Arroz Doce/Rice Pudding

Ok this is a recipe I got from Dellalo.com Their recipe was for Rice pudding and strawberries but I just used the Rice pudding part Plus made a few alterations because the measurements they gave for the liquids weren't enough and left the rice a bit tough still.

Rice pudding should be creamy, sweet, and soft.
It's also a nice cheap treat for those of us who are watching our cash flow.

You'll need:

3 cups of whole milk
6 tablespoons of sugar
1 cinnamon stick
1/2 cup of arborio rice
Note: You can pretty much use any kind of rice but I think Arborio helps make the pudding creamier.
Pinch of salt
1-1 1/2 cups of water

In a pot bring water and milk to a boil. Add all the other ingredients and cook for about forty minutes. Stir frequently or you'll end up with the milk burnt and stuck to the bottom of the pan....which I might add from experience is NOT fun to clean! Also watch the pudding cook, if it seems the rice is still too tough and there's little liquid left add a tiny bit more of milk to it. Also adjust the taste of the sugar if it seems to not be sweet enough.

To check if it's done just taste a little bit of it, it should be creamy and the rice nice and soft maybe even close to mushy if you prefer it that way.

For fun half way through add some raisins and let them cook with the pudding. It'll add some extra flavor to it.
If serving at a little get together put them in their own small individual serving dishes and sprinkle cinnamon on top : )
Hope you give this a try!

Foamy the Squirrel Plans

Ok I'm planning a crochet project. Which means I'm trying to find various patterns to make something I want, which I might add is a pain in the rear.

Idea: Make a crochet amigurumi of Foamy the Squirrel or Pill-zee

For those of you who don't know what this is it's a comic/cartoon made by Jonathan Ian Mathers.
Foamy is a ranty squirrel who drops f-bombs constantly in his cartoons and yet is capable of pointing out truths and things many people don't have the courage to say. It's a bizarre cartoon but for some reason I can't help but watch.

For those of you who are young or have young children DO NOT watch these or near children. It's highly inappropriate contains highly sexual and profane content. Just a warning. But for those of you who are of age and are going to be curious watch away. Maybe you too will become part of the Foaminian Cult (joke, watch show to understand reference)

So the idea mostly is first to attempt to make Pill-zee the cute pill popping glasses wearing, hypochondriac with so many mental problems it becomes hilarious.

So far I found a nice pattern on etsy for the tail ^___^ progress is looking good!

Once I start this I'll take pictures. And hopefully can get a pattern out for people who want a foamy or pill-zee of their own...and maybe in the future I can do a bedly (don't think is writing his name correctly) which  is the British squirrel : )

Comment let me know what you think

Does anyone have any requests recipes? drinks? Crochet or Knitting Requests??


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