Smooooth and fruity, kicks optional

Cuisine Food & Drink
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Ok, who has a blender? What do you put it in?

I find that chocolate ice cream and cranberry juice (the unsweetened variety) form the basis of most of my concoctions, which also usually include a banana.

In fact that’s pretty much all I put it, except for Kahlua and vodka on special occasions - such as any later than 10pm when I come home and get the urge to sit on the balcony and enjoy the peace and quiet with bikerchick.

Kiwi also goes good with chocolate, but it’s a pain to peel.

Tried orange juice with vanilla ice cream this morn and it wasn’t bad, quite zesty in fact.

Any better suggestions with readily available ingredients in TW?

I used to be addicted to Jamba juices when in California.

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hollyeats.com/PapayaKing.htm

Papaya shakes.

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Don’t peel Kiwifruit. Chop them in half and remove the inside with a teaspoon. Way faster and easier - much like the first time I saw a Taiwanese person chop up a mango —ooooh yeah, of course…

I’ve started with Passionfruit in my shakes. Cheap and real good with the drinking yogurt you get at the 711.

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Passion fruit pulp, banana, kiwi fruit and lashings of bacardi.
Pineapple, orange and lashings of vodka.

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[quote=“sandman”]Passion fruit pulp, banana, kiwi fruit and lashings of bacardi.
Pineapple, orange and lashings of vodka.[/quote]
Now we’re talking. I’m thirsty.

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[quote=“914”][quote=“sandman”]Passion fruit pulp, banana, kiwi fruit and lashings of bacardi.
Pineapple, orange and lashings of vodka.[/quote]
Now we’re talking. I’m thirsty.[/quote]
You’re not nearly yet.
How about blended strawberries, crushed ice and vodka or bacardi, topped with a swirl of fresh cream mixed with a little melted chocolate and kahlua?
I’m just getting warmed up.

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Got a bit of cash to hand?

Good apples, peeled, cored and chopped, a nice ripe (or even over-ripe) mango, whizzed with some ice and mixed with Calvados.

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Soething a bit more dessert-ey and less fruity?
Black forest gateau in a glass?
Fresh cherries whizzed up with some ice and kirsch. Keep it fairly pulpy and pour into a jug.
Chocolate cake or brownies whizzed up with enough vanilla icecream to make it sloppy. Add a dash of milk if needed. More kirsch, obviously.
Whipped cream
Layer the cherry slop and the choccy slop carefully into tall glasses and top with a splodge of whipped cream. If you’re a poof you can top the whole thing off with a marachino cherry.

I know – this sounds oogy, but it’s actually really really good.