Comments on: drunken watermelon pops

By: Caroline

Caroline — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:24:30 +0000

Actually, most of my favourite recipes have booze or wine of some sort in them!! Making your own flavoured drink is fun, and can be great, fairly inexpensive Christmas presents. There are lots of great recipes for these online, but I love to experiment. I’m making steak with a brandy sauce for dinner tonight, steak on the grill of course. I’m trying mushrooms in the brandy sauce. (Sorry,vegetarians!!)

By: Cash

Cash — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:48:56 +0000

I’m offically inviting myself over to Caroline’s next time she bakes cookies.

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:54:40 +0000

We know you’re really putting the vodka soaked vanilla bean in your morning coffee.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:30:14 +0000

I just checked the recipe, and it sounds great. I do make my own vanilla vodka, so I would try it with that. (Homemade vanilla vodka…any bottle of good vodka, one large GOOD quality vanilla bean, split. Insert into vodka, put in dark, cool place, shake gently once a day for at least 2 weeks. A month is about the longest you would want the bean in there. Strain, clean bottle, and refill. (It can get TOO strong on the vanilla flavour, so check after 2 weeks) Don’t try turning this into a liquor by adding sugar or simple syrup to the bottle itself, if you want a sweet drink add simple syrup to the drink as you’re building it.
BTW, when I remove the vanilla bean, I dry it off, then bury it in a canister of sugar. I use the sugar for baking or garnishing sweets and fruits.