{"id":295,"date":"2008-07-03T16:01:21","date_gmt":"2008-07-03T20:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meadowparty.com\/blog\/?p=295"},"modified":"2008-07-03T16:01:21","modified_gmt":"2008-07-03T20:01:21","slug":"aguas-frescas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/03\/aguas-frescas\/","title":{"rendered":"Aguas frescas."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Great article in the <i>LA Times<\/i> on <a href=http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/features\/printedition\/food\/la-fo-aguasfrescas2-2008jul02,0,704951.story>aguas frescas<\/a> and <a href=http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/features\/printedition\/food\/la-fo-aguasfrescasside2-2008jul02,0,5015371.story>where in LA to find them<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a huge fan of agua fresca &#8211; blended fruit that&#8217;s mixed with sugar and water and strained &#8211; and gorge on them at Phoenix Ranch Market every time I&#8217;m in Arizona. If anyone has tried any of the suggested places, let me know; I&#8217;d bet on the Vallarta Supermarkets serving the best ones of all the places on the <i>Times<\/i>&#8216; list, since it seems like some of the other places (like the Hungry Cat) are more interested in being trendy than being authentic.<\/p>\n<p>EDIT: Eh, why not.<\/p>\n<p>Watermelon agua fresca<\/p>\n<p>2 cups cubed watermelon plus any juices that have seeped out<br \/>\n1 Tbsp simple syrup or 1 tsp agave nectar<br \/>\n1\/4-1\/2 cup water<\/p>\n<p>Puree the watermelon with the juices. Strain through a medium-meshed strainer to remove the solids. Combine with the sweetener and water and pour over ice. Drink immediately. A quick squeeze of lime juice is optional.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great article in the LA Times on aguas frescas and where in LA to find them. I&#8217;m a huge fan of agua fresca &#8211; blended fruit that&#8217;s mixed with sugar and water and strained &#8211; and gorge on them at Phoenix Ranch Market every time I&#8217;m in Arizona. If anyone has tried any of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,7],"tags":[32,857,846,194],"class_list":["post-295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cooking","category-food","tag-agua-fresca","tag-cooking","tag-food","tag-los-angeles","entry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}