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Saturday, February 5, 2011

Tummy ache-- and totally worth it.

For several days now Z and I have been discussing and reminiscing about childhood snacks. I mentioned an Orange Julius and and he enthusiastically agreed... and neither of us has shaken the thought since then. Though we have had several arguments about how you make them. I remember a recipe that my mom used to make where you used an egg-- a whole egg-- shell and all-- just dropped into the blender, and how fascinated my sister and I were with that. Z claims they always made theirs with orange juice concentrate and yogurt. Yogurt? I don't know about that...
Last night after dinner we were lounging on the couch and Z said: Let's make Orange Julius!!!
And I was ever so happy to oblige my husband when he was that excited about food and when he used the phrase "let's make" implying that he would like to be a part of the making process. DONE.

ORANGE JULIUS
6 oz (half a can) of frozen orange juice concentrate
1 cup water
1 cup milk
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 tsp vanilla
6-8 ice cubes
Put the first 5 ingredients in a blender and blend on high until it is well blended and frothy. While blender is running start adding ice cubes one at a time until you have reached desired consistency. Serve in a pretty glass with a bendy straw! :)


We each drank two glasses and got a massive tummy ache. But it was so yummy and so worth it. I imagine the Julius will be making repeat appearances in our evening routine. Yum.
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3 comments:

  1. LisaMFebruary 5, 2011 at 1:31 PM

    LIKE!

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  2. UnknownFebruary 9, 2011 at 3:32 PM

    My mom used to make those when I was little (ok, she still does in the summer time). However, we never use sugar when we make ours. Everything else sounds about right though.

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 26, 2013 at 11:45 PM

    Ive actually had many an Orange (and Strawberry) Julius. From when I was young, every so often my dad would stop and get each of us an Orange Julius and a Hot Dog. And, yes, they absolutely had an 'option' of a raw egg. And, yes, it was a whole egg. Shell and all. And....yes there wasw a crunchy grit from the eggshell. But it was just the way it was supposed to be.

    I did a lookup on the web on Orange Julius and see many people refute the egg...trust me...the egg was there!!!

    BJH - Formerly of Goshen, NY (Orange Julius....Orange Plaza Mall - Middletown, NY)

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