Time to Celebrate

Today is January 2nd, the second day of a new year... definitely time to celebrate!

Speaking of celebration. My daughter Brittney and her boyfriend David are here visiting us from Alaska for the holidays. They made us an Alaskan specialty for part of our Christmas celebration.... Eskimo Ice Cream. Now I have to admit, when she asked me if I'd eat it if they made some, I was a bit skeptical and wanted to say a resounding NO! But I thought about it a bit and realized that this is her boyfriend's first time (EVER!) to be out of Alaska and he's experiencing a lot of new things... some pleasant and some I'm sure he'd rather not experience.

So I put on my brave face and gave Eskimo Ice Cream a try (albeit, a very small serving)...

It's actually kind of pretty, don't you think? 

But... don't let looks fool you. LOL!

Brittney stirred (with clean hands) the first ingredient - Crisco...

After also stirring in a wee bit of oil, she added some sugar and then the next ingredient... WHITE FISH (EEK! They brought the fish with them from Alaska)...

She asked David to take a peek and see if it needed more fish. I love this picture of the two of them...

And yes, David said "Add a little more fish." EEK! I thought... ummm... no fish at all would be better. LOL! (Can you tell I'm not very adventurous when it comes to food?)

The next ingredient was blueberries...

And some stirring, stirring, and more stirring...

And then it was ready to serve. Now... lest you think too poorly of me... I did give it a try. And I was quite surprised. The ingredient I thought would give me cause for "Eeewwww" was the fish. But I couldn't even really taste (nor smell) the fish. It was the Crisco/Oil that got to me. Too slick and oily for my liking. But I am glad I tried it. Well, just this once. Please don't make me do that again.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

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