As you have all gathered by now, living here is not simple and often requires thinking outside the lines. On the flip side, we enjoy such luxuries as tree-ripened tropical fruit and year-long sunshine.
The other day, we got some fresh coconut,so we grated it, roasted it, and made coconut custard pie from scratch (no drooling please). We wanted to make some cool whip for the top of it, but as we do not have electricity, and our manual handmixer is in the crates... this posed a problem. I took a shish-ka-bob skewer, bent one end into a loop (somewhat like a paperclip) and put the other end into my husband cordless drill (Isn't he nice to let me borrow it?) Voila! A hand mixer!! I am delighted to report that not only did it work...but, the pie was excellent! :) The funniest part was the clean-up however. We had mixed it in a large canning jar. Jeepy (our genet) was very interested in the whipped cream,
so we put the jar on the floor to see what he would do. He circled it suspiciously a few times...and then went for it. As you can see from the photos, he pretty much dived in. The kids got a huge kick out of watching him lick it clean from the inside with the front half of his body also on the inside of the jar. How cool is that... dinner AND entertainment!
The other day, we got some fresh coconut,so we grated it, roasted it, and made coconut custard pie from scratch (no drooling please). We wanted to make some cool whip for the top of it, but as we do not have electricity, and our manual handmixer is in the crates... this posed a problem. I took a shish-ka-bob skewer, bent one end into a loop (somewhat like a paperclip) and put the other end into my husband cordless drill (Isn't he nice to let me borrow it?) Voila! A hand mixer!! I am delighted to report that not only did it work...but, the pie was excellent! :) The funniest part was the clean-up however. We had mixed it in a large canning jar. Jeepy (our genet) was very interested in the whipped cream,
so we put the jar on the floor to see what he would do. He circled it suspiciously a few times...and then went for it. As you can see from the photos, he pretty much dived in. The kids got a huge kick out of watching him lick it clean from the inside with the front half of his body also on the inside of the jar. How cool is that... dinner AND entertainment!
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