Dole Whip It Good

600,000 Disneyland visitors can be wrong. That's how many Dole sponsored pineapple whipped confections they sell every year in the Enchanted Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room (you know, where all the birds sing and the flowers croon). So delightful are these that folks have developed at home recipes, this one comes from the blog Chocolate Covered Katie. Of course everything is easier with an ice cream maker (especially when making ice cream) but even without one you too can have frozen refreshing whipped dessert when not in Anaheim. Traditionally, it is made with pineapple only - I dare say it might be tasty with with banana, or perhaps even strawberry...but that's no good to the Dole Whipped purists.

Freedom of Choice, Devo's transformative1980 album, chock full of good advice. For instance when a problem comes along, you must whip it. When a good time goes wrong, you must whip it. And, cooking lessons like what to do before the cream sits out too long (you must whip it). Essentially, the life lesson here is that is not too late to whip it (providing that you whip good). And finally, perhaps most importantly, that it's ok to wear a flower pot as a hat with your haz-mat suit. Mark Mothersbaugh (who went on to Rugrats fame - go figure) and fellow Ohionans de-evoled into the premiere American punk/new wave/techno band of the late 70s and early 80s, asking and answering such profound societal questions as: "Are we not men? We are Devo." Eventually, they could get no satisfaction, stepped on a crack, broke their mamas back, could not move forward or shape it up, turns out it was too late to whip it...

The Recipe:

2 cups frozen pineapple

1/4 cup milk of choice (Try canned coconut milk for piña colada soft serve - if you like pina coladas and getting caight in the rain)

1/16 tsp salt

2 tbsp sugar 

scant 1 tbsp lemon juice

Blend all ingredients until smooth. Scoop out with an ice cream scoop, or squeeze through a pastry bag, or a plastic bag with an edge cut off. (If your blender is not super-powerful like a Vita-Mix, you may need to add a little more liquid and then freeze a bit before serving, or churn in an ice cream maker.) For soft-serve that holds its shape longer, freeze the swirled dole whip at least 20 minutes prior to serving. Makes enough whip it for two.