[OFF TOPIC] Food & Drinks Thread

[heywoodu 15,141]

28 minutes ago, bestmen said:

you tatse the icecream in the winter

It tastes exactly the same as it does in the summer.

[Olympian1010 7,976]

41 minutes ago, Agger said:

 

Nah. I would strongly expect that Americans can come up with something more interesting while people from other countries can be just as uninspired.

Oh, so it’s me then  (It was just a little snack, some leftovers from Thanksgiving). I’d put a bit more effort in normally, but dinners never look like the ones people make on here (that may also have something to do with me being a university student)

[heywoodu 15,141]

7 minutes ago, phelps said:

 

sure! I like it so much and I normally eat it 12 months/year (at least once a week in winter...almost every day in summer)...

 

You're going for American proportions?

[phelps 7,675]

3 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

You're going for American proportions?

 

no, not at all...it's just a dessert at the end of dinner, it's not to fill myself as a turkey...

[AlFHg 330]

My girlfriend's birthday is coming and this year I want to gift her some homemade chocolate. I would like to make some filled with mou, but every time I try cooking it or caramel, I nearly set on fire my kitchen. However, I'm looking for ideas for filling, so:

 

what's your favorite chocolate / praline?

[phelps 7,675]

1 hour ago, AlFHg said:

My girlfriend's birthday is coming and this year I want to gift her some homemade chocolate. I would like to make some filled with mou, but every time I try cooking it or caramel, I nearly set on fire my kitchen. However, I'm looking for ideas for filling, so:

 

what's your favorite chocolate / praline?

 

that's a no brainer...

 

[AlFHg 330]

14 hours ago, phelps said:

 

that's a no brainer...

 

I’ve read about a method for doing them, too much complicated 

[Olympian1010 7,976]

16 hours ago, AlFHg said:

My girlfriend's birthday is coming and this year I want to gift her some homemade chocolate. I would like to make some filled with mou, but every time I try cooking it or caramel, I nearly set on fire my kitchen. However, I'm looking for ideas for filling, so:

 

what's your favorite chocolate / praline?

What about an Orange Cream or Vanilla Cream? Those are my favorites.

[phelps 7,675]

3 hours ago, AlFHg said:

I’ve read about a method for doing them, too much complicated 

 

you can always buy a gift box with a lot of them inside it...

 

"è il pensiero che conta" ("intention is what really matters"), as we always say...

[heywoodu 15,141]

21 hours ago, AlFHg said:

My girlfriend's birthday is coming and this year I want to gift her some homemade chocolate. I would like to make some filled with mou, but every time I try cooking it or caramel, I nearly set on fire my kitchen. However, I'm looking for ideas for filling, so:

 

what's your favorite chocolate / praline?

 

Chocolate filled with chocolate is pretty much the best way to go