Thursday, June 17, 2021

Peaches, No Cream

Last Friday we celebrated Hubby Tony's birthday with cake and ice cream, then.polished off the leftovers on Sunday and Monday. This weekend is full of entertaining. We have friends coming over for dinner and games on Saturday night, and Sunday is set aside for Son Donald's birthday and Father's Day. I'm still finalizing the menus, but you can bet one or both of the events will have something frozen and creamy.

If I had my druthers I would eat ice cream every day. However, neither my digestive system or my clothes would agree to that, so I figured I would have to pass on celebrating is National Peach Ice Cream Day

However, the more I thought about it, the more I figured the holiday creators would understand if I just celebrated the spirit of the holiday. According to Wikipedia, an Italian ice is a frozen or semi-frozen sweetened treat made with fruit or fruit juice. It is similar to sorbet and snow cones, and different from sherbert because it doesn't contain dairy products. There were peaches in the fruit bin of my refrigerator and chunks of frozen watermelon in the freezer. Pulsing them together for 30 seconds in the blender gave me a frozen, peachy delight.

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16 comments:

  1. That looks wonderful and cooling on a hot day. I used to love Italian ice. I don't see it here though.

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  2. "ice cream, then polished off the leftovers on"
    Leftovers? Ice Cream... leftovers?

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    1. The older I get the more my gut gets offended by massive quantities of rich food :-(

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  3. May you have many celebrations, and happy occasions with ice cream and frozen peachy delight!

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    1. Thank you. This is a busy time of year for us.

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  4. how nice you can eat ice cream until now dear Kathy :)

    just like you i too have sensitive digestion so no ice cream for me anymore
    your peach desert looks GREAT and appealing .
    best of luck for future family celebrations and happy birthday to your hubby !

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    1. I'm finding it's a lot easier to purchase ice cream alternatives that taste great. Hope you can find some too.

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  5. A delicious post. Enjoy. Save some for me.

    God bless.

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  6. The local watermelons are coming to market this week so my plan is to buy one today. Peaches are ripening quickly in the heat so I know I'll find some good ones in the stores.

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    1. I was a little disappointed in our first peach purchase, but it's what I get for being impatient.

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    2. Really good peaches will show up late July/early August.

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    3. I know...but I'm a sucker for the 'first of the season' anything (and the packaging said they were from Georgia).

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