I have averted a return shipping disaster this morning, so I feel accomplished already, and it's only 8:17.
I made two kinds of paletas over the long weekend--frambuesa y crema and platano, for those of us speaking Spanglish, or raspberry and cream and banana for others. The raspberry ones are pretty great, I have to say. Here are the paleta flavors I've made, ranked in order of deliciousness:
1. toronja/grapefruit--so bright and refreshing
2. frambuesa y crema/raspberry and cream
3. piña colada
4. aguacate/avocado
5. platano/banana
6. coco, kiwi y limón/coconut, kiwi and lime--would have placed higher if the kiwis had not been so badly deteriorated
The list format is misleading. Really it should be a table, like this:
Delicious
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Toronja
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Frambuesa y Crema
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Very Good
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Piña Colada
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Good
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Aquacate
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Platano
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Fine
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Coco, Kiwi y Limón
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One thing I will say: paletas are way easier to make than pies. While I was making the Thanksgiving pies our friends ordered I came to the realization that I am unlikely to have a successful pie-making business, at least a daily one. Each pie I make is like a little baby that I fuss and fret over, and I'm incredibly inefficient. I can see people calling me and ordering a pie or two here and there, but something that I did with regularity would put me in the loony bin. And I chafe so at the restriction of a schedule that I bet even a quarterly scheduled pie sale would make me resentful. So I will just put that idea back on the shelf for another time.
At what point does me making paletas become cultural appropriation? For reals, though. When?
3 comments:
Can a culture own popsicles? I think you're good. I enjoy reading about this paleta phase of yours very much.
what's in the grapefruit one? i love the fruit.
Just 2 cups of grapefruit juice and some simple syrup--3/4 C water to 1 cup of sugar. They are so good.
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