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[learnedax]

I don't know if Steve Herrell was the first person to think of making a frappe with orange juice in place of milk, but his minions providing me with the notion, and I drink one in his honor.

Arisia was alright. I've had more interesting ones, but it was certainly enjoyable throughout. If I go next year, I'm returning to the plan of getting a hotel room, however.

Last weekend seems to have been full of change and upheaval for a number of people I know. I hope you all make it out to better places...

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[new-man.livejournal.com]

I don't know if Steve Herrell was the first person to think of making a frappe with orange juice in place of milk,

Not even close. Back in the day, Orange Julius served a blend of vanilla ice cream and O.J. as their eponymous drink. It was great and tasted like a melted Creamsicle (an even earlier combination of juice and ice cream). There are still some around, although they're owned by Dairy Queen these days and seem to be more like Jamba Juice than Carvel...

[learnedax.livejournal.com]

You know, I liked Orange Julius a lot as a kid, but it's been a while since I had one, so the memory of it is a little hazy. Wikipedia claims they use powdered milk and egg whites for the creaminess, which is plausible if a little weird. Everyone else's home recipes attempting to recreate it seem to use milk and vanilla extract - no eggs, but no ice cream either.

The flavors (as I remember OJ) are certainly similar, but ice cream + orange juice is a much easier recipe (plus chocolate syrup, in this case).

The Secret Recipe!

[new-man.livejournal.com]

I'm 99% certain they used vanilla softserve and some orange juice like liquid that wasn't actually orange juice. Tang, maybe. I can believe that powdered milk or egg whites were added to make it even creamier...

Re: The Secret Recipe!

[new-man.livejournal.com]

And, yeah, the chocolate syrup would add a certain something.

[laurion]

Ok, I'll allow for vanilla and OJ, chocolate and OJ, strawberry and OJ, but for the love of all that is holy, do NOT mix up one of these with mint chip ice cream!

That said, I think there are probably a lot of flavors where this is a bad idea, or even just a miss, if the OJ interferes with or supersedes the more nuanced ice cream flavors. I would probably go with low-acid OJ myself, to avoid any curdling concerns as well.