Peter Piper picked a peck of passion fruit...

Last Sunday my landlord and I picked some passion fruit from the trees in our yard, and he told me how to extract the juice once the fruit were ripe.



I put a strainer over a small saucepan, brought some water to a boil, and washed the passion fruit. Then I halved about seven of the fruit--both gold and purple. I spooned the contents into the strainer and slowly poured about half a cup of boiling water over into the strainer, stirring and pressing the seeds to get as much juice out as possible. The juice is rather strong, so it doesn't matter that water is added. I removed the seeds from the strainer and put them in refrigerator to use later with yogurt and honey. While the juice was still hot, I stirred in some honey to lessen the tartness. I let the liquid cool and then stored it in a plastic container (a used apple sauce jar) in the refrigerator.

I enjoyed some of the juice on my fabulous balcony today, and life was momentarily perfect.


Now I just have to come up with a passion fruit cocktail to serve my family and friends when they visit...

almost there...

I can see a tiny light at the end of the tunnel. Bar exam results were posted today, and after more than four hours (no kidding) of refreshing my browser, I found out that I passed. I still can't believe it. I have only a few more hoops to jump through before I can be sworn in, and then the party begins. I realize that this entry isn't about food and that I haven't posted in a while, but I am still waiting for my cooking supplies to arrive so I can get into the kitchen and start experimenting again. I've been up to my eyeballs in work, too, but this time around I like my job. Spooky...