Good Day

Today I put my new sous vide to the test.  I cooked two equivalent steaks and found the sous vide method resulted in a more tender version, but at a temperature of 130 degrees for an hour it was too well done.  After eating this morning I worked on my encaustic picture of the Payson Temple agains the backdrop of the snow covered mountains.  The skillet I picked up for 2 dollars at DI worked out well.  This afternoon I drove up to Bountiful where Tisha has bought a house.  It has a nice compact design and a finished basement.  Tisha came with Hannah and Rudy when we went to the park and McDonalds.  The park is located west of the site of the junior high where I spent 7th grade.  A new school with a different name has replaced old South Davis Jr. High.  I went down a slide but it was damp and my progress was slow.  I climbed onto the net tower but only the lower ropes.  The McDonald's was full of children.  My trip home was slow but steady most of the way.  I decided to get a glare blocking attachment for my visor.  I stopped at Day's and found a very nice roast with a lot of marbling.  When I got home I cooked it in the sous vide at 126 degrees.  It made a real difference and I really liked the tenderness and taste.  I also decided to recycle the bin for my wheat grinder which seems a promising container for the machine when it is cooking.  I had tried using one of my glass apothecary jars but the round shape made it cramped.  I purchased some half and half to add to the whipping cream I have been using in my ice cream maker.  I made a fair imitation of the mint chocolate chip ice cream I liked so much.  It is very keto, using cream, half and half, 90 percent dark chocolate, mint oil, vanilla, stevia and Real Salt.  The salt seems to moderate the herbal taste of the stevia.  As far as I'm concerned, my recipe is superior to the current formula for Breyer's mint chocolate chip ice cream which uses coconut oil instead of cocoa butter as well as soy lecithin and other dubious ingredients.  I purchased spring water for 80 a gallon from Walmart and find that it is bottled from Wasatch mountain water.  I find it a good replacement for the Artesian Well water that is now unavailable.