Cooking Club: Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream

Cooking Club round 2 was hosted by Aunt Cindi and her daughter Sarah. Sarah thought it would be fun to make ice cream with liquid nitrogen. Let me just say that it was really fun and the ice cream was killer! I don't think I've tasted a smoother ice cream. The liquid nitrogen freezes the ingredients so fast, that they don't have time to form crystals, thus creating a very smooth texture.

Making the first batch.

It looked so cool when they were pouring it in.

Strawberry

Jeff mixing up the chocolate.

Nutella Chocolate

by far my favorite!

Batch #3

Vanilla

Jeff dipped a flower in the liquid nitrogen and then shattered it on the ground.

Swiss Picnic / Small Family Reunion

It's that time of year again, where all the Swiss people in Boise gather together to share our special heritage, eat good food, enjoy each others company, and talk about Switzerland. With Jack being here, he finally got to wear his Bitsch #9 shirt!

Trying to ride the St. Bernard like a horse.

Gotta love those baby blues!

Auctioning off some things that were donated to raise money to pay for renting the shelter.

I love listening to the Alp horn. 

After the picnic, we went to my cousin Savannah's house because two of my Aunt's and some of their kids were in town. It made for a very nice impromptu family reunion.

These are the two cousins that I would usually run around with at family reunions.

Janeil and Savannah

All the cousins that were in town

Tyler, Kaylynn, Janeil, Savannah, Me and Heather

All the cousins kids

Troy, Brenda, Katie, Anna, Jackson, Jack, Hayden, (hiding behind Kade) and Kade

Grandpa and Grandma Barrus with their three daughters

Aunt Brenda, my Mom, and Aunt Shauna

Downright Gourmet Cooking Club

Annie's family loves to cook, and they are all really good at it. Aunt Sue thought it would be fun to do a cooking club where one person would host each month and show the rest of the group how to make something. Aunt Sue started us off by showing us how to make kolaches. They originate from the Czech culture, and the dough has a little sweetness to it. Originally, Sue suggested putting things like pie filling, jam, lemon curd, etc in the center. But, with all the creative minds in the kitchen, we decided to see what it would taste like with some parmesan cheese, cream cheese, provolone, etc. Needless to say, they all turned out to be really, really good.