Monday, 29 October 2012

Halloween treats

I haven't tried to make these "attractive" treats, but they look perfect for Halloween!



Ingredients
2 packs (3 oz) Raspberry jello
1 pkg unflavored gelatin (for extra firmness)
3/4 cup whipping cream
15 drops green food coloring
3 cups boiling water
100 flexible straws (or enough to fill your container)
Tall container (1 quart or 1 liter carton of milk)

Directions
1) Combine gelatin in bowl and add boiling water.

2) Let it cool to lukewarm and then add the whipping cream and the 15 drops of food coloring.

3) Gather your straws (don't forget to flex them out) and put them in the container. It's important that the straws have a tight fit so the jello stays in the straws. For this reason, a 1 liter carton may be better; you will probably get longer worms since there is a tighter fit. If you have a bigger container, a rubber band around the straws is helpful. Or you could just add more straws to fill the container.

4) Add the gelatin mixture to the straw-filled container and let it set until firm.

5) There are multiple ways you can remove the worms from the straws. You can roll a rolling pin over the straws and squeeze them out or you can hold the straws over warm water. The worms will slip right out.

Saturday, 27 October 2012

Friday, 26 October 2012

Au revoir to the vixens

The day started with very early with a trip to the airport, where we said goodbye to Irishgirl...


We came back in good time to offer TW and CC a bite to eat. As you can see, even the weather was sad to see them go:

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After lunch, we took them to catch the train to Paris.


Pirouette is already missing TW, who always shared some tasty morsels and gave her some wonderful ear massages. I don't have a photo of the hotel cat, but I'm sure he'll also miss TW greatly!



We're going to miss (I can't do it!) Irishgirl's infectious giggling, CC's ab fab impersonations, dah-ling, and TW's Ibegotohell warmth and kindness. They're all fabulous!

The house is definitely too quiet after four days of much laughter and a good dose of very healthy, rejuvenating silliness. We're really going to miss the girls. Peter asked me to thank them for making him feel like an honorary vixen.

Please come back soon!

Thursday, 25 October 2012

...and the vixens fall down

We went to Salon-la-Tour today, where the remains of a castle keep still look quite impressive:


Later on, the vixens tried to go upstairs and this was the result:


It's slightly out of focus, which makes me suspect that even the photographer was plastered...

Austin's generosity shows...