We\u2019re supposed to hit 90 for Memorial Day (which I\u2019m thrilled about, though I will now shut up about it since I know you guys don\u2019t want to hear how much I love DC\u2019s most tropical months) so here\u2019s another report on summer drinks.<\/p>\n
This time I got a quart of strawberries<\/strong> from the farmer\u2019s market. They were, let\u2019s say, rich in ripeness. A little ways over the peak of their lusciousness and skidding into that blowsy, makeup-smeared stage, the 2 AM of la vida loca fresa. I cut off the tops and chopped maybe six or seven medium-sized strawberries. I threw them into a blender with sugar, cayenne, and salt<\/strong>, and whirred them until they were basically smooth, just a little slushy. Then added fresh chopped basil<\/strong> and whirred a tad bit more. Decanted into a big glass\u2013the strawberry slush filled at most a third of it\u2013and filled to the top with club soda<\/strong>, then ground some black pepper<\/strong> over it (with the grinder on\u2026 I\u2019m not sure how to describe the settings, but it\u2019s a setting where you still get some big fat granules of pepper to crunch between your teeth, yum yum).<\/p>\n The verdict<\/strong>: This is pretty terrific, though if I had it to do over I\u2019d add a bit more sugar and leave out the cayenne. I generally like heat, but this is already a complex drink and it just didn\u2019t need the extra weirdness. OTOH the pepper and basil were super, good job there, self.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We\u2019re supposed to hit 90 for Memorial Day (which I\u2019m thrilled about, though I will now shut up about it since I know you guys don\u2019t want to hear how much I love DC\u2019s most tropical months) so here\u2019s another report on summer drinks. This time I got a quart of strawberries from the farmer\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1071,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[70],"class_list":["post-9699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-kitchen-adventures"],"yoast_head":"\n