Editor’s Choice 8-9-2026

Let’s Make Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Floats

5 min read

Beverages

Let’s Make Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Floats

Maylee at Beyond Gumbo August 29, 2021

What is this? These are an old-fashioned ice cream floats which I have named, “Green Swamp Floats.”...

Let’s Make Banana Pepper Jelly

6 min read

Cooking Techniques

Let’s Make Banana Pepper Jelly

Maylee at Beyond Gumbo July 26, 2016

Let’s make Banana Pepper Jelly! Home canning pepper jelly is a new adventure for me — but...

Happy Summer!

It’s summertime — and there’s only one way to describe Louisiana — “hot.” Homemade ice cream makes the perfect dessert for these hot days. I have many memories of churning ice cream tanks to make a variety of flavors — when growing up at our rural Virginia home. Plus, ice cream is a good way to show creativity as there are so many flavors and ways to make ice cream. Here I have shared several of my favorite recipes. In Editor’s Choice I give two of my most popular recipes — “Banana Pepper Jelly” and “Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Floats.” Yes, if you are planning to make homemde jams and jellies — now is the to get started when peppers are at their peak. Although a root beer float is always the “standard” way to make a float — check out my green ice cream float — it’s the best. Enjoy!