Raspberry Shrub

[crafty_packrat]

I'm going to try to make shrub with the half-pint of raspberries I got yesterday. It's basically mix equal amounts raspberries and vinegar together and let sit (in the fridge) for several days, then boil and add sugar to make a syrup for a primitive soft drink.

I also bought plum yesterday (Black Amber and Stanley) and might experiment with those as well.

Basically, I want to buy the soda kit from The Art of the Drink and experiment with it so that I can serve lactarts, phospates, and shrubs at my next party.

Comments

[pinesandmaples]

The vinegar thing makes me think of kombucha, which I am not fond of. Are shrubs more pleasant than kombucha?

[crafty_packrat]

I've had pineapple shrub, which was wonderfully fruity and carmel-y (it had been roasted before being steeped) with a lovely zing to it.

Kombucha I have never had, but the fact that it's fermentation, instead of infusion makes me think it's probably pretty rank.

[pinesandmaples]

Kombucha is rank, but that is merely my opinion. Please don't pass up a chance to try fruit-fermented vinegar and give your own opinion. (rooibos loves the stuff while I make rude noises about it. Everyone is allowed their own feelings on the matter.)

[twistedchick]

Strawberry-lime phosphates are wonderful. I still remember them from the only place I ever had them -- oddly enough, the student union at Potsdam State.

[thedreamer1985]

sounds... YUMMY!