How are Mexican chocolate ice cream and the ghetto market connected? Let me tell you.
Last night I decided I was going to give the ice cream maker another shot after making a mess of the first batch. Now there are a few markets around my place. There's Trader Joe's, but that's really a specialty market. There's a Whole Foods, expensive and hard to park. Berkeley Bowl which has an incredible selection and is reasonable, but the parking is even worse. Then there is the Pak 'n Save.
Now the Pak 'n Save is a creature that I haven't encountered until moving into Oakland. The deal is, ostensibly, you pack your own groceries, you save money. However, the real deal is we're going to charge the same prices as Safeway because we really are a Safeway in disguise, but we're are not going to hire union grocery clerks so you have to bag your own groceries and we're only going to have 2 cashiers on staff during the busiest hours, so you're going to have stand on line like your were voting in Ohio to buy your whipping cream and other assorted bourgeoisie treats.
So after standing in line for a few minutes and seeing it go nowhere, I ditched the stuff IBut on the way back to the cottage, I passed a Long's Drugs and decided to go in a see if they might have whipping cream. I doubted it, but I was wrong. There was one lonely pint left in the fridge. I grabbed it.
On the way out I was looking at the instant coffee because I was thinking of making coffee ice cream when I spotted a hexagonal box of Mexican chocolate, and instantly I thought, fuck, I'm making Mexican chocolate ice cream.
So I was going to put my theory to the test that last time the ice cream came out too soft because I didn't use either enough ice or salt. I went to the liquor store and bought a bag of ice and was far more liberal with the rock salt this time. I ground the chocolate into a fine powder in my new Cuisinart. Blended the ingredients, placed them in the creamer, and voila, in about 30 minutes, I had perfect ice cream.
Now, some who, well, don't appreciate cinnamon might not enjoy the subtleties of something like Mexican chocolate ice cream, but those of who are more open minded to our finer spices, I think, you'd really love this stuff. It's damn tasty.
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