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Jul. 4th, 2003
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Jul. 4th, 2003 12:45 am( Preamble )
( Article I: Legislative Branch )
( Article II: Executive Branch )
( Article III: Judicial Branch )
( Article IV: How The States Interact With Each Other )
( Article V: Amending the Constitution )
( Article IV: The Constitution Is The Supreme Law Of The Land, And No Religious Test Will Ever Be Required )
( Article VII: Ratifying The Constitution, And Signatures )
( Article I: Legislative Branch )
( Article II: Executive Branch )
( Article III: Judicial Branch )
( Article IV: How The States Interact With Each Other )
( Article V: Amending the Constitution )
( Article IV: The Constitution Is The Supreme Law Of The Land, And No Religious Test Will Ever Be Required )
( Article VII: Ratifying The Constitution, And Signatures )
My first attempt at making creme brulee not only failed, but failed depressingly completely. I wasn't expecting the burnt sugar topping to work out. I WAS expecting the custard to congeal at SOME point.
Our second President (under the Constitution. . . there had been seventeen presidents of the United States prior to Washington, but it was a different job.) Was he perfect? Not by a long shot -- he was behind the Alien and Sedition Acts which were one of the lowest points of this country's early history. But. . . I like him. I respect his flaws. He was elitist, irascible, hostile, prickly, unpopular, idealistic, well-educated, dedicated, a dreamer. . .
( The science of government it is my duty to study )
( Facts are stubborn things )
( All the perplexities )
( Be not intimidated )
( A few short ones )
( The science of government it is my duty to study )
( Facts are stubborn things )
( All the perplexities )
( Be not intimidated )
( A few short ones )
After re-reading the recipe, I realized that there are no ingredients in it that would lead to, y'know, congealing. Cream, sugar, egg yolks, vanilla.
That's egg nog, not custard.
The only reason it congealed to the extent it did was because I used the NORMAL person method of separating eggs, of pouring it from eggshell half to eggshell half, instead of the way I normally do, with my bare hands. Because of that, there was some albumen in it. Had I done a better job of separating the eggs, it wouldn't have even STARTED to congeal.
It's the recipe's fault, not mine. As such, I'm kicking myself for not noticing that the recipe was flawed before I started making it.
That's egg nog, not custard.
The only reason it congealed to the extent it did was because I used the NORMAL person method of separating eggs, of pouring it from eggshell half to eggshell half, instead of the way I normally do, with my bare hands. Because of that, there was some albumen in it. Had I done a better job of separating the eggs, it wouldn't have even STARTED to congeal.
It's the recipe's fault, not mine. As such, I'm kicking myself for not noticing that the recipe was flawed before I started making it.