Gratuitous Icon Post

[tsaiko]

My peppermint plant was growing way too leggy, so I trimmed it right before I brought it inside to keep it from getting killed by frost. Since that gave me an entire zip lock bag full of peppermint, I went ahead and made mint syrup. It's now steeping on the counter for 30 minutes. After that I'll put it in a container and stick it in the fridge. I need to get an air tight container/bottle for it. If I do that, it'll keep for up to a month. I'm looking forward to a month of ice cream with mint syrup, hot chocolate with mint syrup, and peppermint tea with an extra dose of mint syrup.

Also, I want to use my completely NSFW fabulous icon. I had it sitting on my hard drive and since I was uploading the grumpy intestines icon, I went ahead and uploaded it as well. Taste the rainbow indeed. XD

Comments

[lycoris.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I hope the mint syrup goes well!

*DIES laughing at the icon* Oh God, that's HORRIBLE and yet so wonderful. And yet HORRIBLE. Yes.

[tsaiko.livejournal.com]

It's amazing what I come up with when given an internet full of pictures and 5 minutes in Photoshop. XD

[lycoris.livejournal.com]

*grins* Spare time is the most evil thing in the world. :D And yet, it's somehow so compelling! :D

[aqua-eyes.livejournal.com]

Awesome icon! :cackles:

[eternalism.livejournal.com]

Very awesome icon!

So, how does one make mint syrup, anyway?

[tsaiko.livejournal.com]

In this case, it was a simple syrup. All it contained was sugar, water and mint in a 1-1-1.5 proportion. The recipe I used called for boiling the sugar, water and mint together for 3 minutes, but I don't think that boiled enough of the water off. My syrup is more liquid than syrup. Next time I'm going to cook it longer before letting it set. At least the mint taste is pretty strong.

[eternalism.livejournal.com]

Cool! I'm going to have to try that sometime.

[reeology.livejournal.com]

*can't stop staring at your icon*

[tsaiko.livejournal.com]

That's because is fabulous. XD