By Lacey J. Manning
Bright colors swirl together with the whir of the blender, creating the fruity flavor of a thick smoothie.
Smoothies are just one of many cool refreshments BYU students partake of to heat up their social lives while cooling down their body temperatures during the hot summer months in Provo.
Rainbow-colored smoothies can be tasted at Smoothie Night, formed by BYU student, Dallan Manscill, who said smoothies are one of the more healthy summer treats.
Every Wednesday, 20 to 40 friends and acquaintances gather at Manscill”s apartment, or the apartment of one of his friends, and, with a dollar donation, get a smoothie and the chance to mingle.
“[It”s a] good midweek break,” said Genessa Winn, a Smoothie Night attendee and purchaser of supplies.
Another cold refreshments popular among students is shave ice, which can be found just south of campus at BYU student Chad Jensen”s shave ice stand, Ella Good Shave Ice, on the corner of 700 East and 820 North.
Jensen”s stand specializes in Hawaiian style shave ice, which includes azuki beans, a soft Japanese sweet bean.
The beans are layered at the bottom of the cup with vanilla ice cream in the middle and shave ice at the top. The top can be flavored with any of the 45 hand-selected flavors, or a mix of several flavors.
Jensen, a business management major with an entrepreneurship emphasis, started the stand a few weeks ago with entrepreneurial scholarship money he received during the Winter 2006 semester.
Jensen said other local shave ice stands only serve chunky-iced treats so he did a lot of research to find a machine which creates snow-like ice.
Also unique to Jensen”s stand are snowcaps, squirts of sweetened condensed milk on top of the shave ice. This method, popular in Arizona and Texas, is available in Provo only at Ella Good Shave Ice, Jenson said.
Each shave ice order is custom made at Jensen”s stand so it is possible no two customers will order the same combination on a given day. However, pi?a colada and tiger”s blood, or cherry, seem to be the most popular flavors, Jensen said.
Some students prefer to have readily available treats, like Twin Pops Popsicles, in their freezers at home.
“They”re [Twin Pops] so cheap and delicious,” said Brandon Bales, a junior majoring in sociocultural anthropology. “You can eat them with your friends.”
Other cool refreshment options include Slurpees from 7-Eleven.
Every year on July 11, 7-Eleven offers free 7.11-ounce Slurpees to anyone who comes into the store. All stores have the flavors coke, cherry and crystal light; other flavors vary by store.
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Kentarific Smoothie
Recipe By: Dallan Manscill
Ingredients:
1 cup milk
1 cup frozen fruit
1 banana
3 large scoops sherbet
2 scoops vanilla yogurt
Directions:
Mix all the ingredients in the blender until there are no chunks. Makes 4-5 cups.
