February 25, 2010
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As seen on Seen On Slash (my favorite place to go for a obscure laugh):
There are lies, then there are damned lies, and finally there are statistics.
Indeed. For example: there are two popes per square kilometer in Vatican.
February 17, 2010
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Starbucks Frappuccino drinks are my stress beverage of choice. They’re also pretty expensive. To get around that, I did what I think anyone would do – checked the internet. I found several ways to make a frappuccino, and tried this one.
- 1/2 cup fresh espresso (chilled)
- 2 1/2 cups low fat milk (2%)
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon dry pectin *
- 3/4 tablespoon vanilla extract (flavor!)
To fake out the 1/2 cup espresso, I did
- 1/3 cup coffee
- 1 cup water
- re-brewed (brew once and put the coffee back into the water tank)
I’ve got almost everything figured out except how to get the pectin to integrate without clumping. I don’t know if it’s the pectin that I have or I’m missing the trick. I’ve ended up skimming chunks of pectin off the top to get it right, but that is time consuming. This will require more thinking.
February 17, 2010
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Every once in a while, people on the internet just rock.