As you all should know by now, I’m no Julia Childs. In fact, the only thing I hate worse than cooking is cleaning up afterward. Since moving to germany I’ve had to make a few concessions (frozen meals aren’t a big thing here) and, yes, I do cook a little now and then, but always against my better judgment. Mostly Maggi stuff and never, ever if it involves more than, say, three ingredients.

Still, earlier this week I was forced to move beyond my kitchen hatred and ‘create’ something. And that something was… drumroll please… popsicles. Laugh all you want, it was hard (read sarcasm here… heh)! My first batch turned out like tart ice cubes (and who wants that), the second was more like syrup and had a disturbingly slimy factor that I’m trying hard to forget. But the third time was the charm- yummy, crunchy, sweet, non-slimy, plain old fashioned cherry goodness… just in time for summer.

What caused me to shift into Betty Crocker mode? I’m sick of all the mango-raspberry-guava popsicles (and other equally unappetizing ‘healthy’ flavor combos… fuck healthy, it’s a popsicle, damn it) found at our local grocery stores. I just wanted a plain, no frills cherry popsicle… and now that I finally have one I can say without a shadow of a doubt it was well worth the effort.

I just need to keep the rest of the family in the dark… if they find out I’m willing to experiment in the kitchen they’ll start expecting more in the way of actual cooking from me. Right now I’ve got them grateful when I add extra mozzarella cheese to a frozen pizza, no sense raising expectations unnecessarily.

btw- supersecret popsicle recipe: 1 package black cherry kool-aid, 1.5 cups sugar, water. Deceptively simple, yet oh-so yummy (and still adheres to my three ingredient rule!).

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