May 23, 2008

Popsicle Weather

86 degrees F indoors, with the ceiling fan on. Cats shedding in clumps. Soap melting in the shower stall. Who wants to eat, much less cook?
Popsicles!
Suddenly I carved them, icy and fruity. But not enough to run to the store for a box of sugar water on sticks.
I had a freezer, didn't I? Seems like we used to make our own popsicles, when I was a kid (pre-internet).
So I got onto the net, and searched for "homemade popsicles." My, how fancy they've become! So many nifty plastic molds to buy.
But I had cranberry lemonade, ice trays, and toothpicks at hand; so that's what I worked with. I filled the tray, laid the sticks in askew, and waited for them to freeze. Voila! Popsicles.

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