Comments on: A Fruit a Month: Lovely Lychee Kakigori Recipe http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/a-fruit-a-month-lovely-lychee-kakigori-recipe-823.html Yummy Adventures in Gluten Free Cuisine Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:33:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Isidra Fabrizi http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/a-fruit-a-month-lovely-lychee-kakigori-recipe-823.html/comment-page-1#comment-293696 Isidra Fabrizi Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:46:36 +0000 http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/?p=823#comment-293696 Howdy just wanted to give you a quick heads up. The text in your article seem to be running off the screen in Firefox. I'm not sure if this is a format issue or something to do with internet browser compatibility but I thought I'd post to let you know. The design look great though! Hope you get the problem solved soon. Cheers Howdy just wanted to give you a quick heads up. The text in your article seem to be running off the screen in Firefox. I’m not sure if this is a format issue or something to do with internet browser compatibility but I thought I’d post to let you know. The design look great though! Hope you get the problem solved soon. Cheers

]]> By: yum http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/a-fruit-a-month-lovely-lychee-kakigori-recipe-823.html/comment-page-1#comment-2108 yum Fri, 07 Sep 2007 05:34:42 +0000 http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/?p=823#comment-2108 Hi Sig, thank you! And thanks for hosting such a fun event. Hi Kate- I totally agree with the fresh. Unfortunately it's such a delicate fruit it's not always an option, sniff. Ooh, Uwajimayas- my favorite store! Red bean dessert- sounds good! I've had lots of red bean desserts, sometimes with green maccha ice cream, and sometimes on ice... not sure about the coconut milk and mung bean. Usually Japanese desserts use a kind of condensed milk- not remembering a lot of coconut milk, but it sure sounds good! Thank you for baking for Bette, I look forward to posting the roundup (tomorrow, eek, need to get on that!) Hi Mrs. GF- Atom boy is great, isn't it... *wistful sigh* Hi Sig, thank you! And thanks for hosting such a fun event.

Hi Kate- I totally agree with the fresh. Unfortunately it’s such a delicate fruit it’s not always an option, sniff. Ooh, Uwajimayas- my favorite store! Red bean dessert- sounds good! I’ve had lots of red bean desserts, sometimes with green maccha ice cream, and sometimes on ice… not sure about the coconut milk and mung bean. Usually Japanese desserts use a kind of condensed milk- not remembering a lot of coconut milk, but it sure sounds good! Thank you for baking for Bette, I look forward to posting the roundup (tomorrow, eek, need to get on that!)

Hi Mrs. GF- Atom boy is great, isn’t it… *wistful sigh*

]]> By: Slacker Mom (aka Mrs. G.F.) http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/a-fruit-a-month-lovely-lychee-kakigori-recipe-823.html/comment-page-1#comment-1821 Slacker Mom (aka Mrs. G.F.) Sat, 25 Aug 2007 17:26:35 +0000 http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/?p=823#comment-1821 Oh my gosh! Atom Boy!! I loved those places..nothing better than sushi on a conveyor belt! Thanks for the memory! :) Oh my gosh! Atom Boy!! I loved those places..nothing better than sushi on a conveyor belt!

Thanks for the memory! :)

]]> By: Kate http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/a-fruit-a-month-lovely-lychee-kakigori-recipe-823.html/comment-page-1#comment-1802 Kate Fri, 24 Aug 2007 23:13:40 +0000 http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/?p=823#comment-1802 Oh yum! I love litchi too - but really, I prefer the fresh litchi. The canned stuff is well.... not good. =) This recipe looks great. We're headed to Uwajimaya this weekend, so I'll have to look for some fresh litchi. Thanks for the inspiration. =) Hey - you wouldn't happen to have a recipe for the red bean dessert drink would you? (I think it's coconut milk, red beans, mung beans and those little jellies served over ice.) Do you know which I'm talking about? =) BTW- I baked for Bette today. I'll post and link back to you later tonight =) Oh yum! I love litchi too – but really, I prefer the fresh litchi. The canned stuff is well…. not good. =) This recipe looks great. We’re headed to Uwajimaya this weekend, so I’ll have to look for some fresh litchi. Thanks for the inspiration. =)

Hey – you wouldn’t happen to have a recipe for the red bean dessert drink would you? (I think it’s coconut milk, red beans, mung beans and those little jellies served over ice.) Do you know which I’m talking about?

=)
BTW- I baked for Bette today. I’ll post and link back to you later tonight =)

]]> By: sig http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/a-fruit-a-month-lovely-lychee-kakigori-recipe-823.html/comment-page-1#comment-1801 sig Fri, 24 Aug 2007 21:27:56 +0000 http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/?p=823#comment-1801 Wow, what a beautiful dish... thank you for this entry, from one lychee lover to another :) Wow, what a beautiful dish… thank you for this entry, from one lychee lover to another :)

]]> By: yum http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/a-fruit-a-month-lovely-lychee-kakigori-recipe-823.html/comment-page-1#comment-1800 yum Fri, 24 Aug 2007 21:22:53 +0000 http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/?p=823#comment-1800 Hi Cindalou, Unfortunately, I don't know much about the glycemic index of fruit, but you know, I think I'd recommend that you try a very simple version of this recipe just using the black lychee teabag that you can find in asian groceries. I wouldn't think that the tea would contain much fruit sugar (I hope) and the main element is black tea. (I don't recommend any premade juices for you that are sweetened- the only lychee fruit juice I could find was only 30% lychee juice with the rest being sugar and water). I think this would give you the exotic element without the sugar rush. Also, you could try pairing the kakigori with a large protein/ low glycemic meal and possibly sneak in one or two frozen unsweetened lychee? (Definitely avoid any canned lychee, in your case- you're not missing much anyway..) I have two other suggestions for you, though- if it's exotic elements that you want but you can't afford the glycemic index of fruit, why not buy some UNSWEETENED (very important) premade green tea and/or oolong tea at your local Japanese or Chinese market (avoid the awful American stuff, I recommend Japanese brands although they are more expensive) and freeze them for a completely unsweetened, no glycemic anything, ice "Dessert" to be shaved just like this stuff. You can also buy celestial seasonings peach passion or peach honeybush (both GF and hopefully no glycemic anything) and make some strong batches unsweetened, freeze them and make "peach passion" kakigori. I make these teas all the time without sugar and drink them as a cold iced, non caffeinated tea. You could even freeze some coconut milk or rose water and try shaving that. Unsweetened ginger tea or frozen unsweetened chai would be other good options. I hope these ideas help... let me know what you end up doing. -Sea Hi Cindalou,
Unfortunately, I don’t know much about the glycemic index of fruit, but you know, I think I’d recommend that you try a very simple version of this recipe just using the black lychee teabag that you can find in asian groceries. I wouldn’t think that the tea would contain much fruit sugar (I hope) and the main element is black tea. (I don’t recommend any premade juices for you that are sweetened- the only lychee fruit juice I could find was only 30% lychee juice with the rest being sugar and water). I think this would give you the exotic element without the sugar rush. Also, you could try pairing the kakigori with a large protein/ low glycemic meal and possibly sneak in one or two frozen unsweetened lychee? (Definitely avoid any canned lychee, in your case- you’re not missing much anyway..)
I have two other suggestions for you, though- if it’s exotic elements that you want but you can’t afford the glycemic index of fruit, why not buy some UNSWEETENED (very important) premade green tea and/or oolong tea at your local Japanese or Chinese market (avoid the awful American stuff, I recommend Japanese brands although they are more expensive) and freeze them for a completely unsweetened, no glycemic anything, ice “Dessert” to be shaved just like this stuff. You can also buy celestial seasonings peach passion or peach honeybush (both GF and hopefully no glycemic anything) and make some strong batches unsweetened, freeze them and make “peach passion” kakigori. I make these teas all the time without sugar and drink them as a cold iced, non caffeinated tea. You could even freeze some coconut milk or rose water and try shaving that. Unsweetened ginger tea or frozen unsweetened chai would be other good options.
I hope these ideas help… let me know what you end up doing.
-Sea

]]> By: Cindy Wood http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/a-fruit-a-month-lovely-lychee-kakigori-recipe-823.html/comment-page-1#comment-1798 Cindy Wood Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:59:38 +0000 http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/?p=823#comment-1798 This is beautiful and looks delicious! Do you have any other suggestions for lychee? My finacee really wants to try this but I don't use lychee since it has a very high glycemic index (I am diabetic). I suppose I could substitute other frozen fruit, but the lychee really gives this an exotic flair which would be lost. Suggestions? :) Thanks! Cindalou This is beautiful and looks delicious! Do you have any other suggestions for lychee? My finacee really wants to try this but I don’t use lychee since it has a very high glycemic index (I am diabetic). I suppose I could substitute other frozen fruit, but the lychee really gives this an exotic flair which would be lost. Suggestions? :) Thanks!

Cindalou

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