Tough stuff!

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The other day a friend, who was going away on holiday, gave me a pint of cream she wasn’t able to use up before leaving. Well, I never refuse free food, but on the other hand I’m the only member of my family who likes cream. Luckily (and rather strangely) they all love ice-cream, so I decided to make this into chocolate malt ice-cream. That was where the fun started. We have chocolate, and we have powdered malt drink - at least we did – but because no-one actually drinks malt drinks the powder had all stuck together in a big lump. I tried shaking the jar vigorously to break it up – no effect. I tried jabbing it with a knife – managed to scrape off a few crumbs. I put it in a plastic bag and hit it with a rolling pin – it just became a slightly flattened lump. I put it in the coffee grinder – and the blades broke off! Luckily it was quite an old grinder anyway, but still…. That was when we decided it was cheaper and easier to buy a new jar of malt powder. It delayed the ice-cream making by a couple of days but the end result was good and the new coffee-grinder is still intact! Picture shows the new jar – other brands are available. All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2019.