Comments on: Knobber with the clobber

By: The Chick

The Chick — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:15:36 +0000

Dan! I feel so bad that I am only just now catching this and seeing that I got tagged! Sheesh! How did I miss this post! I am going to do it this week. Sorry for being such a slacker!

By: Dan Leone

Dan Leone — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:25:23 +0000

By the way, when will you English people ever learn to speak English?

What the eff is a “knobber?” I will leaver “clobber” alone.

By: Dan Leone

Dan Leone — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:23:53 +0000

Hi Dan:

I was just merrily reading along entranced by your writing yet again, and I get to the bottom of this post and see my name. Now, I cannot specifically tell you how excited I was, but suffice it to say that I was VERY excited.

I am eternally grateful as well.

Now, I need to whittle down all the crap in my house and choose the most worthless gadget.

Dan

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Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:21:20 +0000

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By: Kristina

Kristina — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:28:21 +0000

We have that same type of ice cream maker and have made ice crystals many times. The difference is that I eat them anyway. Probably with rhubarb and artichoke bits in it, I am sorry to say.

(If you have a deep freeze or can turn your freezer down several degrees, then freeze the inner portion for at least 24 hours, I’ve found that it helps and our maker actually can make real ice cream.)

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:35:43 +0000

Your camera is my favorite gadget too.

I vote for bread maker as the most useless gadget. At least in our household.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:39:46 +0000

I’ve just returned from Dixons myself. I’ve decided that I’m having an ice cream theme on the blog this week.

I know what you mean about the soot caked stone of west yorkshire. dark satanic mills are vastly under-rated in my opinion.

By: Oli

Oli — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:32:09 +0000

I recently made blackberry icecream using a friend’s ice cream maker:

1litre - Hand picked blackberries,
Small tin - condensed milk
Half pint - double cream
Drizzle - honey
More - honey

Blend all ingredients together. Pour into ice cream maker.
Wait, watch.
Stick spoon in to have a taste as it freezes.
Turn off machine to retrieve spoon.
Check the rotating centre piece for spoon damage.
Restart.

The resulting ice cream was absolutely delicious. Thanks, Dixons for giving me the idea of using condensed milk.

Seeing that picture has made me nostalgic Dan. Not for the camera; not for the car; not even for you I’m afraid. But for the architecture. The years of ground in dirt and stubborn stains, engrained into the stonework of Huddersfield buildings. You just don’t get that up here in Scotland. Everything’s so … so… clean.
It’s not right.

I can’t wait to come back to Huddersfield.

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:12:38 +0000

How come I never get offered rhubarb and artichoke ice crystals when I come round?

By: Lis

Lis — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:07:27 +0000

The ice cream maker sounds like too much work for a scoop of crunchy ice.