In an attempt to cut down on the noise on this blog, I’m starting another one based on Chyrp for all the random crap I find.
Update: I pulled noise back down. Everything is back to living right here in the main blog.
Today we’re making truffles for a neighborhood holiday party. I’d never done it before and I’m a bit shocked at how easy it is to make what’s usually a fairly pricey treat at a store. It’s just twice as much chocolate as heavy cream (by weight), plus a bit of vanilla extract and maybe some liquor (we’re using Grand Marnier).
- Bring the cream to a light simmer
- Dump over the chopped up chocolate
- Whisk until smooth
- Add the vanilla and liquor, whisk a bit more
- Cover and chill
In a couple hours we’ll pull ’em out, roll them into truffle looking balls and cover in confectioner’s sugar or cocoa power or roasted hazelnuts.
I think “easy as making truffles” is my new saying.
Oh, and Mandy had never had Grand Marnier in a snifter before… I think she likes it. She’s also picking up some barista skills with the Silvia, just needs some more practice steaming milk and I’ll be out of a job.
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Poor Man’s Valencia Mocha
Here’s my just discovered recipe for a quick and easy valencia mocha.
Ingredients:
- One cafe latte or cappuccino, preferably homemade
- One chocolate orange, preferably the one you gave you wife in her stocking, but any will do.
Take a bite out of a slice of the chocolate orange and drink some coffee. Damn that’s good.
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Bigger isn’t always better
Thanks to Paul, I stumbled upon one of the best essays I’ve read this year: Code’s Worst Enemy. If you write code for a living, be sure to check it out.
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A hidden feature in Bloglines beta
Lots of folks know about the hotkey support in Bloglines. You can hit “j” to move to the next item and “k” to move to the previous one. One item we’re trying out in the beta is a double-tap on “j” when you reach the end of a feed or folder. When you get to the last item, hit “j” once like you want to move to the next item and then hit it again to tell us, yes really do it. The next feed or folder (depending on what’s currently selected) will open up and you’ll be taken to the first item. Single-key reading ftw!