tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7889084479777902872024-03-13T10:15:28.169-04:00Greatest Drink In The World... This Week.C:http://www.blogger.com/profile/07677412188827477341noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-788908447977790287.post-33547256954497253512011-07-14T17:00:00.000-04:002011-07-14T17:00:02.564-04:00Mambai Mango<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Still on our temporary hiatus, and in search of a new home for the blog, here is </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">another</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> leftover cocktail recipe/review that was somehow omitted from the usual run. Cheers!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><i>Landslide award winner of the Annual Salem Cocktail Competition, 2009.</i></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; min-height: 18px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Joe served up this specialty cocktail to my trusted research partner, Kerry, who provided me with her impressions and field notes. Thanks for all your hard work, Kerry!</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; min-height: 18px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; min-height: 18px; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">The Recipe:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; min-height: 18px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Into a cocktail shaker of ice, add:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; min-height: 18px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">- a 4 count of Svedka Vanilla Vodka</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">- a 3 count of Svedka Original Vodka</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">- a 2 count of Grenadine</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">- a HEAVY 3 count of Mango Lassi, (an Indian yogurt drink)</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; min-height: 18px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">- Shake well, and strain into a chilled, 16 ounce pint glass filled with ice.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; min-height: 18px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">- garnish with strawberry and orange.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; min-height: 18px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/SvtPIYAbMKI/AAAAAAAAAmY/qx2ChE9em4s/s1600-h/IMGP1640.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/SvtPIYAbMKI/AAAAAAAAAmY/qx2ChE9em4s/s400/IMGP1640.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402999183262822562" style="cursor: pointer; width: 384px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Recipe by Joe the Bartender, Passage to India Restaurant, Salem, MA</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Bartender’s Notes: Lassi is a traditional Indian yogurt-based drink. Very thick and creamy, there is no such thing as a ‘diet lassi.’</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; min-height: 18px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Kerry’s Notes: Rich, thick and fruity, it is sort of like a smoothie for grown-ups. In fact, this could easily win out over the Mamosa and the Bloody Mary as the first-pick breakfast cocktail.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; min-height: 18px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; min-height: 18px; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">A la sature! - Chris</span></p></div>C:http://www.blogger.com/profile/07677412188827477341noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-788908447977790287.post-13848193937591540202011-06-28T17:00:00.000-04:002011-06-28T17:00:00.221-04:00Passionate Melon<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">A raise of the glass to all those who help out by offering their opinions and partake in all the difficult "research" needed to sample these beverages! Cheers! </span></i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">This week's guest drinker is Ms. Sharon McG. Thanks!</span></i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Joining me on my side of the bar was Sharon, a fellow patron with a decidedly less tolerant system for cocktails containing a generous alcohol content, but a discerning palate, nonetheless. Sharon's drink, "The Passionate Melon."</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Recipe:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Into a cocktail shaker, add</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- A 3 count of <a href="http://www.malibu-rum.com/">Malibu</a> Melon-flavored rum</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- A 3 count of <a href="http://www.captainmorgan.com/en-us/products/parrotbay.html">Captain Morgan's Parrot Bay</a> Passionfruit-flavored rum,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- A 3 count <a href="http://www.bacardi.com/">Bacardi</a> White Rum</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- A splash of Pineapple juice,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- A splash of orange juice</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- A squirt of grenadine</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- Shake vigorously</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- Pour over fresh ice in a chilled, 16 ounce pint glass</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- Garnish with available fruit, (i.e. melon, passionfruit, pineapple, etc.,) <i>OR</i> a wedge of lime!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/SvYBAjWiRfI/AAAAAAAAAl8/dqMPwF1AaLc/s1600-h/IMGP1675.JPG"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/SvYBAjWiRfI/AAAAAAAAAl8/dqMPwF1AaLc/s400/IMGP1675.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401505912078878194" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 282px; " /></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Recipe by Joe the bartender, Passage to India Restaurant, Salem, MA</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b>Bartender's Notes:</b> a light, "training wheels"-type of drink, this is something tasty that you can have all night without the fear of an uncontrollable urge to do karaoke.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b>Sharon's notes:</b> Light and fruity and not too sweet. Very reminiscent of summer, it is more of an appetizer drink than one she would choose to accompany a meal. Sharon confided that she was probably going to be ordering a second...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">Cheers! - Chris</span></div>C:http://www.blogger.com/profile/07677412188827477341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-788908447977790287.post-58856107686508536392011-04-14T17:00:00.005-04:002011-04-14T17:06:33.036-04:00Salty Dog<div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="white-space: normal; "><tbody><tr><td><span style="color: rgb(0, 191, 96); color:#00bf60;"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So, like any other Friday evening</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">,</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> I head in to see Joe to "research" this week's cocktail.</span></span></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"</span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Hey, Joe,</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">" I begin, "</span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I had a great idea for a cocktail recipe. How about...</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"</span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">No!</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">" He stopped me, abruptly. "</span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We are doing The </span></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1302782796_2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Salty Dog</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> I have decided.</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"</span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Huh?</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">" I replied, somewhat </span></span></span><a rel="nofollow" id="aptureLink_kuXhA6cw94" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5615206686/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1302782796_3" style="color: rgb(54, 99, 136); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">stymied</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"</span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Listen! I mix the drinks, you type and make your little pop-ups! I grind this organ, you dance, </span></span></span><a rel="nofollow" id="aptureLink_6uuk0BtQru" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5614626833/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1302782796_4" style="color: rgb(54, 99, 136); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Monkey</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">!</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"</span></span></span></i></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I felt spanked, (</span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">and not in the </span></span></span><a rel="nofollow" id="aptureLink_cZ2TSeyem9" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5510430187/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1302782796_5" style="color: rgb(54, 99, 136); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">good way</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">!</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">) Joe then plunked down his latest creation, cast me a dirty look, and said, "</span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Here. Drink it. $6.50, and you better tip well this time!</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Okay, I confess. This is </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">NOT</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> what happened at all. (</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I just thought I would add a little drama to the narrative. After all, we were just presented with a nice, new "</span></span><a rel="nofollow" id="aptureLink_piRpWthnf4" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5615266048/"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1302782796_6" style="color: rgb(54, 99, 136); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Blog Star</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">" award from </span></span><a rel="nofollow" id="aptureLink_RWIkGHU7SE" target="_blank" href="http://addyourblog.com/"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1302782796_7" style="color: rgb(54, 99, 136); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">AddYourBlog.com</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, so I figgered I'd try punching it up a tad with some conflict, a la"creative writing."</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">) </span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Back to reality... </span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">What did happen that evening was that Joe </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">DID</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> tell me, (</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">and quite amicably, too,</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">) that he really wanted to do The Salty Dog and had for some time. He spoke of some "improvement" to the original recipe, (in the form of the Canton Ginger!) And presented me with his version of The Salty Dog for my consideration.</span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The saltiness took me off guard with my initial sippage, but was easy to acclimate to. (</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Caveat: Use caution in your salting: you can always add more!</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">)</span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And the addition of the ginger really brings this doggy home!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div></div></span></div></div></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The Recipe:</span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Into a shaker full of ice, add:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">- a 4-count of </span></span><a id="aptureLink_9wAS9Tg2KK" href="http://www.1-877-spirits.com/store/images/large/Bombay-Sapphire-Gin-lg.jpg.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Bombay Sapphire Gin</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">- a 3-count of Grapefruit Juice,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">- a 2-count on </span></span><a id="aptureLink_INNIZNAejD" href="http://jerichowine.com/images/products/d/Domaine_de_Canton_Ginger_Liqueur.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Canton Ginger Liqueur</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">- Shake, and strain over fresh ice,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">- Hit it with 2 good shakes of salt, (</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Fer heaven sake! Careful with that salt shaker!</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">- Garnish with a wedge of lime and a cherry.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CkO3ebOMLxw/TaIReT9RLEI/AAAAAAAABfI/QdBf77hhmPo/s400/IMG_3225.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594052899598576706" /></span></span></div><div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; "></span></span></span></b></p><span style="color: rgb(0, 191, 96); color:#00bf60;"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Joe's Notes:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> The </span></span></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1302361041_0"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Salty Dog</span></span></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> is basically a </span></span></span><a rel="nofollow" id="aptureLink_Y9BDPWc2bU" target="_blank" href="http://www.hackwriters.com/images/gogreyhound.jpg"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1302782796_13" style="color: rgb(54, 99, 136); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Greyhound</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, (vodka and grapefruit,) with the addition of salt. Most Salty Dog recipes you will see call for a mix of gin and grapefruit, poured into a salt-rimmed glass. I prefer to add the salt directly into the mix. (</span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">As some of you may know, I have a bit of a </span></span></span><a rel="nofollow" id="aptureLink_YID2RYSMsg" target="_blank" href="http://www.funnypictureblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/ExplodingHead.gif"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1302782796_14" style="color: rgb(54, 99, 136); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">peeve</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> with people salting the glass, then drinking from a straw.</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">)</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The other reason is that when drinking from a salt-rimmed glass, (without the straw,) the salt for the first few mouthfuls can be a little overpowering and can leave a sticky residue both on your hands and around your mouth. Adding the salt directly into the drink gives a more uniformed drink from start to finish. I have also added a little Canton Ginger liqueur. I love </span></span></span><a rel="nofollow" id="aptureLink_wt2G9XTvKF" target="_blank" href="http://www.forumspile.com/You-Are-Awesome_(The_Office).gif"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1302782796_15" style="color: rgb(54, 99, 136); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Gin and Ginger</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, I hope you do too. But please, try both recipes and choose for yourself.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"</span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">What's this?</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">" you may be asking yourself. "</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Is Joe becoming a little less </span></span></i></span><a rel="nofollow" id="aptureLink_hYwhyUk6lG" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5599771285/"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1302782796_16" style="color: rgb(54, 99, 136); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">opinionated</span></span></i></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">? Did I see an actual choice? Are we not to follow his directive to the letter?</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">" Yes, I have mellowed recently. Partly due to an interaction with a customer a couple of weeks ago. This is his </span></span></span><a rel="nofollow" id="aptureLink_ywLNr9UcEl" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5615316082/"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1302782796_17" style="color: rgb(54, 99, 136); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">story</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">While I was setting up the bar one </span></span></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1302361041_1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Friday evening</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> a couple of weeks ago, a man hurried into the bar and sat at one of the stools. "</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Give me a </span></span></i></span><a rel="nofollow" id="aptureLink_L41IcX8hPR" target="_blank" href="http://greatestdrink.blogspot.com/2010/02/bombay-sapphire-martini.html"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1302782796_18" style="color: rgb(54, 99, 136); "><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1302361041_2" style="color: rgb(54, 99, 136); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Sapphire </span></span></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Martini</span></span></i></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> straight up and I'll have a shot of Jack while you make it.</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">" he said.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I put the </span></span></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1302361041_3"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1302782796_19"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">shot glass</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> down in front of him and poured his shot. While I was making his Martini I looked him over. I am always suspicious of people who come into the bar and order drinks like that. He looked relatively normal, he was dressed in a business suit, the addition of the baseball cap was a little odd, but hey, each to his own.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Had a rough day at work</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">" I asked.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Yeah, something like that</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Well, if you want my opinion, a couple of stiff drinks and a bite to eat and you will feel much better.</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">People's opinions are the last thing I want. Other peoples opinions and advice is what got me into this state in the first place.</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Feeling a little reprimanded, I shuffled off and cut a few lemons. "</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">O.K.</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">" I said "</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I'm intrigued. What happened?</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I had a </span></span></i></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1302361041_4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">job interview</span></span></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> today. It was for a managerial position in a firm that I really wanted to work for. I had been discussing the upcoming interview with some friends the other night while having a few drinks.</span></span></i></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The general consensus was that although I was qualified for the position, I probably would not get it because of my age. They said firms now are looking for younger men. Somebody my age and with the experience I had demanded to high a salary.</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">You're not that old, what went wrong?</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I got up this morning and thought to myself that my friends where probably right. So I went to the pharmacy and bought some </span></span></i></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1302361041_5"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1302782796_20"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">hair dye</span></span></i></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> and hemorrhoid cream.</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"</span></span></span><a rel="nofollow" id="aptureLink_TiahgDzP3i" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mZAtpFXmQE"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1302782796_21" style="color: rgb(54, 99, 136); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Hemorrhoid Cream?</span></span></i></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">" I asked.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Yeah, I read somewhere that rubbing hemorrhoid cream on your face smooths the skin and makes it look younger. I also dyed my hair."</span></span></i></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">At this point he took his cap off, exposing a shock of </span></span></span><a rel="nofollow" id="aptureLink_Ksj1gqkX9I" target="_blank" href="http://jay3arr.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/hoops_weiss_drunk_on_toupee_bliss.jpg"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1302782796_22" style="color: rgb(54, 99, 136); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">jet </span></span></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1302361041_6" style="color: rgb(54, 99, 136); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">black hair</span></span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> .</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So, I'm sitting in the interview and all I can think of is that I have a**hole cream all over my face. I start to sweat and this just makes it worse. I keep hearing my interviewer using words like experienced and maturity. I can feel the sweat running down my face and try to wipe it off with my hand. it comes away like I have dipped my hand in a bucket of lard. The interview thankfully comes to and end and my prospective boss shakes my hand. The look of horror on his face tells me if there was ever any doubt, that I have blown the interview. I stumble to the bathroom and look at myself in the mirror. The image that stares back at me is a hybrid of </span></span></i></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a rel="nofollow" id="aptureLink_19XWYZUugy" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5614857127/"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1302782796_23" style="color: rgb(54, 99, 136); "><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1302361041_7" style="color: rgb(54, 99, 136); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Joan Rivers</span></span></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> and </span></span></i></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1302361041_8" style="color: rgb(54, 99, 136); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Wayne Newton.</span></span></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"</span></span></i></span></span></a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">My last piece of advice,</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">" I say, "</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Have another drink.</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"</span></span></span></p></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">- Joe</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">-------------------------------</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">-------------------------------</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This week's video is a strange one. </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Mr Crispin Glover's</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> "</span></span></span><a rel="nofollow" id="aptureLink_KK9BErbv0v" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH6b_lSQst0"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1302782796_24" style="color: rgb(54, 99, 136); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Clowny Clown Clown.</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Uh, "Enjoy?" (</span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Not sure if that is the right word...</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">)</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">C:</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; 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This Week</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div>C:http://www.blogger.com/profile/07677412188827477341noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-788908447977790287.post-81919799694637896192011-03-31T17:00:00.001-04:002011-03-31T17:00:01.666-04:00Bay Mosa<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">So, tomorrow, April 1st, marks the grand re-opening of Salem's own, </span></span><a id="aptureLink_UmHXaPtxiz" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lobstershanty/3113900213/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Lobster Shanty</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. In honor of this auspicious occasion, we here at <i>Greatest Drink in the World... This Week</i>, have decided to post their original creation, the <b>Bay Mosa</b>, created during those last hours before they shut down for the deepest, slumberiest heart of this <a id="aptureLink_pTnUjOcCdB" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5432050757/">past winter</a>... Brrrr.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The name, Bay Mosa, is a </span></span><a id="aptureLink_R7ySYL7Ixv" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5549339593/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">portmanteau</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> from the names of two other cocktails, the </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Bay Breeze</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and the </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Mimosa</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, due to the fact that the drink has elements of both. But the end result is a whole different category of yummy.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It is a simple, delicate kind of cocktail. Based on champagne, (or "sparkling wine" if of the non-French variety!), and with the addition of a sweet, (and damned tasty!) pomegranate liqueur and pineapple, this drink NEEDS to be assembled lovingly, (and, although </span></span><a id="aptureLink_hvbsNFcjHo" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5573445297/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Dee</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> claims <i>chance </i>was a factor in its evolution, this baby is dripping with <i>"intelligent design!"</i>) </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Recipe:</span></span></b><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Into a cocktail shaker of ice, add:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- a heavy splash, (sploosh?) of </span></span><a id="aptureLink_sq7YQXYNGx" href="http://www.saxcointl.com/images/pama%20liqueur.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Pama, Pomegranate Liqueur</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- a splash of pineapple juice</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- Shake well!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- Strain into a nice sized wine goblet</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- gently pour in about 4 ounces of </span></span><a id="aptureLink_eVNMaQOBzV" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5549339649/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Champagne</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, or sparkling wine.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 224px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/TSiuyYnJ05I/AAAAAAAABX8/Nvg9ifG_9Gs/s400/IMG_3095.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559885920612242322" /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b>Dee's notes</b>: Li'l Sarah, (</span></span><a id="aptureLink_vxnwdHrmE7" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5573445349/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i>Sarah Stellato</i></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i>, our bar manager</i>,) was facing a conundrum - it was just after New Year's Eve when we found ourselves with a leftover case of inexpensive, (<i>for mixing only,</i>) Champagne. The Shanty was closing soon and we didn't want to order any more product. We figured we'd feature Mimosas for the rest of the season, however we were low on orange juice and there was a </span></span><a id="aptureLink_8MR41W8RvJ" href="http://imgsrv.centralmoinfo.com/image/WiresGraphic/2010-12-28T162339Z_01_BTRE6BR19JK00_RTROPTP_2_USREPORT-US-FLORIDA-CITRUS-FREEZE.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">citrus frost</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> down south so that </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a id="aptureLink_Yl4EyR7S48" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5574015486/">O.J. was extra pricey.</a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We looked around and discovered that we had plenty of pineapple juice left. We tried a sample of the two together, (<a id="aptureLink_IYn7n8HdvC" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5575902248/"><i>Oh! The hardship!</i></a>) but felt like it was missing something. Originally, we tried a bit of grenadine, but it was kinda cloying, so we looked around a little more and were overjoyed to discover that we had plenty of <i>Pama Liqueur</i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> left. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br />A splash of that instead of grenadine and we were in business. Not only did it help us sell down the extra product, but it was delicious to boot!<br /><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Necessity is truly the mother of invention - Win!<br />Dee</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">--------------------</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">--------------------</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Video of the week, (and only just <i>barely</i> related!) is a little number by <i>The New York Dolls</i> called <a id="aptureLink_oKxL6l4BIL" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_XEiV-l97o">Dance Like A Monkey</a>.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Enjoy!</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- C: </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div> </div></div></div></div>C:http://www.blogger.com/profile/07677412188827477341noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-788908447977790287.post-19897494666588789022011-03-24T17:00:00.004-04:002011-03-24T19:57:29.021-04:00The Taxi Driver Caipirinhia<div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uq4yYHpg92o/TYq23qreGoI/AAAAAAAABfA/KVTWjUfAAQg/s1600/IMG_3278.JPG"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It has been about a year, year and a half since Joe made his </span><a id="aptureLink_NUs7fL0Rc0" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5554753632/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Caipirinha</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> for me. I remember it distinctly; lime, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(41, 48, 59); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">cachaça</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, and a dash of sugar, all fizzied up with a splash o' soda. Mmmmm.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And so, Joe decided to resurrect this popular little number with a twist, (</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">as is befitting Joe's idiom,</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">) and presented me with this week's offering, The 'Taxi Driver Caipirinha."</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Recipe:</span></b></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Into a cocktail shaker full of ice, add:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- 1 part </span></span><a id="aptureLink_mpRybnvmce" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5545293004/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Galliano</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, (</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Home-Made</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> or otherwise!)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- 1 part </span></span><a id="aptureLink_ioPjL4sm47" href="http://www.proof66.com/images/Vana%20Tallin.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Vana Talinn</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- 2 parts Orange Juice</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- 4 parts </span></span><a id="aptureLink_vRfDPHftW4" href="http://www.killingtime.com/Pegu/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/cachaca61.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Cacha</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(41, 48, 59); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">ç</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">a</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- Shake! </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Shake like the very wind!</span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- Strain into a large martini glass</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- Garnish with a slice of orange or a maraschino cherry.</span></span></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uq4yYHpg92o/TYq23qreGoI/AAAAAAAABfA/KVTWjUfAAQg/s1600/IMG_3278.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uq4yYHpg92o/TYq23qreGoI/AAAAAAAABfA/KVTWjUfAAQg/s400/IMG_3278.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587479355172199042" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 347px; " /></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Oh, sure, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#29303B;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I should've seen this coming. Joe has been threatening me for a while with revamping some of our earlier cocktail reviews. "</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Bring those great drinks from our early posts up to speed with all the bells and whistles</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> (i.e. pop-up illustrations, videos, tangental bar-chatter,) </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">of our modern postings.</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> And I have been stringing him along, (</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Yeah, we should! That is a great idea! We should DEFINITELY get around to doing that!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">"</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> with little or no time to spearhead this initiative. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#29303B;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#29303B;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">But, more recently, Joe has been complaining about his computer being on the blink. And this week, after dropping this tasty little number in front of me, he emails me saying his </span></span><a id="aptureLink_7EaFdnCiTt" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5554170651/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">home PC is dead</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and he can't send me any notes regarding the cocktail!</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#29303B;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#29303B;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Being a tad bit on the </span><a id="aptureLink_6ApETC9W5G" href="http://www.fakechineserubberplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/TinFoilHatArea.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">suspicious and jaded side</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, I assumed duplicity: "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">DID YOU THINK I WOULDN'T SEE THROUGH YOUR LITTLE PLAN!?! HA!!!</span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#29303B;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#29303B;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Anyways, this is what I thought had happened, until Joe emailed me a "</span></span><a id="aptureLink_skypAR8RNv" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5554170755/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Polaroid</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">" of the repairman he found on AOL. (</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">"</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">t was difficult finding a guy who knows the Sinclair ZX-81</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">,</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">"</span> he explained as the problem, whatever that means!)</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#29303B;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#29303B;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">So, in any case, Joe was unable to provide any notes for this week's Greatest Drink. This week, I walk alone!</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#29303B;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#29303B;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">From my experience with the cocktail, I </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">can</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> say that this "Taxi Driver" Caipirinha differs greatly from the original with the addition of the vanilla. The traditional "</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Taxi Driver</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">" calls for a healthy dash of vanilla extract. Joe opted for a new flavor on the ever-growing list of Passage liqueurs with the substitution of the </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Vana Tallinn</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#29303B;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This is a really nice liqueur with a rich, vanilla taste, giving our subject of the week a smooth velvety quality that mingles nicely with the citrus crowd of </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(41, 48, 59); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">O.J. and Galliano, (and remember, you can very nicely use Home-Made Galliano here. I know where you can find a good </span><a id="aptureLink_4U3SitrVz2" href="http://greatestdrink.blogspot.com/2011/03/home-made-liqueurs-3-galliano.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">recipe</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">!) and really makes that </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(41, 48, 59); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cachaça POP!</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(41, 48, 59); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(41, 48, 59); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I also found out that Vana Tallinn is named after and made in the Estonian capital city of </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Tallinn</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">,</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(41, 48, 59); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> (</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"Reval," for you in the </span></span><a id="aptureLink_181ZURffAK" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5554220463/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">nonagenarian crowd</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">) And wouldn't you know it, Tallinn was recently named "The European Capital of Culture for 2011."</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(41, 48, 59); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(41, 48, 59); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I am not sure if Joe knew this or not, but here we are, honoring Estonia for this achievement with a cocktail, and a cocktail that features another of their fine achievements!</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(41, 48, 59); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(41, 48, 59); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">That Joe. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(41, 48, 59); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I can't help wondering if he intentionally abandoned me this week, so that I could travel down this road of cultural enlightenment and learn these things for myself. So wise, he is, so inscrutable. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(41, 48, 59); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(41, 48, 59); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I swear, sometimes, I feel I work with </span></span><a id="aptureLink_WfGHZXlDdB" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5554345157/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Yoda</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(41, 48, 59); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(41, 48, 59); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(41, 48, 59); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(41, 48, 59); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(41, 48, 59); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(41, 48, 59); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This week's video, although only barely related, absolutely stinks with culture. Enjoy </span></span></span><a id="aptureLink_Ert7chi7nJ" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgbNymZ7vqY"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Bohemian Rhapsody!</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Teie Terviseks! </span></i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">C:</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(41, 48, 59); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(41, 48, 59); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(41, 48, 59); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(41, 48, 59); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div>C:http://www.blogger.com/profile/07677412188827477341noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-788908447977790287.post-5615288190789721062011-03-17T17:00:00.000-04:002011-03-17T17:00:05.468-04:00Irish Coffee<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /><br />With St. Patrick's Day here once again, we look for the perfect cocktail for those with the good taste to avoid the </span></span><a id="aptureLink_C1JJspnrrW" href="http://iruntheinternet.com/lulzdump/images/finger-vomiting-spewing-puppet-green-1275579860t.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">green beer</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">. After some deliberation, (</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">and Joe's veto of my vanilla ice cream, vodka, and creme de menthe "</span></i></span><a id="aptureLink_xl1AxtsuG2" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5530545373/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Shamrock Shake</span></i></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">" suggestion!</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">), the classic </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Irish Coffee</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> was unanimously decided upon!</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">How could this NOT be the </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Greatest Drink in the World this Week</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">!?! A delicious hot mug of the brew with a shot or two of fine Irish Whiskey.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Coffee snobs and enthusiasts can use their favorite brew. Whiskey aficionados certainly have a preferred whiskey, (</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I tend to choose the </span></i><a id="aptureLink_0mBPkh2ItT" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/S5cVkPs14HI/AAAAAAAAA6w/PaSeHVaizb0/s200/Page_1_2_2_2.jpg"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Paddy's</span></i></a><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> myself!</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">) and I mean, "</span></span><a id="aptureLink_9MVwhtJakl" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5530583207/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Begorrah</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">!" What </span></span><a id="aptureLink_za4C3JJWOj" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5507454081/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">better way</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> to start yer St. Patrick's Day festivities!?!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yf7Y3haT1cQ/TYAfX8n8HYI/AAAAAAAABcw/eBPfyqKzRDo/s1600/Coffee.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yf7Y3haT1cQ/TYAfX8n8HYI/AAAAAAAABcw/eBPfyqKzRDo/s400/Coffee.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584498034210512258" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 266px; " /></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Joe's notes:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> I spent a couple of years working in a pub in </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1300142589_1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Ireland,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> (</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I will get back to that in a minute.</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">) This is how I was taught to make an Irish Coffee. First boil a kettle of water and rinse out a stemmed glass with the </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1300142589_2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">boiling water, (</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">better yet if you have an </span></i><a id="aptureLink_JK6FT9votr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5531199880/"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Irish Coffee Mug!</span></i></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> This not only warms the glass but also helps prevents it from cracking. Into the glass put two heaping teaspoons of </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1300142589_3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">brown sugar</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> and one teaspoon of </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1300142589_4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">instant coffee granules</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> You, of course, can use brewed or whatever your </span><a id="aptureLink_jLTHjjh5QC" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5508053250/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">coffee preference</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> is, just make sure it is good and hot. Leaving the spoon in the glass pour in your boiling water and stir until the coffee and sugar have completely dissolved. Add a good shot of </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1300142589_5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Irish whiskey</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> In the pub we would used Paddy's or Powers but feel free to use any </span><a id="aptureLink_e7C9SJkSwn" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5530713825/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Irish Whiskey</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> you like. Place your glass, (</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">or mug</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">,) on a small plate for serving. Over the back of a spoon float double cream on top of the coffee. You now should be left with something that resembles a glass of Guinness. If you plan on using cream from an aerosol can, or </span><a id="aptureLink_W1TK9cxmEg" href="http://imagecache6.allposters.com/LRG/10/1054/DKJL000Z.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">drizzling creme de menthe</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> over the top...., </span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">don't</span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Now, back to how I ended up working in a pub in Ireland. In the early seventies, when I was a mere fourteen, (</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">yes, I'm that old</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">,) my father, in his infinite wisdom, thought it would be a good idea to uproot our family and move it to the midlands of Ireland. Another stroke of genius he had, was to deposit me in a Catholic school run by the </span><a id="aptureLink_cTnfwND3fU" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5531328596/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Christian brothers</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">. My father was a staunch protestant originally from </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1300142589_7"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Londonderry, Northern Ireland</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, so I really don't know where his head was at this time. After a very short period of time, the "brothers" realized that I would never be a candidate for the seminary, and I was left to my own devices.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">At fifteen, while still at school, I got my first bar job. I was, of course, delighted to have a few "</span><a id="aptureLink_Wfh98WBVum" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5533910184/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">punt</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">" in my pocket at the end of the week. It also gave me great pleasure to flaunt my presence in the bar to the few </span><a id="aptureLink_sPmHXL51yA" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5531374598/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">lay teachers</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> that came in. </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Initially I was only allowed to serve drinks to the tables and clear away the </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1300142589_8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">empty glasses</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">. But eventually, I was permitted to make drinks, including the ever popular </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Caife Gaelach</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> and under strict supervision, build a pint of </span><a id="aptureLink_pRIlfVf2Cl" href="http://brizbunny.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/giant-guinness-can.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Guinness</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">At closing time, while the "</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">punters</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">" where enjoying a "</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">lock in</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">", I was stationed at the front door leaning on a push broom.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">After an hour or so, on spotting the police strolling in our direction, my job was to run into the pub shouting "</span><a id="aptureLink_ITuXuTQHtD" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5531396210/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Garda, Garda</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">."</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">At this the singing would stop, and the pub would descend into semi darkness. The police at this time new exactly what was happening, they didn't care as long as the pub was cleared out when they walked back about twenty minutes later.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In fact, it was quite common to have an officer of the law sitting in the semi darkness finishing his pint.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Of course, this would never happen at the Passage. If you do happen to see me leaning on a push broom after closing, I am sorry to say that I am probably just sweeping up the cigarette butts.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Sláinte</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">-----------------</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">-----------------</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This week's video is from the Serbian band, "Irish Stew of Sindidun:" </span><a id="aptureLink_D20hLpHuej" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu2_PIgxPAE"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Why</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I dig this band - C:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p></span></div>C:http://www.blogger.com/profile/07677412188827477341noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-788908447977790287.post-26151139648909169552011-03-10T17:00:00.002-05:002011-03-10T21:08:09.837-05:00Home-Made Liqueurs, #4: Galliano<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Way back in the day, the mid-seventies to be specific, </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">THE</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> popular drink was the </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Harvey Wallbanger</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">. Just yer garden variety screwdriver, but with some Galliano on top. And THAT made all the difference.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Galliano</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">: That golden liqueur in the bordering-on-obscenely long bottle, with its subtle blend of flavors: vanilla, liquorice, citrus, the work together to bring out the flavors of its surrounding elements without overpowering them.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Now, you can make up a batch of this stuff all on your own thanks to the </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Home-Made Liqueurs</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> series from </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Greatest Drink in the World... This Week!</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span></span><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Home-Made Galliano</span></b></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica; min-height: 19.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Ingredients</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">: </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica; min-height: 19.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">2 cups sugar</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">⅔ cup water</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">½ tsp of anise extract</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">½ teaspoon of vanilla extract</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">3 teaspoons lemon or lime juice</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">4 drops yellow food coloring</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">2 ½ cups of 80 proof vodka</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica; min-height: 19.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Directions</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">:</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">▸ Bring water and sugar to a boil, stirring frequently.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">▸ Lower heat and simmer for fifteen minutes.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">▸ Add flavorings, lemon/lime juice and coloring.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">▸ Let cool to room temperature.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">▸ Add your vodka.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">▸ Pour into a tightly corked bottle and store for six weeks.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Makes one quart.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9Msb_Exf94U/TXRKSEhdjwI/AAAAAAAABcY/da3PeOUhwrU/s1600/Page_1.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9Msb_Exf94U/TXRKSEhdjwI/AAAAAAAABcY/da3PeOUhwrU/s400/Page_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581167512531078914" style="cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></a></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TC0Yo_bCp1w/TXRKR3uBOYI/AAAAAAAABcQ/yyYYDU9Lluc/s1600/Page_1.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TC0Yo_bCp1w/TXRKR3uBOYI/AAAAAAAABcQ/yyYYDU9Lluc/s400/Page_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581167509094087042" style="cursor: pointer; width: 294px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></a></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Galliano</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> is the primary ingredient in the Harvey Wallbanger, of course, (named after that </span><a id="aptureLink_nyChGpArbr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5510994916/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">giant rabbit</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> from the Jimmy Stewart movie, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Harvey</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, who, according to legend, got totally plowed on Screwdrivers and Galliano while filming and smashed through some scenery, hence the name!), but Galliano is also one of the main ingredients in many other famous cocktails, too. </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">One can't have a </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a id="aptureLink_5zDbkMxeI2" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5510394513/"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Yellow Bird</span></i></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> without Galliano in it. It is always in a </span><a id="aptureLink_GHxDiHdV2B" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5510394473/"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Golden Cadillac</span></i></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, and a </span><a id="aptureLink_KsCrUHdcTq" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5510394545/"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Golden Dream</span></i></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> would be no dream at all without a drop or two!</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In fact, HERE'S a little hint, most cocktails with the word "Wall," "</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Yellow</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">" or "</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Golden</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">" in the name, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">PROBABLY</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> contain Galliano.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Yup. Its just that big a deal.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So, get in on it at your home bar with a home-made batch of the stuff, or brew some up for a gift for a </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Wallbanger</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> enthusiast! </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Just make sure to put it in a REALLY long bottle for the full effect!</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Oh, by the way, a </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a id="aptureLink_qiEu1XF7Lp" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5510430187/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Slow Comfortable Screw Against the Wall</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> ... is </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">ALSO</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> made with Galliano. </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Think about it!</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Cheers, </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">C:</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">------------------</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">------------------</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A little inspirational music for this week's </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Completely Unrelated Video</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">. "</span><a id="aptureLink_ufPdanmNjK" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhUCQCTZnkk"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Let The Sun Shine In.</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></p></div>C:http://www.blogger.com/profile/07677412188827477341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-788908447977790287.post-2865124088305612122011-02-24T17:00:00.001-05:002011-02-25T13:55:01.520-05:00The Rum Swizzler<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Originally called a </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Bermuda Rum Swizzler, </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">(for the Gosling Bermuda Rum!) the name got truncated with the inclusion of the Appleton Estate Jamaica Rum, but the change was worth it!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">When Joe mixed this little beauty up for me, I was diggin' it with a powerful love!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">It is just the right combination of rum and juices that really scratches me right where I itch! </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b>The Recipe:</b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Into a cocktail shaker full of ice add:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">-A 3-count of </span></span><a id="aptureLink_Cjw7Cg0O8Z" href="http://www.americancocktails.com/images/bottles/spirit_review_bottles/bottle-goslings-rum.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Gosling Black Seal Bermuda Black Rum,</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">- a 2-count of </span></span><a id="aptureLink_rPco4JTI2R" href="http://gearpatrol.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Appleton-Estate-Rum_gearpatrol.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Appleton Estate Jamaica Rum</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">, </span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><a id="aptureLink_dLoG67zaCH" href="http://gearpatrol.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Appleton-Estate-Rum_gearpatrol.jpg"></a></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">- a 1-count of </span></span><a id="aptureLink_wR21z5ViZ4" href="http://www.feebrothers.com/ProductImages/FalG.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">falernum</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">- 1 whole lime, (squozen and juiced!)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">- a 2 count orange juice,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">- a 2-count pineapple juice</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Shake until </span></span><a id="aptureLink_Ld4rSCWKir" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5474362931/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">frrrothy</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">, (if possible, roll your r's in reading this. Thank you.)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Strain into a nice hurricane glass and garnish with a wedge of lime and a cherry.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iGY8K9OKaTs/TWQXLz-1Y-I/AAAAAAAABb4/6P6b36TyRgs/s1600/Rum%2BSwizzler.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 317px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iGY8K9OKaTs/TWQXLz-1Y-I/AAAAAAAABb4/6P6b36TyRgs/s400/Rum%2BSwizzler.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576607730291270626" /></span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b>Joe's notes:</b> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">As the temperatures in the North East soared over the </span></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1298525596_0"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">freezing point</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> this past weekend, my palate began to crave a more tropical flavor. <i>The Rum Swizzler</i>, with both <a id="aptureLink_PBprJIV0zJ" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/4666681941/">falernum</a> and rum, fitted the bill quite nicely, (for further falernum recipes, type "falernum" in the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><a id="aptureLink_u238HK2pCs" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5477139528/">search box</a> on side panel of blog).</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Rum and the images it conjures up, desert islands, buried treasures and swashbuckling heroes has been a favorite of mine since </span></span><a id="aptureLink_QPe3xFfD58" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5476982620/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">childhood</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">. Now before you tag me as some sort of pediatric dipsomaniac or </span></span><a id="aptureLink_EALHvOzo3Z" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5474958998/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">demented Ahab</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">, let me explain.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><div style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> When I was just a mere lad, dodging my way through the streets of </span></span><a id="aptureLink_KP9rUGOhKx" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5474445677/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Old Blighty</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">, I would often offer up a few coins to the counter assistant in exchange for a bar of "</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><a id="aptureLink_wwEZCtvmYo" href="http://www.sweetheaven-online.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/Cadburys-Old-Jamaica.jpg">Old Jamaica</a>.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">" Under the wrapper, embossed with a pirate ship, lay the treasure, a </span></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1298525596_1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">delicious dark chocolate bar</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> crammed with rum soaked raisins. </span></span></div><div style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Another childhood favorite of mine was the "<a id="aptureLink_uIHbVcPGfL" href="http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/thumblarge_343/1229107583P50RV7.jpg">Rum Baba</a>". This was a light pastry similar to a brioche, speckled with raisins and soaked in a thick rum laced sugar syrup. Sitting in class with the front of my school shirt and tie heavily stained with the syrup, I would receive the customary smack around the back of the head. Do you think I cared?</span></span></div><div style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:large;">Bus fare spent and pockets stuffed with rum and butter candies, I would happily walk the three miles home.</span></span></div><div style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> With age, however, I have put these childhood delicacies behind me. I am now enjoying my rum in its liquid form.</span></span></div><div style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">In fact, I am sitting in my </span></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1298525596_2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Halloween</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><a id="aptureLink_PHGuPvT8lR" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5476421151/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Pirates of the Caribbean costume</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> and drinking a Rum Swizzler out of a pewter tankard.</span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> I hope the wife is not going to make me walk the plank.... Oops! Speaking of treasure....here she comes now.</span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Ahoy, me mateys!</span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">-------------------------</span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">-------------------------</span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">This wasn't my first choice for The <i>Video of the Week</i>, but it is so related, and done really well, (and after Joe's notes, I had little choice otherwise!)</span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><a id="aptureLink_qSE1fMNIVh" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JImcvtJzIK8"><b><i>Why is the rum gone?</i></b></a><b><i> </i></b></span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div></span>C:http://www.blogger.com/profile/07677412188827477341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-788908447977790287.post-13524822594882160532011-02-17T17:00:00.003-05:002011-02-17T18:22:05.720-05:00The Washington Apple<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Joe has been trying to get me to try this drink for months now! Okay! Okay!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I had resisted for a spell because I was all a-feared that an apple-based cocktail would be too tart for my tastes. I was quite relieved to see that my fears were unfounded!! That Royal Crown really grounds this baby, and with just a 'smack' of apple...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; "><i>Very nice!</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Read on!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">The Recipe:</span></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Into a large cocktail shaker, add:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">- a 4 count of </span></span><a id="aptureLink_Mdm20RICQu" href="http://blog.purentonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/crown-royal-canadian-blended-whisky.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Crown Royal</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">, </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">- a 3 count of </span></span><a id="aptureLink_ykX2StEK1Y" href="http://grinandbakeit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/apple_pucker.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Apple Pucker</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">, </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">- a generous "sploosh" of </span></span><a id="aptureLink_ztQ06wkdlK" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rBYfrzaBuBo/SwWJaztk6nI/AAAAAAAAAFA/WYCPhi_n1wU/s1600/ocean+spray+commercial.png"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">cranberry juice</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Shake, shake, shake...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">- garnish with a slice of orange.</span></span></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/TTitfnt24GI/AAAAAAAABZU/fjntlLu-qmw/s1600/IMG_3099.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/TTitfnt24GI/AAAAAAAABZU/fjntlLu-qmw/s400/IMG_3099.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564388098365120610" style="cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Joe's Notes:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> The Washington Apple is like a box of chocolates, you can never have just one. </span></span></div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Okay, so how many of you, when you started to read this, thought, "</span></span><a id="aptureLink_pNQ9eXkepK" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5448554890/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Forrest Gump?</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> " </span></span></div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Actually, this is one of the all-time misquoted sayings. He actually said "</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Life WAS like a box of chocolates.</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">" A small point, granted, but it did get me thinking: What about Washington and his apple tree? (</span></span><a id="aptureLink_XjXrNvmtl1" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5447772629/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Research Assistant, Kerry</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> believes that it was a </span></span><a id="aptureLink_xSbLiDm9P4" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5447721067/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">cherry tree</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> and not an apple tree that the young George Washington cut down.) In fact there is no evidence to support that he cut down an apple or any other sort of tree.</span></span></div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> "</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Houston, we have a problem.</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">" </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">On the fated </span></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1297772455_3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Apollo 13 Mission, Commander Jack Swigert </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">actually said " O.K., </span></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1295993086_5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Houston</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">, we've had a problem." I prefer the misquote, (as did </span></span><a id="aptureLink_7iUTcY3w5z" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5447721165/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Ron Howard</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">,) and tend to use it quite frequently.</span></span></div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">"</span></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1295993086_7"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Beam me up, Scotty</span></span></i></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">.</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">" The intrepid Captain Kirk never did say these immortal words, instead he said. "</span></span><a id="aptureLink_342ssuwe1d" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG-vBVyIMIk"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Scotty, beam me up</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">."</span></span></div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Why does this happen? Could it be like the children's </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">game </span></span><a id="aptureLink_lXxogJ5R6N" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5451876337/"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Chinese Whispers</span></span></i></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> , or do we purposely misquote to improve on an idea?</span></span></div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Here's one for all you history buffs. It is also an example of purposely misquoting. At the Battle of Trafalgar, Admiral Neslon's dying words to his ever trusty side-kick, Captain Hardy, supposedly were "</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Kiss me, Hardy</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">." This has caused many a classroom of English kids to erupt into peels of laughter during history class.</span></span></div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">It was later taught that his dying words where "</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Kismet, Hardy</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">," Kismet meaning fate. This, although not true, was taught for the unfounded fear that the great Admiral Nelson could possibly have been "batting for the other team." </span></span></div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">One interesting point about Nelson is that his body was preserved in a barrel of brandy. I wonder if this where "dead drunk" comes from?</span></span></div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">So what has all this got to do with the </span></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1295993086_10"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Washington Apple</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">? Absolutely nothing! But frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.</span></span></div><div style="font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">So go out and get yourself a Washington Apple. A very splendid cocktail. And you can quote me on that.</span></span></div><div style="font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> Joe the Bartender</span></span></div><div style="font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">-------------------------------</span></span></div><div style="font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">-------------------------------</span></span></div><div style="font-size:12pt;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">BARELY</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">-Related Video this week: Spinal Tap's </span></span><a id="aptureLink_qRe4WOgsjf" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsOxgwF9LlM"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Majesty of Rock</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">!</span></span></div><div style="font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Cheers!</span></span></div><div style="font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div></span></div>C:http://www.blogger.com/profile/07677412188827477341noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-788908447977790287.post-74398089375010537102011-02-10T17:00:00.002-05:002011-02-10T17:29:00.188-05:00Glühwein<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/TVHv9JO0uUI/AAAAAAAABbo/Q_atvvp1Xrc/s1600/IMG_3188.JPG"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/TVHv8y8OjfI/AAAAAAAABbg/8KtEabJwEyM/s1600/IMG_3187.JPG"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So, this week, Joe decided to further blur the already-blurry line between mixology and cooking! With a massive crockpot, a wide assortment of fine ingredients, and the finesse of </span><a id="aptureLink_TNxFW8r0nQ" href="http://blog.auburn.edu/AuburnMagazine/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/swedish_chef1251766987.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">master chef</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, he brewed up a huge batch of Glühwein, (pronounced "</span><a id="aptureLink_RtSu3KggQA" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5419493418/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">glue-vine</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> ,") right there on the bar! </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This week's post is all about that!</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Ingredients:</span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">• 1 </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1296268051_0"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">bottle of red wine,</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; ">• 2 - Cinnamon sticks – Cinnamon is very traditional. Break the sticks into pieces 1 – 2 inches each,</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">• 16 </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1296268051_1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Whole Cloves</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> – again, a traditional ingredient,<br />• 1 Orange,<br />• 2 tablespoons "runny" honey,<br />• 1 heaping teaspoon of mixed, ground </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1296268051_2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Christmas-cake</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> spices, (or equivalent amount of ground allspice, nutmeg, and coriander, all mixed together,)<br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; ">• I also add cardamom,</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; ">• Water – wineglass full</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Recipe: </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />1. Put water in large pan and place over medium heat.<br /><br />2. Add cinnamon, honey, and spices.<br /><br />3. While honey is dissolving cut the orange into quarter lengthways, then cut them in half so you have eight pieces. Push two of the cloves into the skin of each piece and add to the pan.</span><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/TVHv9JO0uUI/AAAAAAAABbo/Q_atvvp1Xrc/s200/IMG_3188.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571498047763167554" style="float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 149px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />4. Pour in all the wine!</span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">5. Bring the heat up. It should not boil so as when bubbles start rising turn the heat off.<br /><br />6. As soon as it is cool enough to taste, test it for sweetness. If it is not sweet enough add sugar to taste and stir to dissolve.<br /><br />7. Let the pan stand for an hour or longer so the flavours develop.<br /><br />8. Warm gently before serving and spoon out into a heatproof glass, leaving the oranges and cinnamon behind. Optionally garnish with </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1296268051_3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">slice of lemon </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">or fresh stick of cinnamon.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/TVHxKvMvjvI/AAAAAAAABbw/ni9LmdMm8QU/s1600/IMG_3196.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/TVHxKvMvjvI/AAAAAAAABbw/ni9LmdMm8QU/s400/IMG_3196.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571499380804914930" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 396px; " /></span></a></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Chris's notes:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> I am not a wine drinker by nature. Don't get me wrong, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I wish I was!</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> I have seen movies with </span><a id="aptureLink_Ep6Ds6l3lk" href="http://www.joelkimmel.com/uploaded_images/musketeers-743216.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Musketeers</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> downing it with gusto and solidarity, </span><a id="aptureLink_bcrE2gLGbU" href="http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/thumblarge_236/1202828783CB3PaB.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Roman centurions</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> raising flagons of the stuff with uproarious abandon, King Arthur and his </span><a id="aptureLink_1y7W2AK5c7" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5432660602/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">knights in armor</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, both shining and otherwise, all draining mugs and chalices of vino and seemingly loving it. I envy them! </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"></span>But it just never really got me going. </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So, when Joe told me of his recipe for "Glühwein," I was dubious. I mean, "hot wine?" I never saw that in any of those "</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">historical fiction</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">" flicks! </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Joe dismissed my worries and began making it, and insisting that I would like it. And even as I clung to my reservations, I began to realize that my palate, unseasoned in the ways and nuances of the grape, might be the best impartial judge of the stuff.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/TVHv8y8OjfI/AAAAAAAABbg/8KtEabJwEyM/s200/IMG_3187.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571498041779588594" style="float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 135px; height: 200px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">To start with, as the brew was in the pot, periodically checked on by Joe, (and occasionally, a curious Delip,) the entire bar was filled with the scents of all those wintery spices of clove, cinnamon, nutmeg, and the like, (and believe me, there are many smells and many spices competing for airspace in an Indian restaurant!)</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The brew itself is a real "warmer-upper." Joe says that he has frequently seen it served as an "</span><a id="aptureLink_hu0keJEMhD" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5419534624/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">apres-ski</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">" drink in the Swiss alps. (I realize he may well be full of... uh, stories, on this, but it is not hard to believe!)</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Yes, it is wine-y, but so much more. All of those spices and ingredients make a real nice taste. Very much what one would associate with this time of year. Nothing overpowering or foreign, just a very familiar and delicious drink to warm one's winter bones!</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: auto;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Joe's Notes</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">To combat all the snow that we have had to endure recently, I decided to whip up an urn or two of my favorite Glühwein recipe. I believed that those brave enough to battle their way through the arctic landscape that </span><a id="aptureLink_8Un9u6TdeZ" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5432050757/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Salem has become</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, certainly deserved something special for their efforts. </span></p><p style="text-align: auto;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: auto;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">During the Christmas period in </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1297195467_0"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Germany,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> special markets spring up in all the towns and cities. Nestled amongst the hand-crafted </span><a id="aptureLink_9U4V1SXZof" href="http://www.swindontowncentre.co.uk/uploaded_files/1556/images/german%20market%201.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">decorations</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> and </span><a id="aptureLink_BhzzNaNjP8" href="http://www.citylife.co.uk/img/9894/9920_german_sausage_stall_in_albert_square.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">sausage stands</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, you can easily spot the a plume of steam rising from the </span><a id="aptureLink_B784tYJCiA" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5429919554/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Glühwein stall</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">. For a few euros you can purchase a cup of steaming Glühwein to warm your soul. Glühwein's literal translation is "Glow Wine" because of the glow you feel after consuming a cup or two. Remember, you only want to glow, not </span><a id="aptureLink_xwTLHjTjZZ" href="http://www.americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/wish-you-were-here.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">spontaneously combust</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, so be careful of the amount of Glühwein you consume. </span></p><p style="text-align: auto;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: auto;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">During the hedonistic eighties in London, </span><a id="aptureLink_Tr9fTKPhzq" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJv4fhA7keI"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">wine bars</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> sprung up all over town like zits on a teenager. Business-suited city workers could be spotted after lunch emerging from their favorite wine bar. Many, furiously glowing and sporting the remnants of their Glühwein consumption as a stain around their mouths, like the painted-on smile of </span><a id="aptureLink_6aNTsvTwR7" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5429759426/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The Joker</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> from Batman. They headed back to their office or cubicle to sleep it off until their release at five o'clock, when the wine bars once again would be filled to capacity with smiling Glühwein drinkers.</span></p><p style="text-align: auto;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> <!--EndFragment--> </p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">There are many different recipes for Glühwein, Vin Chaud and </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1297195467_1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Mulled Wine</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">. I like this recipe because of its simple list of ingredients.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Depending on your preference you can make it sweeter or more citrus. Some people like to add a shot of blueberry or other flavored schnapps to each cup. This of course will add to the alcohol content. Remember to pierce the orange skin with the cloves. This will prevent any stray cloves from ending up stuck in your guests teeth. Alternately you could strain your Glühwein before serving it. </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Incidentally, I will be rustling up a fresh batch of my Glühwein recipe at the Passage Lounge this weekend if anybody wants to stop by.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Prost!</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Joe the Bartender</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">---------------------</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">---------------------</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Completely Unrelated Video this week, but just the epitome of coolness. </span><a id="aptureLink_sQMKdvuQ0j" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5hae6PlPYA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Shatner</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> on Lopez.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Cheers!</span></p></span>C:http://www.blogger.com/profile/07677412188827477341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-788908447977790287.post-26101901337194492282011-02-03T17:00:00.003-05:002011-02-03T17:50:16.915-05:00The Flaming Pumpkin<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:medium;"><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span" style="font-family:tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:medium;"><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span" style="font-family:tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;">For her New Year's resolution, Senior Research Assistant, Kerry, said that she wanted to do a bit more reviewing for <i>The Greatest Drink in the World... This Week</i>, so I can think of no better drink for her to do so with than the one that Joe made specifically for her birthday!</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:medium;"><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span" style="font-family:tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:medium;"><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span" style="font-family:tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><b>The Recipe:</b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:medium;"><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span" style="font-family:tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">Into a shot glass, (of whatever size you choose!) add equal parts:</span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:medium;"><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span" style="font-family:tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;">- <a id="aptureLink_zvI1BEpYf3" href="http://cbregister.com/media/blogs/blog/random/2010/1/BAILEYS.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Bailey's Irish Cream</span></a> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:medium;"><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span" style="font-family:tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;">- <a id="aptureLink_k7eoUJxzfb" href="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/uploads/pics/kahlua.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Kahlua</span></a> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:medium;"><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span" style="font-family:tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;">-<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;"> </span></span></span><a id="aptureLink_V3BZV5vHE9" href="http://www.proof66.com/images/Goldschlager.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Goldschlager</span></a> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span" style="font-family:tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:medium;"><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span" style="font-family:tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;">- Light it on fire,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span" style="font-family:tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:medium;"><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span" style="font-family:tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;">- Say your "oohs" or "ahhhs" as it warms the shot,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span" style="font-family:tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:medium;"><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span" style="font-family:tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;">- Blow it out before drinking! (<i>DO NOT OMIT THIS STEP!!!</i>)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:medium;"><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span" style="font-family:tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:medium;"><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span" style="font-family:tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:medium;"><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span" style="font-family:tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/TUopYRn57-I/AAAAAAAABbQ/1QLYxO66zZo/s1600/IMG_3183.JPG"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/TUopYRn57-I/AAAAAAAABbQ/1QLYxO66zZo/s400/IMG_3183.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569309386221416418" style="cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:medium;"><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span" style="font-family:tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><b>Kerry's notes:</b> It was my <a id="aptureLink_G4oZfLedcN" href="http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h236/rattandkitt/birthday-beer.jpg">birthday</a> last Friday and I was greeted at the door to <a id="aptureLink_Z2vcfsYD6m" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/4917916701/">The Passage</a> by <a id="aptureLink_45boh5oItW" href="http://www.blujay.com/1/336/2789152_s1_i1.jpg">the man himself</a>. I got a warm happy birthday wish from Joe followed by an even warmer birthday shot.</span></span><div><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:medium;"><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span" style="font-family:tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;">The name alone, <a id="aptureLink_QVzGoHIjrY" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5398948328/">The Flaming Pumpkin</a>, conjures up visions from the movies about the <a id="aptureLink_eYVZDkD0ty" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5398345153/">Legend of Sleepy Hollow</a>, but the taste is like a <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1296329139_1">delicious pumpkin pie</span> minus the crust. It is actually flaming when served...thanks to the Goldschlager and the tastes warms from start to finish. The mixture of Kahlua, Bailey's and Goldschlager make a perfect combination for a wintry drink. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span" style="font-family:tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:medium;"><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span" style="font-family:tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;">Though it is served as a shot, it is so good you quickly find you want to sip and enjoy every last bit of it. The warmth from the flame and taste help to ease the mind from the <a id="aptureLink_cWhS1llHW2" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5411972971/">cold winter days</a>. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span" style="font-family:tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:medium;"><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span" style="font-family:tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;">Thanks for the birthday drink/shot Joe. I loved it!</span><div><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span" style="font-family:tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><i><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span" style="font-family:tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;">Comments on The Flaming Pumpkin from other researchers:</span></i></div><div><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">"It warms your throat when you drink it. It's not that burning feel you get from straight alcohol though. It's a good warm."</span></span></i></span></div><div><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">"You think it's going to burn on the initial sip. Then you are pleasantly </span></span></i><a id="aptureLink_HVRCJmVqYd" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5398948498/"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">surprised</span></span></i></a><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">. This is a great drink!"</span></span></i></span></div><div><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">"It's like Goldshlager followed by </span></span></i><a id="aptureLink_fswMCn1psU" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5398948536/"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Yankee Candle.</span></span></i></a><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">"</span></span></i></span></div><div><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span" style="font-family:tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span">Thanks for the comments Chris, Michelle, & Dee!</span></div><div><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span">Kerry</span></div><div><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span">-----------------</span></div><div><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span">-----------------</span></div><div><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span">And a very special <i>Barely-Related Video</i> for Kerry's birthday: Eddie Murphy's </span></div><div><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a id="aptureLink_MUWKrihWzU" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDbpzjbXUZI">Party All The Time!</a> </span></span></div><div><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Happy Birthday, Kerry!</span></span></div><div>- <a id="aptureLink_3WIUIqpv4J" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5412559106/">C:</a> </div><div><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span" style="font-family:tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="yiv111611707Apple-style-span" style="font-family:tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div></span></div></div>C:http://www.blogger.com/profile/07677412188827477341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-788908447977790287.post-44987876607181274812011-01-27T17:00:00.000-05:002011-01-27T17:00:01.703-05:00The Red Planet Martini<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br />So, Senior Research Assistant, Kerry, and I meet up with long-time regular <i>researcher,</i> Sharon Mc. at The Lobster Shanty to "research" a new drink, (<i>review for that one coming soon</i>.) </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">While there, we hear from fellow patrons about this young bartender, Dan, over at <a id="aptureLink_gHafdzVeJx" href="http://o3.aolcdn.com/dims-shared/dims3/PATCH/resize/600x450/http://hss-prod.hss.aol.com/hss/storage/patch/4d2aa2c7e9758fc20daea097a30082e6">The Adriatic</a> , (<i>yet ANOTHER Salem watering hole and site of a previous blog contribution, "</i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a id="aptureLink_trI2oUYuxZ" href="http://greatestdrink.blogspot.com/2010/10/zaya-zinger.html"><i>The Zaya Zinger</i></a><i> ,"</i>) who developed a new drink, a roasted red pepper martini.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Immediately intrigued, (bordering on salivating,) I decided to put The Adriatic on my route that evening!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The Recipe</span></b></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">:</span></b></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">- Fill a two ounce shot glass with </span></i></span><a id="aptureLink_tHz2DZIzmY" href="http://www.sks-bottle.com/RoastRedPepperJars.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">roasted red pepper</span></i></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">. Pour this in a pint glass, and add:</span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">- ¼ ounce of lemon juice,</span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">- 2 dashes of </span></i></span><a id="aptureLink_4hNl3vAWkV" href="http://www.examiner.com/images/blog/wysiwyg/image/angostura.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Angostura Bitters</span></i></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, </span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">- a pinch of salt.</span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Muddle all ingredients together. Go on! Muddle 'em!</span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">- Add ice</span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">- add one ounce </span></i></span><a id="aptureLink_bD8THL3GTG" href="http://www.1-877-spirits.com/store/images/large/Grand-Marnier-lg.jpg.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Grand Marnier</span></i></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">- add 4 ounces of Tequila, (Dan uses Silver, but you could substitute Gold for mellower flavor.) </span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">- Shake authoritatively, </span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">- Strain through a screen into a chilled martini glass with a salted rim,</span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">- garnish with a fresh basil leaf.</span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/TTtlSX_hJiI/AAAAAAAABa8/5Ux7iX3tV5w/s1600/securedownload.jpeg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/TTtlSX_hJiI/AAAAAAAABa8/5Ux7iX3tV5w/s400/securedownload.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565153130898859554" style="cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Original recipe by Dan MacLean, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Adriatic Restaurant</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, Salem, MA</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">So, I get to The Adriatic. When I saw Dan the Bartender, I called him over and said, "So I hear you've developed a new cocktail with roasted red pepper!"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">He looked very surprised and said, "What? How? I just made that drink, like, twelve hours ago!"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I sorta relished the moment and </span><a id="aptureLink_3YNSHZGqF5" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5393214793/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">bragged</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, "Well, I'm in the biz."</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I insisted on ordering this new concoction, and was able to share (</span><a id="aptureLink_Ty9wJbKYYq" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5388131375/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">a </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">LITTLE</span></i></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> ,) with my co-researchers, and it was agreed that this was an unusual cocktail that was not only delicious, but something so different that it NEEDED to be in the blog!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I pulled Dan aside and asked him how he decided on Roasted Red Peppers. He told me that while working on a new idea for a cocktail, he began thinking about foods, in particular, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">how they w</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">ork well together. Using the same principles, Dan went into the kitchen for inspiration and it was there that</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> he came up with the roasted red peppers as a base ingredient. A little trial and error, (and a few willing tasters,) and the final product was The Red Planet Martini! </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Now, I know what you're thinking, "Red Pepper Drink!?!"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">But </span><a id="aptureLink_klCz6aaXbT" href="http://www.theflyingsaucers.net/images/WeComeInPeace.gif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">do not fear</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">! Oh, this little red baby is very different, true! But, although very savory, the drink is still quite subtle in it's "vegetableness." I could easily see this become a 'house specialty' at The Adriatic, as it would compliment so many of their menu items.</span></span></div></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And, like its name, outta this world!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cheers!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">------------------------------------</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">------------------------------------</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This week's "Barely-related-video" this week is a post-mod swinger from outer-space hipster, Jet Screamer. Enjoy "</span><a id="aptureLink_evgw7COxd7" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suafkk2vWNI"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Epp Opp Ork Ah-Ah!</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div>C:http://www.blogger.com/profile/07677412188827477341noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-788908447977790287.post-17134281730989846872011-01-20T17:00:00.001-05:002011-01-20T17:00:04.035-05:00The Pineapple/Guava Zombie<a id="aptureLink_2UpwDL59Qk" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5363506217/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">TIKI-TIME!</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The single-digit temperatures, snow, ice and freezing rain this time of year, make me long for the islands with their undulating waves, tropical breezes, minimal attire, and, of course, rum. With this in mind, (</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">and because main mixologist Joe is on vacation, AGAIN!</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">) I decided to revamp a favorite number of my own.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Since posting </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">'</span></span></i><a id="aptureLink_LZxJrGQD5J" href="http://greatestdrink.blogspot.com/2009/11/my-mai-tai.html"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">MY MAI TAI</span></span></i></a><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">'</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> last, uh, </span></span><a id="aptureLink_kufgPLUGI0" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5373575918/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">whenever</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> , I have been doing a lot of experimenting with various rum combinations here at my </span></span><a id="aptureLink_zeR0coxcmz" href="http://www.starbase1.co.uk/Animated-GIF/Flags-Other/red-flag.gif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">home bar</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. After some trials and error, (and a few willing test subjects,) I believe I have finally found the Zombie recipe I have been searching for.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b>The Recipe</b>:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Into a cocktail shaker full of ice add:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- a 1 count of </span></span><a id="aptureLink_xtl3RGtUhb" href="http://www.beveragewarehouse.com/images/products/1232.gif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">151 Rum</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- a 1 count of </span></span><a id="aptureLink_8Za3mcMX3B" href="http://www.examiner.com/images/blog/EXID15885/images/4051SailorJerry360.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- a 2 count of </span></span><a id="aptureLink_UpvTLjM61L" href="http://www.instructables.com/image/FG9K4B3G6MPCCLH/Starting-With-the-Design.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">apricot brandy</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- a 1 count of </span></span><a id="aptureLink_2Tkj1ODkgr" href="http://edge.shop.com/ccimg.shop.com/230000/237700/237798/products/-!Captain%20Morgan%20Parrot%20Bay%20Pineapple%20Rum%20750ml--187631634.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Parrot Bay Pineapple Rum</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- a 4 count of </span></span><a id="aptureLink_ZGliaqPl5R" href="http://www.prevention.com/images/cma/pouronjuice1.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">guava/pineapple juice</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Shake "monstrously,"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- float </span></span><a id="aptureLink_fSa8AW6ec9" href="http://www.proof66.com/Images/Kraken_Black_Spiced_Rum.jpeg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Kraken Black Rum</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> on top,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- garnish with a chunk of pineapple and a little paper umbrella, (mandatory!)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 228px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/TSiwvn8WkqI/AAAAAAAABYM/_Hu3Wxq2Zgk/s400/Guava-Pineapple%2BZombie.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559888072211337890" /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Chris's Notes:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> I mentioned above about "</span></span><a id="aptureLink_6ds2J6z8QQ" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5336242545/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">willing test subjects</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">," allow me to elaborate on that particular evening!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Recently, (</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">deep into my recipe experimentation</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">,) the missus and I had some old friends over. We had pizza and shot the sh... uh, </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">breeze</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> about old times and whatnot.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Then, I tossed out, "Who wants to try my </span></span><a id="aptureLink_Iq0j73ESoH" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/4664631105/"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">new</span></span></i></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Guava/Pineapple Zombie?" </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Two of our guests, Ron and Joyce, claimed to be leery of hard liquor and would only try a small glass. One guest, Kenny, said how he LOVES Zombies and would definitely try one or two, and the other, Terry, couldn't as she was the </span></span><a id="aptureLink_umdTHZ1hNc" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5356314322/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">designated driver</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I got to mixing. I made Ron and Joyce each a 10-ounce cocktail, each a </span></span><a id="aptureLink_jymO3W4pPd" href="http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y148/Zippozeppo/mini_me_dr_evil.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">scaled-down version</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> of the original, with paper umbrella and all. (</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The paper umbrella IS mandatory, after all.</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">) </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Kenny and I both enjoyed our Zombies in their full-size, big-boy serving, pint glasses.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A unanimous cheer from all tasters. Ron and Joyce enjoyed the drink enough to get another two each. The loved how the guava/pineapple concealed much of the 151's power, but you could still taste the flavor.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Kenny? Kenny absolutely </span></span><a id="aptureLink_nwFreetolI" href="http://pauadreams.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/gravedigger.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">dug it!</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> He downed his and asked for another! A self-proclaimed Zombie connoisseur, he found this particular balance of flavors, juices and spirits to scratch him right where he itched!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Well, as our reminiscing drew to a close, and all of the Zombies were metered out, we said our "good evenings," and let the night end.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ron and Joyce, who were our overnight guests, slept like the </span></span><a id="aptureLink_2YO4OCMKOM" href="http://www.ssqq.com/halloween/images/a%20mummy.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">very dead</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, and then deep into the following morn. Terry called that following morning and confided that she needed to make a few unscheduled stops along the way home for Kenny to, uh, </span></span><a id="aptureLink_umoOVDKdSV" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5355744887/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">toss out</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> some of last night's pizza. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The moral of this week's story: <i>Beware the subtle power of the Zombie!</i> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Guava/Pineapple and the 151 are both intensely powerful and work very nicely together. But know your limits with this drink, kids. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Or the Zombie will bite you.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Chris</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">P.S. If Ron, Joyce, Terry, or Kenny read this: That was a great night, let's do it again soon!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">-------------------------</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">-------------------------</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The token video this week is, appropriately enough, </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Brains</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> with '</span></span><a id="aptureLink_eDorngJbzL" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Frw7Gi5cAwY"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">More Brains!</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">'</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A little horror-themed Psychobilly to accompany your mixing! </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">BRAINS!!!</span></span></div></div>C:http://www.blogger.com/profile/07677412188827477341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-788908447977790287.post-80889783028144558812011-01-13T17:00:00.002-05:002011-01-13T17:15:13.385-05:00The Passage White Russian<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Every now and again, while "researching," I meet up with people who, while apparently conducting some field study of their own, are fairly deep in their cups. They see me taking photographs of cocktails and are compelled to ask why.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Never one to miss an opportunity to spread the word about the blog, I explain the work that Joe and I d<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">o.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">On a number of times, whilst discussing this blog, I was told that I NEEDED to do "</span></span><a id="aptureLink_rVtkwB8Ojo" href="http://caseyinnovate.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/thecaucasian1.jpg?w=600&h=600"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Caucasian.</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" (This title is a direct reference to the drink of choice of Jeff Bridges character in the movie </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">masterpiece</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, "The Big Lebowski.")</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Mind you, one need not be tipsy to appreciate this movie, but it seems that a libation or two does make one's recollection of this film all the </span></span><a id="aptureLink_GTLCF6fUcf" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5332046620/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">fonder</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.</span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This classic cocktail has been a long time coming to us here at GDitWTW. Joe punches up the standard recipe with such a simple little addition, but the difference is amazing.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">So, for those Lebowski, "The Dude," and Caucasian enthusiasts, "</span></span><a id="aptureLink_4sDXiKFGDw" href="http://frontpsych.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/white-russian-3.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Here's mud in yer eye</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">."</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>The Recipe</b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Into a cocktail shaker full of ice add:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> - a 3 count of </span></span><a id="aptureLink_foh6UhsT0l" href="http://a2cto.org/clipart/Animated/Geography_and_History/Russia/Guy_with_vodka.gif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Vodka,</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- a 3 count of </span></span><a id="aptureLink_WhvdyHYPVH" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5353017214/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Kahlua</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- 3 ounces of </span></span><a id="aptureLink_ZxzvLlUbcS" href="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/d6b144e6b5593118fa30ce28d4355fb0/140718.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">heavy cream</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Shake, shake, shake!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- Strain over fresh ice,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- top with </span></span><a id="aptureLink_wYVTkEHGA3" href="http://www.thenibble.com/marketplace/gift/images/van-gogh-espresso-vodka-230.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Van Gogh Double Espresso-Flavored Vodka</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- garnish with a maraschino cherry.</span></span></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/TSjrRy5ESYI/AAAAAAAABYU/0S-OuJqNaWA/s1600/IMG_3077.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/TSjrRy5ESYI/AAAAAAAABYU/0S-OuJqNaWA/s400/IMG_3077.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559952430940309890" style="cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Joe's Notes:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Two "dudes" walked into my bar. No, this is not the start of a joke, I don't tell jokes. Well, that is not entirely true, the truth is I </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">can't</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> tell jokes. Every time I try to tell a joke I forget the </span></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1294848776_1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">punch line</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> or miss out some vital component. After I have told a joke, instead of peels of laughter reverberating through the bar I am left with a stony silence until somebody says "I don't get it." I think it is genetic because my father couldn't tell jokes either, but unlike myself he didn't realize it. He continued to make </span></span><a id="aptureLink_MhFs9JT9W4" href="http://images51.fotki.com/v424/photos/9/127099/8282327/NA2Y5VRZ5LP6-vi.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">people squirm</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> well into his old age.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Anyway, back to the two dudes. One dude says, "Do you have a special recipe for a White Russian?"</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> So, I give them my White Russian. They nod in agreement, and write the recipe down in a little book one of them pulls from his jacket pocket. "Are you bartenders?" I ask.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> "No, we're planning a </span></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1294848776_3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">White Russian Party</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> and we are collecting as many different recipes as we can find."</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> The head dude hands over the little book to me. Intrigued, I flick through the pages. The book not only contained recipes but little side notes. For example:</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">• Colorado Bulldog White Russian; just add a splash of coke. </span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">• Tastes like </span></span></i><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1294848776_4"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">chocolate milk</span></span></i></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. </span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">• Bartender Judy, cute, but looks too much like my sister to date."</span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">• White Russian with Malibu. Hate coconut, but some of the girls might like it. wonder what it would be like with banana?"</span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">• Disgusting! Gross! do not try this at home!</span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">• Blonde Russian, replace cream with Bailey's. Very good, would stay for another but think the bartender (Mike) is hitting on me.</span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Amused, I hand the book back to the dudes. They go on to tell me that they have collected 23 different recipes so far, and that mine is one of their favorites. </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I hope you dudes had a great party. I know that you planned on showing "</span></span><a id="aptureLink_XnajgIsBbp" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be7Og9Gc_KY"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Big Lebowski</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> " and would love to know what food you served. I hope it wasn't pizza and hot wings; I can't imagine the clean-up the following morning.</span></span></p></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Joe the Bartender</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">----------</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">For this week's video, I decided against the "Jackie Treehorn's Gutterballs" version and went with the original </span></span><a id="aptureLink_0fnLnHjwQ0" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjB8BxrvYWU"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Just Dropped In (to See What Condition My Condition Was In)</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> by Kenny Roger & The First Edition. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Cheers!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">C:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div>C:http://www.blogger.com/profile/07677412188827477341noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-788908447977790287.post-65156025194243704132011-01-06T17:00:00.008-05:002011-07-02T14:02:41.361-04:00Bramble Ale<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The holiday season can sure be a busy one! Both Joe and myself found our respective selves </span><a id="aptureLink_hwmCssTNiV" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5329493676/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">preoccupied</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> beyond the point of making a blog post feasible!</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">With great effort, however, we brought our "Holiday Hiatus" to a conclusion and have returned with many a great recipe lined up for your reading and drinking pleasure!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Our first offering for "</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Twenty-Eleven</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">," (its way </span><a id="aptureLink_MmehrJNPtv" href="http://innocentdrinks.typepad.com/dev/images/2007/10/22/fonzie.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">cooler</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> to call it "twenty-eleven" I am told!) is </span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Bramble Ale</span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. Enjoy!<br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Recipe:</span></b></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">into a cocktail shaker full of ice add:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- A 4 count of </span><a id="aptureLink_7hdiz3Xf1B" href="http://www.proof66.com/Images/Bombay%20Gin.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Bombay Gin</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- A 2 Count of </span><a id="aptureLink_Q1W81oq5YN" href="http://www.proof66.com/Images/Cointreau.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cointreau</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- A 2 count of current "bar-star" </span><a id="aptureLink_K69EVKuCwG" href="http://www.ribena.ca/images/RIBENA-introv4eng_02.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ribena Blackcurrant</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- The juice squozen freshly from 1/2 of a </span><a id="aptureLink_OTA02G45ic" href="http://www.teachengineering.org/collection/cub_/lessons/cub_images/cub_efore_lesson5_activity2_clipart1.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">large lemon</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- Shake to living daylights outta that thing,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- Strain over fresh ice,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- Top with soda,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- Garnish with a slice of lemon and maybe a maraschino cherry.</span></span></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/TRlv4VXNYoI/AAAAAAAABXU/uMC8iHelig4/s1600/IMG_3060.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/TRlv4VXNYoI/AAAAAAAABXU/uMC8iHelig4/s400/IMG_3060.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555594628936065666" style="cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Joe's notes:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Bramble Ale</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> is our variation on the classic English cocktail, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Bramble</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. As creme de mure (blackberry liqueur) is not so readily available on these shores, I have chosen to go with Ribena. </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Now I know what you are </span><a id="aptureLink_t8FG1EtWJZ" href="http://www.freewebs.com/ezak2/headers%20titles%202/SAY%20WHAT%20TITLE.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">saying</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. Ribena is blackcurrant, </span><a id="aptureLink_8Ze1xI7AHV" href="http://ringtones.crackberry.com/files/u10880/no-blackberry-769338.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">not blackberry</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and it also contains no alcohol. But I believe that the addition of cointreau not only makes up for the lack of alcohol in Ribena it also adds a very nice flavor combination.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Those of you that are regular readers of this blog probably realize by now that the H.Q.of TGDitWTW, (</span><a id="aptureLink_uaMObwdFyA" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/4917916701/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Passage Lounge</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> ) is a hang out for many ex-pats, both British and Irish. We spend many an evening reminiscing of the days when we happily ate </span><a id="aptureLink_LXX7MDzaGs" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5316830133/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">fried offal</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> in damp kitchens, or lay awake dying of the heat, sharing the bed with numerous siblings in an un-air conditioned bedroom.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The cure for a sore throat was to have an aspirin, a pair of your fathers (worn) socks wrapped around your neck and a cup of warm Ribena.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A </span><a id="aptureLink_1rhTEs5aVo" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/4995154556/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">story</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> about Blackcurrants and other things:</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">When I was a boy, my friend Jeremy and I scrummed the blackcurrant foliage hanging over the wall of the local convent.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Inevitably, a nun was going to appear. She did in the form of sister Bernadette. Mouths and pockets stuffed with blackcurrants we awaited the </span><a id="aptureLink_OjyjFCyf1e" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5316892923/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">tirade of anger and accusations</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. "Boy's," she said, "If you want some blackcurrants why don't you just knock on our </span></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1293594175_0"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">garden gate?"</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Being boys we said nothing. "Follow me." We followed her through the doors of the convent. Polished wood and stone met our eyes, the smell of boiled cabbage and lilac powder awoke our prepubescent terror. The nuns, silent but surprisingly young, </span><a id="aptureLink_2iphuPB5ez" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_usIX2485mOk/SWPZirployI/AAAAAAAABS0/1VobOUT_McA/s320/20080501_happy-nun.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">smiled and waved</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> us through. We arrived at a garden with the biggest and most heavily laden blackcurrant bushes I have ever seen to this day." Take what you want, but return tomorrow and help is in the garden".</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jeremy never went back (I think he became a <a id="aptureLink_FDPWJPuQcf" href="http://0.tqn.com/d/animatedtv/1/0/H/1/1/ua_twayne.jpg">lawyer</a>.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">)</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> I went back the following week. I spent a summer drinking tea in fine china cups and eating very small sandwiches with the crusts cut off. They never actualy needed my help with the garden, but rather extended their love to one very small and insignificant boy.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Ribena, </span><a id="aptureLink_XFT5pYbFnX" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_f98opUNuVXc/SlBp0tw_E5I/AAAAAAAAIWw/Q8P8UbrtBSc/s400/nuns.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">nuns in a bottle</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:16px;"></span></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">Chris's Notes:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"> It was a frosty, windswept evening when I made it to the Passage Lounge that night. Senior Research Assistant, Kerry, was already seated at our usual seats with guest researcher, Sharon Mc.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">They </span><a id="aptureLink_EHrewotAUA" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5332006492/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">greeted me</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"> as they shuddered with the blast of wind that followed me in.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">I told Joe that I was in the mood for something with gin in it. As I explained that gin always reminded me of winter, Kerry reminded </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">me</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"> that "always" was only for about a year or so, since we had been blogging.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">Whatever. It is a good cold weather spirit and what I wanted. </span><a id="aptureLink_h38AqJuYdT" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5331434741/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">So there!</span></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">Joe grinned as he bustled about his "other" job r</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">esponsibilities</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"> and explained that he had a nice gin drink already in mind. A variation of a classic cocktail from back home, England-way, called</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">The Bramble</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">The gin and the orange of the Cointreau created a flavor almost bordering on the grapefruit spectrum, but the sweetness of the Ribena, Joe's current booze-muse, (or "mooze!") and the tangy sour of the lemon bring the tastes to all interested tastebuds.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">The sparkle of the soda, (another deviation from the original Bramble, and the reason for the "ale" in the name, akin to "ginger ale,") send a wake-up call to the palate that really drives this baby home!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">So, Cheers, and Happy New Year!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">Chris</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div></span><p></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">---------------------------------</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This week's video goes WAY back to 1945. An appropriately named little number by Spike Jones: "</span><a id="aptureLink_wdICbQiYLq" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvt4b_qwC_Q"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cocktails for Two</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">."</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cheers - C:</span></div></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"></span><p></p></span></div></div>C:http://www.blogger.com/profile/07677412188827477341noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-788908447977790287.post-67862165288665201862010-12-16T17:00:00.003-05:002010-12-16T17:09:25.446-05:00Our Favorites: Joe's Picks<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/TPhN4TnWg1I/AAAAAAAABWo/JT9p-wTzK1Q/s1600/IMGP1883.JPG"></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It is approaching that time of year when we look back, and take stock of our lives. </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />Over the blog's lifetime, it has grown with the addition of "</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">pop-ups</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" and </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">facebook,</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> as well as more "</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">bar chat</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">". </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Those of you that are regular visitors to this blog know that </span><a id="aptureLink_9EVbqeWpkr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5255178271/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">myself and Chris</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> are the main contributors.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It was Chris that first instigated the blog, my contribution was merely to come up with the drinks and possibly add a </span><a id="aptureLink_weMUeO8hDd" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5147096947/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">bartender's note</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> at the end. It is through the dedication of Chris, (I admit that I sometimes need a poke from Chris to keep up my end of the agreement,) that the Blog has been allowed to grow. Anyway, enough saying nice things about Chris (I am sure this is making him a </span><a id="aptureLink_qgwb7xDssw" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5265057071/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">little uncomfortable</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">,) let's get on with the chat.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> With the premise of looking back, I have chosen my three favorite cocktails from the blog.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"></span>The first is the </span><a id="aptureLink_1yjo70ygai" href="http://greatestdrink.blogspot.com/2009/09/pimms.html"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Pimm's Cup,</span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> (September, 2009.)</span></a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/TPhN31XWsoI/AAAAAAAABWY/Wpo5d0tpdW4/s200/IMGP1325.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546268562719945346" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I like this drink for a number of reasons. It looks good, tastes great and gives me the opportunity to tell my Pimms story while making the drink.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">A number of years ago a retired butler to the Queen of England</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#366388;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">was selling some of his memorabilia from decades of service at the Palace. Amongst his possessions was a hand-written note from the Queen Mother about an upcoming picnic for the royal Family. At the end of the note she had underlined the statement "</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Don't forget to bring the Pimms.</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/TPhN37fUYUI/AAAAAAAABWg/hHYL0g2oO6Q/s200/IMGP1549.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546268564363960642" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">My second choice is the </span><a id="aptureLink_enFbSN8e4b" href="http://greatestdrink.blogspot.com/2009/10/boston-tea-party.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Boston Tea Party, (October 2009.)</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> I am rather proud of this drink, obviously it is a variation on theLong Island Ice Tea, only </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">bettah</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, (Boston Joke.)</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">At the Passage Lounge, (H.Q. of the </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">GDitWTW,</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">) it is one of the most popular cocktails. I have had a number of local bartenders tell me that costumers come into their bars and ask for the </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Boston Tea Party</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/TPhN4TnWg1I/AAAAAAAABWo/JT9p-wTzK1Q/s200/IMGP1883.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546268570840105810" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">My final choice is my all time personal favorite cocktail, the </span><a id="aptureLink_95agVA3Q4c" href="http://greatestdrinkhttp://greatestdrink.blogspot.com/2010/02/bombay-sapphire-martini.html.blogspot.com/2009/10/boston-tea-party.html"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1290707275_6"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Bombay Sapphire Martini Straight up</span></i></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> With A Twist,</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> (February 2010.)</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This cocktail is simple, clean, straightforward and leaves you feeling very satisfied. Very much like myself in many ways.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Cheers,</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Joe the Bartender</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p></span></div>C:http://www.blogger.com/profile/07677412188827477341noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-788908447977790287.post-35719932331778663642010-12-02T17:00:00.001-05:002010-12-02T20:10:37.999-05:00Santa Toronja<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Santa;" Spanish for </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Saint</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. "Toronja;" Spanish for </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">grapefruit</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. And of course, that Spanish for the tequila! </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The name pretty much sums up this week's </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Greatest Drink</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. Oh, but a tasty one it is, too! Try this one out! You'll dig it!</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Recipe</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">:</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Into a large pint glass full of ice, add:</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- a 4 count of silver tequila,</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- a 2 count of </span></span><a id="aptureLink_mdmMW09Mzi" href="http://mcsology.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/st-germain.gif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">St-Germain</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">,</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- a 4 count Grapefruit Juice, (</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Chris prefers the "Ruby Red!</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">")</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- a drop of Grenadine.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- Shake. </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Shake that thing like Charo's maracas!</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- Strain over fresh ice,</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- garnish with a fresh slice if lime and a maraschino cherry!</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/TPg1ohvvALI/AAAAAAAABVg/Ud5MjK8Ipk4/s1600/IMGP3013.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/TPg1ohvvALI/AAAAAAAABVg/Ud5MjK8Ipk4/s400/IMGP3013.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546241911476388018" style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Chris's Notes:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Recently, I began watching a new television show. It's called "</span></span><a id="aptureLink_7ZtKB1ZYuh" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5227638058/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Real and Chance: Legend Hunters,</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" and stars these two brothers, a pair of South Central L.A. city slickers, all hip-hop and urban mod, going into deep wilderness to chase down creatures of mythical proportions. This particular entry in the Reality Show format plays heavily on the fish-out-of-water scenarios and more frequently than not has our two stars in the very middle of trucker-tanned rednecks and thick, inhospitable nature.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">But it was while watching this show that I first saw the starting point of week's </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Greatest Drink</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. The stars, Real and Chance, (who also call themselves "</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Stallionaires</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">," for some reason,) between actual "legend" encounters, often get a chance to "let down their hair," (sometimes literally as well as figuratively,) and will, more frequently than not, order a tequila and grapefruit juice.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Oh, these boys got something right there!" I thought, and went straight out to buy some assorted grapefruit juices for further home research that week. It was the mix with the </span></span><a id="aptureLink_IyrrmMGkBp" href="http://content.costco.com/Images/Content/Product/467433B.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Ruby Red grapefruit juice</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> that was most welcomed by my ever-discerning palate, so that is my first recommendation.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Still, there was something amiss. "</span></span><a id="aptureLink_khVy4mDxr3" href="http://thebeattitude.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/wwjd-jesus1.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">What would Joe do?</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" I asked myself. And I knew instantly St-Germain was the ticket!</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Thusly, I was very excited to see get to the </span></span><a id="aptureLink_mjJjqE0OIv" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/4917916701/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Passage Lounge</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> and run this by Joe!</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Joe's Notes</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">: As usual, Chris came bounding into the Passage Lounge, "Hey, Joe, you know what I have been drinking all week? Tequila and grapefruit juice!"</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"You have been drinking all week?" I quipped. </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Choosing to ignore my snippy remark he continued. "I think it is a great combo that we could really work with." Chris suggested that we add </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">St-Germain</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. Not having the "Ruby Red" grapefruit juice at hand, I added a spot of grenadine for color and added sweetness. The result was more then worthy of an entry into TGDitWTW. </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I don't use grapefruit juice in many cocktails. In fact, apart from the </span></span><a id="aptureLink_oADwH6FPpI" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLb--N_QxUU"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Seabreeze</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, the </span></span><a id="aptureLink_QduGNSzlaI" href="http://greatestdrink.blogspot.com/2010/02/pale-deacon_18.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Pale Deacon</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> and the </span></span><a id="aptureLink_H9VL9PA7iO" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqP-M8Oj4wY"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Salty Dog</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, no others spring to mind. </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It is not that I dislike grapefruit, it is just they do hold somewhat of an </span></span><a id="aptureLink_KZggSkXAx7" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5222818530/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">unpleasant childhood memory</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. The breakfast table, when I was a child in the U.K., was completely devoid of </span></span><a id="aptureLink_7jGtVijgAD" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WnCJlq_kUA8/TJVBFEJBU_I/AAAAAAAAXok/YDKCaKwyZ_U/s1600/liberace.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Count Chocula</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, </span></span><a id="aptureLink_g2nH5UMcYz" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/67896537@N00/417923752/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Fruit Loops</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> or any thing that a child may actually choose to eat. Oh no! We were given a halved grapefruit covered in sugar. The sugar made the bitter acid of the fruit </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">barely</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> palatable, the more sugar you added, the less of the grapefruit you could taste. So while the grapefruit acid ate away at your stomach lining, the sugar rotted your teeth, (think </span></span><i><a id="aptureLink_w31Pf4Sobf" href="http://www.solarnavigator.net/films_movies_actors/film_images/Austin_Danger_Powers_Mike_Myers.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Austin Powers</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">) Looking back the toast was also a bit strange. Our mother only ever toasted the bread on one side. I had forgotten about this until I heard Sting's song "</span></span><a id="aptureLink_vWDT0BUYna" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMXCPANHeYM"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">An Englishman in New York.</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" In this song about Quentin Crisp he mentions this odd fact.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">To accompany the half-toasted bread, we where given </span></span><a id="aptureLink_KlRZ07HHWa" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5227170883/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Marmite</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. </span></span><a id="aptureLink_FO6SyN2llB" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5227772998/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Marmite</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> is a thick black paste made from yeast extract.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">If we chose to decline this breakfast we could always opt for my fathers choice: Porridge. Porridge is basically oatmeal but it is made so thick you could actually slice it like </span></span><a id="aptureLink_swQyAEt6eZ" href="http://www.holytaco.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/meatloaf.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">meatloaf</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. The thick splodge of porridge was then floated in cold milk and a dollop of strawberry jam was added.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> I should probably leave all this behind me and give grapefruit another go. After all, I did very much enjoy this week's cocktail. </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Although, I did read somewhere that grapefruit juice adversely interacts with some antipsychotic medications, (not that I have to worry about that </span></span><a id="aptureLink_6lNUboe2N1" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/4577025312/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">just yet</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.)</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Cheers, </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Joe the Bartender</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">-------------------</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">-------------------</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This week's video: </span></span><a id="aptureLink_ub2JHj7BSg" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGHYLcrpens"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Hard Knock Life</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> by Dr. Evil and Mini-Me. </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Yeah, I know. Sorry.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br /></p></span>C:http://www.blogger.com/profile/07677412188827477341noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-788908447977790287.post-47060169852303981942010-11-25T17:00:00.003-05:002010-11-25T17:00:01.620-05:00Home-Made Liqueurs, #3: Coffee Liqueur<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica">'Part Three' in our <i>Home-Made Liqueurs</i> series brings us the long awaited, (and requested!) <i>coffee liqueur.</i> This is an easy recipe that yields terrific results and will certainly enhance your cocktail recipes and give them that extra special touch.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica; min-height: 19.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica; min-height: 19.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>Ingredients</b>:</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica; min-height: 19.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">1 quart 80 proof vodka</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">4 cups granulated sugar</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">3 cups water </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">2 ounces instant coffee mixed with 1 cup of boiling water</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">1 vanilla bean, cut lengthwise</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica; min-height: 19.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>Directions</b>:</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Bring water and sugar to a boil, stirring frequently.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Lower heat and simmer for twenty minutes.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Allow to cool to room temperature.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Mix the syrup with the coffee mixture and vodka.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Add the vanilla bean.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Put in a glass container and shake every day for two weeks.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/TOyEFPnJdsI/AAAAAAAABVY/b6rmDxpuaZk/s1600/KAHLUA1.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/TOyEFPnJdsI/AAAAAAAABVY/b6rmDxpuaZk/s400/KAHLUA1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542950467011180226" style="cursor: pointer; width: 127px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>Chris's notes</b>: Years ago, I received a bottle of Home-Made Coffee Liqueur as a <a id="aptureLink_SMlW8P1Q55" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5203405842/">gift</a>. At the time, I remember thinking, "<a id="aptureLink_50nk2BD8iW" href="http://sarahandthegoonsquad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/fonzie_henry_winkler_happy_days.jpg">How Cool!</a>" The liqueur itself was delicious, the drinks made with it came with the story of the ingredients' origins, and even the bottle, being an ornate receptacle, saw repeated uses.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Coffee Liqueur is a key ingredient in many specialty cocktails, including <a id="aptureLink_3SIpCsqyEQ" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5203405958/">B-52s</a>, <a id="aptureLink_kcbbggvjC9" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5203408994/">The Nutty Irishman</a>, and a <a id="aptureLink_K7f3GJDEBN" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5203405900/">Tootsie Roll</a>.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Sure to punch up your next cocktail, provide a conversation topic for your uncomfortable silences, or, with the Holidays well and truly upon us, this makes an awesome gift, (<i>I just happen to know!</i>)</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Cheers!</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">I am very happy about this week's video: <i>Humble Pie</i>, "<a id="aptureLink_Y8VdZENozh" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqsMKvkzdwc">Black Coffee!</a>"</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Oh yeah!</span></p>C:http://www.blogger.com/profile/07677412188827477341noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-788908447977790287.post-7870725023192328812010-11-18T17:00:00.000-05:002010-11-18T20:08:26.859-05:00The Lobstertini<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Hmmm. This may not be a cocktail one might make easily at home. But it absolutely HAS to be included in </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Greatest Drink in the World... This Week</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">'s library of cocktails.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Recipe</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">: </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Nah. I am not gonna even </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">PRETEND</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> that this is something someone may be able to do at home! If you want to try this cocktail, you cannot bring this mountain to Mohammed. You need to go out and get one in its natural environment: </span></span><a id="aptureLink_WQakrtPrga" href="http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/b1/9c/90/the-lobster-shanty.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Shanty.</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/TOAvCld2UHI/AAAAAAAABVQ/9Raa9zK0qL8/s1600/IMGP2963.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 264px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/TOAvCld2UHI/AAAAAAAABVQ/9Raa9zK0qL8/s400/IMGP2963.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539479263129260146" /></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Diane's notes</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">: The Lobstertini, (now made nationally famous for being featured in the </span></span><a id="aptureLink_LXvanu9D2i" href="http://www.oskaya.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Diners-Drive-Ins-and-Dives-s07e01.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Triple D</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> episode titled "</span></span><a id="aptureLink_jI4L6aLNLe" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myEDgNCvk4A"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Wings, Dogs & Claws</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">") is simply our version of a dirty martini made with vodka. We use </span></span><a id="aptureLink_PFlVHnQikn" href="http://www.medmanor.com/new%20pics/absolut.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Absolut</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, but you could use any vodka you like. We have had mixed success with citrus or lemon flavored vodkas, but I feel that it overpowers the subtle flavor of the lobster essence.<br /><br /></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Lobster Essence"</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> is simply lobster stock (or broth) which we make by simmering together </span></span><a id="aptureLink_kd3dl4aDa3" href="http://www.wtfcostumes.com/costumes/baby_lobster.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">lobster bodies</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, carrots, celery, onion & fresh herbs for a few hours. We then strain it once and then run it through a coffee filter to make it less cloudy. Chill and keep for one week, refrigerated. (I usually make a large batch and freeze it in quart containers to be handy when needed.)<br /><br />Then make your dirty martini as you normally would, replacing the olive juice with a healthy dose of </span></span><a id="aptureLink_4ERoDi5Y9G" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5187873767/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">lobster essence</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> - then garnish the drink with a lobster claw and a twist of lemon.<br /><br /></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Shantastic!</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></span><a id="aptureLink_iI7uHSjYyG" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5187907069/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Peace</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">,<br />Diane</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Chris's notes: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">To be honest,</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> I have been aware of </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Lobstertini</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> for some time. And I knew that eventually I had to try it. It loomed over me like driving towards a <a id="aptureLink_6KMQpLzmz1" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5188050021/">storm cloud on the horizon</a> and me with no reverse gear. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">I was very intimidated. There was an imaginary wall in my mind that kept cocktails on one side and seafood on the other, and never the </span></span><a id="aptureLink_mVHnD4PTm7" href="http://www.sxc.hu/pic/m/m/ma/mancity/667318_goldfish_in_a_glass_2.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">twain shall meet!</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Those of you who can look at this image and NOT be intimidated, well, you are either more adventuresome than I or, more likely, you've had one of these.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">And that is the trick, there, isn't it? This isn't a cocktail to just sit back and kill time with conversation and an appetizer. This baby is </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Show</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I ordered mine, with a feeling akin to strapping on a parachute and stepping to open door of a plane, ("I can do this!") and when it arrived, I was very impressed with the presentation!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">My first sip was also quite a surprise. It was hardly the "</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Bizarre Foods with </span></span></i><a id="aptureLink_xdqoSKFyiO" href="http://www.sogoodblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/andrew-zimmern.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Andrew Zimmern</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> " after-school special that I was expecting. It was subtle in flavor and damned tasty.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">True, one must be a fan of martinis to like this: There is no dodging that, (fortunately, I am!). But the "lobster essence" was far less intrusive or overwhelming than that of the olive brine in a Dirty Martini.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The recommended approach, I was instructed, is to eat the lobster claw at the same time as enjoying the cocktail, and to swirl forkfuls of meat around in the drink before biting into it.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">In the end, this was not just a drink, it was a snack. And an experience! </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I readily admit that it would be easy to mock this drink, because it is very different. It is a bit more difficult to mock it, however, after you try.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It is one tasty treat.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; "><a id="aptureLink_UaM69Zdyic" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/4583021656/">Cheers</a></span>!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">P.S. If I ever get around to finishing my "Most Interesting-Looking Cocktails" list, this baby is a contender for the top spot!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">------------------------</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">------------------------</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This week's "Barely-related video" is almost completely unrelated! Please enjoy "<a id="aptureLink_ZhrJQurrtn" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_rBidCkJxo">Treat Her Right</a>," by that legendary entertainer, Mr. T!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div>C:http://www.blogger.com/profile/07677412188827477341noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-788908447977790287.post-9497497020589063502010-11-11T17:00:00.002-05:002010-11-13T10:28:50.048-05:00Bartender's Margarita<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Due to a reader on the Greatest Drink's facebook page, Lauren A., Tequila made it to the front of the pack for ingredients this week.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Lauren offered the use of some </span><a id="aptureLink_4bxywXSzPE" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ9R6Ltvu5Q"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">new videos from Olmeca Tequila</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, to enhance the site even further; chuck in an element of education, and maybe even a dash of class! (Be sure to click on some of Olmeca's other videos for further viewing!)</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Thank you Lauren!</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And it twas thus that </span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Bartender's Margarita</span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> found this week's spotlight! And a well earned spotlight it is!</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Recipe:</span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Into a cocktail shaker full of ice, add:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- a 4 count of </span><a id="aptureLink_HHjV5T2adI" href="http://www.cavahalari.gr/site/components/com_virtuemart/shop_image/product/OLMECA_GOLD__49cca614e7f06.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">gold tequila</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- a 2 count of triple sec,</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- a 3 count of sweet & sour</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- a splash of cranberry juice</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- the juice of 1/2 large lime, and include the peel,</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- Shake well. Actually, shake the living daylights out of that thing!</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- Pour all ingredients, (including the lime,) into a 16 ounce pint glass with a salted rim.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- top with a float of </span><a id="aptureLink_2lg8urdOaP" href="http://blacklightbottles.com/images/grand_marnier.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Grand Marnier</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- Serve, (without a straw!)</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/TNxoFG6k5hI/AAAAAAAABVI/nx7WAqreBiI/s1600/IMGP2968.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/TNxoFG6k5hI/AAAAAAAABVI/nx7WAqreBiI/s400/IMGP2968.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538416078723802642" style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></a></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Chris's Notes:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> I am a big fan of tequila. So I was pretty quick to accept Lauren A's offer of the Olmeca videos for this week, and I called Joe straight away, (easy with my new-fangled </span><a id="aptureLink_KT5o4yxW8P" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5168036079/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"speed dial" buttons!</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">,) to request a good tequila drink!</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Joe, in his usual manner, seemed </span><a id="aptureLink_RtxJ0tl4lt" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5168638852/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">really excited</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> about the idea!</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">He already had a candidate in mind for the occasion, and would present it to me on my next visit.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Just look at that thing, would ya? You can SEE the taste in that baby! The tequila reigns supreme on the palate, true, but all of those other flavors are not lost, NO! The delicate dance of tickling the taste buds finds this week's entry appealing to almost all of one's tongue: Sweet, sour, bitter, salty, and all in such balance. </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Its like a party in the mouth!</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cheers!</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Joe's Notes:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> This week's entry into </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">TGDitWTW</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> library is the </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1289512750_0"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Bartender's</span></i></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Margarita</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. We chose this particular cocktail as we felt it embodied our blog's mantra, i.e. </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">quality and fresh ingredients</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. There are as many </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1289512750_1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">margarita recipes</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> as there are bartenders serving them, and at the end of the day, it is all down to one's own taste preference. </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">But the margarita does bring to light one of the few things that irritate me as a bartender:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Why salt the rim of the glass if you are going to drink from a straw? (Note that in this week's photo the drink is purposely missing the straw.)</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">While we are on the subject of things that irritate me, let me mention the Martini. Do not order a Martini and then return it because it has gin in it. (Don't look innocent, you know what I'm talking about!) </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I don't intend to rant but, don't order a cocktail if you don't like the </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1289512750_2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">main ingredient</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> "Can you make me a Dark & Stormy but with something other then rum?" The answer is "No."</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Never call me over and then raise your finger to me as an indication to hold while you finish your conversation or <a id="aptureLink_d4b8ATjXIs" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5171462237/">phone call</a>. It is very likely that you will not see me again for the rest of the evening. </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Don't come to my bar drunk and expect me to serve you. I do not mind getting you to your happy place myself, but I do not want another bartender's sloppy seconds.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">If we all follow the "<a id="aptureLink_XTq3VIa5lf" href="http://ilovecandid.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/bartender-rules.jpg">Rules</a>," I think we will all get along splendidly. Please feel free to respond with what irritates you about bartenders. Remember, it is a two way street.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Cheers, Joe</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">-----------------------</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">-----------------------</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This week's music video is DIRECTLY RELATED!!!</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Actually, this scene from Pee Wee's Big Adventure could be the official video for The Champs' 1958 hit, "</span><a id="aptureLink_dMtFqtmR6t" href="http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=112_1267243036"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Tequila</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">!" </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p></span>C:http://www.blogger.com/profile/07677412188827477341noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-788908447977790287.post-10486420519461391672010-11-04T17:00:00.003-04:002010-11-05T00:30:42.446-04:00Guy Fawkes<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">So, Friday is November fifth. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Joe has a special treat in store for those familiar with the holiday associated with this date back in Great Britain. And a great cocktail it is, too!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Enjoy the "Guy Fawkes!"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b>The Recipe:</b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Into a cocktail shaker full of ice, pour:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">- a 4 count of <a id="aptureLink_9B2rvqkpLE" href="http://www.arenaflowers.com/product_image/large/1241-bombay_sapphire_gin.jpg?1283328804">Bombay Sapphire Gin</a>,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">- a 2 count of <a id="aptureLink_84tOdkZzVJ" href="http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2008/05/16/wi_sn16_canton_johnl.jpg">Canton Ginger Liqueur</a>,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">- a 2 count of Orange Juice,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Shake viciously,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">- Strain into a large martini glass,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">- Drop in a single maraschino cherry</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/TMxVWuRqWgI/AAAAAAAABR4/t7BE5LXSdcM/s1600/IMGP2942.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/TMxVWuRqWgI/AAAAAAAABR4/t7BE5LXSdcM/s400/IMGP2942.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533891890999089666" /></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Original recipe by Joe the Bartender, The Passage Lounge, Salem, MA</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Joe's notes: </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This week's cocktail is dedicated to the celebration in the U.K. of Guy Fawkes/Bonfire Night. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Depending on which side of the Atlantic you are reading this on, you may be unaware of the great celebration of November the 5th. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">To give a short </span><a id="aptureLink_DM2yJdBGQq" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5144167853/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">history lesson</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">: a little over four hundred years ago </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1288828749_0"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Guy Fawkes</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> attempted to blow up King James, (the 1st,) during the opening ceremonies at the </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1288828749_1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">House of Parliament</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> in London. His plot was foiled. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">He was arrested, taken to the tower of London, tortured and stretched on the rack. He was then hung, drawn and quartered and his decapitated head was displayed for all of London to see on traitors gate. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Every year the </span><a id="aptureLink_DyeKJ8pSNQ" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5147025577/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">children in the U.K.</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> celebrate by making an effigy of Guy. Similar to a </span><a id="aptureLink_G7XGKDmZZ2" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5147717198/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">scarecrow</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, old clothes are stuffed using newspaper, straw and rags. The"Guy" is then paraded around the neighborhood, usually in an old baby carriage, his head lolling back while his arms and legs hang over the side, depicting his torture. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The children call out "Penny for the Guy". The money collected is used to buy fireworks for the evenings events. Huge bonfires are built. When the day has turned to darkness the bonfires are lit, the sky is filled with fireworks and Guy is thrown on the bonfire to burn. Quite often effigy's of modern day religious or </span><a id="aptureLink_XpDb24coOF" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5147834302/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">political figures</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> are also thrown on the fires. </span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br />It is all a bit of harmless fun, although to see your own effigy burned on the fire most be quite unsettling.<br /><br />I have very found memories of being a child in the U.K. standing with my family, chanting Guy Fawkes rhymes and watching the fires burn.<br /><br />"Remember, remember, the Fifth of November! the Gunpowder Treason and Plot.<br />I see no reason why The Gunpowder Treason should ever be forgot..."<br /><br />"Rumour, rumour, pump and derry! Prick his heart and burn his body, </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And send his soul to Purgatory."</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Enjoy your </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1288828749_2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Guy Fawkes Cocktail</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Joe </span></p></span><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Chris's notes: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Yikes! This blog packs some educational value, anyways! (Even the teetotalers can benefit from reading here now and again!)</span></span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I gotta say, I really enjoyed this drink. I mean, sure, I know almost nothing about "Guy Fawkes" or the holiday that surrounds his story. In fact, I had never heard of it before Joe told me that he wanted to do a drink for it.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I did enjoy the creation process, though. Joe INSISTED on Gin, (for merry old England, of course,) with Bombay Sapphire being his Gin of choice.</span></span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">He decided on Canton for a nice "Gin and <a id="aptureLink_Ev693fhUcS" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/4954586501/">Ginger</a>" direction.</span></span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Orange Juice came about originally out of necessity: Joe wanted a drink that looked like fire, (the burning of the effigy, and all,) but worked so nicely together. And it was research regular, </span><a id="aptureLink_PGljfujkql" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/4994753670/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Michael B.</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> who suggested dropping the cherry to the bottom for the final touch.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The outcome: Brilliant! The gin is the dominant flavor here, all tangy and sharp. The flavors of ginger and orange play such a pivotal role in cushioning the taste, though, that what you get is a collection of flavors in perfect balance. </span></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Absolute yummers!</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">---------------</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">--------</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">-----------------------</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This week's "Barely-Related Video" is almost entirely unrelated to this week's drink. Just another example of "foreign." Try to enjoy... "</span></span><a id="aptureLink_JWWajWygXC" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp_PIjc2ga4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Elektronik/Supersonik"</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by Vlad! </span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div>C:http://www.blogger.com/profile/07677412188827477341noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-788908447977790287.post-63788442058397203082010-10-28T17:00:00.000-04:002010-10-28T22:12:54.586-04:00Pomegranate Martini<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><div id="tabMessageViewerBody_headeri4_51286409594661"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">So thoughtful!</span></span></div><div id="tabMessageViewerBody_headeri4_51286409594661"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div id="tabMessageViewerBody_headeri4_51286409594661"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">That Joe, obviously worried about my health, he flat-out insisted that I have his Pomegranate Martini for this week's </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Greatest Drink in the World</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">!</span></span></div><div id="tabMessageViewerBody_headeri4_51286409594661"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div id="tabMessageViewerBody_headeri4_51286409594661"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">If you choose to read on about this "superfruit concoction," you will see why it is such a healthy option. If you order one for yourself, you will see why it made it as </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Greatest Drink in the World... This Week.</span></span></i></div><div id="tabMessageViewerBody_headeri4_51286409594661"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div id="tabMessageViewerBody_headeri4_51286409594661"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div id="tabMessageViewerBody_headeri4_51286409594661"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Recipe:</span></span></b></div><div id="tabMessageViewerBody_headeri4_51286409594661"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">While chilling a large martini glass, into a shaker full of ice, add:</span></span></div><div id="tabMessageViewerBody_headeri4_51286409594661"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div id="tabMessageViewerBody_headeri4_51286409594661"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- A 4 count of </span></span><a id="aptureLink_wZzHJSr6vy" href="http://4bars.com.au/web/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/van_gogh.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Van Gogh Pomegranate Vodka</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div id="tabMessageViewerBody_headeri4_51286409594661"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- a 2 count of </span></span><a id="aptureLink_Of86wQ8csw" href="http://liquorama.biz/images/Absolut%201.75.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Absolute Vodka</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div id="tabMessageViewerBody_headeri4_51286409594661"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- a 2 count of </span></span><a id="aptureLink_2xDwQjuowG" href="http://fireflyblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/POM-Wonderful.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">POM Pomegranate Juice</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div id="tabMessageViewerBody_headeri4_51286409594661"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- the juice of 1/4 of a large lime, (freshly squozen with Joe's new "</span></span><a id="aptureLink_5dqppSmmEZ" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5124868192/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Mexican Elbow!</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">")</span></span></div><div id="tabMessageViewerBody_headeri4_51286409594661"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div id="tabMessageViewerBody_headeri4_51286409594661"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Strain into the now-chilled martini glass</span></span></div><div id="tabMessageViewerBody_headeri4_51286409594661"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/TK0gUTc1zrI/AAAAAAAABMI/oq7obz4eR5c/s1600/IMGP2884.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/TK0gUTc1zrI/AAAAAAAABMI/oq7obz4eR5c/s400/IMGP2884.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525107851044179634" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 310px; " /></span></span></a></div><div id="tabMessageViewerBody_headeri4_51286409594661"></div><div id="cg_msg_content" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; "><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Joe's Notes</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">: There are a number of pomegranate-flavored vodkas on the market. I chose to use Van Gogh</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> as I believe it to be the smoothest and it is less sweet then many of the other brands available. When mixing the</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Pomegranate Martini it is important to only use fresh lime juice, Rose's lime juice makes the drink way too sweet.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">As you probably know, the antioxidants in pomegranate juice have many health benefits, not least is the claim that it is 40% as effective as Viagra, (although I don't know if 40% would be </span></span><a id="aptureLink_vs5kBNovjI" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5124197305/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">beneficial</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> enough under the circumstances.)</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This somewhat ties in with pomegranates being known as the forbidden fruit found in the garden of Eden. Adam apparently was </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">way ahead</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> of his time and if he was around today, he would probably be the </span></span><a id="aptureLink_04ACtOoIZA" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5124838640/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">CEO of Pfizer!</span></span></a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Pomegranates, or pomegranate extract, has been used for centuries in herbal medicine</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. Many of these "</span></span><a id="aptureLink_ucuUnw3NI1" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_s5kJOe4E53Y/S89rL8SyVaI/AAAAAAAAAtk/ppf3R_JkeEc/s1600/old-woman-middle-finger.jpg"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">old wives tales</span></span></i></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> " are making a comeback in new products. I remember as a kid being made to clean my teeth with baking soda.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Now, it is featured in many tooth paste brands. I was also made to clean my teeth with a toothbrush covered with soot from the chimney and a dash of salt. I don't know if it was supposed to have any benefit or was just some sadistic tendency of my mother. In either case, I am not expecting "</span></span><a id="aptureLink_nRYfDdEDJD" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5124197389/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Soot </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and Salt" toothpaste</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> to became available any time soon.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>Chris's notes</b>: So, this weekend is Hallowe'en. As I asked Joe for (<i>yet another!</i>) scary-themed cocktail for the blog, he just looked at me and said, "Don't you think we've got that covered with the </span></span><a id="aptureLink_dcKymh2NNQ" href="http://greatestdrink.blogspot.com/2010/10/red-witch.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Red Witch</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> from 2 weeks ago?"</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Before I could get my "But..." out, he went on to tell me how he had something else in mind. Something healthy after all those Hallowe'en parties of women dressed up in "</span></span><a id="aptureLink_Y4EEicfIif" href="http://www.u5uk.com/you/masquerade/images/artimg/JCKJS-X/Cat%20.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">sexy cat</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" leotard costumes and youngish men <i>STILL</i> dressing up as "</span></span><a id="aptureLink_kKgpfLrkqb" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/zaratyst/2479403454/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Crow</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">," pouring crappy booze and cheap draft beers down their gullets just to get sloppy for the evening. </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">He said how we should take "the <i>High Road</i>," eschew the gimmicks and present this week's greatest cocktail based on its own merits. We owe it to our readers!</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Yeah, sure. Whatever.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Okay. But, as it turns out, this baby </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">IS</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> good. Sweet, but not too much. Rich, but not overwhelmingly so. And of course, after all those </span></span><a id="aptureLink_NNg5vbM3pZ" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5124912358/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">leftover "fun size" Snickers, Butterfingers, and Almond Joys</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, from Sunday night, something that my system perceives as "healthy" is a welcome treat, too!</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><i>Happy Hallowe'en!</i></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">------------------------</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">------------------------</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">And this week's video is a real "Treat!" </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It is really only related to the rest of the post because this singer reminds me of '</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Smilin' Bob</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">' from those </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Penis Pills</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> commercials! </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Ladies and gentlemen, Eduard Khil's, </span></span><a id="aptureLink_JS3UePSNpC" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oavMtUWDBTM"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Trololo</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">!</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p></div></div></span>C:http://www.blogger.com/profile/07677412188827477341noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-788908447977790287.post-64528600760882874132010-10-21T17:00:00.001-04:002010-10-22T16:07:35.830-04:00Zaya Zinger<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This week, I met up with Research Partner, Kerry, at The Adriatic, a Salem restaurant, conveniently located right next door to Joe's court at The Passage. The bartender was introduced to me as Katrina of </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Katrina and the Waves</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, (and I am still not sure if she was the real one or not!) </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">But, she did dazzle me with this week's offering: </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Zaya Zinger.</span></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Recipe:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Into a whiskey sour glass add:</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- a 3 and 1/2 count of </span></span><a id="aptureLink_uAsEif3UdX" href="http://www.beveragewarehouse.com/images/products/3962.gif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Zaya Spiced Rum</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- 2 large slices of fresh orange</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- 3 drops of </span></span><a id="aptureLink_JbAgc2ekfc" href="http://www.uncrate.com/men/images/2008/12/fee-brothers-bitters.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Fee Brothers Orange Bitters</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- Muddle that! </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">C'mon! Like you mean it!</span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- Add a pile of ice,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- Finish with a good splash of tonic,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- Garnish with a slice of orange.</span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/TL-dSCV4WkI/AAAAAAAABP4/P301Um5Q4dM/s1600/IMGP2885.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/TL-dSCV4WkI/AAAAAAAABP4/P301Um5Q4dM/s400/IMGP2885.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530311800626108994" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 340px; " /></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Original recipe by Katrina (of the Waves,) at</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> The Adriatic, </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Salem, MA</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Katrina's Notes:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Tripping to Trinidad?</span></span></i></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">West Indian wonders.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Warm waves undulating upon your tongue,</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Tickling & tantalizing...</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Zaya Zinger</span></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Chris's Notes:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Poetry? For real? There's a touch of class we don't see often on this site!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Now do you see why I </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">STILL</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> am not certain if this is or isn't the REAL Katrina from that "Walking on Sunshine" band of 1983? </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Anyways, as I approached the bar, Katrina asked me what I would like to drink. I love this question! It provided me with the chance to toss out my usual pitch, "What cocktail are you most proud of?"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">After a little </span><a id="aptureLink_GXBoQ5W9aB" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5105232931/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Q&A</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> from Katrina to find out what kind of mood I was in, she mixed up a few of the above-listed ingredients, and presented this week's offering to me.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"So, whaddya call this?" I asked her. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Her first response, a "</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Christopher Caress</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">," wreaked of </span></span><a id="aptureLink_bgLbxKg4uG" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5105128157/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">shmooze</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, and, as flattered as I found that, I pushed her to assign a moniker less personal; one for the masses to appreciate. After its primary ingredient, and Katrina's fondness for alliteration, she went with the "Zaya Zinger." </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I am convinced that if bartenders were a dog breed, they'd be </span></span><a id="aptureLink_0LmrUjtbE7" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5105729448/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">hounds</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. I say this only because I've been shown repeated, (to my good fortune,) that bartenders have some of the strongest brand loyalty when it comes to their favorite spirits. When I steered Katrina towards a rum-based cocktail, (as I am a BIG fan of rum!) she was quick to grab the bottle of Zaya, shelved conveniently at her arm's length. She went fluidly into its history and point of origin, (</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Trinidad</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">,) and even passed the bottle so we could inspect it, </span></span><a id="aptureLink_CxCBcyS7Vk" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5105183209/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">olfactorily</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Now, when a chef presents their favorite meal, it is bound to be good. The same, more often than not, holds true with a bartender's favorite drink.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">That is why I usually counter the "</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">what'll it be</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">?" with my own quality-seeking query. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">That is also why the </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Zaya Zinger</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> is this week's "Greatest Drink in The World."</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Thanks, Katrina!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">__________</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">_____</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">---------------------------</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Related</span></span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Video of the week: Sorry. Couldn't resist. "</span></span><a id="aptureLink_NDqB30E4Fv" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z_usl6i9IY"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Walking on Sunshine.</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Cheers!</span></span></div>C:http://www.blogger.com/profile/07677412188827477341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-788908447977790287.post-57035756764621400512010-10-14T17:00:00.006-04:002010-10-14T23:11:48.653-04:00Red Witch<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">To the locals here in </span><a id="aptureLink_ZQi4VDbDhs" href="http://www.saleminnma.com/salempolicepatch.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Salem</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, the month of October means traffic, tourists and Haunted Happenings. In fact, last week's </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Greatest Drink in the World... This Week</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> was preempted for the Haunted Happenings Grand Parade!</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">So this week, to make up for that, (</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">and to coat-tail Salem's notoriety for the Hallowe'en season</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">,) we present a really different and delicious offering that was universally embraced by everyone who tried it, "</span><a id="aptureLink_4DvhrC8V6Q" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5076845549/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Red Witch</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">."<br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Recipe:</span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Into a tall glass of ice, add:</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- A 3-count of </span></span><a id="aptureLink_lYnFXCI96v" href="http://www.upsynth.com.au/images/original-bottle.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Absynthe</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- A generous sploosh of </span></span></span><a id="aptureLink_U3WUCDEkqB" href="http://media.tribune.ie/site_media/photologue/photos/2008/Oct/25/cache/Cordial_01004939_display.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Ribena Blackcurrant,</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- Top off with </span></span><a id="aptureLink_UcbKC0oHQD" href="http://www.sculptureconcepts.com/Images/zDryBlackthorn.png"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">hard cider</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- Garnish with a wedge of orange, (or, even better, a slice of apple!)</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Georgia,serif;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/TLUraVdqzII/AAAAAAAABNw/95u3GfuNcGA/s1600/IMGP2893.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H0W3McLw1L0/TLUraVdqzII/AAAAAAAABNw/95u3GfuNcGA/s400/IMGP2893.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527371849105329282" style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" border="0" /></span></a></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Kerry's Notes</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">: I have to just start off by saying how much I loved that drink. I am now a big fan of cider thanks to Joe. I may even be so bold as to say I like it better than beer. </span><a id="aptureLink_8OxCUlYCwP" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5079331551/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Shocking</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">! I know. But it just tastes like fall and has a sweet finish to every sip.<br /><br />The thing about the Red Witch that struck me was the </span><a id="aptureLink_6OVBnvj3kz" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5077439072/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">immediate memory</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> of my favorite childhood witch from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Though I was a bit afraid of the </span><a id="aptureLink_RROvT0Yo4z" href="http://inkandpixelclub.com/wp-content/uploads/images/snowwhite/sw2-03.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">dwarfs</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, too, the </span><a id="aptureLink_tTVhSx6afC" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5076845473/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Witch Queen</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> was absolutely terrifying since you know in advance she is a murderer. A talented and evil assasin that kills with produce is horrific even by adult standards.<br /><br />Just as a side note... As Chris will confirm, I was the world's biggest fraidy cat & the "town crier" too. I was a sensitive child, what can I say?<br /><br />However, I just keep thinking about the main ingredient of hard apple cider in the Red Witch. I feel we have to give it the credit it is due. And if Joe changes this recipe to create one of his "alternate versions," I am nominating a new name for this week's Greatest Drink...<br />"</span><a id="aptureLink_oNVlhfvAFx" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5077439200/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Poisoned Apple</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">."<br /><br />Kerry</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Joe's Notes:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n. -</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Milton</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The floodgates of Hell have opened onto the historic streets of Salem, spilling out an assortment of ghouls and monsters.The bars and restaurants are awash with middle-aged </span><a id="aptureLink_1vTEdEYPHB" href="http://thumbnails.hulu.com/7/363/16437_512x288_manicured__RHReo+xDbECBWM8sbWsihQ.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Harry Potters</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and the entire cast of the </span><a id="aptureLink_y3P76bkOpw" href="http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/8915/twilightparody.png"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Twilight</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> series, to name but a few of the costumed revelers. </span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Passage floats aloft, remaining a bastion of refinement and taste, as I take my position at the helm of the bar </span><a id="aptureLink_VXPvpxnQrc" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42066060@N08/5080013460/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">mixing my concoctions for your pleasure</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.<br /></span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><p style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Double, double, toil and trouble;<br />Fire, burn; and caldron, bubble.</span></i></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Fillet of a fenny snake,<br />In the caldron boil and bake;<br />Eye of newt, and toe of frog,<br />Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,<br />Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting,<br />Lizard's leg, and howlet's wing,--<br />For a charm of powerful trouble,<br />Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">-W.S.</span></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">----------------</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">----------------</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">After scouring through YouTube for the perfect video for this week, (and dismissing Lady GaGa's "</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Salem Witch</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">" as just TOO freaky,) I found this: German band, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Rattles</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> from 1970 with their big hit, "</span><a id="aptureLink_jxqONknRwJ" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_abGp7psLpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Witch.</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"</span></span></div></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div>C:http://www.blogger.com/profile/07677412188827477341noreply@blogger.com2