Adult Milkshakes, the DIY Version

So, remember that salted caramel bourbon stout milkshake?

I spent a while trying to replicate that, and thanks to a lucky find of fresh salted caramel ice cream at a local food truck rally, I pulled it off today.

Ingredients:

1 big scoop (so, about a cup?) salted caramel ice cream
2 T bourbon (I used Four Roses)
1/2 cup stout (I used a brand of called Moo Juice)

Whomp together.  If all the ingredients are cold and you have a chilled bowl and a frosty glass waiting, there's your milkshake.  If you end up with spiked MILK instead, pop it back in the freezer for a few minutes.  Enjoy.  Whipped cream on top is optional but very nice.  

[Technically, this contains no milk and is not a milkshake.  Call it a "happy shake" if you must.  It made me pretty happy!]

Fic Update: "Broken Things"

So, back in the heady days of 2009, I started writing something called "Steadfast Companion."  It rose out of Abel's character ending in FE11: "He was to be married; but in the end his fellow knights were his most steadfast companions."

Given what I knew of Abel, and because FE12 hadn't been announced yet, I thought FE11 might be some weird standalone reboot in which Abel backed out of marrying Est or something, and the story in question (let's call it SC#1) was about that.  It was just a little ambiguous one-shot about Abel, Cain, and Est.  Anyway, it never got finished or published because I got caught up in more ambitious ideas.

( Discussion of the Hardest 'Fic Ever )