strawberry panty-dropper

[pothead]

1-2qts frozen strawberries
white granulated sugar
bottle of clear brandy or vodka
lemon juice

Put frozen strawberries in a large mason jar. Fill the jar. Fill the jar the rest of the way up to the top with 120-150proof clear brandy. Set jar on a window sill for about a week(shaking it a couple times a day). Strain out liquid into another jar or bottle. Add enough sugar to the strawberries to completely cover them. Let the jar sit on the window sill (giving it a shake now and then)until most of the sugar appears to be gone, and there is alot of syrup in the jar. Pour the syrup into a seperate jar and add more sugar to the strawberries. Repeat this step until there is no more juices being released from the berries. Add about 1-2 tablespoons of lemon juice to the alcohol, then add the strawberry syrup until the desired taste is reached, water to 80 proof and strain until no strawberry particles are seen. The lemon juice will help preserve the red color, and the flavor of the strawberries. Without the lemon juice, the finished product will have a chalky aftertaste (quite unpleasent). Any leftover syrup and/or berries is Excelent on ice cream and/or cheesecake.


VARIATION- use blueberries.

This is a good drink to put in a blender with ice. Tastes like a strawberry smoothie. A refreshing drink for a hot summer day after mowing the lawn (in moderation..lol) Also good on the rocks.

-Pothead-

[Tater]

Grayson wasnt this one of your recipes?Guess its one of the great thing about this hobby use a recipe a few tmes and make it your own or your familys or your ancesters.

[KatoFong]

I can't believe I missed this recipe. Are its panty-dropping properties scientifically tested and proven?

[Grayson_Stewart]

Repeatedly....through multiple independent studies.

[pothead]

Grayson wasnt this one of your recipes?Guess its one of the great thing about this hobby use a recipe a few tmes and make it your own or your familys or your ancesters.

This is one of the first syrup spirits I ever made, I just went by the "tater syrup method" and found that with the strawberries, It tasted a little chalky, and needed something extra, so then I added some lemon juice, and I got lucky enough to find out, that the lemon juice was exactly what it needed. I posted it in the wiki quite a while ago.

[Tater]

Well I stand corrected Pot head I was thinking Grayson was the one who gave that recipe out in the group chat that night.

[Dr. Lector]

Just finished up some of this with red rashberries. Did not take long for the berries to give up their juice. Worked out very well , thanks for the recipe!

[Grayson_Stewart]

I think the chalkiness is something I described over on one of the yahoo groups years ago when I stupidly added confectioner's sugar rather than regular sugar. Confectioner's sugar has corn starch in it according to Harry, and that was the problem, had to wait on it to settle out. I've never experienced a chalkiness otherwise.

I do however suggest adding a small bit of citric acid when disolving the sugar rather than lemon juice, this will keep the berries a bright red rather than the duller color they turn too after sitting in alcohol for a bit. Plus the citric acid acts just like when converting sugar for a ferment (sucrose/glucose), it allows the sugar to thicken and sweeten, yet not create an overpowering sweetness that gags a person.

Nobody wants a gag reflux in panty slidin juice.

[pothead]

I think the chalkiness is something I described over on one of the yahoo groups years ago when I stupidly added confectioner's sugar rather than regular sugar. Confectioner's sugar has corn starch in it according to Harry, and that was the problem, had to wait on it to settle out. I've never experienced a chalkiness otherwise.

I do however suggest adding a small bit of citric acid when disolving the sugar rather than lemon juice, this will keep the berries a bright red rather than the duller color they turn too after sitting in alcohol for a bit. Plus the citric acid acts just like when converting sugar for a ferment (sucrose/glucose), it allows the sugar to thicken and sweeten, yet not create an overpowering sweetness that gags a person.

Nobody wants a gag reflux in panty slidin juice.

That is exactly what I found that lemon juice does. It helps the flavor and color. I usually have lemon juice around the house, it isn't that often that I get any citric acid. Either way it does the same thing.

[possum]

I've made this with black raspberrys, and red raspberrys, and I think I like the red best. The red raspberrys (actually wild berrys,called wineberrys) produce a more tart cordial. The wineberrys form a looser cluster than raspberrys, and look like red fish roe....I've nicknamed them appalacian caviar.

Anyway, the red wineberry recipee makes a nice drink when mixed with tonic water , sometimes with sweetened lime juice. It is not a strong drink, but it is a very refreshing beverage.

Cheers.
possum

[michaelb]

Im tryin this recipe right now with strawberries and it is sure refreshing

[pothead]

Glad ya like it. I like it on a hot summer day. I will be making some sometime soon.