Updates to The Mai-Kai Cocktail Guide on The Atomic Grog - Tiki Drinks and Food

HH Hurricane Hayward Grand Member (1 year) 16 miles from The Mai-Kai Joined: Jun 07, 2008 Posts: 1913	HH Hurricane Hayward Posted posted on Sat, Apr 23, 2016 8:07 PM On 2016-04-23 17:33, mikehooker wrote: The fresh Texas reds are better than any store bought grapefruit juice (canned, bottled, refrigerated or otherwise) I've found including the Ocean Spray white that Swanky and some others swear by. I find the Ocean Spray to be rather bitter which seems odd to me cuz we had a brief period where the local upscale grocer was carrying Florida white grapefruit and they were sweet and delicious. I'm kicking myself for not stocking up on more before they disappeared. They really made a difference in Mai Kai drinks. I couldn't stop making Big Bamboos for the first week I had the fresh whites. I ended up squeezing and freezing about 24 ounces of juice. I put them in ice trays that make half ounce cubes. Once frozen, I popped them out, put em in freezer bags and use as needed. It's been a couple months and this technique seems to work just fine with no noticeable degradation of flavor. My supply is getting low though. The new season can't come soon enough but ultimately I'll go back to using the Texas reds once the Florida whites are all used up. Sounds like I really need to find a local source for white grapefru8it, perhaps straight from a grove up in St. Lucie. The ice tray idea is ingenious.

On 2016-04-23 17:33, mikehooker wrote:
The fresh Texas reds are better than any store bought grapefruit juice (canned, bottled, refrigerated or otherwise) I've found including the Ocean Spray white that Swanky and some others swear by. I find the Ocean Spray to be rather bitter which seems odd to me cuz we had a brief period where the local upscale grocer was carrying Florida white grapefruit and they were sweet and delicious. I'm kicking myself for not stocking up on more before they disappeared. They really made a difference in Mai Kai drinks. I couldn't stop making Big Bamboos for the first week I had the fresh whites. I ended up squeezing and freezing about 24 ounces of juice. I put them in ice trays that make half ounce cubes. Once frozen, I popped them out, put em in freezer bags and use as needed. It's been a couple months and this technique seems to work just fine with no noticeable degradation of flavor. My supply is getting low though. The new season can't come soon enough but ultimately I'll go back to using the Texas reds once the Florida whites are all used up.

Sounds like I really need to find a local source for white grapefru8it, perhaps straight from a grove up in St. Lucie. The ice tray idea is ingenious.

Post #762862 by Hurricane Hayward on Sat, Apr 23, 2016 8:07 PM