INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Before we can toss everything into the ice cream machine, we'll need to turn them into a custard. Whisk together all of these ingredients in a medium saucepan. Heat over low heat, constantly whisking to prevent a skin from forming. Bring almost to a simmer, then remove from heat immediately. When it's ready, the mixture should coat the back of a metal spoon. The light corn syrup makes the end result denser and fudgier than a regular ice cream recipe that only uses sugar. You could use honey instead, but use a little less to avoid overpowering the other flavors. Separate the egg yolks. Beat them in a separate bowl or mixer until slightly thick. The main difference between a custard base and an ice cream base is the number of egg yolks. If you enjoy extremely rich, smooth, eggy custard, you can increase this to six or seven egg yolks. . Pour a thin stream of the hot milk mixture into the eggs, whisking constantly. You must pour very slowly and whisk vigorously to avoid cooking the eggs. You can stop once once the eggs are thoroughly combined with about half of the milk mixture. Alternatively, pour a small spoonful of milk into the eggs, whisk while counting to ten, and repeat. This is slower, but less likely to cook the eggs. Keep the bowl stable by placing a rolled-up towel around it. This allows you to whisk with one hand while pouring with the other. If you notice any bits of scrambled egg, strain them out and temper the rest more carefully. Pour the tempered mixture back into the saucepan with the rest of the milk. Heat over medium-low heat, stirring frequently. Remove from heat once the mixture thickens enough to coat the back of the spoon, and leaves a line behind when you run a clean finger through the coating. If you have a cooking thermometer, bring the mixture to 170F (75C). Again, if you notice any lumps, strain them out before you continue. Remove the vanilla bean pod as well, if using. Pour the custard into a bowl and stir in the heavy cream until combined. Stir in a little salt as well, less than you would for a regular ice cream base. Frozen custard is warmer than ice cream, which makes salt and sugar seem stronger-tasting. Press a sheet of plastic over the custard to prevent a skin from forming. Chill the bowl in a cold refrigerator, and/or in an ice bath as well. For best results, chill for 48 hours. You can continue after an hour or two as long as the custard is cold to the touch, but the end result will be chewier. Keep the custard in the coldest part of the fridge. This is usually the back of the lowest shelf, or the back of the top shelf if your fridge has an ice-making component. A wide, shallow bowl will chill more quickly than a deep one. Commercial manufacturers use a special frozen custard machine, but this recipe is intended for a regular, home ice cream machine. Follow your machine's instructions to freeze the custard base, or set it to churn for 2040 minutes. If your ice cream machine allows you to control the churning speed, reduce it to the minimum setting. (Most do not have this option.) To make a "concrete," finely chop candy or cookies, freeze them, and add them the machine during the last two minutes of churning. The custard will melt quickly, so it's best eaten right away. If you prefer a harder frozen custard, stick it in the freezer for a couple hours. Unlike ice cream, this will lose its texture rapidly, and is best eaten within a few hours.

SUMMARY: Heat half-and-half, sugar, light corn syrup, and vanilla. Beat the egg yolks. Temper the eggs with the milk mixture Heat to form a custard. Stir heavy cream and salt into the custard. Cover in plastic wrap and chill. Churn in an ice cream machine. Serve.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Part of being mellow is knowing when you should actually change something that is gnawing at you. If you're irritated by a co-worker and do nothing to address it, then yeah, you are unlikely to feel mellow when you're at work. If your closet door is driving you crazy but you don't try to fix it, then you won't be feeling mellow for very long. The important thing is to approach the fixable problems in life with calm and resolve. Ask yourself about which things in life are causing you to not be mellow. Work to find a way to solve or address the problems that you are able to deal with. Along with changing the things you can change, in order to truly be mellow, you have to be able to learn to accept the things you cannot change. You can address a problematic co-worker to discuss issues you've been having, but you may not be able to change the fact that you hate the weather in the place where you live or that you have to live with siblings who pester you. Learn to recognize when a situation is out of your control and accept it with a calm mind. Let's say your new boss is driving you crazy, but you really love your job. If you try to resolve the issue and fail, then you have to learn to focus on the parts of your job that you love in spite of being annoyed by your boss. If you're the kind of person who doesn't know how to forgive and forget, then you are guaranteed to be less mellow. If one of your friends or family members has truly upset you, you have to work on being able to talk about it and to move past it, even if you haven't completely forgiven the person. If you walk around holding a grudge, then you are guaranteed to be in an angry, riled-up state instead of facing the day with calm and peace. If you spend so much time obsessing over being mad at people who rejected you or fuming over people who have harmed you, then you will never be able to mellow out. Sure, it can help to talk about how someone has hurt you. But if you keep talking about it to everyone within earshot, you're only going to work yourself up into a frenzy. Keeping a journal can help you feel in touch with your thoughts and ready to face new challenges. Making a goal of writing in your journal at least a few times a week can help you check in with yourself and feel like you are in touch with your mental state. Doing so also helps you establish a healthy routine and gives you time to slow down and accept whatever the day has thrown at you. If you don't take a moment to breathe or relax as you write down your thoughts, then you will not be feeling mellow any time soon. Use your journal as a place for honesty and a reservation of judgment. Write down what you're thinking and feeling without fear or lies and you'll be on your way to feeling more at peace. A lot of people don't feel mellow because their wheels are always turning, trying to play out every move of life like it's a chess game. Let's say you're a writer who is deciding whether to be a librarian or to go to graduate school. Instead of planning out the next ten years of your life, wondering if you'll ever be able to publish a book, just do what feels right to you during that particular stage of your life. Focus on whatever you're doing right now and think about your next move without worrying about the next ten moves you'll have to make. If you learn to live in the present and to fully immerse yourself in what you're working on now, you'll be much more likely to succeed at what you're doing than if you're constantly wondering about where this step will lead you.

SUMMARY:
Empower yourself to change what you can change. Stop freaking out about the things you can't change. Don't hold a grudge. Keep a journal. Learn to take it one step at a time.