It is possible I have a fever

[commodorified]

I have a sore throat and have asked to be brought jello.

I find myself pondering making fruit jello with black tea instead of water. Or with herbal tea.

It feels as if it would taste good, and more grownuppish.

I'll let you all know.

Comments

[anne]

ooh, ginger tea with the right fruit would be ambrosia.

[commodorified]

The current experiment is one small packet raspberry, one small packet lemon, and Red Rose.

Based on licking the spoon, this has great promise.

[anne]

Rats, I just realized I still haven't gotten any Red Rose.

I'm leery of sugar in my black tea; if I did something other than herbal, I'd have to do unflavored gelatine + fruit juice. Which might not be a bad idea, should I be bored this vacation. (Ha.)

[commodorified]

I'll do sugar in iced tea, though not in hot, so I figured this would make a perfectly okay test batch/comforter of the sick, but the next batch is probably going to be unflavoured gelatin with the liquid mixture at 3:1 tea:juice, which is how I make my fruity iced teas.

[anne]

You give me the best ideas. <3

[executrix]

Nigella Lawson goes a ton on jellies with fruit--she has a recipe with raspberries in a wine jelly, and another one with whitecurrants in a gin jelly--hmmm, classy jello shots. But I suppose it doesn't have to be alcoholic.