Better Late Than Thawed

I'm a little late, but the Keels family took Battle Frozen Treat in stride and I wanted to tell you about it.

Sorbet.  It's my new favorite summer treat.  The fruit is fresh and in season and with a little simple syrup, a splash of citrus and our handy dandy ice cream maker ... you have a homemade treat that tastes like summer.  We made three kinds over the month.  We even drove an hour in 100 degree weather, with no air conditioner, uphill both ways (O.K. that part is not true) to a blueberry field and picked them just so we could return home and make a fresh batch of sorbet.  And after a field trip like that with your three children, you need a frozen treat.  Or a drink.  Wait, how about both?

So for my battle with our friends, the Kuehnel's, from Portland, OR I made a sorbet float.  I know ... I've done this before.  I made watermelon and cantaloupe sorbet and poured prosecco on top.  I can't help it.  It's just one of my favorites.  I thought the sorbets were light and refreshing.  My guests didn't tell me they don't like cantaloupe until after the battle was over.  Oops.  I will make note of this Andrea and Ed.  See below - they look like the kind-of couple who would like cantaloupe ... don't you think?

Now the kids' needed a float of their own.  We brewed our own root beer.  Takes about a week.  It's the second time we have done it and it was perfect for this.  We made our signature homemade ice cream and ... there you have it ... the freshest Root Beer Floats you can find anywhere.  The kids completely went overboard as it should be.  Little Eddie was so impressed and wanted thirds.  Ahhhhhhh, sweet - and frozen - success.

Ed, Andrea, Eddie and Michael, thanks for playing.  Hopefully we can do it again soon!