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Caramel Ice Cream (recipes) and pigeon(1) (iou)


Caramel Ice Cream (recipes)


3¾ cups whole milk

1 can (5 oz.) evaporated milk

1 jar (12 oz.) prepared hot caramel topping

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/8 teaspoon salt

1 package (3.4 oz.) instant butterscotch pudding mix



Place milk, evaporated milk, topping, vanilla, and salt in medium bowl. Whisk ingredients together. Add pudding mix and blend well. Cover and chill thoroughly, 4 to 6 hours.



Assemble and engage freeze bowl, dasher and drive assembly. Turn to Stir Speed. Using container with a spout, pour mixture into freeze bowl. Freeze 15 to 20 minutes, or until desired consistency. Serve immediately or transfer to airtight container and freeze.

pigeon(1) (iou)



pigeon noun1. LME.
[Old French pijon young bird, esp. young pigeon (mod. pigeon pigeon) from Proto-Romance alt. of late Latin pipio(n-), from imit. base.]
Any of the granivorous or fruit-eating birds of the family Columbidae, esp. those that are relatively large; esp. a bird descended from the rock dove, Columba livia, domesticated and trained to carry messages etc., and now widespread as a feral species. Formerly spec., a young bird of this kind. Cf. DOVE noun. LME.
carrier pigeon, homing pigeon, passenger pigeon, poulter pigeon, woodpigeon, etc.
fig.
a. (A term of endearment for) a young woman, a girl. L16.
b. A person easily swindled or tricked, esp. in gaming. slang. L16.
c. A stool-pigeon. M19.
d. A person who carries a journalist's report from one country to another in order to evade censorship. slang. L20.
Phrases etc.: Cape pigeon = PINTADO 2. clay pigeon: see CLAY noun 5. put a cat among the pigeons, put the cat among the pigeons: see CAT noun1. stool-pigeon: see STOOL noun 13b.
Comb.: pigeon-berry (the berry of) any of several plants whose fruit is attractive to birds; esp. (a) N. Amer. the pokeweed, Phytolacca americana; (b) W. Indies the sky-flower, Duranta erecta; (c) Austral. (in full pigeon-berry ash, pigeon-berry tree) any of several trees of eastern Australian rainforest, esp. Cryptocarya erythroxylon, of the laurel family, and Elaeocarpus obovatus (family Elaeocarpaceae); pigeon breast a laterally constricted chest, resulting in forward protrusion of the sternum; pigeon-breasted adjective having a pigeon breast; pigeon chest = pigeon breast above; pigeon-chested adjective = pigeon-breasted above; pigeon drop US Criminals' slang a confidence trick which begins with the dropping of a wallet in front of the victim; pigeon-fancier a person who keeps and breeds fancy pigeons; pigeon-fancying the keeping and breeding of fancy pigeons; pigeon grass US any of several panic-grasses, esp. Setaria pumila; pigeon guillemot a mainly black guillemot, Cepphus columba, of the N. Pacific; pigeon-hawk (a) US = MERLIN; (b) any of various hawks of the family Accipitridae; pigeon-hearted adjective faint-hearted, timid; pigeon-house a dovecot; pigeon-livered adjective (rare, Shakes.) meek, gentle; pigeon-loft: see LOFT noun 8; pigeon-pair a set of twins, or any pair of children, consisting of one boy and one girl; pigeon-pea (the edible seed of) the cajan, Cajanus cajan; pigeon-plum (the edible grapelike fruit of) a tree of the W. Indies and Florida, Coccoloba diversifolia, of the knotgrass family; pigeon-post the conveyance of letters or dispatches by homing pigeons; pigeon's blood adjectival phr. (of a ruby) dark red; pigeon's milk (a) an imaginary article for which children are sent on a fool's errand; (b) a curdlike secretion from a pigeon's crop, with which it feeds its young; pigeon tick a tick, Argas reflexus, occurring mainly on pigeons; pigeon-toed adjective (of a person or horse) having toes or feet that turn inwards; pigeon-weed US corn gromwell, Lithospermum arvense; pigeon-wing US (a) a Dance step performed by jumping up and striking the legs together; (b) a figure in skating outlining the open wings of a pigeon; pigeon-wood the wood of various tropical or subtropical trees or shrubs used in cabinet-work, so called from the marking or colouring; any of these trees, esp. (W. Indies) Dipholis salicifolia (family Sapotaceae) and (NZ) Hedycarya arborea (family Monimiaceae); pigeon-woodpecker US = common flicker s.v. FLICKER noun1.
pigeo'neer noun (US) a person who trains or breeds homing pigeons, formerly esp. in the US Army Signal Corps E20.
pigeonry noun a place where pigeons are kept M19.