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Fudge Frosting

Fudge Frosting
6 Tb. butter
6 Tb. milk
1 1/2 C. sugar
1 C. chocolate chips

In a sauce pan, boil the milk, butter, and sugar. Stir to make sure it does not scald, and the sugar fully dissolves. Remove from heat. Add the chocolate chips (and a tsp. vanilla if you have it). Stir to fully incorporate. Pour over brownies. Decorate with candies or nuts, then place in fridge to harden. It sets up exactly like Christmas fudge.

Oxeye Sunflower

Basket of Fire

Basket of Fire is a compact branching chili that has a very attractive habit producing a heavy crop of 2-3inch creamy colored peppers that matures through yellow and orange to bright red all over the plant. The fruits are quite pungent, measuring 80,000 scoville heat units which is a little less than a habanero type. I got a pre-made window basket containing these peppers, Mexican cilantro, basil, and thyme.

Popcorn chicken

Perfect tempura batter
1/2 C. flour
1/2 C. corn starch
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
assorted seasoning (I like a pinch of pepper and cayanne pepper)
up to 1 C. ice cold water, you have to eyeball it.

Mix batter. Dip bite size chicken pieces in it. Deep fry your dipped chicken pieces over medium heat for about 5 minutes. Sometimes they get soggy if you let them sit around too long, but deep frying for an additional minute takes care of that.

Cucumber