When The Lights Go Down In The City
Nightfall sets in over the city as I settle into my easy chair only to discover the batteries in my remote are dead.
No TV, these drastic times call for drastic measures. I will have to turn to my trusty Sears Silvertone 6 transistor radio for entertainment.
I tune the little dial searching for something that sparks my interest.
I stop on one station and listen to a man that sounds like a Chef I used to listen to in the 1960's and 1970's called the Galloping Gourmet, whose real name was Graham Kerr.
I'm sure my older readers will recognize the Galloping Gourmet, but for you younger readers that don't, you must understand my Sears Silvertone 6 transistor radio with the handy leather carrying case and earpiece is, after all, from the 1960's.
Tonight the Galloping Gourmet was talking about the storing of vanilla beans.
As I listen to Gallop talking about storing vanilla beans, I wonder just who really would want to know that information and why.
Then the light bulb goes off in my head. My friends, Pat and Wally, make the best homemade vanilla ice cream, so I bet they and other vanilla ice cream aficionados would like to have heard that broadcast.
With that in mind, I thought I would share that wealth of information because Pat and Wally like to share their vanilla ice cream.
Gallop tested the bean by storing them three ways - one in sugar, one submerged in vodka, one wrapped in plastic wrap placing them in a zipper lock bag and storing them at room temperature, in the refrigerator or in the freezer.
After 4 weeks the verdict was in - storing them wrapped in plastic wrap, placing them in a zipper lock bag and storing them in the refrigerator or in the freezer was the winner.
Both in the refrigerator and freezer they retained their flavor and little effort was required to remove the seeds.
As to the other two methods, the sugar shriveled and dried the vanilla bean out, and in the vodka, the vanilla bean leached its flavor into the vodka.
I deduced from that test when buying vanilla beans one should buy extra, store some of them in the vodka and some in plastic wrap in a ziplock bag and at the end of 4 weeks, the ones stored in plastic wrap in a zipper lock bag goes into the ice cream and the ones stored in the vodka should be removed, thrown away and the vodka consumed while waiting for the ice cream to freeze.
Wow, I thought to myself, this is some exciting stuff, so during a commercial I shared the story with my wife, Vicki.
Vicki enjoyed the story so much she promptly changed out the batteries in the remote, turned on the TV and insisted I turn off the Sears Silvertone 6 transistor radio and watch American Idol with her.
Just as I was turning off my radio the Galloping Gourmet was just about to explain the proper method of removing the muddy or swampy taste from catfish.
I can't wait for the batteries in the remote to run down again so I can tune in on my Sears Silvertone 6 transistor radio to learn the fish secret.
No TV, these drastic times call for drastic measures. I will have to turn to my trusty Sears Silvertone 6 transistor radio for entertainment.
I tune the little dial searching for something that sparks my interest.
I stop on one station and listen to a man that sounds like a Chef I used to listen to in the 1960's and 1970's called the Galloping Gourmet, whose real name was Graham Kerr.
I'm sure my older readers will recognize the Galloping Gourmet, but for you younger readers that don't, you must understand my Sears Silvertone 6 transistor radio with the handy leather carrying case and earpiece is, after all, from the 1960's.
Tonight the Galloping Gourmet was talking about the storing of vanilla beans.
As I listen to Gallop talking about storing vanilla beans, I wonder just who really would want to know that information and why.
Then the light bulb goes off in my head. My friends, Pat and Wally, make the best homemade vanilla ice cream, so I bet they and other vanilla ice cream aficionados would like to have heard that broadcast.
With that in mind, I thought I would share that wealth of information because Pat and Wally like to share their vanilla ice cream.
Gallop tested the bean by storing them three ways - one in sugar, one submerged in vodka, one wrapped in plastic wrap placing them in a zipper lock bag and storing them at room temperature, in the refrigerator or in the freezer.
After 4 weeks the verdict was in - storing them wrapped in plastic wrap, placing them in a zipper lock bag and storing them in the refrigerator or in the freezer was the winner.
Both in the refrigerator and freezer they retained their flavor and little effort was required to remove the seeds.
As to the other two methods, the sugar shriveled and dried the vanilla bean out, and in the vodka, the vanilla bean leached its flavor into the vodka.
I deduced from that test when buying vanilla beans one should buy extra, store some of them in the vodka and some in plastic wrap in a ziplock bag and at the end of 4 weeks, the ones stored in plastic wrap in a zipper lock bag goes into the ice cream and the ones stored in the vodka should be removed, thrown away and the vodka consumed while waiting for the ice cream to freeze.
Wow, I thought to myself, this is some exciting stuff, so during a commercial I shared the story with my wife, Vicki.
Vicki enjoyed the story so much she promptly changed out the batteries in the remote, turned on the TV and insisted I turn off the Sears Silvertone 6 transistor radio and watch American Idol with her.
Just as I was turning off my radio the Galloping Gourmet was just about to explain the proper method of removing the muddy or swampy taste from catfish.
I can't wait for the batteries in the remote to run down again so I can tune in on my Sears Silvertone 6 transistor radio to learn the fish secret.
posted by Wag @ 12:01 AM
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