It’s been hot in Seattle. Really bloody hot. Sweat in parts you never knew existed hot. When it gets like this all I want to do is eat salads, and cold vegetable concoctions. These don’t make for the most interesting blog posts, even if they are rather tasty. Tell a lie, I did actually turn the stove on to glaze some carrots last week, but that was it. So there has been a short hiatus with Wrightfood, blame it on this balmy Seattle summer.
Not only does my mind turn to salads in this weather, it also turns to drink. A recent favorite of mine has just been ice cold water with some lemon verbena and rosemary in. Quite, quite lovely and refreshing. Adding a torn up lime leaf too can just make water wonderful.
My family was recently at a party for three of the most amazing people you could ever meet. At this party was a freezer full of OtterPops, which were being consumed in huge numbers by everyone. This got me thinking about frozen treats that quench the thirst.
Gin and tonic has recently become my cocktail of choice, and for this I completely blame my father. When I was growing up, living at home, that was his drink after work. He would come in, set down his briefcase, say hi, and get a G&T. When I got old enough I would make them for him every so often. When I really wasn’t old enough at all I would swig his whilst making it, without him looking (now they know why I would always make his G&T in the pantry… Oddly enough I never got much of a taste for them until recently. Now I get it. It is so bloody crisp and refreshing, simple enough to enjoy, but yet complex enough to drink most days and not get bored of. The only thing I have changed recently has been the simple addition of a sprig of rosemary into the glass. I do like a little herby note to a cocktail, and rosemary just seems to go rather nicely.
You can see where this is going.. A party with frozen popsicle things, and my love of G&T…
drum roll…
I give you, the G&T lollypop, or G&T popsicle for the Americans reading this.
Click to see this alcoholic popsicle recipe
