#MEwx warm, rainy, BRandy Slush and Strawberries Romanoff

Good morning Augusta

The Boston Red Sox beat Kansas City last night 8-0 for the shut-out. We are now 32 and 29. 

A direct, real-time feed from my personal weather station is available for you here.

This morning we have clouds with showers, turning partly sunny with a slight chance for rain this afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s with North winds around 10 mph.

Tonight we’ll have mostly clear skies with lows in the upper 40s. Light and variable winds.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 60.1°F, the humidity is 99% and the Dew Point is 59.9°F.

The wind direction is East Northeast between 2.7 MPH and 4.9 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 29.61, the Absolute pressure is 29.41 and steady with a weather graphic indicating clouds.

Visibility is 5.0 Miles / 8.5 Kilometers with overcast skies to 400 ft / 121 m.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is 4:56 AM, Sunset is 8:19 PM, Moonrise is 8:01 AM,  Moonset is 11:33 PM  and the moon phase is Waxing Crescent.

The RAW METAR readings at the airport in Augusta is:

 METAR KAUG 061053Z AUTO 35006KT 5SM -RA BR OVC004 14/14 A2967 RMK AO2 SLP047 P0007 T01390139

We received  0.71 inches of rain here over the past 24 hours.

Today, being June 6, is an adult recipe day. Hey, enjoy yourself. It might be rainy outside, but that doesn’t mean you can’t relax.

 

BRANDY SLUSH

32 servings

2 cups boiling Water

4 regular size Tea bags

2 cups Sugar

7 cups Water

2 (12 oz) cans frozen Lemonade concentrate, thawed and undiluted

2 (12 oz) cans frozen Orange juice concentrate, thawed and undiluted

2 cups Brandy

Lemon-lime carbonated beverage

Pour 2 cups boiling water over tea bags, cover and steep 5 minutes.  Remove tea bags, squeezing gently. Set tea aside to cool.  Combine sugar and 7 cups water in a saucepan, bring to a boil, and let boil until the sugar dissolves, stirring occasionally.  Combine tea, sugar mixture, lemonade concentrate, orange juice concentrate, and brandy in a large freezer proof container, stirring well.  Freeze until firm.  To serve, spoon 1/2 cup mixture into each glass, and add 1/4 cup Lemon-Lime beverage, stir until slushy. Re-freeze remainder of mixture, use as needed.

 

This has a kid friendly version and a high octane version for adults. Stick with the octane.

Strawberries Romanoff

(This version for when kids are around)

1 quart fresh whipping cream

2 quarts fresh cleaned and sliced strawberries

1/2 cup sugar

1 cup strawberry Schnapps

1/4 cup white chocolate shavings

First, heat up the Schnapps and reduce to one half cup.  This cooks out the

alcohol and concentrates the flavor.  After it has cooled, add the

strawberry slices and let set a couple of minutes.  Meanwhile, whip up the

cream in a medium bowl with the sugar until you have stiff peaks.  Slowly

fold in the berries and juice then ladle into individual glass serving cups

and top with some white chocolate shavings. 

 

For Adults.

Repeat the above with the following exceptions;

 

Do not cook down the Schnapps, simply warm it up a little. This will retain the natural alcohol content.

Next, soften up a half gallon of French Vanilla ice cream and whip it together with the whipped cream mentioned above in the children’s version. After well- mixed to “stiff peaks”, begin to layer into a large bowl the Strawberry mix on successive layers of ice cream/whipped cream, then sprinkle shaved white and dark chocolate on top.  

 

(this is NOT what one would call a “healthy” dessert. But who cares!)