Comments on: MediterrAsian Un-Cooking: Tropical Popsicles http://www.mediterrasiancooking.com/mediterrasian-un-cooking-tropical-popsicles/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:04:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Emily http://www.mediterrasiancooking.com/mediterrasian-un-cooking-tropical-popsicles/#comment-185 Emily Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:51:38 +0000 http://www.mediterrasiancooking.com/mediterrasian-un-cooking-tropical-popsicles/#comment-185 Hi Maggie! I was trying to remember what the green beans were...I recall having them in a sweet chilled dessert "soup" and probably also on top of shaved ice. I love the sound of that smoothie...that would really be great in popsicle form. Hi Maggie! I was trying to remember what the green beans were…I recall having them in a sweet chilled dessert “soup” and probably also on top of shaved ice.

I love the sound of that smoothie…that would really be great in popsicle form.

]]> By: Maggie http://www.mediterrasiancooking.com/mediterrasian-un-cooking-tropical-popsicles/#comment-184 Maggie Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:37:56 +0000 http://www.mediterrasiancooking.com/mediterrasian-un-cooking-tropical-popsicles/#comment-184 I remember my aunt bringing out red bean, green bean and peanut popsicles. I thought the peanut ones were best. Our local Vietnamese restaurant serves a smoothie blended from frozen strawberries, condensed milk, and ice. I bet that would be good in popsicle form too! I remember my aunt bringing out red bean, green bean and peanut popsicles. I thought the peanut ones were best.

Our local Vietnamese restaurant serves a smoothie blended from frozen strawberries, condensed milk, and ice. I bet that would be good in popsicle form too!

]]> By: Emily http://www.mediterrasiancooking.com/mediterrasian-un-cooking-tropical-popsicles/#comment-182 Emily Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:20:34 +0000 http://www.mediterrasiancooking.com/mediterrasian-un-cooking-tropical-popsicles/#comment-182 Hey Leng, thanks for stopping by and of course, thanks for the recipe inspiration! :) I think a lot of Taiwanese American kids have similar stories...if I had a dollar for every time I heard a childhood "visiting the relatives" story that ended with "...but then it was filled with RED BEAN!" I'd have a nice little bundle. :D I'll add a note to the post to say the original recipe used coconut cream (that sounds really decadent!) but it actually did work really well with the coconut milk, which was still really creamy tasting and may be easier to find for some people anyway (I just got mine at Whole Foods...they have regular and light versions). Let me know if you end up perfecting that pina colada popsicle! I agree that Trudy's condensed milk recipe sounds awesome...I bet a popsicle based on one of those Vietnamese/Thai iced coffees would be incredible (though I wouldn't give one to a kid...they'd be bouncing off the walls, ha ha). Hey Leng, thanks for stopping by and of course, thanks for the recipe inspiration! :) I think a lot of Taiwanese American kids have similar stories…if I had a dollar for every time I heard a childhood “visiting the relatives” story that ended with “…but then it was filled with RED BEAN!” I’d have a nice little bundle. :D

I’ll add a note to the post to say the original recipe used coconut cream (that sounds really decadent!) but it actually did work really well with the coconut milk, which was still really creamy tasting and may be easier to find for some people anyway (I just got mine at Whole Foods…they have regular and light versions).

Let me know if you end up perfecting that pina colada popsicle! I agree that Trudy’s condensed milk recipe sounds awesome…I bet a popsicle based on one of those Vietnamese/Thai iced coffees would be incredible (though I wouldn’t give one to a kid…they’d be bouncing off the walls, ha ha).

]]> By: Leng http://www.mediterrasiancooking.com/mediterrasian-un-cooking-tropical-popsicles/#comment-181 Leng Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:59:03 +0000 http://www.mediterrasiancooking.com/mediterrasian-un-cooking-tropical-popsicles/#comment-181 Hey Emily, I remember being horrified when our relatives first offered me the local version of popsicles on my first trip back to Taiwan. I vaguely remember thinking the taro popsicles were chocolate or something, heh heh. We'll definitely have to try the mango variation -- yum. We tried pina-colada popsicles recently, but they didn't come out quite right -- fresh pineapple wasn't sweet enough, and the coconut cream wasn't as good w/o the blended longan. (BTW, we actually used coconut CREAM instead of coconut milk -- it made them really creamy.) Trudy, sweetened condensed milk in a popsicle sounds WONDERFUL. We'll have to try that too. My daughter is crazy for popsicles right now. Hey Emily, I remember being horrified when our relatives first offered me the local version of popsicles on my first trip back to Taiwan. I vaguely remember thinking the taro popsicles were chocolate or something, heh heh.
We’ll definitely have to try the mango variation — yum. We tried pina-colada popsicles recently, but they didn’t come out quite right — fresh pineapple wasn’t sweet enough, and the coconut cream wasn’t as good w/o the blended longan. (BTW, we actually used coconut CREAM instead of coconut milk — it made them really creamy.)
Trudy, sweetened condensed milk in a popsicle sounds WONDERFUL. We’ll have to try that too. My daughter is crazy for popsicles right now.

]]> By: Emily http://www.mediterrasiancooking.com/mediterrasian-un-cooking-tropical-popsicles/#comment-176 Emily Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:19:09 +0000 http://www.mediterrasiancooking.com/mediterrasian-un-cooking-tropical-popsicles/#comment-176 Ric: Hope that warm weather comes soon! I guess you're still in bean soup weather, not bean popsicle weather. :) Well, the recipe will still be there when that time comes around! Robert: I'm glad you thought the popsicles were good...will be experimenting with other fun flavor combinations soon! The possibilities are endless. :) Trudy: Ooh, I absolutely love the sound of the passionfruit frozen treat! I am going to have to try that sometime, as well as some passionfruit versions of these popsicles, maybe? :) Ric: Hope that warm weather comes soon! I guess you’re still in bean soup weather, not bean popsicle weather. :) Well, the recipe will still be there when that time comes around!

Robert: I’m glad you thought the popsicles were good…will be experimenting with other fun flavor combinations soon! The possibilities are endless. :)

Trudy: Ooh, I absolutely love the sound of the passionfruit frozen treat! I am going to have to try that sometime, as well as some passionfruit versions of these popsicles, maybe? :)

]]> By: Trudy http://www.mediterrasiancooking.com/mediterrasian-un-cooking-tropical-popsicles/#comment-175 Trudy Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:18:51 +0000 http://www.mediterrasiancooking.com/mediterrasian-un-cooking-tropical-popsicles/#comment-175 Your recipe reminds me of a sweet treat I enjoyed as a kid during hot, sticky Australian summers. We mixed passionfruit pulp with sweetened condensed milk and froze the mixture in ice cube trays -- deliciously refreshing! Roll on summer downunder so I can make these divine sounding popsicles. Your recipe reminds me of a sweet treat I enjoyed as a kid during hot, sticky Australian summers. We mixed passionfruit pulp with sweetened condensed milk and froze the mixture in ice cube trays — deliciously refreshing! Roll on summer downunder so I can make these divine sounding popsicles.

]]> By: Robert http://www.mediterrasiancooking.com/mediterrasian-un-cooking-tropical-popsicles/#comment-174 Robert Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:52:16 +0000 http://www.mediterrasiancooking.com/mediterrasian-un-cooking-tropical-popsicles/#comment-174 These really turned out tasty! I'm lucky enough to be able to share the results by living with Emily ;) The light coconut / longan flavor works so well with the stronger flavor of the red bean (my favorite) and the mango (ok, another fave too lol). It's very refreshing to not only have the usual very sweet style of popsicle. These really turned out tasty! I’m lucky enough to be able to share the results by living with Emily ;) The light coconut / longan flavor works so well with the stronger flavor of the red bean (my favorite) and the mango (ok, another fave too lol). It’s very refreshing to not only have the usual very sweet style of popsicle.

]]> By: Ric http://www.mediterrasiancooking.com/mediterrasian-un-cooking-tropical-popsicles/#comment-173 Ric Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:53:06 +0000 http://www.mediterrasiancooking.com/mediterrasian-un-cooking-tropical-popsicles/#comment-173 You've actually got me craving bean popsicles -- and I never thought that would happen! As soon as the weather starts warming up around here we'll be making up a batch of these, that's for sure. You’ve actually got me craving bean popsicles — and I never thought that would happen! As soon as the weather starts warming up around here we’ll be making up a batch of these, that’s for sure.

]]> By: Emily http://www.mediterrasiancooking.com/mediterrasian-un-cooking-tropical-popsicles/#comment-172 Emily Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:43:25 +0000 http://www.mediterrasiancooking.com/mediterrasian-un-cooking-tropical-popsicles/#comment-172 Time to get out the blender, Amy! Hope you like the recipe. :) Time to get out the blender, Amy! Hope you like the recipe. :)

]]> By: Amy Dermont http://www.mediterrasiancooking.com/mediterrasian-un-cooking-tropical-popsicles/#comment-169 Amy Dermont Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:55:14 +0000 http://www.mediterrasiancooking.com/mediterrasian-un-cooking-tropical-popsicles/#comment-169 I can't wait to try this recipe out! I can’t wait to try this recipe out!

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