The 50 Plus Cafe, Pub, All-Nite Greasy Spoon and Dive Bar

[Lilianna23]

On homemade apple pie warm or with apple crisp

Yes, please!

 

[Lilianna23]

Made Habanero ice cream once only
One lick will do most
You really have to like heat liquify habanero and put them in vanilla

I think I could pass on that one!

 

[Madhatter02]

Love 50+ men

We are like good aged whiskey

 

[Lilianna23]

Or on a human cone? Imagine licking that slowly!

And it has to be the real vanilla bean, not made from the simulated liquid stuff!

Real vanilla FTW! I don't use imitation anything!

 

[Lilianna23]

Daffodils

https://imgur.com/a/yxjKLBz

https://imgur.com/a/M5Qdw18

And forsythia is starting to pop.

https://imgur.com/a/V2yoY0K

Spring is springing forth!

 

[Lilianna23]

Hellebore

https://imgur.com/a/7V6cL4L

https://imgur.com/a/fdpwt0G

I have some of this! I didn't know what it was!

 

[Qky75]

There's a small pot French style creamery in this area called Graeter's and their black raspberry chocolate chip is ridiculously good. The "chocolate chips" are as big as your pinky finger but honestly they're upstaged by maybe the best ice cream I've ever had

 

[Lilianna23]

So I have wallered in a divot in my mattress.... I found a short term solution til I have the money to get a new one.... I took extra pillow forms and put under the divot.... looked it up on line and that was one of 6 solutions....

It seems to be working!!

I know exactly the mattress I want and it is $$$

Good that you found a solution! What mattress do you want?

 

[likes2watchU]

B&J's Phish Food used to be my favorite. Then I found Chocolate Hazelnut Marscarpone ice cream made by Kroger Private Selection. I can't find that anymore. Now, I tend to like almost anything by Tillamook. It's a local-ish dairy in Oregon. Their ice cream has the most marvelous mouth feel!

I wish I liked ice cream more. My GI doesn't like the amount of sugar and fat... but it's often the stabilizers and emulsifiers that give me the most trouble... and any "natural" flavors/colors and/or food dye used by the less expensive brands. So I stick with fresh fruit for dessert most times.

Real vanilla FTW! I don't use imitation anything!

Making my own vanilla extract for the first time. Simple - mostly takes time. 1st batch should be ready by 4th of July

 

[Lilianna23]

For me, I enjoy lack of portion control

I do in some instances!

 

[likes2watchU]

There's a small pot French style creamery in this area called Graeter's and their black raspberry chocolate chip is ridiculously good. The "chocolate chips" are as big as your pinky finger but honestly they're upstaged by maybe the best ice cream I've ever had

I like that - easy to pick out if you can't just get the ice cream w/o the "chips".

Black raspberry was a flavor from my mom's childhood. I found a local ice cream shop that had the flavor. You could see it in her face when she tasted it - took her back for a minute. Was worth it.

 

[Lilianna23]

I may get some and plant in this giant bowl I have in the garden....
I need to get out there and do spring clean up and get ready for the year....

I'll be doing that when I get home. I fired my yard guys. I need to decide if I'm going to do (most of) it myself or hire another lawn service.

 

[Lilianna23]

Hey, If you are making a batch, I would love to find out!

Make it for our reunion party!

 

[Lilianna23]

Your loving murmurs make my frozen coal-black heart go pittipat.


Or something like that.


Maybe it's just a coronary . . . .

K+ and I will save you!

 

[likes2watchU]

Love 50+ men

We are like good aged whiskey

Here's the standard welcome for all café newcomers:
Welcome to the café.

We conduct ourselves a bit differently here than most of the rest of Lit.

Post #1 introduces the joint... and glancing back over the last 10-20 pages provides additional context.

To be clear:
1. No religion 2. No politics 3. No drama 4. This isn't a hook up thread. Take it to the DMs or go somewhere else.

Everyone is welcome but we are protective of the vibe

This applies to all who visit this thread.
If this feels like a good match, welcome...

If not then please keep looking on Lit -
There's so many threads to choose from. You're sure to find a few to your liking.

Welcome SG and MH. Current discussion is (mostly) ice cream - favorite brands and flavors. Hope we're a good fit for you... but if not, there's a billionty other threads on Lit.

 

[Lilianna23]

Yep... beaver excretion...sounds so much better...

They use synthetic vanilla now...
Look up bugs in strawberry ice cream

I like the vanilla from the bean pods.

 

[Lilianna23]

Happy Birthday, this thread!!!!


It's One today.


And averaging 1000 posts per week.


Makes me tired, so it's off to read.

Happy birthday to all of us. And many, many thanks to @Wonderer67 for starting it!

 

[Lilianna23]

Happy Saturday, everyone
aaaand, off we go

Thanks

Children aka Little Petrie Dishes of Death
Sickest I've ever been so far? Top 3 were bugs shared by small children

See? Told ya
Hope she feels better soon!!!

Fellow Celt reporting in... sounds on-brand to me
(Good chance of Saxon, too... Teutonic if by way of the British Isles)

Helpful - even in dreamland
Impressive

Side trip to WI... MN sells 151 Proof, but not 190 Proof.
For that you have to visit WI or a few other states
Everclear Legal States

Sad News -
I was almost done with a big catch-up... and I lost it all
sometimes the Cyber Gods of Refresh smile upon you
and sometimes they do not

This was a good one, nonetheless!

 

[likes2watchU]

I've heard Blue Bunny is good.

We have Blue Bunny in the Midwest.
Read the ingredients - some of theirs uses HFCS and some do not.
Their 32 oz. containers make really nice ice hoppers for the freezer IMO.

 

[Lilianna23]

Is this Mayberry?
The reason mayberry was so peaceful was because nobody was married, Andy, Aunt Bea, Barney, Floyd, Howard, Goober, Gomer, Sam, Ernest t Bass, Helen, Thelma lou, Clara, and Opie we're all single!
The only married person was otis and he stayed drunk!

Maybe it is!

 

[Lilianna23]

My mom liked those... I like pecans (plain). And lots of other nuts and seeds - plain or roasted, unsalted.

Milk chocolate is too sweet for me. Heck, "standard dark chocolate" (60% cacao) is too sweet for me.

I like a good dark chocolate nut cluster, but prefer to make my own with 82% - 90% cacao dark chocolate.

My sister makes her own candy. I should try it.

 

[Lilianna23]

All this chocolate talk makes me want to make some chocolate molten lava cakes!

Make enough for all of us, please!

 

[likes2watchU]

My sister makes her own candy. I should try it.

Check in w/ sis for some tips and see if you can borrow some of her tools, molds, etc. Try some out to see what you like. Can be expensive start-up if you don't have any of the equipment to start. That's assuming you're getting fancy and not just "heat, mix, drop, cool" like me.

 

[Lilianna23]

Or you grow into it.

I've grown to match my wife's bullheadedness. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!

Partners do grow together if they're lucky and stay together long enough.

 

[Lilianna23]

Very rich. Lots of yolk.

I would love them, I think!