Thursday, August 17
My mom calls me and asks "Do you know how to make dulce de leche??" She's been watching some t.v. show where they explain the easiest way to make dulce de leche (a.k.a. arequipe, manjar blanco, manjar de leche, dulce de cajeta). I happened to know because that's how my grandmother used to make it. When I got home, I remembered I had a can of sweetened condensed milk stashed away (who knows how long for, but let's not tell anyone about that), and felt the need... the need for manjar de leche!
Filled a pot with enough water to cover the can and then some. Put it to boil:
Because my pot wasn't very deep, the water level went down quick and so I had to add a couple of cups every 15 minutes
And also to make sure it got cooked evenly, I gave the can a bit of a turn whenever I added water:
Two hours and 15 minutes later (I read instructions to cook it between 2 and 3 hours) turned off the heat and put the can under a steady stream of cold water
When cool to the touch, opened it
And VOILA! Manjar Blanco, everyone!
It turned out more solid than what my grandmother used to come out with, but hey, it was my first time and it tastes just as delicious!
I put it into a jar that seems to have been born for this purpose
Now it's your turn!
The condensed milk, Nestle's of course. It was only appropriate.
Filled a pot with enough water to cover the can and then some. Put it to boil:
Because my pot wasn't very deep, the water level went down quick and so I had to add a couple of cups every 15 minutes
And also to make sure it got cooked evenly, I gave the can a bit of a turn whenever I added water:
Two hours and 15 minutes later (I read instructions to cook it between 2 and 3 hours) turned off the heat and put the can under a steady stream of cold water
When cool to the touch, opened it
And VOILA! Manjar Blanco, everyone!
It turned out more solid than what my grandmother used to come out with, but hey, it was my first time and it tastes just as delicious!
I put it into a jar that seems to have been born for this purpose
Tan! Tan!
Now it's your turn!
Saturday, August 12
So, it was bath time for the puppy!
Whenever he gets wet, he goes into HYPER mode... running around and jumping... I guess to create wind and dry himself!
He is so skinny under all that hair... you can kind of tell in this picture, when he's still wet. Finally got him to sit down!
And here, back to his regularly fluffy self:
Chewing the life out of that kitty:
Whenever he gets wet, he goes into HYPER mode... running around and jumping... I guess to create wind and dry himself!
He is so skinny under all that hair... you can kind of tell in this picture, when he's still wet. Finally got him to sit down!
And here, back to his regularly fluffy self:
Chewing the life out of that kitty:
Tuesday, August 1
To the land of T.J.!
Brock being worked on:
One side of my face is numb, can you guess which??
I hear they taste good... deep fried...
Brock being worked on:
One side of my face is numb, can you guess which??
