National Food Roundup: Homemade Freezer Pops
From Nationwide Newspaper Food Sections 7.22.09

It's the perfect time for homemade freezer pops, and flavors like mango lassi and Southern sweet tea sound so refreshing. Plus, a giant fruit that looks like a "strange, fat animal with reptilian green skin."

The Kansas City Star creates homemade freezer pops in fun flavors like mango lassi, strawberry kiwi, white grape and Southern sweet tea.
The Miami herald highlights the massive jackfruit, "a wonder of nature that resembles a strange, fat animal with reptilian green skin hanging from the trunk and branches of a handsome, leathery-leafed tree." Whoa!
What to do with fresh figs? The Seattle Times suggests Turkey Sliders with California Pepper Fig Salsa.
The Washington Post hosts a clambake, on the backyard grill.
Are you a fan of Two (or Three) Buck Chuck? How about a bottle of "three dolla koala?"

(Image: Juli Leonard/Kansas City Star)

Comments (3)

This looks an awful lot like the last page in a recent issue of Gourmet...

Emily

Thanks for this post! Since my ice cream maker broke down I've been needing inspiration for homemade popsicles. Recently I used Alton Brown's Fudgepop's recipe and alternated the mixture with bands of pureed banana and put mini trader joe's peanut butter cups into the chocolate. So fun!

I was actually wondering where a person might be able to get the paper wrapping like commercial freezer pops have. It would make it easier to do a bunch ahead and store.