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Since only my sister editor found Father's Day interesting, I shall retaliate with... Unnatural Ices

Doesn't that just send shivers up your spine? (C'mon, couldn't you shiver, just a little?)

Okay, to be fair, [livejournal.com profile] blueeyedtigress asked for it, after the soy debacle, and the frozen Bloody Mary recipe left her cold.

Adapted from Messrs Cohen and Greenfield, here are two of my favourites.

Beer Sorbet
18 oz dark beer (that's about 1 1/2 bottles, I trust you know what to do with the remainder)
5 T sugar (this is an approximate, depending on your taste - Guiness takes about six tablespoons)

Pour the beer and the sugar into a large mixing bowl and stir until the beer is flat and the sugar is dissolved.

Transfer the mixture to an ice cream maker and freeze according to the manufacturer's instructions.

Makes one quart

I haven't forgotten the temperance people in my list either.

Citrus Sorbet
3 lemons, chilled (or 1/2 c lemon juice) {or 4 limes = 1/2 c lime juice} [I go ahead and use the whole ruby red grapefruit, but I like grapefruit]
zest of one of the lemons or limes (or both, I like to live dangerously) [Not that fond of grapefruit zest, actually.]
1 c sugar
2 1/2 c very cold water

grate the zest from one of the fruits and set it aside.

Juice the lemons/limes/grapefruits/whathaveyou. Save the pulp but pick out the seeds and pith.

Stir the sugar and water together in a mixing bowl until the sugar dissolves. stir in the juice and the zest.

Transfer the mixture to an ice cream maker and freeze according to the manufacturer's instructions.

Makes one quart.

Date: 2007-06-19 03:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] annechen-melo.livejournal.com
and not all of it went through beta.

It happens sometimes when the idea hits you like a semi.

Date: 2007-06-19 03:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blueeyedtigress.livejournal.com
True enough, mea culpa.

Are you old enough to understand if I say 'RAEBNC'?

Date: 2007-06-19 04:00 am (UTC)

Date: 2007-06-19 04:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] selenesue.livejournal.com
Yes! I have suggested that term be adopted into Netspeak. Honestly I am surprised that more Fanspeak didn't cross over into Netspeak. This and other fanzine-oriented expressions apply equally well.

Date: 2007-06-19 04:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blueeyedtigress.livejournal.com
Problem being, I think there were different lists. Leastwise, I saw an entire sheet of acronyms recently, and the only one I recognised was LOL. They didn't have RAEBNC, nor HHOK, nor ROTFL. I'm wondering if the folks who composed it had even ever been BBS-ers or APA-hacks ....

Date: 2007-06-19 04:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] annechen-melo.livejournal.com
Hey, as long as it wasn't a PEBCAK.

Date: 2007-06-20 01:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sff-corgi.livejournal.com
I don't remember that abbreviation m'self, but I must needs remind you I came from the fannish equivalent of the Jersey Pine Barrens.

Date: 2007-06-20 04:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sff-corgi.livejournal.com
*snort* Hardly. Not even that interesting, unless you count Superman looking into the Swamp Ape's existence while he was here.

Date: 2007-06-20 04:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blueeyedtigress.livejournal.com
Heh. Old APA-hacking acronym. (And as we all know, class, the APA was the precursor of the BBS, which is the ancestor of our current online fora ...)

RAEBNC (pronounced ray-bink) = Read And Enjoyed, But No Comment.

Date: 2007-06-20 04:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sff-corgi.livejournal.com
Ah, yes, that's a very good one to remember!

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