The Coffee Is On

The best way to signal is that you have subsided, and they have to start walking towards the door by pouring delicious hot coffee. But that's not what happened at the Retro Mimi Potluck Party !!! We prepare a gelatin coffee dish that will keep you healthy until late at night! You can thank my blogger friend, Roz for coffee on this disaster. Enjoy it.

Want to reduce sweets? THIS is the recipe for you !!!

VERY BIG, thanks to Mimi for holding this fun meeting, and VERY BIG, apologizing to Mimi too! I raised my hand and volunteered to be part of this Retro WW Potluck at the end of June. This is mid-August. I think the lag time says it all, and I'm sorry it's been a long time since I got 70s !!!! Is that worth the wait? (or the weight ???) I will let you decide!

I offer ... "Coffee Rum Strata" . TA DA !!!! The level of excitement is increasing !!!!!

And really good luck. I saw at the bottom of the attachment sent by Mimi, it was published by Weight Watchers in 1974. In 1974, I was too coffee or rum. (Okay ... maybe not like that, but still young) Thank God this is 2012 and I can enjoy this fantastic recipe! Higher levels of excitement !!!

I LOVE coffee, I like rum ... this can be RIGHT in my alley !!! The peak of excitement !!

But then ... I see some things I DO NOT like ... artificial sweeteners (MANY artificial sweeteners!), EXTRACT Rum (extract ... what's wrong with REAL rum ??), nonfat dry milk, gelatin without taste (LOTS of gelatin without taste) ..... Uh oh. The level of excitement goes down ...

But like me who is procrastinating (see the June-August comment above), I collected the ingredients and gave everything I could. I also made some modifications, as you will notice below. The level of excitement is a little neutral now!

Coffee Rum Strata

Jelly Layer

(the excitement was pulled again, oh dear ... I didn't have a jelly fan for anything other than spreading on toast. Jello / shake things reminded me of having tonsils when I was little. Hey ... that might really happen 1974! I digressed .....)

1 gelatin envelope without taste

1 cold water, divided

2 teaspoons of instant coffee

Artificial sweeteners are equal to 1/3 cup of sugar 

½ teaspoon rum extract

(I am NOT a fan of artificial sweeteners at all. If I only need a few tsp, I might just "buy" a few packs from a coffee shop ... I don't want to buy a full package, I know I'll just throw it, so I take care heart to the wind and use REAL sugar cane. I KNOW !!! I am a rebel !!!!)

 I really don't know how / why I really DO have rum extract in our closet. It must have been there since around 1974, because there was very little perfume when I opened it. So I made an executive decision. I will add rum extract, but I will also add some BRANDY flavors.  

 The taste of liquor is the taste of liquor, isn't it ???? . I also think of drinking REAL brandy when I cook, because my level of excitement is now quite reduced. I choose not to enjoy brandy, and continue! :))

1. Sprinkle the gelatin over ½ cup of cold water in the pan. Check.

 2. Add coffee. Check

 3. Stir with low heat until the gelatin dissolves. Check

4. Remove from the fire. Check (no photos really need ... look like the photo above)

5. Add the remaining water, sweetener, and extract

 6. Divide evenly into 8 cups of dessert 

7. Cool. Check. (Please don't judge the cleanliness of my fridge. Just say ....)

Foam layer

(I KNOW ... I have to do this again. No thanks)

1 gelatin envelope without taste

1 glass of cold water

Artificial sweeteners are equal to ½ cup of sugar (I think that the size of artificial sweeteners may now have changed this carcinogenic recipe)

½ rum extract (MORE extract ... now I REALLY need REAL rum !!)

1/3 cup of nonfat dry milk

1/3 cup of ice water

1 tablespoon of lemon juice

Dash instant coffee

Here it is again ... this part might be like deja vu at the beginning ...

1. Sprinkle gelatin over 1/3 cup of cold water in the pan. Check (again) - see the photo above

2. Stir over low heat until the gelatin dissolves Check (again) - see photo above

3. Remove from the fire. Check (again) - no photos needed, see above.

4. Add the remaining water, sweetener, and extract. Check (again) - see the photo above

5. Cool until syrup 

DRINK REAL RUM - oh wait ... I just added a little ... this is NOT part of the original recipe. But it should be !!!

6. Beat dry milk with ice water until thickened. See, but omg, this smells so bad!

7. Fold into gelatin mixture. Check (but not beautiful or weak hearted)

8. Spoon, divided evenly over the agar layer

 9. Cool until firm

10. Decorate with coffee. (I ran out of instant coffee. Luckily, this will be a waste of instant coffee! :)

And VOILA !!!! Finished product!!!!! LOOK "ok". It felt a little "off" but better than I expected. My level of excitement began to rise a little more . 

On the spoon, it looked like a large piece of brown jello with corrugated foam. The level of excitement falls again. Note to yourself: Maybe it's fine. You like coffee, you like rum ... it will be FINE !!

My husband, Dennis tried it.  

This is how the conversation took place after the photo was taken:

Dennis: "Well, um ... this isn't VERY bad as I thought it would happen."

Roz: "Will you finish it?"

Dennis: "Oh, no shit!"

Then it's my turn. 

Itu seburuk yang saya pikir !!! OMG ... ini GROSS !!! Dalam tekstur, rasa dan penampilan. SAYA INGIN menyukainya, saya benar-benar melakukannya .... tetapi saya tidak bisa. Itu buruk. Saya hanya bisa membayangkan betapa mengerikannya itu jika saya SEBENARNYA menggunakan pemanis buatan, dan bagaimana rasanya bisa berubah sejak 1974.

TAPI ... selalu ada lapisan perak ke awan coklat, berbusa!

Itu membersihkan garbarator kami dengan baik.

Bahkan beberapa selera cukup membuat saya berkafein sehingga saya bisa begadang dan menonton Craig Ferguson, yang saya cintai.

Dan ketika semuanya gagal .... lempar beberapa mainan, dan sebut itu pesta !!!!

Mimi, terima kasih banyak atas kesempatan untuk membuat resep yang mengerikan ini. Bagi para pembaca yang berpikir "tidak mungkin seburuk itu", ya, itu bisa. JANGAN, ulangi JANGAN buat ini untuk konsumsi manusia. Namun, jika Anda juga perlu dibersihkan garberator Anda, Anda harus tetap terjaga selama berjam-jam atau Anda memiliki beberapa mainan yang akan terlihat riang dalam busa dan muntah cokelat .... INI adalah resep untuk Anda !!!!!

Thank you mimi!