Pepper Cream

From the time before I could actually cook, I've been mixing and trying.  My experimental nature got worse when I moved to college.  I was exposed to more variety of food than what I grew up with.  I had to learn how to make a variety of foods.  My desire (or lack of money) prevented me from just buying box meals most of the time, so I looked in recipe books and called relatives for recipes and advice.  Once I got access to the internet, I learned new techniques.  Don't get me wrong, I am far from a great cook and it's not even a hobby/interest that I pursue.

I have created several recipes/how-to's that I'm going to share in time so family (or anyone else) can recreate my foods when I'm not around.

The first recipe is my recipe for Pepper Cream.  It's like an old fashioned egg cream soda but with Dr. Pepper instead of soda water (because Dr. Pepper is awesome).

Ingredients:
1/4 cup milk
1-2 Tbsp. chocolate syrup
1 12oz. can Dr. Pepper
Fancy glass and matching straw
(All measurements are usually just eyeballed.  Measured them out for this recipe.)

  Take a glass and put chocolate syrup in bottom. Pour in milk.

Fill with Dr. Pepper and stir.  Keep in mind, this concoction will foam up.  I like the foam.  If you don't, mix the syrup and milk first then pour into the Dr. Pepper.

Tips:  Tilt glass when pouring the milk or Dr. Pepper in to minimize mixing with prior ingredients.  You could also use a spoon to pour onto.  They used to make long bent spoons for this purpose.  I'm sure they still do, I just haven't taken enough interest in them to research where to get one.

Colder the milk the better.  Near freezing milk will have ice crystals in it (developing into ice cream) and it does something special to the foam.

Hope you enjoy!

Changes

Since my first child was born, I've been the primary at home parent.  I worked on the weekends and stay home with the kids during the week while my wife worked.  That's changed with the birth of my third child two months ago.  I am now officially the "stay-at-home dad".

I'm adjusting.  Being the homemaker is not natural to me.  I get a short break from full scale assault on home duties because of two things.  First, it takes a few weeks to get a routine worked out after a baby is born.  In my case, that few weeks is after mom goes back to the office to work.  Second, I broke my dominant hand.  That really makes it hard to get certain things done, like washing the dishes, when the cast has to stay dry.  When the other kids were born, I could usually do stuff with my free hand while holding them.  Not the case at the moment.

There are certain things I've never had much problem doing such as cleaning a bathroom (plus toilet) but now I've got to get in the habit of doing things that R has been asked to do.  I've always hated sorting and folding laundry.  Not that it is a bad job, just the tedium of it that gets me.  Meal planning and working on money matters has never worked out when I get involved, so I tend to stay clear.

As mentioned above, eventually I'll find my groove and things will get better.  The way it stands now, I'm juggling an awful lot with only one hand.