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On Thu, 30 May 2019 02:54:04 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
> wrote:

>On Monday, May 27, 2019 at 2:22:37 PM UTC-10, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> Have any of you made a slurpee or slushie? The recipes I find on the
>> 'Net require Kool-Aid. (No! Really?)
>> I have the means to make 'snow' from ice cubes. Would one of those
>> syrups you find at restaurant supply stores do the job instead of
>> Kool-Aid? (I really am kind of addicted to slurpees or slushies,
>> those drinks you can get at the convenience store -- those things that
>> give you frozen eye)
>> Janet US
>
>I would use an ice shaver and pour syrup over the finely shaved ice. I'd also drizzle with condensed milk and spoon some fruit and beans on. Holy smokes - major brain-freeze!
>
>https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared...tZEwwIFs8YxjqK

Looks like fresh Lychee.

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On 5/30/2019 10:48 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Wed, 29 May 2019 23:51:55 -0500, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
> snip
> Water
>> supersaturated with sugar would be useless in drinks since it's not
>> stable at room temps (even less stable when it's cold). The sugar
>> would solidify again - ever made rock candy [pops]?
>>
> snip
>> -sw
>
> Did you make the rock candy when you were a kid? Make a super
> saturated sugar/water solution, pour it into a tall jar and drop in
> some string and watch the crystals grow? Loved that :)
> Janet US
>
I have a vague memory of doing that. Rock sugar candy.

Jill

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On 5/30/2019 10:53 AM, Gary wrote:
> "U.S. Janet B." wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, 29 May 2019 23:51:55 -0500, Sqwertz >
>> wrote:
>>
>> snip
>> Water
>>> supersaturated with sugar would be useless in drinks since it's not
>>> stable at room temps (even less stable when it's cold). The sugar
>>> would solidify again - ever made rock candy [pops]?
>>>
>> snip
>>> -sw
>>
>> Did you make the rock candy when you were a kid? Make a super
>> saturated sugar/water solution, pour it into a tall jar and drop in
>> some string and watch the crystals grow? Loved that :)
>> Janet US
>
> I did that with saturated salt water when I was a kid. Cool to
> put those crystals under a microscope. I also did it again when
> my daughter was young, just to show her.
>
Cool experiment but not the same thing as rock sugar candy. LOL

Jill

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On Thursday, May 30, 2019 at 9:59:10 AM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
>
> On 29 May 2019 Julie Bove wrote:
> >
> >Haven't had ice cream since I was a kid as I never liked it.
>
> How many kids don't like ice cream...
>
> >The pain wasn't at the eyes but the forehead.
>
> Typical of those with a frontal lobotomy.
>
Give that man a cee-gar!!

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On Thursday, May 30, 2019 at 5:03:14 AM UTC-10, Sheldon wrote:
> On Thu, 30 May 2019 02:54:04 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
> > wrote:
>
> >On Monday, May 27, 2019 at 2:22:37 PM UTC-10, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> >> Have any of you made a slurpee or slushie? The recipes I find on the
> >> 'Net require Kool-Aid. (No! Really?)
> >> I have the means to make 'snow' from ice cubes. Would one of those
> >> syrups you find at restaurant supply stores do the job instead of
> >> Kool-Aid? (I really am kind of addicted to slurpees or slushies,
> >> those drinks you can get at the convenience store -- those things that
> >> give you frozen eye)
> >> Janet US
> >
> >I would use an ice shaver and pour syrup over the finely shaved ice. I'd also drizzle with condensed milk and spoon some fruit and beans on. Holy smokes - major brain-freeze!
> >
> >https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared...tZEwwIFs8YxjqK
>
> Looks like fresh Lychee.

It does look like lychee but it's sugar palm fruit. The topping is canned Filipino halo-halo mix. This product contains sugar palm fruit, coconut gel, jackfruit, and beans. It probably also contains macapuno - mutant coconut meat.

https://www.amazon.com/Tropics-Halo-.../dp/B001FB6BYC

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On Thu, 30 May 2019 08:53:46 -0400, Gary wrote:

> Sqwertz wrote:
>>
>> Gary wrote:
>>> Perhaps just buy cheap sugar-free KoolAid packets. Sprinkle some
>>> of that powder right into her Ninja along with ice cubes and turn
>>> to slush?
>>
>> Those Kool Aid packets actually don't taste like anything until you
>> add sugar. I ated a few of the powers recently and they don't have
>> much taste at all, and if they do, not of anything you'd want to
>> drink. Adding sugar "activates" the flavor somehow. Perhaps the
>> flavor is only perceived by the sugar-tasting buds on your tongue.
>
> I was just guessing but I mentioned the sugar-free Kool Aid.
> Those come with the fake sugar powder included.

I was thinking the "unsweeteend". Why sugar-free to make slushies?

Sugar-free = nasty (usually). I'll drink artificially sweetened
iced tea and lemonade (like Crystal Light)

-sw

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On Thu, 30 May 2019 08:48:20 -0600, U.S. Janet B. wrote:

> On Wed, 29 May 2019 23:51:55 -0500, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
> snip
> Water
>>supersaturated with sugar would be useless in drinks since it's not
>>stable at room temps (even less stable when it's cold). The sugar
>>would solidify again - ever made rock candy [pops]?
>>
> snip
>>-sw
>
> Did you make the rock candy when you were a kid? Make a super
> saturated sugar/water solution, pour it into a tall jar and drop in
> some string and watch the crystals grow? Loved that :)
> Janet US

I'm actually thinking about doing that again with skewers/sticks
instead of string and with Kool Aid packets for flavor. I wonder if
Kool Aid would disrupt the crystal formation?

-sw

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On Thu, 30 May 2019 13:41:00 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Thu, 30 May 2019 08:48:20 -0600, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 29 May 2019 23:51:55 -0500, Sqwertz >
>> wrote:
>>
>> snip
>> Water
>>>supersaturated with sugar would be useless in drinks since it's not
>>>stable at room temps (even less stable when it's cold). The sugar
>>>would solidify again - ever made rock candy [pops]?
>>>
>> snip
>>>-sw
>>
>> Did you make the rock candy when you were a kid? Make a super
>> saturated sugar/water solution, pour it into a tall jar and drop in
>> some string and watch the crystals grow? Loved that :)
>> Janet US
>
>I'm actually thinking about doing that again with skewers/sticks
>instead of string and with Kool Aid packets for flavor. I wonder if
>Kool Aid would disrupt the crystal formation?
>
>-sw

O.k., now you have to do it because I want an answer to that!
Janet US

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On Thu, 30 May 2019 08:15:37 -0700 (PDT), "
> wrote:

>On Thursday, May 30, 2019 at 9:59:10 AM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
>>
>> On 29 May 2019 Julie Bove wrote:
>> >
>> >Haven't had ice cream since I was a kid as I never liked it.
>>
>> How many kids don't like ice cream...
>>
>> >The pain wasn't at the eyes but the forehead.
>>
>> Typical of those with a frontal lobotomy.
>>
>Give that man a cee-gar!!

"Give it a rest" (itsjoannotjoann)

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> wrote in message
...
> On 29 May 2019 Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>>Haven't had ice cream since I was a kid as I never liked it.
>
> How many kids don't like ice cream...

My brother and I did not like it. He will eat it now but only with that
creepy hard shell topping that tastes of chmicals. I also didn't like cake,
whipped cream, most pies, cookies and candy. I'm not a sweets lover. There
are a few sweets that I like.