Sunday, 13 September 2009
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A Fruity Alternative to Ice Cubes
I came by this after getting really fed up with weak juice that gets even weaker tasting thanks to melting ice cubes. Instead of using ice cubes to cool down your juices and lemonades, try a delicious (and edible!) alternative.
A lot of cook books that provide drink recipes will encourage you to make ice rings for punch bowls that include fruit slices inside the ice itself, but I've found it's a lot more fun and easier to skip the ice all together. Frozen fruit fulfills the same purpose as ice cubes when dropped in your drink, keeping your drink nice and cold up until the time the fruit thaws.Better yet, your juice won't become watered down from the melting ice, and the flavor gets a little stronger thanks to the fruit floating in your glass. My favorite part is eating the fruit when you're finished with the beverage.
- To get the tastiest results, it's best to pick fruits that go well with the drink you're having. Some suggestions:
- Fruit punch goes well with cherries, strawberries, and raspberries.
- Lemonades or limeades are great not only with lemons and limes, but also strawberries, raspberries and blueberries.
- With larger fruits like limes, lemons, and sometimes strawberries, it's best to use slices; while with smaller fruits, such as berries, the whole fruit will work just fine.
- From my experience, apple slices don't freeze too well.
Other than that, it's up to what flavor combinations you enjoy. If you can make it work, go for it!
- To get the tastiest results, it's best to pick fruits that go well with the drink you're having. Some suggestions:
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Comments (25)
:O thats really cool !
@babykittytara
Mmm. Totaly trying it. OR juice into icecubes (juice cubes in this case..) and put a piece of fruit in the middle .. if it's a grape or a small piece of apple or something u know?
Mm berries are ice-cube shaped too.
looks good =)
I always freeze grapes! i don't put them in drinks tho, i just eat frozen grapes! lol
This is a great idea!
Ooh, this is a really great idea!
I like it! Great idea.
yummy!
nifty and yummy! double threat ^^
I have done that, works awesome =D
Nice
yum!
Or you can just freeze your juice in ice cube trays... we used to do it all of the time with kool-aid when we were kids!
what a yummy idea! =)
i love frozen fruit.. by itself. never thought of using the fruit in replace of ice cubes. but what drinks would you use it in other than water and fruit flavors? or is that it?
MMMMm =)
I love doing this with Sprite Zero and frozen strawberries that I picked in the summer!
nice
That sounds awesome. I must try this sometime.
:)
i tried this once for a cookout i did a while back in june, it was really popular with everyone. i love it.
@oO_km_Oo@xanga - yeah those are good to have during the summer
omg. why didn't i think of that before?!
Sounds tasty.