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Some say you don't celebrate people's deaths... But it's hard to when it's someone responsible for genocide, human rights violations, terrorism (the list goes on)...
See you in hell , Jorge Rafael Videla.
See you in hell , Jorge Rafael Videla.
Some of you know I have a rather unusual relationship with food, more likely, sweets. On one hand I have my little fake-sweets store Ai Candies and on the other, I do make real sweets (and they're pretty good if I may so myself).
And as much as I'm OK with following recipes, I also like to simplify or adapt them to what I have in hand.
Last Summer (Winter, for you in the northern hemisphere) I got one of those home ice-cream churners, so I started making a TON of ice-cream. But ice-cream churners take a lot of freezer space and time so I decided to try and use recipes that make good ice-cream yet don't require any special equipment or unusual ingredients. And I would like to share them with you.
How about some mouth-watering Nutella ice-cream?
Ingredients:
- 200 g of Nutella (1 small jar)
- 397 g of condensed milk (1 can)
- 500 ml of cream (any kind)
- 1 tea spoon of vanilla extract
Mix your Nutella, condensed milk and vanilla extract. You can do it in a 1,5 or 2 litre freezer container (make sure it has a lid). Nutella is stiff and will try to resist, so give it a good fight. You may end up with very small bits of unmixed Nutella that look like little chocolate chips. Try to dissolve them if you want, I think they look cool so I leave them be.
Whip your cream until you have stiff peaks, then fold it into your Nutella mixture.
That's pretty much it. Close your container, put it in your freezer and try to forget about it for the rest of the day. No really, this is important! If you made the mistake of tasting the mix before putting it away in your freezer, you may be doomed to eat the whole thing before it's done. Don't say I didn't warn you.
This is the final product: No churn, no hassle, all sugar and fat.
And as much as I'm OK with following recipes, I also like to simplify or adapt them to what I have in hand.
Last Summer (Winter, for you in the northern hemisphere) I got one of those home ice-cream churners, so I started making a TON of ice-cream. But ice-cream churners take a lot of freezer space and time so I decided to try and use recipes that make good ice-cream yet don't require any special equipment or unusual ingredients. And I would like to share them with you.
How about some mouth-watering Nutella ice-cream?
Ingredients:
- 200 g of Nutella (1 small jar)
- 397 g of condensed milk (1 can)
- 500 ml of cream (any kind)
- 1 tea spoon of vanilla extract
Mix your Nutella, condensed milk and vanilla extract. You can do it in a 1,5 or 2 litre freezer container (make sure it has a lid). Nutella is stiff and will try to resist, so give it a good fight. You may end up with very small bits of unmixed Nutella that look like little chocolate chips. Try to dissolve them if you want, I think they look cool so I leave them be.
Whip your cream until you have stiff peaks, then fold it into your Nutella mixture.
That's pretty much it. Close your container, put it in your freezer and try to forget about it for the rest of the day. No really, this is important! If you made the mistake of tasting the mix before putting it away in your freezer, you may be doomed to eat the whole thing before it's done. Don't say I didn't warn you.
This is the final product: No churn, no hassle, all sugar and fat.
I have finally adopted a kitten.
I've been meaning to get one since last year, but with the Summer holidays and all it was impossible.
Her name is Kirby, and she's a little ball of black fur.
She's a total sweetie who'd sleep on my lap or chest all day if I didn't have to... pee and eat and such.
She's been with us for 3 weeks now, but I'm still not used to having a "baby" in the house. She'll start meowing every morning at 6-7 because she wants to cuddle. I should be teaching her to be quiet, but how could I resist kitty-cuddles?
I've been meaning to get one since last year, but with the Summer holidays and all it was impossible.
Her name is Kirby, and she's a little ball of black fur.
She's a total sweetie who'd sleep on my lap or chest all day if I didn't have to... pee and eat and such.
She's been with us for 3 weeks now, but I'm still not used to having a "baby" in the house. She'll start meowing every morning at 6-7 because she wants to cuddle. I should be teaching her to be quiet, but how could I resist kitty-cuddles?
Nick from The Temple of Evil outdid himself.
His current project involves interviewing Suicide Girls and making dishes about them, and he's just posted mine!
Check it out, check it out!
No really: CHECK.IT.OUT.
Or else.
His current project involves interviewing Suicide Girls and making dishes about them, and he's just posted mine!
Check it out, check it out!
No really: CHECK.IT.OUT.
Or else.
Do you know the history of Hallowe'en?
According to The Temple of Evil I had something to do with it (I told you, I look younger than I really am).
Read all about it!. I command you!
According to The Temple of Evil I had something to do with it (I told you, I look younger than I really am).
Read all about it!. I command you!
I've just returned from a short holiday in the seaside. July 9th is Argentina's Independence Day so when a friend invited us to his family's beach house, we HAD to agree.
I had never been either to Miramar (where we were staying) or to the seaside in the middle of the Winter, so everything was new for me!
The ride was a chilly one. I don't think we could have made it with our previous car, which had no heating. Even with the heater on, I felt I should have brought a warm blanket! Friday night was extremely cold, and it all made sense when we stopped for some petrol and noticed that the bloke at the station tried to wash our windscreen... with frost. I'm glad I only left the car to grab a snack, I'm sure I'd have frozen otherwise.
It was totally unexpected, but Saturday was lovely despite the cold weather. We went to Miramar's beach and then visited Mar del Plata (a huge nearby city on the seaside). We had the biggest "milanesa" steaks I had ever seen and got to visit one of the last (or the last) "Sacoa" in the country.
Sacoa is the name of what used to be the biggest game arcade company in the country. Game arcades were mostly gone by the end of the 90s and they're hard to come by nowadays. There's still a few in Buenos Aires -if you now where to look- but going to the seaside and finding these HUGE places felt like we were teens again. This meant a lot to my husband and his friend (both videogame designers) and it was so cute seeing Bam-bam totally overwhelmed by all the colours, sounds and things to do. We were glad he could still experience something like that.
On Sunday we visited some of Miramar's sights. We went to see the "Vivero Dunícola" ("dune nursery"), which was a huge forest planted centuries ago in order to stop the sand storms. I was surprised to see it was a HUGE european-style forest... in the middle of the South American beach? Such amazing nonsense!
I gotta say I have no idea what Our Lady of Lourdes has to do with the forest, but she had a sanctuary right in the middle of it. It was filled with lots of rosaries, some of them huge, other just... creepy.
Some people started nailing crosses to the trees as I guess there's no more space for crosses and rosaries right in the altar. I found this tree kind of strange, because the last cross... it more of a T?
They also had this cross, Christ and all. It's more than 20 meters tall according to the sign, and the creepiest thing I've seen in a long time. I'll spare you from any close-ups from this image.
The same day we also visited the "Bosque Energético" ("energetic forest). It's a part of the nursery that's supposed to be on some sort of "energetic" field which makes the treetops grow together into a place full of... new-age crap? A gorgeous place, nonetheless.
The pine trees we planted so close to each other that the tops grew together, forming some sort of natural roof. There are so many trees and they're so close to each other that day becomes night in this part of the forest. Also, the acidity of the pine leaves makes it difficult for other plants to grow below and the entwined branches make a distinctive noise, which adds up to a very creepy and dark forest!
After that, we visited the Boulevard Atlántico Hotel. It used to be a huge hotel in Mar del Sud, built in the 1870s. In the early 90s it was invaded by a drug cartel (???) that used it for its operations. Sadly, during the years it was taken over the hotel had no maintenance and it quickly went to waste, not to mention that one person was murdered in the meantime (!!!) If the place wasn't so dangerous (condemned doesn't even start to describe it) it would be the PERFECT place to shoot horror movies (which has been done already) and SG sets. Though I talked to the owner, and he rents the place to photographers for a small fee.
On Monday we didn't do much. Nacho (the friend who owns the house in Miramar) had some work to do, and after lunch we hit the local game arcade: Pibelandia.
Pibelandia is one of those places full of kiddie rides, a few videogames, tons of crane machines and other games that gave away tickets you can later exchange for cheap prizes.
It was at Pibelandia that something VERY strange happened to us. In the house Nacho had found a magnetic card we could use there, so we decided to put some money in it so Bam-bam could play in the kiddie rides. Only he didn't. He LOVES kiddie rides... as long as they don't move. At some point we used the card in the kiddie ride he was on (...he hated it) and the display showed a strange code. Next thing we know, our card had four times the money we had put in it. We couldn't help but think about the movie "Big" (there had to be a catch!).
But no. We got to play a lot, and very happily because everything was pretty expensive. We got a ton of tickets, which we exchanged for a slinky toy for Bam-bam.
I'm not used to going on trips and I never enjoyed them much, but this time it was a blast. I hope we can have another soon!
I had never been either to Miramar (where we were staying) or to the seaside in the middle of the Winter, so everything was new for me!
The ride was a chilly one. I don't think we could have made it with our previous car, which had no heating. Even with the heater on, I felt I should have brought a warm blanket! Friday night was extremely cold, and it all made sense when we stopped for some petrol and noticed that the bloke at the station tried to wash our windscreen... with frost. I'm glad I only left the car to grab a snack, I'm sure I'd have frozen otherwise.
It was totally unexpected, but Saturday was lovely despite the cold weather. We went to Miramar's beach and then visited Mar del Plata (a huge nearby city on the seaside). We had the biggest "milanesa" steaks I had ever seen and got to visit one of the last (or the last) "Sacoa" in the country.
Sacoa is the name of what used to be the biggest game arcade company in the country. Game arcades were mostly gone by the end of the 90s and they're hard to come by nowadays. There's still a few in Buenos Aires -if you now where to look- but going to the seaside and finding these HUGE places felt like we were teens again. This meant a lot to my husband and his friend (both videogame designers) and it was so cute seeing Bam-bam totally overwhelmed by all the colours, sounds and things to do. We were glad he could still experience something like that.
On Sunday we visited some of Miramar's sights. We went to see the "Vivero Dunícola" ("dune nursery"), which was a huge forest planted centuries ago in order to stop the sand storms. I was surprised to see it was a HUGE european-style forest... in the middle of the South American beach? Such amazing nonsense!
I gotta say I have no idea what Our Lady of Lourdes has to do with the forest, but she had a sanctuary right in the middle of it. It was filled with lots of rosaries, some of them huge, other just... creepy.
Some people started nailing crosses to the trees as I guess there's no more space for crosses and rosaries right in the altar. I found this tree kind of strange, because the last cross... it more of a T?
They also had this cross, Christ and all. It's more than 20 meters tall according to the sign, and the creepiest thing I've seen in a long time. I'll spare you from any close-ups from this image.
The same day we also visited the "Bosque Energético" ("energetic forest). It's a part of the nursery that's supposed to be on some sort of "energetic" field which makes the treetops grow together into a place full of... new-age crap? A gorgeous place, nonetheless.
The pine trees we planted so close to each other that the tops grew together, forming some sort of natural roof. There are so many trees and they're so close to each other that day becomes night in this part of the forest. Also, the acidity of the pine leaves makes it difficult for other plants to grow below and the entwined branches make a distinctive noise, which adds up to a very creepy and dark forest!
After that, we visited the Boulevard Atlántico Hotel. It used to be a huge hotel in Mar del Sud, built in the 1870s. In the early 90s it was invaded by a drug cartel (???) that used it for its operations. Sadly, during the years it was taken over the hotel had no maintenance and it quickly went to waste, not to mention that one person was murdered in the meantime (!!!) If the place wasn't so dangerous (condemned doesn't even start to describe it) it would be the PERFECT place to shoot horror movies (which has been done already) and SG sets. Though I talked to the owner, and he rents the place to photographers for a small fee.
On Monday we didn't do much. Nacho (the friend who owns the house in Miramar) had some work to do, and after lunch we hit the local game arcade: Pibelandia.
Pibelandia is one of those places full of kiddie rides, a few videogames, tons of crane machines and other games that gave away tickets you can later exchange for cheap prizes.
It was at Pibelandia that something VERY strange happened to us. In the house Nacho had found a magnetic card we could use there, so we decided to put some money in it so Bam-bam could play in the kiddie rides. Only he didn't. He LOVES kiddie rides... as long as they don't move. At some point we used the card in the kiddie ride he was on (...he hated it) and the display showed a strange code. Next thing we know, our card had four times the money we had put in it. We couldn't help but think about the movie "Big" (there had to be a catch!).
But no. We got to play a lot, and very happily because everything was pretty expensive. We got a ton of tickets, which we exchanged for a slinky toy for Bam-bam.
I'm not used to going on trips and I never enjoyed them much, but this time it was a blast. I hope we can have another soon!
Today is a cold day.
Very cold one.
TOO cold, in fact.
So I plan to do absolutely NOTHING today, specially if it involves going out.
It's no surprise I hate Winter. The problem? It's barely Autumn!
So I'll stay indoors, glued to my heater and I'll keep busy cleaning up and doing some of my silly crafts.
So, on to the picdump!
This week I finished several crafts. Some were comissions and others were... I don't know, experiments?
These cake slices were comissions. My customer was coming to get them (along several other things) and just texted me she overslept. I'd punch her if she wasn't such a good customer...
This cake-clock is the experiment. I had been searthing for months for clocks to deco. It took me some time to finish all the parts (each berry is handmade with clay) but here it is. I hope it goes to a nice and cute home.
I've also been cleaning a bit.
The wheel on my mouse was a bit wonky so I opened the thing up and took a look. I mean, optical mice don't need cleaning, right? Wrong! Mine was full of little hairs and fibers. Works a lot better now.
Took the plunge and cleaned my keyboard too. It was time, the thing was filthy!
I removed each and every key, washed them and sweeped the base. The problem? Some keys aren't working the way they should... I hope it's not the dirt they're missing.
Last night I went to this art contest where my husband was a finalist.
It was extremely long and boring, but I got to take a picture with a picture of myself.
Look Mum! I'm a model!
I left early, but my husband told me several people took their picture with... my picture. Some even pulled the same face. And I don't know if I get it.
Sadly we didn't win, even though my picture (or the picture of myself?) was the favourite. At least my husband got to take home (or to steal?) big prints of his work. We plan to hang them at home.
I found out I need more space in my book shelves. I simply own too many comic books. I decided to get rid of some though... It doesn't feel good, throwing all that paper away. I want to recycle some of that paper and cover up some old boxes.
Next step: get more boxes!
Very cold one.
TOO cold, in fact.
So I plan to do absolutely NOTHING today, specially if it involves going out.
It's no surprise I hate Winter. The problem? It's barely Autumn!
So I'll stay indoors, glued to my heater and I'll keep busy cleaning up and doing some of my silly crafts.
So, on to the picdump!
This week I finished several crafts. Some were comissions and others were... I don't know, experiments?
These cake slices were comissions. My customer was coming to get them (along several other things) and just texted me she overslept. I'd punch her if she wasn't such a good customer...
This cake-clock is the experiment. I had been searthing for months for clocks to deco. It took me some time to finish all the parts (each berry is handmade with clay) but here it is. I hope it goes to a nice and cute home.
I've also been cleaning a bit.
The wheel on my mouse was a bit wonky so I opened the thing up and took a look. I mean, optical mice don't need cleaning, right? Wrong! Mine was full of little hairs and fibers. Works a lot better now.
Took the plunge and cleaned my keyboard too. It was time, the thing was filthy!
I removed each and every key, washed them and sweeped the base. The problem? Some keys aren't working the way they should... I hope it's not the dirt they're missing.
Last night I went to this art contest where my husband was a finalist.
It was extremely long and boring, but I got to take a picture with a picture of myself.
Look Mum! I'm a model!
I left early, but my husband told me several people took their picture with... my picture. Some even pulled the same face. And I don't know if I get it.
Sadly we didn't win, even though my picture (or the picture of myself?) was the favourite. At least my husband got to take home (or to steal?) big prints of his work. We plan to hang them at home.
I found out I need more space in my book shelves. I simply own too many comic books. I decided to get rid of some though... It doesn't feel good, throwing all that paper away. I want to recycle some of that paper and cover up some old boxes.
Next step: get more boxes!
