Status of our Baitcon flavors:

[whuffle.livejournal.com]

This is what halleyscomet and I will be jointly bringing to Baitcon this year.

Recipes ready to mix & freeze for transport:
Saffron Curry with Almond & Raisins (Biryani Ice Cream?)
Strawberry Habanero Sorbet
Cucumber Sorbet
Orange Ice Cream with Chocolate Saffron Swirl (make the ganache thinner and use a bit less orange. Oh, and get better quality chocolate.)
Tazo Sweet Orange Tea Sorbet with Ginger Brandy
Crysanthemum Tea Ice Cream (will know after test run tonight - might give up on this one if tonight's batch doesn't prove out.)
Whirled Peas (Nailed this recipe on the first try. Obscenely proud of it. Debating shelling more fresh peas versus working with frozen.)

Still need to do a test batch of:
Balsamic Strawberry Sorbet (shouldn't be hard. Just a modification of the strawberry habanero recipe)
Garlic & Herb Cream Cheese Ice Cream (still a big old case of WTF right now.)
Ceviche Sorbet (Guess I'm making Ceviche tonight and then running some through the ice cream maker to see how it tastes. Might just need to give up on this one too.)

Raspberries?

[deguspice.livejournal.com]

Would anyone want to make raspberry sorbet? We have lots of berries in our yard, most of them are cultivated, a few are wild. We can bring them to Baitcon, or even better, you could come to our house and pick as much as you want.

Looking for crash space

[nancylebov.livejournal.com]

Hi--my arrangements to get to Baitcon have just come together, but I'm looking for crash space. Does anyone have any tent or motel space to share?

Correction: I might have a ride--but I certainly don't have crash space at this point.

I think I'm completely crazy and its all Sunspiral's fault!

[whuffle.livejournal.com]

Made:
One sucessful batch Crysanthemum Ice Cream
One Batch Cucumber slurry (needs lemon before freezing. I ran out!)

One batch ( Ceviche Sorbet )

halleyscomet Has at least decreed this to be "a perfectly nice soup if no one likes it as a frozen sorbet". I'll take that opinion for the moment.

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[marmota.livejournal.com]

Currently, I have friday off from work for flexibility in travel arrangements. However, I have a 4pm commitment to either pick people up at Logan or insure their car is at Logan waiting for them and that they can easily find it. This being an airport, the 4pm time could slide.

So, Plan A: I'm looking for a ride for two people (zlana and myself) leaving after work hours on friday (call it >5pm). (and a ride back whenever on Sunday)

Plan B: I rent a car for leaving late friday, but only if I can get two other passengers to split it. (returning late afternoon sunday)

So, help! Anyone interested in plan A or B?

(Yes, also mentioned on the ride board. What ride board you may ask? ----> This one!

Ob-IceCream: Oh, and while I've been unable to obtain Moxie Fountain Syrup, I'll be reducing a bunch anyway to make a batch of Moxie Float, and if there's any Moxie left over perhaps just do a Vanilla Moxie Swirl using a granitas of the soda.

Grains-of-Paradise Ice Cream

[nacht_musik]

I am a total fiend for ginger and cardamom. Therefore, I am beta-testing homebrew recipes for grains-of-paradise ice cream, as this little-known West African spice tastes something like ginger, cardamom, and black pepper, with notes of citrus and other esters thrown in for good measure.

Current winner, which has too much sugar and vanilla and maybe not quite enough grains of paradise (there will be more experiments later this week), is a scaled-down test batch with these proportions: 2c heavy cream, 2c half-and-half, 3/4c sugar, 4t vanilla, and 5 firmly packed teaspoons of freshly-ground grains of paradise.

Suggestions welcome. I think my next batch is going to be closer to 2-3t vanilla, and 1/2c sugar. =)