5:26 AM
Shweta Pandey
Wednesday marks 100 days to go until the beginning of the London Olympics and a series of special events are taking place around the UK and internationally to start the countdown.
It's a chance to look ahead to the games and all the activities planned around them for spectators, the public and visitors to the UK and tell us what you think of the build-up.
As the event draws closer we want to hear how this year's Olympics will affect you:
• Are you travelling to London to watch an event or soak up the atmosphere?
• Will you be keeping tabs on the torch relay if it comes to where you live?
• Are you concerned about plans for transport in London, security at the games or protests against them?
Tell us if there are events you are looking forward to in particular or if you are involved in something as part of the 100 days celebrations.
Alternatively, if the Olympics makes you want to run as far as you can in the opposite direction, tell us why and what aspects of the London games could have be changed to get you interested.
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For a dairy dessert, try Saffron Ice Cream, also from Batmanglij "New Food of Life."
4 cups milk
1 cup sugar
2 tsp powdered "sahlab" found in middle-eastern stores.
1/2 tsp saffron, ground, dissolved in 3 tablespoons rose water
1/2 cup half-and-half cream
2 tablespoons slivered pistachios for decoration.
1. In large saucepan, stir together milk and sugar and bring to boil over
medium heat.
2. put sahlab in bowl, add 1 cup warm milk mixture. Mix well until
smooth.
3. Add this mixture to warm milk in saucepan. Simmer over low heat, stir
constantly, until it thickens. It should be slightly elastic at this
point. Remove pan from heat.
4. Add saffron-rose water. Mix well. Cool 2 hours. Pour into ice-cream
machine.
5. Follow ice cream machine's directions for making ice cream.
6. Pour thin layer of half-and-half onto a flat plate, place in freezer
until a frozen creamy crust forms. Remove crust from freezer, break off
1/2 inch pieces of the crust and mix with finished ice cream.
7. Serve saffron ice cream in small bowls (or in one large bowl),
sprinkle with ground pistachios.
For those who want it fast: use 1 pint vanilla ice cream. Add frozen
cream pieces, saffron, rose water and pistachios. Mix well.
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