Cafe ZOOM

Being a big fan of ZOOM, I always wanted to try things they did on the show. Usually I did things that required materials we already had in my house, like with cafe ZOOM I would make recipes that seemed easy or if I had the ingredients. Drink recipes were always the easiest. I made homemade lemonade, that's pretty self explanatory. Ticklish Tea was just orange juice and ginger ale, I liked that. One thing I tried that I wouldn't have thought of was Island Milk. It was milk and orange juice mixed together. I remember Shing Ying made it, and said that it may sound gross, but it was actually good. I thought, "Why not?" and made it. It was really good, actually! I made it a few times. Some snacks that I tried were cinnamon snails, which were easy to make and I thought they were fine. Similar to that was Cinnamon toast which was also really good and simple. I made a variation of Bruschetta without basil or garlic that was nice. I made a sorbet, but I didn't have strawberries at home so I made it with peaches instead. I thought it came out great, I'm sure the strawberry one is even better. I made it a few times, always with peaches (I guess strawberries weren't in season whenever I made this). By far the best thing I made from ZOOM was the Zebra Cake. Even though Zoe is pictured on the website's recipe page, Lynese actually made it! It was just chocolate wafer cookies stacked with cool whip between it, and then frozen to soften the cookies. It was so delicious, I made this several times! It almost had an Oreo flavor to it. So do you remember ever making something from ZOOM? A recipe or even something else? Share it below. Also, you can friend me on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009510452850

ZOOM Blog

Hey everyone! This blog is about the 1999-2005 revival of the PBS kids series ZOOM. I've been a huge fan of the show since I was ten years old. Since it's almost been ten years since the final season aired, I thought I would share my memories of ZOOM. I have all of seasons two through seven on VHS, and a little of season one. I first saw the show in season three when my friends were talking about it in school one day. At a later time I saw it was on TV and decided to watch it. I really liked it. The only problem was it was on at 3:30 and I usually got home around 3:45, so I would miss the first half of the show! It wasn't until a year later that I realized we got two PBS networks and it was on at 5:00 on the other channel. I only watched season three a few times before I stopped. It wasn't until a year later that I got a real interest in it. I had just gotten my own TV set with a built in VHS recorder and was able to record any show with a blank tape and press of a button! (This was very near to the end of the VHS era before it was rendered completely obsolete.) I saw ZOOM was on one day and decided to record it. Soon I started recording it every day until I had every episode that aired to watch anytime I wanted to! I would make some of the things on the show, Cafe ZOOM, ZOOM dos, zingers, etc. My favorite part was ZOOM Playhouse where the ZOOMers played different characters (most of the time). Were you a fan of ZOOM? Comment below and talk about it, hopefully some ZOOM fans can relive the nostalgia of the show. I'll talk in future blogs about the different things I've tried from the show, opinions, and even my experience trying out for season seven! Also, you can friend me on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009510452850