pumpkin juice

[Steve <bboy_mn@yahoo.com>]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, Tyler Hewitt <tahewitt at y...>
wrote:
> It's not juice, but I've made pumpkin smoothies, and
> they're really yummy!
> - - - - - - - - - -

Brilliant! That might be a good way for this person to make a pumpkin
punch.
bboy_mn

> 
> 
> on a HP/food related note, do you think butterbeer is
> an alcoholic beverage? I always imagined it was
> similar to root beer, a nonalcoholic soft drink
> popular in the US (I have yet to meet a European who
> thinks its anything but revolting!) maybe with
> butterscotch flavor. Others have pointed out to me
> that the 'warm feeling' described when it is drank
> indicates that it has a low alcohol content. 
> Opinions?
> 
> Tyler


bboy_mn:
Define alcoholic. In Britain, most fermented beverages do have a trace
of alcohol in them. However, if the final product has 0.5% of less
alcohol, it is still considered a soft drink and could be sold to
anyone without restriction. 

Many natural Ginger Ale/Beers are fermented, and some root beers are
fermented as well, so they could have a trace of alcohol.

As far as butterbeer, since the house-elf Winky becomes intoxicated
from it, I have to assume it is fermented and therefore has a fraction
of a percent of alcohol.

As far as taste, there are a variety of Butterbeer recipies out there,
you can search the internet for them. They are usually, some variation
of butterscotch flavored root beer, and generally drinkable but
nothing special.

As far as I know, there is no REAL butterbeer. JKR once describe it as
a sickly sweet butterscotch flavored drink. But I don't ever recall
seening a butterscotch flavored soft drink.

If you like butterscotch, it could be good.

How to make something as close to the real thing as possible. Take
sweet butterscotch ice cream topping (the best quality you can find)
and mix it with carbonated water.  This will dilute the flavor, so now
you have to get concentrated butterscotch flavoring from the baking
section of the grocery store. Add enough to bring the flavor back up
to full strength, then add suger until it is as sweet as you can stand
it, maybe a dash of spice or two (cinnamon or whatever), and there you
have it.

Just a thought.

bboy_mn