Cubs in the Kitchen/02-07

ORANGE BANANA SHAKE

2 bananas, cut into pieces
1 1/2 cups milk
Few drops of Almond Extract (optional)
1-quart orange sherbet
Orange wedges
Mint leaves
Working with half of the ingredients at a
time, combine bananas, milk, and extract in
blender. With the lid ajar, gradually add sherbet,
blending constantly.
Pour into tall chilled glasses.
Garnish with orange slices and
mint leaves. Serves 4

 

SOAP BUBBLES 

1/4 cup dishwashing liquid
1/4 cup water
1 Tablespoon sugar
Combine all ingredients. Use straws; thread
spools, funnels, or circles made from wire.
Cutting a straw vertically about 1" up on
four sides and then flattening it out will
make bigger bubbles.

 

EASY BREAD STICKS AND SAUCE

6 slices bread
Butter and Parmesan cheese
1 cup spaghetti sauce
Toast bread, then butter it and sprinkle with
Parmesan cheese. Heat the sauce in the
microwave one minute at a time. Cut the
toast into four strips, dip in spaghetti sauce
and eat.

 

WHAT MAKES A SUNSET RED?

Have Scouts fill a bowl with clean water. In
a dark room, shine a flashlight through the
bowl from the side. The light will remain
clear. Slowly pour a little milk into the bowl
and watch as the color changes to a reddish
orange simulating the sun near the horizon.
Explain that the effects of the hazy
atmosphere and air pollution cause the light
to refract more blue light, so the reds and
yellows are left.

 

RAISIN RACES TO THE RESCUE

Goofy, simple, and refreshing.
Carefully pour a glass of clear soda (to
minimize fizzing) for each racer. At the
signal, each drops a raisin into his glass. The
raisin should sink to the bottom, pause, and
as the carbon dioxide bubbles stick to it,
should rise to the surface. The first raisin to
the top wins. After several rounds, the
raisins are fished out and all racers toast the
winners.