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| The boys meeting “Frida Kahlo” at the Nelson-Atkins |
Here comes my late-night post for NaBloPoMo August, and the theme is HOT! Today I had my first class of the fall semester, so in some ways it feels like summer is over. Add to that the fact that our Missouri weather here has been below-average heat, it seems I only got a two-month summer. Entonces, the NaBloPoMo theme is a perfect way to extend my summer when it feels like I am not having one.
Tonight I thought I would share my favorite treat in the heat. Next to the fresh produce that I love so much in the summer, paletas come in as one of my favorite treats to enjoy during the warmer months. I never really gave paletas a second thought until my sister-in-law studied at Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida and started posting pictures everyday of ice pops in flavors I had never heard of! She frequented The Hyppo while she lived there and brought back all that ice pop inspiration to share with us. You know how when you are buying a car and decide on a certain kind thinking how original you are? Then the next time rubber meets the road you see that same car (and color!) at every turn? Well, it was like that for me after being introduced to the fine world of ice pop cuisine, except the only places I seemed to run into them were at Latino grocery stores and in Latino neighborhoods. Living in the Midwest, ice pop stores are not as prolific since we only have three really warm months out of the year.
After attending Fiesta in the Park at the Nelson-Atkins Museum, we hit up one of our local paleterÃas for a treat. Our boys had never been and they absolutely loved it. We tried three flavors and passed them around like bottles on the wall. And it is a good thing we ate outside. And brought baby wipes.
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Limón (Lime)
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| Coco (Coconut) |
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| Fresa (Strawberry) |
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| As you can see by the large menu inside, they sell more than paletas! (And the menu is all in Spanish!) |
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| Yay! |
