black and red (raspberry) sorbet

• 1 cup black raspberries
• 1 cup red raspberries
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 tbsp sugar
• lemon juice
• tiny bit of salt

put everything in a pot,

heat,

mix, 

smash, 

puree.

strain out the seeds.

chill.

put into ice cream maker.

freeze.

so it is finally berry season. 

(thank god)

so it is finally time for berry ice creams and sorbets.

(thank god)

i made blueberry ice cream on sunday

(i had to make something for jb as a "i'm sorry i'll be gone for 6.5 weeks" present)

and now it is time for the raspberries.

there was a lot of discussion about whether i 

should be making sorbet, ice cream, or sherbet.

i was told to make ice cream.

but it's so much harder.

heating eggs without scrambling them. 

ugh. 

but then i tasted the berries. 

it's still pretty early in the season

so they aren't quite popping yet. 

i decided to make sorbet instead,

(i was afraid the milk in the ice cream would kill all of the pop)

but eh. 

it's ok. 

kind of. 

bummer.

but oh well. 

there will be time later in the season to make more. 

oh wait. 

i'll be in mexico.

and DR.

um,

fabulous.

ps. today was the last day of school!!!!!! 

thank you summertime.

bienvenidos!

 so remember when i said i was learning spanish?

well, it's pretty freaking hard. 

but i am hanging in there, 

and constantly asking questions of my coworkers 

to make sure that i am understanding everything. 

but i figured, 

what the h,

why not put up spanish words all over the apartment?

(or should i say "un apartamento"?)

obviously this is a great idea.

 

 

 

yeah,

i'm even carrying spanish around with me.

this is just a sampling.

there are a lot of little spanish words.

everywhere.

it's kind of adorable.







correction:
apparently "un fregadero" is the kitchen sink.
that sticker has been moved.
and it is "las llaves" not "los llaves"
(i should have known that one)


can you tell i'm still learning?

it's global regents time...

and cause i love my kids so much

(read: i'm crazy nervous that they are all going to fail.)

and cause my kids are crazy

(who asks for jerk chicken at 8:30 in the morning?)

i made them fruit salad.

$30 and an hour and a half later,

i have 17 thousand pounds of fruit.

pineapples,

mangos,

papaya,

kiwis

strawberries,

grapes,

oranges.

(no bananas miss, they get brown and mushy.)

here's hoping they pass the test.

(cross every finger and toe)

ps. one of my children actually called me mama today.

i responded. 

disaster?
100 percent.

summer time, bk style

this week was hot.

like hot hot.

like skirts only hot.

like open all of the fire hydrants and play in the street hot. 

(ps. i love love love when adults play in the fire hydrants.)

and when it gets hot,

you know it is time for the puerto rican flags to come out.

and it is time for my little fire escape garden to take off.

thank you for finally getting here summer.

i've missed you.

can we pretend i'm not a fatty?

i was buying a present for mm this weekend,

(happy 27th, you old man!)

and ran into a bottle of dad's rootbeer.

obviously i bought it. 

obviously.

and obviously i made a rootbeer float out of some it.

and obviously i used homemade vanilla ice cream.

obviously.

whoa there fatty cakes. 

rein it in. 

yikes.

but also,

totally delicious.

ps. maybe i bought my tickets to DR today.

rockstar.