Sliced Peaches & Cream: Briefly dip whole ripe peaches into boiling water, peel with a sharp knife & cut into slices. Sprinkle with sugar and chill at least one hour. Serve with or without a wee soupcon of heavy cream.
Cantaloupe & Ice Cream: Cut a cantaloupe in half, scrape out seeds & fill cavity with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Lemon Ice: Hollow out whole lemons and fill them with Lemon Ice and freeze them. To Serve: Pile them in a pyramid and tuck in mint sprigs. Recipe: 3 1/2 C. water 1 1/4 C. sugar 3/4 C. fresh lemon juice 2 Tbsp. lemon zest. Boil water, stir in sugar until dissolved, add lemon juice & zest & freeze in a bowl. Remove from freezer, beat till fluffy, fill lemons and refreeze till ready to serve.
Watermelon Surprise: Remove visible seeds from a slice of watermelon, spread with sour cream & sprinkle over brown sugar.
Red, White, and Blueberry Sundaes: Strawberry ice cream drizzled with blueberry sauce topped with whipped cream & a big fresh strawberry.
Blueberry Sauce: Delicious over ice cream. 12oz. fresh or frozen wild blueberries, 1/3 C. water, 1/3 C. sugar, & 1 Tbsp. grated lemon rind. Place all ingredients in a non-aluminum saucepan & bring to a boil. Simmer gently for 10 minutes. Serve hot or cold.
Fruit Fondue with Orange Chocolate Sauce: Skewer fresh strawberries, pineapple, bananas, pears, apples, and pieces of angel food cake & dip them into this heated chocolate sauce: 12oz. semi-sweet chocolate, 2/3 C. heavy cream & 2 Tbsp. orange liqueur. Heat chocolate and cream, stirring over low heat till chocolate melts. Stir in liqueur. Keep warm over very low heat.
Baked Bananas with Ice Cream: Put one rip banana per person on a cookie sheet (in it's skin). Bake at 350 degrees until it turns completely black, about 20 minutes. Slit open and mush up, same as you would with a baked potato. Serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Almost Fruit - for the kids: Hollow out halfed oranges and fill with Jell-O. Serve with a dot of whipped cream. This makes 10 halves: make a 6oz. pkg. of Jell-O according to instructions except use only 1 1/2 C. boiling water.
