Chang, Thailand’s leading beer brewer, has introduced beer flavoured ice-cream with alcohol levels of around 3% for those who want to get intoxicated the sweetest and creamiest way possible.
These ice-creams are served at selected outdoor beer gardens in Bangkok and tourist spots during the Christmas and New Year season.
Beer enthusiasts welcomed the new product called “Chang Export Soft Serve” that can be enjoyed with three topping selections, namely almonds, chocolate chips and caramel.
As expected, the Stop Drink Network of the Thai Health Promotion Foundation is not amused, saying that beverage companies are launching these new products to encourage young people to drink, particularly during the festive season.
Chang’s beer ice-cream madness will run until the 31st of December.
But what about making your own beer ice-cream? Here’s a simple recipe…
What you need:
4 eggs
Half cup of sugar
Half liter of beer
1 cup of cream
Ice cream maker (ideally)
Bowl and pan
What you need to do:
Mix the 4 egg yolks and the sugar together in a bowl.
Mix the beer and the cream, put it in a pot over the stove and let it simmer for some minutes. Stir regularly.
Then slowly pour the beer cream in the bowl with the sugar yolk. Whisk while you pour.
Take the whole substance and put it back into the pot, heat it and wait until it thickens (5-7 minutes). Stir.
Then put it back again into the bowl, let it cool down for a while and put it in the fridge for at least 5 hours (or overnight).
After the cooling period, the substance needs to be churned manually until it has a “soft serve” consistency. This can also be done by an ice cream maker as per the machine’s instruction.
Then the beer ice cream can be put in a plastic container and needs to rest another three hours in the fridge before consumption.
Yes, that’s right…it’s blood you’re looking at. This is a concoction of raw beef and pig’s guts marinated in cold pig’s blood (you can boil the guts if you’re wimpy). This Isaan (Northeastern Thai) specialty is called “Sok Lek” (ซกเล็ก).
Seriously, Westerners (or anyone else not from Isaan) are certainly playing culinary Russian roulette when ingesting this stuff. So if you do, don’t skimp on the spices and cheap Thai whiskey…they’re your last defense against parasites.
While Sok Lek is a bit of a turn-off for city dwellers, the eating of blood isn’t. Kill a pig, drain the blood into a pan, and quickly add a tad of fish sauce or vinegar to make the liquid congeal. You can dice the end product up like tofu and sell it at the market. In fact, if you ignore the red/brown color, the texture and flavor is actually very similar to tofu. It is normally served in some spicy curry or soup to add variety to the mix.
What if one day, all superheroes became disciples of Lord Buddha?
How about chanting Buddhist sutras while saving the day?
There is a temple in Thailand where superheroes are painted on the temple walls.
This epic piece of wall art is at Bang Jak Temple in Nonthaburi province.
Batman, Superman, SpiderMan, Wolverine, Green Lantern, the Hulk, and Captain America are all represented, amongst other famous icons like David Beckham, Doraemon, and more.
Just imagine the Hulk sitting in deep meditation under a Bodhi tree…
How to make beer ice-cream…
Chang, Thailand’s leading beer brewer, has introduced beer flavoured ice-cream with alcohol levels of around 3% for those who want to get intoxicated the sweetest and creamiest way possible.
These ice-creams are served at selected outdoor beer gardens in Bangkok and tourist spots during the Christmas and New Year season.
Beer enthusiasts welcomed the new product called “Chang Export Soft Serve” that can be enjoyed with three topping selections, namely almonds, chocolate chips and caramel.
As expected, the Stop Drink Network of the Thai Health Promotion Foundation is not amused, saying that beverage companies are launching these new products to encourage young people to drink, particularly during the festive season.
Chang’s beer ice-cream madness will run until the 31st of December.
But what about making your own beer ice-cream? Here’s a simple recipe…
What you need:
4 eggs
Half cup of sugar
Half liter of beer
1 cup of cream
Ice cream maker (ideally)
Bowl and pan
What you need to do:
Mix the 4 egg yolks and the sugar together in a bowl.
Mix the beer and the cream, put it in a pot over the stove and let it simmer for some minutes. Stir regularly.
Then slowly pour the beer cream in the bowl with the sugar yolk. Whisk while you pour.
Take the whole substance and put it back into the pot, heat it and wait until it thickens (5-7 minutes). Stir.
Then put it back again into the bowl, let it cool down for a while and put it in the fridge for at least 5 hours (or overnight).
After the cooling period, the substance needs to be churned manually until it has a “soft serve” consistency. This can also be done by an ice cream maker as per the machine’s instruction.
Then the beer ice cream can be put in a plastic container and needs to rest another three hours in the fridge before consumption.
Source – http://investvine.com/beer-ice-cream-causes-stir-in-thailand-recipe/
The bloodiest dish ever…
Yes, that’s right…it’s blood you’re looking at. This is a concoction of raw beef and pig’s guts marinated in cold pig’s blood (you can boil the guts if you’re wimpy). This Isaan (Northeastern Thai) specialty is called “Sok Lek” (ซกเล็ก).
Seriously, Westerners (or anyone else not from Isaan) are certainly playing culinary Russian roulette when ingesting this stuff. So if you do, don’t skimp on the spices and cheap Thai whiskey…they’re your last defense against parasites.
While Sok Lek is a bit of a turn-off for city dwellers, the eating of blood isn’t. Kill a pig, drain the blood into a pan, and quickly add a tad of fish sauce or vinegar to make the liquid congeal. You can dice the end product up like tofu and sell it at the market. In fact, if you ignore the red/brown color, the texture and flavor is actually very similar to tofu. It is normally served in some spicy curry or soup to add variety to the mix.
Source – http://efference.blogspot.com/2007/11/sok-lek.html
There is a temple in Thailand where superheroes…
What if one day, all superheroes became disciples of Lord Buddha?
How about chanting Buddhist sutras while saving the day?
There is a temple in Thailand where superheroes are painted on the temple walls.
This epic piece of wall art is at Bang Jak Temple in Nonthaburi province.
Batman, Superman, SpiderMan, Wolverine, Green Lantern, the Hulk, and Captain America are all represented, amongst other famous icons like David Beckham, Doraemon, and more.
Just imagine the Hulk sitting in deep meditation under a Bodhi tree…
Source – http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2013/11/18/kapow-superheroes-grace-temple-walls-nonthaburi