pickles and ice cream

A couple of months ago our friends lent us their ice cream maker to help out with Luke's "weight loss prevention" program.  On New Years Day I finally had the opportunity to use it. I decided that ice cream just wasn't quite as fun without ice cream cones. Of course, you can't find cones around here, so I decided to try  making them since I had the day off from work. After a little bit of internet research I  found a website with directions.  Here is how it worked:

sugar cone batter- basically egg white, sugar, flour, vanilla, milk, and butter

cooking the batter...one cone at a time

It took a little bit of creativity to make a "cone roller." Apparently, you can buy wooden or metal cone rollers in specialty baking stores. We don't have those here. :)  So, I made one out of cardboard, tape, and a plastic bottle.

ready to roll

you had to be pretty quick to get the cone rolled before it cooled

It took over about an hour and a half to make 6 cones. It made the house smell like an ice cream shop!

About 4 hours of kitchen work for  ice cream in a cone. It was worth it..but it might be a while before it happens again!

Another thing we miss is pickles. Fortunately, making pickles is a little bit easier than making ice cream cones because of this:

pickle making mix from America. awesome.

just add vinegar and water

pour over the cucumbers

and boil

Unfortunately, pickles are low calorie and won't help Luke gain weight...unless we fry them.  Hmm...sounds like an experiment for our next fry-day.