Tropical Fruit Sundaes

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                            FOOD FUNNY
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Reader Bill Castine assures me this is a true food funny:

When I was in college I had a roommate who worked part time for a
company that provided the sound system and services for a local
half-mile dirt racetrack. One night after dismantling and loading their
equipment, they stopped at a local HoJo for a meal on the way home. Of
course they were grimy from having spent several hours exposed to the
dust and dirt kicked up by the race, and their waitress was not enamored
with their appearance. Her "service" was minimal at best, and hardly
pleasant. Even so, they left an unusually large tip. The following week
they came in again and, as luck would have it, were met by the same
waitress. This week their service was warm and friendly from the
waitress who had become most patronizing. That week they left a
minuscule tip (a nickel or a quarter) with the following note: "Last
week's tip was for tonight's service. Tonight's tip was for last week's service."

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                            TODAY'S RECIPE
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If you're always looking for new ways to get healthy fresh fruit into
your family's diet, here is one answer. You can make it even healthier
by using frozen yogurt, ice milk, or fat-free ice cream.

Tropical Fruit Sundaes

3 oranges
1/2 cup (125 ml) packed brown sugar
1/2 tsp (2 ml) cinnamon
1 medium pineapple, peeled, cored, and diced
1 large mango, peeled, pitted, and diced
3 bananas, peeled and sliced
Vanilla ice cream, frozen yogurt, or ice milk

Peel the oranges and, working over a bowl to collect the juices, cut
between the membranes to remove the sections. Squeeze the membranes to
extract the remaining juice. Combine the orange juice, brown sugar, and
cinnamon in a small saucepan and bring to a boil over moderate heat.
Cook for 2 to 3 minutes, until the juice has thickened slightly. Let the
syrup cool and add the orange sections, pineapple, mango, and bananas.
Spoon the fruit and syrup over scoops of ice cream.
Serves 4 to 6.
Received on Thu Jan 14 21:49:01 2010