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Salted Malted Ice Cream

August 13, 2015 Leave a Comment

Salted malted ice cream from https://test.pleasepassthepeas.com

I have always been a big fan of milkshakes, but I might be an even bigger fan of malted milkshakes.

I rarely see these old-fashioned treats on menus around here, though, and I don’t make or go out for milkshakes very often anyway. So, for me, the malted milkshake has always been a once-every-few-years kind of pleasure.

But there’s really no reason for malt to be such an elusive flavor. I started thinking that if the rich, toasty flavor of malt powder works in a milkshake, why not just incorporate it into the ice cream itself?

So I did…. 

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Filed Under: Dessert, Vegetarian Tagged With: ice cream, malt, malted milk, peanuts

Boiled Peanut Hummus

October 1, 2014 Leave a Comment

Boiled Peanut Hummus from https://test.pleasepassthepeas.com

Boiled peanuts are one of those polarizing foods — not unlike okra — that people seem to either love or hate.

I am definitely in the “love” camp when it comes to these succulent little treats.

The best ones are scooped up out of warm crockpots at country gas stations where they are usually heralded with a hand-lettered cardboard sign reading simply “boiled p-nuts.”

If there’s a drawback to boiled peanuts, it’s that they can be pretty messy. For one thing, they are wet and, for another, there’s the problem of what to do with all of the shells.

A certain kind of joy comes from slurping plump, soft peanuts out of their shells while rivulets of brine run down your forearms, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t times when it would be nice to have the pleasure of boiled peanuts without the mess.

Enter boiled peanut hummus… 

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Filed Under: Fall, Snack, Vegan, Vegetarian Tagged With: peanuts

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