December 26, 2004
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Resplendent Mango’s Rum Balls
RUM BALLS These were a newcomer this year, primarily because my mother left me with a large bottle of Bacardi and instructions to figure out some way to get rid of it. So I made rum balls. Here’s how:
1 1/4 c. Chocolate chips
1/3 c. sugar
3 T. light corn syrup
1/2 c. rum (or a little more…)
Just shy of an entire box of Nilla Wafers, pulverized in the food processor
1 c walnuts, given the Nilla Wafer treatment.
Pecans, if you want
Red and green “sanding” sugar. As if you’re going to sand something with it.Melt the chocolate chips in a double boiler. Take them off the water and add the sugar and corn syrup. Then the rum. Then the wafers/walnuts. You can just pour the liquid into the food processor if you want. I’d advise, however, not breathing the fumes that come out of the top hole if you go that route, especially if you need to drive somewhere later.
Add pecans, if that’s the sort of thing that floats your boat.Make balls. Roll them in the “sanding” sugar. Serve. The sooner the better, because after a few days, the rum wears off.
from http://www.studentsforacademicfreedom.org/archive/December2004/UWSPSPJcolumn121604.htm
Faculty Satire: Crossing a line?
“[W]hy don’t you go on a killing spree? you can take out fifteen or sixteen republicans before they gun you down.”
I rarely get offended by people calling me names. As a minority in multiple ways, I am used to it. What I do not tolerate, however, is people threatening my life.
To me, the intent to physically hinder means the difference between racism and mere opinion.
And I am doubly glad that Rothfuss is not a physician who daily has to save the lives of people with whom one does not agree.
