#MEwx STill hot and mujggy with two "adults only" hot weather goodies

Good morning Augusta

This morning we have cloudy and foggy skies with a chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Some thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall. Visibility one quarter mile or less at times this morning. Highs in the mid 70s. South winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.

Tonight we'll have cloudy skies with a chance of showers and thunderstorms during evening hours, turning partly cloudy after midnight. Some thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall in the evening. Lows in the upper 50s. South winds around 10 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 66.6°F, the humidity is 98% and the dew point is 66.0°F.

The wind direction is Northwest between 0.0 MPH and 0.1 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 29.64, the Absolute pressure is 29.44 and falling with a weather graphic indicating sun/clouds.

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 Kilometers with thick fog out there.

The UV rating is  0 out of 16, The moon is 11.6% illuminated, the moon is waxing crescent, Sunrise is 4:56 am↑ 55° Northeast, Sunset is 8:27 pm↑ 305° Northwest,

Moonrise is 8:10 am↑ 61° Northeast, Moonset is 11:21 pm↑ 296° Northwest and we'll have 15 hours 31 minutes of daylight today.  

We didn't receive any rain  here over the past 24 hours.

The following 2 recipes are for grownups only.

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.

And this is fantastic on a hot day!

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!)