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Portal Jello Shots

Repulsion and Propulsion gels added a new level to Portal 2 and now they can add a new level to your geeky drink night!  Kristina Ackerman of KnuckleSalad.com created jello shots that are sure to delight many a test subject.

Blue Portal Jello Shots
Ingredients:
1/2 cup lime sherbet
1/2 cup water
2 envelopes Knox gelatin
2 oz blue curacao
1/2 cup ginger ale
1/2 cup gin

Directions:
1. Melt sherbet in a medium bowl.
2. Place water into a small saucepan and sprinkle 1 envelope of the gelatin on top. Let it sit for about a minute, then heat slowly over low heat, stirring constantly, until gelatin has completely dissolved. Add to sherbet bowl, along with 1.5 oz (1 shot) of the blue curacao. Cover and chill.
3. Place ginger ale into small saucepan and sprinkle the other envelope of gelatin on top. Let it sit for about a minute, then heat slowly over low heat, stirring constantly, until gelatin has completely dissolved. Add gin and remaining curacao, cover, and chill.
4. Wait 20–30 minutes, until the sherbet mixture has begun to solidify and the gin mixture has just thickened. Stir both, then pour the gin mixture into a loaf pan and drop spoonfuls of the sherbet mixture in, swirling it with a spoon to create a gloppy marbling effect. Cover and return to fridge until fully set.
5. When set, slice into the desired shape.

Orange Portal Jello Shots:
Ingredients:
1/2 cup orange sherbet
1/2 cup water
2 envelopes Knox gelatin
1/2 cup ginger ale
1/2 cup vanilla rum
1 drop yellow food coloring (optional; slightly brightens color of completed shot)

Directions:
1. Melt sherbet in a medium bowl.
2. Place water into a small saucepan and sprinkle 1 envelope of the gelatin on top. Let it sit for about a minute, then heat slowly over low heat, stirring constantly, until gelatin has completely dissolved. Add to sherbet bowl, cover, and chill.
3. Place ginger ale into small saucepan and sprinkle the other envelope of gelatin on top. Let it sit for about a minute, then heat slowly over low heat, stirring constantly, until gelatin has completely dissolved. Add rum (and optional drop of yellow food coloring), cover, and chill.
4. Wait 20–30 minutes, until the sherbet mixture has begun to solidify and the rum mixture has thickened. Stir both, then pour the rum mixture into a loaf pan and drop spoonfuls of the sherbet mixture in, swirling it with a spoon to create a gloppy marbling effect. Cover and return to fridge until fully set.
5. When set, slice into the desired shape.

For the full story, great commentary (including how to cut up the jello like the Aperture Science logo), and more geeky fun, check out Kristina Ackerman at KnuckleSalad.com.

thedrunkenmoogle:

The Portal Two (Portal 2 cocktails)

Ingredients:
Blue Curacao
Vodka
Lemonade 
Cointreau
Rum 
Orangina 
Small tumblers

Directions: “This drink is, of course, designed to resemble the two coloured portals from the excellent sci-fi puzzle game. For the blue version, get a small tumbler and pour in 10ml of Blue Curacao, 10ml of vodka and top up with lemonade. For orange you’ll need another tumbler, this time filled with 10ml of Cointreau, 10ml of rum and Orangina. If you fancy, you can jazz the glasses up with coloured sugar rims. Simply pour some sugar into a sandwich bag with the relevant food colouring, shake them up, pour the resulting mix into a dish and dip your tumbler in. “You can mix the portals together if you like,” says James. “It’s a very orangey flavour, which we thought tied in with The Orange Box, the compilation in which the original Portal appeared.”

The finest beverage breakthroughs from the Aperture alcohol research labs. Drink them in the name of science. You monster.

Drink created by James Dance of Loading for an article in The Guardian. Check out the article for the rest of the drinks and check out Loading for a great gaming bar and cafe.