ocean@ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA (Jon Frisch) (06/19/85)
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Has anyone ever heard of a beverage called Rasberry Smash?
I recently heard about it, but the person I was talking to had
no idea how it was made. Does Anybody have any suggestions?
Thanks in Advance
- Jon Frisch
Marine Sciences Group
University of California
ocean@ucbtopaz.uucp
...ucbvax!ucbtopaz!ocean or something!medley@uiucdcs.Uiuc.ARPA (06/27/85)
There's a little winery in the southwest part of Michigan which produces a wine called Rasberry Smash, but that may not be what you're looking for. My children like it because it's quite sweet, but I'm not too fond of it. There is a recipe around for fruit drinks in which you simply put fruit into a bottle of vodka and let it sit for a long time (3 - 4 months) and then drink the juice and use the fruit over ice cream. I've had that with raspberries, and it was yummy!
nemo@rochester.UUCP (Wolfe) (06/28/85)
> Has anyone ever heard of a beverage called Rasberry Smash? > I recently heard about it, but the person I was talking to had > no idea how it was made. Does Anybody have any suggestions? > - Jon Frisch Don't know about the name, but the concept is familiar. We like to make raspberry (and strawberry and ...) daquiris, but sometimes we don't want to get pie-eyed while soaking up the tasty stuff. So we leave out the rum. It is great for those hot summer days (and nights and especially hot summer early evenings!) One caveat - depending on the raspberry variety you are using, you may end up with lots of seeds in the drink. Unless you are Euell Gibbons reincarnate (and we know what happens to *his* kind), they will be annoying in the extreme. Fortunately, they are not difficult to remove with a strainer and a spoon. Just pour the puree into the strainer (over a bowl, of course) and scrape the sides and bottom of the strainer with the spoon. When you have mostly seeds, you can toss out the seedy stuff in the strainer, rinse, and start again with a new batch. It is worth the effort (btw, the blender will not get rid of the small, hard raspberry seeds). Here is a recipe for raspberry daquiris - other fruits may require more or less lemon (or lime) juice, sugar, etc. depending on how sweet, tart, etc. they are. Raspberry daquiri (serves 6 or maybe one thirsty hogdog) 1 1/2 quarts berries 1 tbsp lemon juice (no seeds, please) 1 to 3 level tbsp powdered sugar (depends on how sweet the berries are and the size of your sweet tooth) 4 oz. rum (optional) 1 cup of ice cubes (more or less, depends on how chilled the fruit is, etc) Put everything but icecubes in a 2 qt. blender. Chop, grate, blend and puree until there are no large pieces left (takes less time than it did to write this sentence). Add ice cubes, a few at a time, blending between additions, until the puree gets to the right consistency (a spoonfull of puree dropped back onto the surface should not disappear entirely). Taste and adjust ingredients. Strain if necessary (raspberries). Enjoy, Nemo -- Internet: nemo@rochester.arpa UUCP: {decvax, allegra, seismo, cmcl2}!rochester!nemo Phone: [USA] (716) 275-5766 work, 232-4690 home USMail: 104 Tremont Circle; Rochester, NY 14608 School: Department of Computer Science; University of Rochester; Rochester, NY 14627