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Blackberry season
Sep. 3rd, 2012 09:36 amThere isn't much room in our freezer right now. Nothing specific or special is hogging up that space, there needs to be a cleaning and I don't want to do it.
But the berries keep coming in. T picks them while waiting for the bus, while N likes to go to the college and pick a spot there. A *lot* of fruit has been coming in, and I've been trying to process it all quickly.
None of us can find all the parts to the ice cream makers that used to be around. And I remember all that being such a hassle. So most of the fruit has become blackberry sorbet, flash frozen with dry ice.
Last night we made another batch, this time with de-seeded berries so that everyone could have some. Messy, but fun! I was careful to do a better job crushing the dry ice first, it looks like coarse ground salt when it shatters. I keep thinking of martian snow when I see it. (Eventually humans will send a probe that's robust enough to survive a martian snowstorm, and we'll get video of what CO2 looks like as a blizzard).
After all the juice had been stirred into sorbet, there was still quite a bit left over. We started freezing liquids at random, so now there's a wine slushee in the freezer, and some vanilla chai soy ice cream. All of it tingles a little on the tongue from the fizzy bubbles.
Even then there was more dry ice left over, so I amused the kids by putting some in their water glasses and letting them play mad scientist. And the last chunks I dropped into the toilet, making it look like a monster had last shat there.
I'm amazed how cheap this dry ice is. Back when it came as a byproduct of amazon fresh, there was never an audience around to add the the drama. Being able to choose the time of the fog makes a huge difference.
Oh, and Sunday nights look like they are going to become family time. I'm very happy about that.
But the berries keep coming in. T picks them while waiting for the bus, while N likes to go to the college and pick a spot there. A *lot* of fruit has been coming in, and I've been trying to process it all quickly.
None of us can find all the parts to the ice cream makers that used to be around. And I remember all that being such a hassle. So most of the fruit has become blackberry sorbet, flash frozen with dry ice.
Last night we made another batch, this time with de-seeded berries so that everyone could have some. Messy, but fun! I was careful to do a better job crushing the dry ice first, it looks like coarse ground salt when it shatters. I keep thinking of martian snow when I see it. (Eventually humans will send a probe that's robust enough to survive a martian snowstorm, and we'll get video of what CO2 looks like as a blizzard).
After all the juice had been stirred into sorbet, there was still quite a bit left over. We started freezing liquids at random, so now there's a wine slushee in the freezer, and some vanilla chai soy ice cream. All of it tingles a little on the tongue from the fizzy bubbles.
Even then there was more dry ice left over, so I amused the kids by putting some in their water glasses and letting them play mad scientist. And the last chunks I dropped into the toilet, making it look like a monster had last shat there.
I'm amazed how cheap this dry ice is. Back when it came as a byproduct of amazon fresh, there was never an audience around to add the the drama. Being able to choose the time of the fog makes a huge difference.
Oh, and Sunday nights look like they are going to become family time. I'm very happy about that.
