kcajla3
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Purple Skittle
I've been making poppy tea for years, so I'll share my recipe I call 'purple skittle'. I call it that because it tastes just like it sounds, wonderful. It should be made a sticky or something because nobody should have to drink that vile stuff straight. I personally love it, especially the way I make it. Makes me nod but keeps me awake too. You'll be very glad you went through the effort to make this.
I don't have any exact measurements so I'll guesstimate.
Materials:
Poppies!
Lemon Juice
Large Rite-Aid or Walgreens brand grape Childrens Dimetapp
Small cooking pot
A large nylon cloth, or bathing suit (they work great, don't use cotton etc.)
Paper towels
Coffee Filters
Mountain Dew, or Peach Soda
A large Bowl and small bowl.
Water Bottle.
1) Hand crush the poppies, discarding the crowns and stems and saving the seeds in a separate bowl, until you have about 1 cups of ground material. (Adjust to your tolerance, but be careful!!)
2) Put the grounds in a small cooking pot and put just enough water to leave the poppy material just barely above the water level. Add about 3 tablespoons of lemon juice to lower the PH and convert a few alkaloids
3)Cover and heat until it's at a slow simmer, not boil! You must keep it covered!!
4) Let cook for 20 minutes.
5) Lay your large nylon cloth, aka bathing suit, over a large bowl. Pour the poppy seeds into the middle and dump the cooked poppies ontop. Pick up the sides of the cloth, lift the cloth up and let the liquid drain. It will be very hot so you might want to wait a few minutes before the most important step.
6) SQUEEZE!! Twist the cloth around the poppy material inside and squeeze with all your might. Get every drop of liquid heaven into that bowl!
7) Further strain the liquid with paper towels and then finally coffee filters. It's really important to use nylon to strain the material at first because it doesn't stain, it is mostly waterproof and won't absorb the juice, it doesn't stretch and let material through, and finally it's easily washable.
8) If you have done this correctly you will have about a half cup or less of liquid, if you have more clean your pot and set on low heat until it is reduced some.
9) Pour out the Childrens grape Dimetapp into a water bottle, and pour the poppy liquid into the same water bottle. Shake well.
10) Fill the measuring cap that came with the Dimetapp up, and pour over ice into a glass. For purple skittle flavor use Mt. Dew to fill the glass, or for the only other great tasting soda for this use peach soda (Generic). Enjoy!
I like to pour the rest of the water bottle back into the Dimetapp bottle and place in the refrigerator, unless you have kids in the house then don't. Keep it refrigerated and it lasts about a week or so, you can also freeze it. It doesn't fully freeze it just gets slushy.
Tips:
Never add alcohol to the syrup or drink, it causes stuff to rise to the top. Like adding Baileys irish cream to coke.
Drink it SLOW, you never know how strong what you just made is.
Don't add the seeds until you strain, the alkaloids are on the outside and adding it to the pot will only soak up more of your liquid.
ONLY use grape childrens dimetapp. They only contain a mild antihistamine, which helps with the itches, and no alcohol. Don't use anything with acetaminophen.
I've been making poppy tea for years, so I'll share my recipe I call 'purple skittle'. I call it that because it tastes just like it sounds, wonderful. It should be made a sticky or something because nobody should have to drink that vile stuff straight. I personally love it, especially the way I make it. Makes me nod but keeps me awake too. You'll be very glad you went through the effort to make this.
I don't have any exact measurements so I'll guesstimate.
Materials:
Poppies!
Lemon Juice
Large Rite-Aid or Walgreens brand grape Childrens Dimetapp
Small cooking pot
A large nylon cloth, or bathing suit (they work great, don't use cotton etc.)
Paper towels
Coffee Filters
Mountain Dew, or Peach Soda
A large Bowl and small bowl.
Water Bottle.
1) Hand crush the poppies, discarding the crowns and stems and saving the seeds in a separate bowl, until you have about 1 cups of ground material. (Adjust to your tolerance, but be careful!!)
2) Put the grounds in a small cooking pot and put just enough water to leave the poppy material just barely above the water level. Add about 3 tablespoons of lemon juice to lower the PH and convert a few alkaloids
3)Cover and heat until it's at a slow simmer, not boil! You must keep it covered!!
4) Let cook for 20 minutes.
5) Lay your large nylon cloth, aka bathing suit, over a large bowl. Pour the poppy seeds into the middle and dump the cooked poppies ontop. Pick up the sides of the cloth, lift the cloth up and let the liquid drain. It will be very hot so you might want to wait a few minutes before the most important step.
6) SQUEEZE!! Twist the cloth around the poppy material inside and squeeze with all your might. Get every drop of liquid heaven into that bowl!
7) Further strain the liquid with paper towels and then finally coffee filters. It's really important to use nylon to strain the material at first because it doesn't stain, it is mostly waterproof and won't absorb the juice, it doesn't stretch and let material through, and finally it's easily washable.
8) If you have done this correctly you will have about a half cup or less of liquid, if you have more clean your pot and set on low heat until it is reduced some.
9) Pour out the Childrens grape Dimetapp into a water bottle, and pour the poppy liquid into the same water bottle. Shake well.
10) Fill the measuring cap that came with the Dimetapp up, and pour over ice into a glass. For purple skittle flavor use Mt. Dew to fill the glass, or for the only other great tasting soda for this use peach soda (Generic). Enjoy!
I like to pour the rest of the water bottle back into the Dimetapp bottle and place in the refrigerator, unless you have kids in the house then don't. Keep it refrigerated and it lasts about a week or so, you can also freeze it. It doesn't fully freeze it just gets slushy.
Tips:
Never add alcohol to the syrup or drink, it causes stuff to rise to the top. Like adding Baileys irish cream to coke.
Drink it SLOW, you never know how strong what you just made is.
Don't add the seeds until you strain, the alkaloids are on the outside and adding it to the pot will only soak up more of your liquid.
ONLY use grape childrens dimetapp. They only contain a mild antihistamine, which helps with the itches, and no alcohol. Don't use anything with acetaminophen.