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soobiebearI'm back! It was a quick outage looking back on it. At&T had indeed severed an underground line going to our house. So to install their 'fiber' product so far the toll has been
- natural gas line
- cable line
- gate and latch
We don't even use AT&T and from what I've been told we can't recoup costs because it's not actually AT&T it's a sub-contractor who has no business records or filings in this county or state. Basically AT&T hired scabs to enter our property and destroy things knowing there's no way to go after them for damages. Shitty corporation. Not that I'm a fan of Verizon/Xfininty either, but they've never actually destroyed anything of ours.
First thing I did when the 'net came back up was check out Boston Hempire. Slightly overpriced, but looks like shipment might not get seized. Worth trying anyway. Better than going to a shady bar and getting god knows what from a random stranger.
Not much else missed. William got his dentures finally and they look and fit good. What he should have had in the first place if the office hadn't gotten bought out. I think that first/original dentist knew she was getting fired and at the end she just didn't care. the Not-My-Problem syndrome.
Have some bread working. Will see how that goes.
Made a really wonderful cakey-thing for the office XMas party. It was a bit hit and I didn't have to bring anything home. Not really a cake - hence the torte name - but it looks cake like. Should be easy to make it keto compliant if needs be.
Tripe Chocolate Mousse Torte
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TOTAL TIME: Prep: 35 min. + chilling Cook: 20 min. + cooling YIELD: 16 servings.
Ingredients
18 Oreo cookies
1/3 cup butter, melted
6 teaspoons unflavored gelatin, divided
3 tablespoons cold water, divided
5 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
4-1/2 cups heavy whipping cream, divided
5 ounces milk chocolate, chopped
5 ounces white baking chocolate, chopped
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Directions
1. Pulse cookies in a food processor until fine crumbs form. Add melted butter; pulse until combined. Press onto bottom of a greased 9-in. springform pan. (Did not work, totally stuck to bottom, would recommend parchment or wax paper) Refrigerate while preparing filling.
2. In a small saucepan, sprinkle 2 teaspoons gelatin over 1 tablespoon cold water; let stand 1 minute. Heat and stir over low heat until gelatin is completely dissolved; remove from heat.
3. Place bittersweet chocolate and 1/2 cup cream in a metal bowl over a small saucepan of hot water; heat and stir until mixture is smooth. Stir in gelatin mixture. Transfer to a medium bowl; cool completely. Repeat twice with milk and white chocolates.
4. In a large bowl, beat vanilla and remaining 3 cups cream until stiff peaks form. Fold 2 cups whipped cream (a third of the total whipped cream) into cooled bittersweet chocolate; spread over crust. Refrigerate until set, 25-30 minutes. Repeat twice with milk and white chocolates, keeping remaining whipped cream chilled until needed.
5. Refrigerate torte, covered, until set, about 4 hours. To serve, loosen sides from pan with a knife. Carefully remove rim from pan.
- natural gas line
- cable line
- gate and latch
We don't even use AT&T and from what I've been told we can't recoup costs because it's not actually AT&T it's a sub-contractor who has no business records or filings in this county or state. Basically AT&T hired scabs to enter our property and destroy things knowing there's no way to go after them for damages. Shitty corporation. Not that I'm a fan of Verizon/Xfininty either, but they've never actually destroyed anything of ours.
First thing I did when the 'net came back up was check out Boston Hempire. Slightly overpriced, but looks like shipment might not get seized. Worth trying anyway. Better than going to a shady bar and getting god knows what from a random stranger.
Not much else missed. William got his dentures finally and they look and fit good. What he should have had in the first place if the office hadn't gotten bought out. I think that first/original dentist knew she was getting fired and at the end she just didn't care. the Not-My-Problem syndrome.
Have some bread working. Will see how that goes.
Made a really wonderful cakey-thing for the office XMas party. It was a bit hit and I didn't have to bring anything home. Not really a cake - hence the torte name - but it looks cake like. Should be easy to make it keto compliant if needs be.
Tripe Chocolate Mousse Torte
.
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 35 min. + chilling Cook: 20 min. + cooling YIELD: 16 servings.
Ingredients
18 Oreo cookies
1/3 cup butter, melted
6 teaspoons unflavored gelatin, divided
3 tablespoons cold water, divided
5 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
4-1/2 cups heavy whipping cream, divided
5 ounces milk chocolate, chopped
5 ounces white baking chocolate, chopped
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Directions
1. Pulse cookies in a food processor until fine crumbs form. Add melted butter; pulse until combined. Press onto bottom of a greased 9-in. springform pan. (Did not work, totally stuck to bottom, would recommend parchment or wax paper) Refrigerate while preparing filling.
2. In a small saucepan, sprinkle 2 teaspoons gelatin over 1 tablespoon cold water; let stand 1 minute. Heat and stir over low heat until gelatin is completely dissolved; remove from heat.
3. Place bittersweet chocolate and 1/2 cup cream in a metal bowl over a small saucepan of hot water; heat and stir until mixture is smooth. Stir in gelatin mixture. Transfer to a medium bowl; cool completely. Repeat twice with milk and white chocolates.
4. In a large bowl, beat vanilla and remaining 3 cups cream until stiff peaks form. Fold 2 cups whipped cream (a third of the total whipped cream) into cooled bittersweet chocolate; spread over crust. Refrigerate until set, 25-30 minutes. Repeat twice with milk and white chocolates, keeping remaining whipped cream chilled until needed.
5. Refrigerate torte, covered, until set, about 4 hours. To serve, loosen sides from pan with a knife. Carefully remove rim from pan.
