty of room if you want to come watch.

Pink Popcorn

IngredientsI had a indoor soccer game on Valentine’s Day.  I wanted to make something special for my team.  So we made pink popcorn! It was easy!  Momma told me that she had a pink popcorn recipe I make by myself.

Here it is.

Make one large batch of unsalted plain popcorn. You need 10 cups, or more if you like it not so pink.
Boil1/2 cup of butter (Feel free to use less, Momma has a recipe that uses only 2 tablespoons, but we like this one better)
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup light corn syrup
1 package (3oz) jello, I chose raspberry for pink.
1/4 tsp baking soda

First pop the popcorn. You could probably make microwave, Foam upbut I made it on the stove. SeedsPut popcorn in cookie sheet with sides. A parchment covered pan is helpful but not needed. Take out all the unpopped seeds! Melt butter, sugar, corn syrup and jello on medium heat in a medium pan. Stir until it boils, try not to get it up the sides. When it boils, take off the heat.  Then put baking soda in. PourIt boils up! Recruit help to stir or pour on the topping. Stir popcorn as you pour the topping carefully over the popcorn.

Now chose if you want crunchy or sticky popcorn. If you want sticky popcorn, keep it the way it is or make it into popcorn balls. If you want crunchy put in the oven for 5-10 minutes at 300 degrees.   Stir and see if it is crunchy enough and cook longer if needed.Coat

To wash use HOTTER water than Momma can stand. If you soak it first, it is much easier. 🙂

Try not snitch it all before sharing!

Raspberry Popcorn

P.S. If you want to make this for Megan, she calls it Princess Pink Popcorn.

Caccoons

CacoonMy Auntie Lilly taught Momma how to do this to my hair so it could get curly without elastics, bobby pins or curlers.

They are easy and quick to do.  They are cute too.  But they fall out of my hair.  We will keep trying though! If we can figure out how to do it, it will be lots easier and quicker than if we do my hair any other way to get curls.

Thank you Auntie Lilly for the idea!

King of the Roof

Snowmen  Snowman on roof FallenYesterday we a snowball fight. It was over our garage roof. Then Mark got the ladder and climbed up on the roof and started throwing snowballs at me.

He said, “let’s make a snowman on the roof to be silly, and then one on the ground like it had been pushed off, like Calvin and Hobbes does.” So we did!

We have the funniest snowman in the neighborhood!