Food, and other pictures

[stalkerbunny]

Presumably someone has done this before, but behold, the yummiest dessert to be made from bananas, strawberries and a bit of water (or juice/ice-tea/fluid sort of thing in a taste of choice). Does it count as sorbet? I'm not sure.

Essentially, you take one or two (one makes enough for two, really) or however much bananas you want, also take about a handful or more of strawberries (can also chop already frozen strawberries), chop them, freeze them and then turn them into paste (add a dash of fluid here). I've used a hand blender but presumably one of those cup thingies would be even easier. Today I did this but added fresh mint from my aunt's garden that I got while we visited her today and it was even more delicious.

If the strawberries aren't very sweet or you like really sweet desserts, might want to add a bit of sugar or honey, but I haven't felt the need for that at all.


So this aunt, who is my dad's older sister and also my godmother, has a small garden in the backyard of her apartment, where she grows at least mint, catmint, cellery, potatoes, flowers and bushes and ... some other things. Melon? I forget. Quite a feat anyway.









There's Raisu (means rambunctious, though she is actually quite a relaxed cat in my experience), who was one of a litter that my godmother and her sister managed to capture after their mother who was presumably a feral cat gave birth to them under my other aunt's house one autumn. Then suddenly she had something like seven cats instead of the previous three... but that's another story. Suffice to say all the kittens they got inside were fine.

Also there were some maine coons in the neighbouring apartment




Tilli (Dill), ten-years old birman and as you can see a very respectable old lady. No really.



Raisu also honoured me by offering her magnificent fluffy stomach for pets.

Comments

[7veils]

What a pretty garden! And lovely cats. Your aunt's place looks like a very pleasant spot to visit.

I know the frozen strawberry/banana frappé tastes delicious (I eat it, too), but it's hard to get that stuff to photograph nicely. You almost need to layer it with frozen blueberries or blackberries and top it off with nasturtium blossoms and sprigs of mint to make it look like something that didn't break out of a sausage casing, and that makes no sense for actually eating it.

[stalkerbunny]

She's done it up very nicely, for a smallish rented apartment and related backyard.

Oh,so that's what it can be (also?) called? :) Sorbet/sherbet seems to have several different definitions depending on place, if wiki is to be believed... and yes, indeed.