Baked Alaska 632
mithras the prophet writes "Global warming stories usually focus on the hotbutton politics, scientific debate, or latest disturbing anecdote of receding ice. A very interesting New York Times story takes a different tack, highlighting the reality of climate change for small-town Alaskans. Whatever the cause, temperatures in Alaska have risen by seven degrees in the last 30 years. This has very real consequences for ordinary citizens; the rest of us would do well to consider their stories. Lucy Eningowuk and her 600 fellow citizens of Shishmaref will vote next week whether to move their town to the mainland. Despite community efforts, thawing of permafrost and wave action from melting ice has eroded away most of the land the village is built on. Residents of Barrow (warning: MIDI-enabled page), on the North Shore, are swatting mosquitos for the first time in their lives. In an ironic twist, managers of the Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline are putting in supports to keep the pipeline from breaking as permafrost thaws."
Well then... (Score:3, Funny)
~Philly
Baked in alaska (Score:1, Funny)
I think the connection is clear... (Score:5, Funny)
It cannot be denied. Wherever Cray computers go, high heat production follows. It's only a matter of time before Cray raises the sea levels and seizes control of a panicked world. I wouldn't put it past them... they have developed a superior computational advantage over the rest of known civilization.
Be on guard!
"Baked Alaska"? (Score:5, Funny)
Baked Alaska (Score:4, Funny)
1 quart coffee ice cream
Sponge cake, recipe follows
1 pint strawberries, tops removed and sliced
Meringue, recipe follows
Warm glossy chocolate sauce, recipe follows
Sponge:
10 eggs
2 cups vegetable oil
4 cups sugar
Vanilla extract, to taste
6 cups flour
2 tablespoons baking powder
2 cups milk
Meringue:
1 cup egg whites, room temperature
1 cup sugar
Warm Glossy Chocolate Sauce:
3 ounces unsweetened chocolate
7 ounces semisweet chocolate
3/8 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup hot water
Sponge: Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat together the eggs, vegetable oil and sugar until light. Add the vanilla. Sift together the flour and baking powder. In 3 additions, alternately add the flour and baking powder with the milk. Pour the batter into a greased, parchment-lined jellyroll pan. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until it springs back to the touch. When the cake is cool, invert from the pan onto a piece of parchment paper. Halve the cake lengthwise. Place a 2 quart bowl on top of 1/2 the cake and cut around the bottom of the bowl. Reserve the rest of the cake. Set the cake round on a parchment lined sheet pan.
Remove ice cream from freezer. Using a large spoon mound the chocolate ice cream on top of the cake round. Layer the strawberries on top of the chocolate ice cream. Top and continue to mound the coffee ice cream. You can make as many layers as you like. If the ice cream begins to soften too much, return to the freezer until firm and continue. Cut the remaining cake into triangles and cover the mound of ice cream with cake. Return cake to the freezer for at least 2 hours or up to 2 days.
Meringue: Whip the egg whites until soft peaks form. Add the sugar and beat until stiff and glossy. As soon as the meringue is ready, remove the ice cream cake from the freezer. Spread the meringue evenly over the dessert in a swirling motion or pipe decoratively. Return to the freezer for at least 3 hours or up to 2 days.
Warm Glossy Chocolate Sauce: In the top half of a double boiler, combine the 2 chocolates over simmering water. Stir constantly until melted, then whisk in the corn syrup and water. Whisk until smooth and shiny.
When ready to serve, heat the oven to 500 degrees. Remove the dessert from the freezer and place it in the oven. Bake 3 to 4 minutes or until browned. You can also use a blow torch to brown the meringue. After it is browned it's possible to freeze dessert again overnight before serving. Serve in slices with warm glossy chocolate sauce.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 6 hours 35 minutes
Bring it on! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Days of denial are over. (Score:4, Funny)
Funny observation #2: You have two thoughts that start with "Finally," neither of which is the last.
just mass hysteria (Score:1, Funny)
The article reads like a pamphlet of hippy Greenpeace agitprop. Et tu, comrade?
I wouldn't be surprised if this press release was orchestrated by a vast left-wing conspiracy designed to discredit President Bush. Anyone who questions President Bush's authority is a traitor. Last week, a Chicago street gang member was arrested after he planned to build an H-Bomb and blow up Washington, DC! It's obvious that we must now sacrifice all of our Constitutional rights to combat this overwhelming threat to the price of gas.
Don't believe the hype! Keep driving your SUV's!