Tang-y summer mixers
Published:Thursday | August 25, 2011 | 12:00 AM
Tang is on a campaign to get you to try their range of flavours just about any way you like. From blended together, or blended with your choice of fresh fruits to taken over the top with something strong, the sky is the limit.
We recently tried two flavours: lemon and strawberry with some mango purée, ginger, Angostura bitters and lime juice and it was very refreshing.
Some of the tasters had this to say:
I like it. Not too sweet, not too sour. Hits the spot.
It's not too heavy and a bit 'tangy', which are both good features.
This is delicious! After the first taste that hits you behind the ears (lime juice and bitters), it gets mellow and exciting!
Tangy and refreshing. With a little alcohol, this would definitely be a party favourite.
Nice and refreshing, but has a very bitter aftertaste that hits you behind the ear. Maybe the bitters.
Send recipes using two or more Tang flavours with any three Jamaican fruits, or any alcoholic beverage to: lifestyle@gleanerjm.com by 5 p.m. today, and we will decide which is most interesting and give you a call if yours is the winner.
Prices at a glance
Pork stew
If you are shopping for the meat in a meat shop in the rural or urban areas, the asking price for a pound will range between $180 and $200 per pound.
If, however, your shopping spot happens to be a supermarket, be it in the Corporate Area or the rural parts, the asking price will be between $250 and $280 per pound.
Ackee
Ackee is on fair offer these days in most retail markets.
Rural markets, like May Pen and Spanish Town, will ask $80 to $90 per dozen for the national favourite.
Montego Bay's Charles Gordon Market will this week quote prices ranging from $100 to $120 per dozen.
Cooking tomatoes
The asking price for cooking tomatoes in most rural retail markets is $70/$80 per pound.
Montego Bay's Charles Gordon Market will ask $90/$100 at this time for a pound, while downtown Kingston's less-costly retail outlets will ask $70 this week for a pound of cooking tomatoes.