{"id":106,"date":"2011-07-10T23:51:24","date_gmt":"2011-07-11T06:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/?p=106"},"modified":"2011-07-10T23:51:24","modified_gmt":"2011-07-11T06:51:24","slug":"fruit-punch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/archives\/106","title":{"rendered":"Fruit Punch"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may have noticed (but probably not) that when I made tart #3 in my triple tart weekend<\/a>, I appeared to have cut up far more fruit than what ended up on the tart in the end. It was mostly because I wanted to cut up all the fruit I had left, but I also wanted to try making fruit punch.<\/p>\n

You see, I always loved fruit punch when I was growing up. The artificial kind, with that bright, red color that couldn’t possibly have come from nature, except maybe from beets, or some really bright strawberries or something. I would try ordering it at restaurants whenever my family went out to eat. I suspect most of it was actually just Hawaiian Punch. Apparently, Hawaiian Punch was originally made from apple, apricot, guava, orange, papaya, passion fruit, and pineapple flavors. But it’s actually only 5% juice. Disappointing.<\/p>\n

So anyway, I had this plate of fruit left over from the tarts.<\/p>\n

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That’s blueberries, white peaches, black plums, mangoes, kiwi, oranges, and strawberries. Not quite the same seven fruits that went into Hawaiian Punch. But where was I going to get guava and passion fruit without paying a fortune for it? Anyway, I threw about half of it into the blender.<\/p>\n

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Now will it blend into juice? Or will the blender choke? I didn’t pay that much money for this blender, so I didn’t have that much faith.<\/p>\n

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But surprisingly, it did blend! Sure, there’s some bits of blueberries in there, but I didn’t expect it to be able to make it completely smooth.<\/p>\n

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It turned out quite a bit thicker than Hawaiian Punch, but I didn’t add any water like they do. It probably also helps that they use fruit juice, whereas I only used fruit puree. It was actually sweet enough, despite having no added sugar. Not all that easy to drink because of how thick it was, but it was refreshing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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