Go Blue part 2 with pics

Having never been to a real college football game, my first experience was kind of nuts. Yesterday there was 108,000 people in the stadium which I find pretty incredible. The MBAs have a big bus so they have a party before and after the game. Then everyone walks over to the game and it's a giant stream of blue and yellow. We lost unfortunately but it was still a lot of fun.

Go Blue!

getting ready for my first Big Ten football game....I'm pretty pumped!

School

is exhausting already. I'll write a nice post soon.

Guinness Ice Cream

Instead of packing for my imminent departure, yesterday I made some Guinness Ice Cream. I did half of this recipe (but used a full can of Guinness):

1 1/2 cans	Guinness draft beer
1	large egg
1 cup	sugar
1/2 cup	milk
2 cups	heavy whipping cream

Pour Guinness into a pan. (Note, you should drink the leftover 1/2 can while you prepare this recipe.) Boil it down to 1 1/2 cups, and then leave on the stove on low heat. Mix the egg and sugar in a bowl. Mix in milk, then mix in the warm Guinness concentrate. Mix in cream. Chill mix in refrigerator for about an hour. Mix in ice cream maker. Makes a bit over a quart.

No time for pictures on this one, but the fam gave it good reviews!

Surprise Peru!

Just back from my whirlwind trip to Peru and Machu Picchu. Check out photos here.

In short it was awesome.

When Life Gives You Peaches

My parents are great. They buy me lots of awesome food. They have one weakness though when it comes to farmer's markets. Fruit. Although they don't eat much, they buy oodles. I don't mind because I consume like 10 servings of fruit a day, but this time its a bit over board. Peaches, nectarines, cherries, apples, strawberries, blueberries, and cantaloupe are now stuffing our fridge and counter.

Since some of the peaches are already going bad, I decided I'd try a peach frozen yogurt. I used the same base as I did last time, and added 1.5 cups pureed peaches, some cinnamon and some vanilla. At the very end of the mixing, I also added some chunks of peaches to give it added texture.

End result: quite bland and yogurt-y tasting like the blueberry. I hadn't been draining the yogurt, partly because I'm lazy but I think I will for the next batch and hope that helps the flavor.

Back to my 24 marathon...I heart Jack Bauer!

NOTE: I have a picture for a change but Blogger won't let me post it!