Iris has been eating like a horse, or at least a shetland pony. On Monday, for example, she had a whole waffle, a sausage link, and a cup of OJ for breakfast. Then we went to the Children’s Museum, and on the bus she had a handful of Veggie Booty and a cup of milk. After the museum, we went to Orange Julius, where she ate most of a jumbo hot dog, some of my corn dog, and we split a Julius. It is just me, or was the Orange Julius much better back in the day (i.e., 1983)? The ones at the Center House are watery and icy.
Then we rode the monorail, which miraculously delivered us all the way to Westlake Center, where stopped for a chocolate chip cookie. For afternoon snack she ate two slices of ham, a piece of buttered whole-grain toast, and possibly another cup of milk (I can’t remember; it could have been water). For dinner, I made salmon cakes, and Iris ate one large cake. She did not eat any of the fennel and red onion on the side.
She’s also been grumpier than usual. I get the feeling that in a couple of days she’s going to come bursting out of her room in the morning, five feet tall. I also get the feeling that I should be investing in pork belly futures.
Orange Julius was TOTALLY better back in the day. I’m always disappointed when I get one now.
We went through a big homemade julius phase when I was in high school, and I think they are as good as the old ones. We made juliuses out of every frozen juice Mam brought home (which started out as Paradise Punch Julius and Orange-Pineapple-Banana Julius, but when we started having them a little too often, they became Generic Julius–I forget the name of that really cheap juice–it can’t be Big 5, ’cause that’s the store–it can’t be We 5, ’cause that’s the one-hit wonder–but something like that).
Here’s the recipe:
1/3 c. juice concentrate
1/2 c. milk
1/2 c. water (or to taste)
1/4 c. sugar (depends on your juice)
1/2 tsp. vanilla
11 ice cubes
That’s right. Eleven. I don’t know why, but that’s what the recipe says.
I made a homemade Julius when I was a kid too. I think it may have had malt powder in it.
hmm, wendy, would your remembrance of juices past be about FIVE ALIVE, the seventies-est frozen juice ever?
i think five alive was smote by sunny d.
you can also make a delicious orange julius with juice concentrate, ice cubes, powdered sugar, and vodka. i’m just saying. (perfect for “blues brothers” watching… “orange whip? orange whip? three orange whips.”)
I’m sorry, it’s just not Julius without dairy of some kind – either milk or milk powder. I’m all for the al-kee-hawl, but please either adjust your recipe or cease and desist using the Julius name.
Neil, pastry cook to lawyer for the Julius Junta is a major demotion.
Today I had a grilled cheese sandwihich.
Then my daughter had a grilled chz also. And I thought I would publish a blog about it.
As for the eating like a horse, my son is doing the same right now, and we surmise it’s a growth spurt.
As for the Orange Julius… The recipe changed about, oh, 10 years ago after they needed to modify the recipe to remove the egg product from the original recipe. It was that egg that made it nice and frothy and yummy. My sister worked for them while in college and the switch literally happened overnight, and folks were complaining like crazy.
We have a recipe that is a very good facsimile, and it calls for pasteurized egg product. I’ll see if I can dig it up.
Maggi, that would be great.
Cap’n, just wait for today’s groundbreaking post about how I am drinking tea. It will rip you apart.
wait…we didn’t use vodka. this is a ship of lies.
we used malibu rum, because there is rampant insistence/speculation that the “real” orange julius recipe involved powdered coconut.
mmm.
I’m sure the Julius Junta would approve of Malibu. I mean, who wouldn’t?
All juntas drink Malibu from the bottle.