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How to Make Carbonated Fruit

Step 5Open, eat and burp

Open, eat and burp
Once the bottles have sat overnight you are ready to open, eat and burp.

Bleed the pressure from the bottle buy opening the cap like you would open a soda bottle that had been shaken.

I cut the top of the plastic soda bottle off with a sharp knife and poured it out into a bowl. You can simply pour the fruit out of the nalgene bottle through the wide mouth of the bottle.

Now that the fruit is out of the bottles it's ready to eat! It loses its fizzyness pretty quickly, so make sure you chow down in the first 15 minutes after opening the bottles.

Carbonated fruit tastes like regular fruit, but it tingles on your tongue. It's a totally unique experience to eat, and makes you burp a whole lot if you have done it right.
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May 10, 2011. 8:53 AM47ford says:
So we did this slightly differently a few years ago. When camping we used dry ice in our cooler. No mess, and best grapes ever. I think grapes are one of the best fruit to use for this, no cutting necessary either. Carbonated grapes are very refreshing :) We were in and out of the cooler many times a day and I suspect that it does not have an airtight seal, but we did have a fairly substantial block of dry ice to start with and the grapes were in there at least a day or two before we noticed the carbonation effect.

The more dry ice you use the less likely you want an 'air-tight" seal (as to prevent overpressure). I suppose you could use a pressure relief valve too (to prevent exploding) - head over to McMaster-Carr (www.mcmaster.com) and you should be able to find a slew of pressure relief valves, this of course require some mods to your "container", but definitely reduces the exploding factor.
Oct 22, 2010. 9:40 PMTtalos says:
Just a small note. I would suggest putting the bottles in the refrigerator overnight while the dry ice sublimates. CO2 is more soluble in cold water. It won't slow the sublimation of the CO2 to be in the refrigerator. I think I will be trying this tomorrow :)
Jul 20, 2009. 5:07 PMverdantbeauty says:
So suppose you put the fruit in a blender with a bit of juice and then placed that into a nalgene bottle and added dry ice... would that work? I mean, then you would have a fizzy drink, correct?
Jun 6, 2010. 7:44 PMred-king says:
yep. that's how I've seen root beer made from scratch before.
Jun 6, 2010. 7:35 PMemmaroxsox says:
Well, er, if you were making a liquid drink, you could always just add seltzer.
Jun 6, 2010. 7:44 PMred-king says:
it wouldn't be as fizzy though, it'd be like it was watered down wouldn't it?
Aug 3, 2009. 1:48 AMliaflower says:
Hmmm...how tight does the seal need to be? (I'm trying to think of a use for a whole block of dry ice) Could I use a new garbage barrel with a fairly tight fitting lid, fill it three quarters of the way with fruit and have the ice (in chips) liberally spread throughout?
Nov 2, 2009. 10:25 PMApplecore says:
 The seal you would need would be an airtight seal, to keep the CO2 from escaping. But remember, it loses it's fizziness real quick, so it's best if you do smaller bottles, and then you can eat them one bottle at a time
Oct 25, 2009. 11:48 AMkozy501 says:
if that explodes..... wow
Jan 3, 2010. 1:11 PMCapnTac says:
I'd love to see that.  Well, assuming there's no risk of bodily harm or property damage.
Aug 21, 2009. 5:45 PMawsomehighvoltage says:
looks tasty ;)

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