Week #3 SCMG Sunday
This week: Spanish Hot Chocolate with Churros
BTW, these were made Sunday, I just wasn't able to post them.
Umm.... Yeah. So here's the story:
Basically, the recipe calls for pastry bags and a certain tip to go along with it, aka very large "star" shape. I searched around everywhere around my town that could possibly have it, you can even ask my poor mother who drove me everywhere to find it. Alas, I had to settle on a rather small one found at Michaels, and was disappointed once I found out what qualifies a "large". Later, when I got to using them, the churros... didn't exactly shape as they normally should. Let's just say that my dad dubbed them "turd-os".... Need I say more? Finally I just lost patience and put them into the fryer by the spoonful xP
Other than that, they really did taste like churros, just not with the crispy edges. Overall, I've decided to call this a success since they technically tasted the same... However, I don't think I'll make them again until I have the right equipment :)
As for the hot chocolate, it was really good. Actually, it was a little like the chocolate soup from last week. Really thick and yummy, but it was even more awesome with the churros dipped in. The author says so herself, but the cocoa really could just be a dunking sauce for them all alone.
The un-churros with my half-downed hot cocoa... Delicious!
Some (more) Announcements
1. My dad thought of a great idea of rating each recipe by what the family thinks of it on a scale 1-5 (5 being the highest, 1 being... not so much). For example, the family has decided to rate these a 3, the chocolate soup a 4, and the brownies a 5... Will be posted along with their respectful recipe soon.
2. Though I know I'll feel a little guilty at the end of it, I've personally decided that it'd be kind of interesting to see how many ingredients have went into all of these, since I'm going through so much already. So, once this is said and done, I'll add up all the cups of sugar, milk, ounces of chocolate, etc.
3.... I think I'll make this into a separate blog. I really kind of wanted to just keep it here since I don't use my own journal very much, but my family has found out about it, and really want to read it. As it stands, there is some stuff that I'd rather them not to see, and interests that I have no intention of sharing with them. It's not that I'm really of ashamed of any of it, it's just... There's some things that there's no point in sharing with them, you know? Of course, once it happens, I'll link the website and cross-post it on here... *shrug*
Next time: Triple-Layer Chocolate Martini. Bye!
BTW, these were made Sunday, I just wasn't able to post them.
Umm.... Yeah. So here's the story:
Basically, the recipe calls for pastry bags and a certain tip to go along with it, aka very large "star" shape. I searched around everywhere around my town that could possibly have it, you can even ask my poor mother who drove me everywhere to find it. Alas, I had to settle on a rather small one found at Michaels, and was disappointed once I found out what qualifies a "large". Later, when I got to using them, the churros... didn't exactly shape as they normally should. Let's just say that my dad dubbed them "turd-os".... Need I say more? Finally I just lost patience and put them into the fryer by the spoonful xP
Other than that, they really did taste like churros, just not with the crispy edges. Overall, I've decided to call this a success since they technically tasted the same... However, I don't think I'll make them again until I have the right equipment :)
As for the hot chocolate, it was really good. Actually, it was a little like the chocolate soup from last week. Really thick and yummy, but it was even more awesome with the churros dipped in. The author says so herself, but the cocoa really could just be a dunking sauce for them all alone.
The un-churros with my half-downed hot cocoa... Delicious!
Some (more) Announcements
1. My dad thought of a great idea of rating each recipe by what the family thinks of it on a scale 1-5 (5 being the highest, 1 being... not so much). For example, the family has decided to rate these a 3, the chocolate soup a 4, and the brownies a 5... Will be posted along with their respectful recipe soon.
2. Though I know I'll feel a little guilty at the end of it, I've personally decided that it'd be kind of interesting to see how many ingredients have went into all of these, since I'm going through so much already. So, once this is said and done, I'll add up all the cups of sugar, milk, ounces of chocolate, etc.
3.... I think I'll make this into a separate blog. I really kind of wanted to just keep it here since I don't use my own journal very much, but my family has found out about it, and really want to read it. As it stands, there is some stuff that I'd rather them not to see, and interests that I have no intention of sharing with them. It's not that I'm really of ashamed of any of it, it's just... There's some things that there's no point in sharing with them, you know? Of course, once it happens, I'll link the website and cross-post it on here... *shrug*
Next time: Triple-Layer Chocolate Martini. Bye!