Our Morning Coffee and Weather

[JEBar]

72 under a gray sky on its way to 91 with a 15% chance of rain in central NC later today .... if the long range forecast is anywhere close correct, Tropical Storm Cristobal shouldn't have any impact on our home area .... looking forward to seeing one of our sons and his family later today .... Folgers is flowing

[CT_Shooter]

The air is thick and foggy in CT this morning with an air temp of 70°. The temperature should rise into the low eighties by afternoon under mostly cloudy skies and a threat of T-Storms. Enjoy your day.

[RanchRoper]

60 today with rain on and off. Moving cattle today. Have a good one.

[dasmoeturhead]

60° on the mountain this morning. Going to be a warm one today. Coffee is delicious and waking me up. No big plans today. My work bench has 3 projects waiting to be started, and or completed. Cheers!

[brm4450]

61 partly cloudy, high of 79 and a chance of storms tonight. Kind of a lazy day. Everybody have a great day.

[Shakey Jake]

Warm 74 this morning in B'ville. Probably going to be another hot one. Got the handle on the P226 pellet pistol getting some nice grouping. Mom is doing well this morning.
Jake

[BigAl52]

No cows here to move. Rain here but is a pleasant 72 outside supposed to be in the mid 80's I wanted to go out to shoot but not sure if I will go now.

[CT_Shooter]

The backyard temperature is currently 57° and the skies are clear and blue and the air is crisp and dry. CT will have bright sunshine all day. There will be a refreshing breeze with afternoon temps only rising into the mid to upper seventies. It's going to be a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Enjoy your day.

[Ernie]

55 now, supposed to get up to 80. Good morning to get some chores done outside. Will turn the air back on later so I can sleep tonight.

[dasmoeturhead]

64° going to go 83° on the mountain today.
Drinking some dark roast coffee, and waiting for breakfast. That's it so far. I did manage to install my 110 watt solar panel an controller on my trailer, and it was charging the batteries like it should. No more extension cords to deal with now. Im digging it. Cheers!

[RanchRoper]

Rainy day. 50's.
Day off today, plan is to do as little as possible.

[JEBar]

75 degrees with 91% humidity on its way to 83 later today .... only a 10% chance of rain .... no hurry to get up and at'um this morning .... a Henry mug with Folgers is the most active thing around here right now ..

[Ernie]

My wife loved homemade vanilla ice cream. We always had too many eggs from our two hens, so it was just the natural thing to make. I used fresh vanilla beans and vanilla sugar (regular sugar stored with a vanilla bean) to enhance the flavor. Let us know how it turns out.

Did coffee and breakfast, then got the shopping done. 71 for a high and clear skies today so we get a break. So much rain I had to mow twice this week, will finish trimming today.
Bought a hand crank ice cream mixer and got all the makings for some French vanilla ice cream (takes a dozen eggs), will probably do that tomorrow.

Found some Madagascar beans, small and expensive. Ice cream was kind of bland. Think I will use extract next time. Do you have a good recipe?

[brm4450]

Sunny and 75 this morning, still have to go to church by computer. Supposed to get near 90 today. I’ll have to get the little plastic swimming pool out for Phil the bulldog so he doesn’t over heat. Think I’ll make a gallon of sun tea. Everybody have a great day!

[CT_Shooter]

Hi Ernie,
Yeah. Vanilla beans are expensive, but we found they were worth it for ice cream. Here's the recipe I use, which was published in the NY Times.
Good luck.
--Stan

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014 ... ecipe.html

Vanilla Ice Cream

Time: 20 minutes plus several hours’ cooling, chilling and freezing.

2 • cups heavy cream
1 • cup whole milk
⅔ • cup vanilla sugar (regular sugar stored in a jar with a whole vanilla bean for several days)
⅛ • teaspoon fine sea salt
6 • large egg yolks
2 • vanilla beans

1. In a small pot, simmer cream, milk, sugar and salt until sugar completely dissolves, about 5 minutes. Remove pot from heat.

In a separate bowl, whisk yolks. Whisking constantly, slowly whisk about a third of the hot cream into the yolks, then whisk the yolk mixture back into the pot with the cream. Slice 2 vanilla beans in half lengthwise and scrape down the sides. Add the seeds and pods. Return pot to medium-low heat and gently cook until mixture is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon (about 170 degrees on an instant-read thermometer).

2. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl. Cool mixture to room temperature. Cover and chill at least 4 hours or overnight.

3. Churn in an ice cream machine according to manufacturer’s instructions. Serve directly from the machine for soft serve, or store in freezer until needed.

Yield: About 1 1/2 pints

Found some Madagascar beans, small and expensive. Ice cream was kind of bland. Think I will use extract next time. Do you have a good recipe?

[Shakey Jake]

Another warm morning in B'ville. Mom didn't have a good night last night. Hoping she gets better today.
Jake

[BigAl52]

64 here right now heading out here in a short for the sunday bike ride. Supposed to be 90 later on.

[Grunt67]

Happy to report, I finally got all those 4 big trees the storm blew down, a few weeks ago, all cleaned up. Ready to move on to my next project, replacing the wood on the front of the shop/ storage shed. This will take a while. Always something, LOL.

[Ozarkwoodswalker]

Monday....coffee good....hopefully the day will be good ajso.
....off I will go to do stuff..........( "doing stuff " is an almost limitless category and is a very stress free road to success,..you are not limited by either a specific number, or type of projects....so a great plan to follow on any day that you can get away with it........)

[dasmoeturhead]

62° on the mountain, 1st cup of dark roast coffee. My turn to cook. That's it. Cheers-