#EdenCooks - Summer Sorbets - Mon 23 July, 8pm EST

Contributor: Jordan B Jordan B
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Originally posted by Ansley
Your dads stuffing....what?
Lol, turkey stuffing, I guess I should've specified.
07/23/2012
Contributor: pootpootpoot pootpootpoot
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Originally posted by wrmbreze
I have never had rhubarb anything!
You've never had strawberry rhubarb pie?! Quick, get this poster to a bakery!
07/23/2012
Contributor: Beck Beck
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Originally posted by pootpootpoot
You've never had strawberry rhubarb pie?! Quick, get this poster to a bakery!
I don't think I have had rhubarb anything either.
07/23/2012
Contributor: Antipova Antipova
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Originally posted by pootpootpoot
Well call me a rhubarbarian! You learn something new every day! (but especially in these threads!)

I've only made ice cream before, sorbet seems much easier. If it's much less time consuming I plan to make it regularly!
Do you have a maker?



Since sorbet is so easy to make, you get a couple of history lessons and science lessons as we go, because there just aren't that many steps!

We're also going to practice coming up with our own recipes, since the basics of sorbet are easy to shuffle around to fit your personal tastes.

Trivia: Rhubarb is a vegetable, botanically, because we eat the stalks. However, since it is typically used in pies and sauces (and sorbets!) as a fruit, and because rhubarb importers didn't like to pay the higher tariffs associated with vegetables, Rhubarb was officially declared a fruit by a New York court in 1947.
07/23/2012
Contributor: wrmbreze wrmbreze
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Originally posted by pootpootpoot
You've never had strawberry rhubarb pie?! Quick, get this poster to a bakery!
nope! But I love to try new things, might need to look for that the next time I am near a bakery.
07/23/2012
Contributor: pootpootpoot pootpootpoot
Rhubarb is delicious, but the leaves are poisonous. Be careful if you're prepping it yourself!
07/23/2012
Contributor: Melan!e Melan!e
I don't have an ice cream maker but I'm glad you're going to tell us how to make this without one!
07/23/2012
Contributor: Antipova Antipova
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Originally posted by pootpootpoot
You've never had strawberry rhubarb pie?! Quick, get this poster to a bakery!
No, just have this poster remind me to post my recipe at the end of the meeting. It's the besssssst. My mom couldn't make it well, so as soon as I was as tall as the counter, my dad had me learn how to make his grandma's recipe while she was still alive so he could keep eating it the rest of his life.

Sooooo good.
07/23/2012
Contributor: RomanticGoth RomanticGoth
Hi everyone! Hope I'm not too late. :3
07/23/2012
Contributor: pootpootpoot pootpootpoot
Antipova, I do have a few traditional ice cream machines but I prefer using my Kitchenaid attachment. It doesn't make as much but it's so much quieter!
07/23/2012
Contributor: Antipova Antipova

Are you familiar with Simple Syrup?

It's two parts sugar, one part water, and whatever flavor infusion you want, heated just long enough for the sugar to dissolve. I've shown off simple syrups before in the Buttermilk Pancake and Brown Sugar Syrup recipe, and simple syrup is how you make southern sweet tea. If you ever go to coffee shops, the bottles of flavorings lined up behind the espresso machine are simple syrups waiting to add coconut, or almond, or mango, or toffee flavor to your espresso drink.

When you add sugar to water, you lower the freezing point a little bit. Simply syrup is quite sugary, so in order to get sorbet to freeze satisfactorily, it needs to be less sugary than simple syrup. So instead of adding two cups of sugar to one cup of water, we're adding about 1/4 cup of sugar for every 1 cup of water. But the flavor infusing and the dissolving of sugar will happen in exactly the same way.

1759 the Qianlong emperor of the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) forbade export of tea and rhubarb to the Russians after a border conflict in the north part of China. "We're not gonna be friends? Then you can't have any more rhubarb."
07/23/2012
Contributor: wrmbreze wrmbreze
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Originally posted by RomanticGoth
Hi everyone! Hope I'm not too late. :3
Welcome!
07/23/2012
Contributor: Melan!e Melan!e
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Originally posted by pootpootpoot
Rhubarb is delicious, but the leaves are poisonous. Be careful if you're prepping it yourself!
I didn't know that about the leaves...
07/23/2012
Contributor: Antipova Antipova
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Originally posted by RomanticGoth
Hi everyone! Hope I'm not too late. :3
We're just getting started!
07/23/2012
Contributor: pootpootpoot pootpootpoot
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Originally posted by Antipova
No, just have this poster remind me to post my recipe at the end of the meeting. It's the besssssst. My mom couldn't make it well, so as soon as I was as tall as the counter, my dad had me learn how to make his grandma's recipe while she ... more
AAA I will definitely remind you, now I want it too! And I also want to know who represented rhubarb in court
07/23/2012
Contributor: Ansley Ansley
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Originally posted by Antipova
No, just have this poster remind me to post my recipe at the end of the meeting. It's the besssssst. My mom couldn't make it well, so as soon as I was as tall as the counter, my dad had me learn how to make his grandma's recipe while she ... more
Oh now you definitely have my attention. I love that stuff!!
07/23/2012
Contributor: Beck Beck
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Originally posted by Antipova
No, just have this poster remind me to post my recipe at the end of the meeting. It's the besssssst. My mom couldn't make it well, so as soon as I was as tall as the counter, my dad had me learn how to make his grandma's recipe while she ... more
Aww how sweet! My dad did this with Cabbage Rolls. His mom use to make them all the time, but my mom isn't the greatest cook. I quickly learned how. But my dad's mom lives in AZ, so when she came to visit; he had me learn right away.
07/23/2012
Contributor: wrmbreze wrmbreze
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Originally posted by Antipova
No, just have this poster remind me to post my recipe at the end of the meeting. It's the besssssst. My mom couldn't make it well, so as soon as I was as tall as the counter, my dad had me learn how to make his grandma's recipe while she ... more
YAY! I will try to remember to remind you!
07/23/2012
Contributor: Antipova Antipova
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Originally posted by Melan!e
I didn't know that about the leaves...
I've heard it before, but they're pretty easy to chop off. They're not poisonous to touch, only poisonous if you eat them.
07/23/2012
Contributor: Antipova Antipova
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Originally posted by pootpootpoot
AAA I will definitely remind you, now I want it too! And I also want to know who represented rhubarb in court
I know! I wanted more data about that, the internet is holding out on me
07/23/2012
Contributor: pootpootpoot pootpootpoot
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Originally posted by Antipova
I've heard it before, but they're pretty easy to chop off. They're not poisonous to touch, only poisonous if you eat them.
Oh I didn't mean to imply they're poisonous to the touch! They're easy to remove, you just have to make sure you get it done before they go in your dish.
07/23/2012
Contributor: Antipova Antipova
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Originally posted by Beck
Aww how sweet! My dad did this with Cabbage Rolls. His mom use to make them all the time, but my mom isn't the greatest cook. I quickly learned how. But my dad's mom lives in AZ, so when she came to visit; he had me learn right away.
Are your cabbage rolls an ethnic specialty?

Next month will have an Olympics theme, so we're going to all look at recipes from the countries we identify with. Get thinking about this, folks!
07/23/2012
Contributor: Antipova Antipova

Are you familiar with Simple Syrup?

It's two parts sugar, one part water, and whatever flavor infusion you want, heated just long enough for the sugar to dissolve. I've shown off simple syrups before in the Buttermilk Pancake and Brown Sugar Syrup recipe, and simple syrup is how you make southern sweet tea. If you ever go to coffee shops, the bottles of flavorings lined up behind the espresso machine are simple syrups waiting to add coconut, or almond, or mango, or toffee flavor to your espresso drink.

When you add sugar to water, you lower the freezing point a little bit. Simply syrup is quite sugary, so in order to get sorbet to freeze satisfactorily, it needs to be less sugary than simple syrup. So instead of adding two cups of sugar to one cup of water, we're adding about 1/4 cup of sugar for every 1 cup of water. But the flavor infusing and the dissolving of sugar will happen in exactly the same way.

1759 the Qianlong emperor of the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) forbade export of tea and rhubarb to the Russians after a border conflict in the north part of China. "We're not gonna be friends? Then you can't have any more rhubarb."
07/23/2012
Contributor: Melan!e Melan!e
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Originally posted by pootpootpoot
Oh I didn't mean to imply they're poisonous to the touch! They're easy to remove, you just have to make sure you get it done before they go in your dish.
I had assumed to eat and not to touch but that is a good clarification.
07/23/2012
Contributor: Petite Valentine Petite Valentine
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Originally posted by Antipova

Are you familiar with Simple Syrup?

It's two parts sugar, one part water, and whatever flavor infusion you want, heated just long enough for the sugar to dissolve. I've shown off simple syrups before in the Buttermilk Pancake and ... more
that post looks familiar
07/23/2012
Contributor: Beck Beck
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Originally posted by Antipova
Are your cabbage rolls an ethnic specialty?

Next month will have an Olympics theme, so we're going to all look at recipes from the countries we identify with. Get thinking about this, folks!
I don't think so. If they are the ethnic group was never shared with me. Our family is very strange when it comes to knowing family history. No one can really tell me where we are from. I guess I come from generations who never cared.
07/23/2012
Contributor: pootpootpoot pootpootpoot
According to one website: "In 1947, rhubarb was legally classified as a fruit even though botanically rhubarb is a vegetable. It was the United States Customs Court in Buffalo, New York, that ruled rhubarb to be a fruit since it was used mainly as a fruit. This cost-effective act allowed imported rhubarb to pay a smaller duty than if it was a vegetable. Dubbed "pie plant", pie was the only dish this tart treat was used for in early days. "
07/23/2012
Contributor: Melan!e Melan!e
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Originally posted by Antipova

Are you familiar with Simple Syrup?

It's two parts sugar, one part water, and whatever flavor infusion you want, heated just long enough for the sugar to dissolve. I've shown off simple syrups before in the Buttermilk Pancake and ... more
We basically have a starbucks in our pantry at home. Jordan B over there used to work at a starbucks and he ended up bringing home a whole bunch of the syrups.
07/23/2012
Contributor: Antipova Antipova
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Originally posted by Petite Valentine
that post looks familiar
Oh, my mistake!
07/23/2012
Contributor: Antipova Antipova
Quote:
Originally posted by pootpootpoot
According to one website: "In 1947, rhubarb was legally classified as a fruit even though botanically rhubarb is a vegetable. It was the United States Customs Court in Buffalo, New York, that ruled rhubarb to be a fruit since it was used mainly ... more
So it was probably being imported from Canada?



So, get thinking about what flavors you would enjoy in sorbet---I wound up choosing
1. Rhubarb Sorbet
2. Lemon Ginger Sorbet
3. Iced Tea + Lemonade Sorbet
4. Lavender Sorbet.

What are you going to try?
07/23/2012