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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 28, 2022 15:31:28 GMT
Holland House is the name of whatagain's future nursing home.
Holland House is a company that makes cocktail mixes and which sometimes distributes related items like jiggers (a small measuring glass). (doseur)
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 28, 2022 19:18:30 GMT
So many things tend to make us think of Ukraine these days (I wonder why). I was watching the news report tonight about the 'truce' meeting between Russia and Ukraine on the Belrus border, and of course there was a big meeting with water bottles all along the huge table. I attended quite a few meetings like that during my professional career (although we were not deciding the future of the world). I never touched the water bottle because I considered it to be a sign of weakness in a serious meeting. However, I drank plenty of water when my situation was comfortable. Pouring for others or accepting water from people around me was a way to build alliances. Has anybody else experienced water diplomacy in their working life? (Perhaps tea diplomacy in England...,)
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 19, 2022 1:20:17 GMT
It has been baking hot here. Took the dogs for their evening walk, came home & took a shower, then made myself a ~
Pinky Punchy Perfection
Put a bunch of ice cubes in a shaker, then put in a couple of lemon twists juice of half a lemon a dribble of maraschino cherry juice 2 oz of Gibson gin 1 oz of Tanqueray Flor de Sevilla gin 1 oz of Martini Rossi Rosso sweet vermouth 355 ml of Schweppes tonic water
Now drop a couple of maraschino cherries into a tall glass along with one ice cube. Gently but thoroughly stir the mixture in the shaker & strain it into the glass (probably it won't all fit).
Try to keep from pouring it all at once down your grateful gullet.
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 19, 2022 8:58:41 GMT
Very precise measurements. You are the Queen of Cocktails.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 19, 2022 15:46:45 GMT
Thanks, Mick! I write these inventions (if they're successful) on here to keep from forgetting them.
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 19, 2022 16:16:15 GMT
I thought you were returning to your profession.
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Post by htmb on Mar 19, 2022 17:47:04 GMT
I’m drinking a well-earned, inexpensive rosé.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 24, 2022 1:04:11 GMT
the Steve V martini, by Bixa ~
Put a martini glass in the freezer
Put several ice cubes into a cocktail shaker, along with: one large twist of lemon peel two ounces of The London No. 1 1/2 ounce of chile ancho liquor One ounce Martini & Rossi dry vermouth juice of half a lime two ounces of ginger ale
Remove glass from the freezer & drop into it a cold maraschino cherry. Stir & swirl the contents of the shaker, then strain it into the glass and rejoice that you're alive to enjoy this.
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Post by htmb on Mar 24, 2022 20:06:09 GMT
Bixa, it seems you’ve posted several different martini recipes lately. Is this a new drink for you? Did you take some sort of class?
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 24, 2022 21:04:08 GMT
Htmb, back in October I got a special brand of gin to give to a friend for his birthday. I knew he drank G&Ts, & we'd both tentatively experimented with some different gins. Then, as Christmas approached & the sales were a'flying, I accumulated more brands which culminated in the big taste-off. I posted about that somewhere on the forum, but don't remember where. The upshot is that I have rather a lot of gin hoarded so, when it is time for me to indulge in an alcoholic beverage, I've been inventing these little drinks. Mostly they're martinis because I like to not cover up the taste of the gin.
I copied the gin inventions I've posted here so far so I could share with my sister & discovered that -- including a couple that are just classics -- I have 14 recipes.
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Post by htmb on Mar 24, 2022 21:25:21 GMT
Ah, cool. Thanks for the explanation. I like gin, though I don’t think I’ve ever had a martini.
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 24, 2022 22:00:57 GMT
When I visited my parents in Florida, we tried to vary the evening cocktail from time to time, and every now and then I would say "let's try a martini." So my father would make them, respecting the recipe, and we would all grimace at the first sip. But each sip got better and then we would have a second one.
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Post by whatagain on Mar 24, 2022 23:32:10 GMT
One is one too many, and two are one too few...
The first episode of 'amicalement vôtre' forgot the british name - the persuaders - sees Roger Moore and Tony Curtis fighting about the number of olives to be put into a Martini.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 25, 2022 2:39:47 GMT
My dad always made that grimace at his first sip of a martini.
I find them delicious and always want another, but don't have it. The first one is on the way of making your face start feeling numb, a clue as to how much alcohol you just poured into your system.
The one I just had was Tanqueray No. 10 (2 oz) + Martini & Rossi extra dry vermouth (1 oz) + a good splash of club soda all stirred in a shaker with a slice of cucumber & several ice cubes, then strained into a frozen martini glass atop two olives which had been rinsed in vermouth. Yes, I ate the olives.
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Post by whatagain on Mar 25, 2022 7:21:05 GMT
I had a glass of red Chinon with a goung colleague at a nice brasserie in Courbevoie. I picked the bill, figuring i have reached an age when it is fit to pay instead of a 24 year old. I spent a nice lunch, the guy has nice brains. The wine was ok.
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Post by mich64 on Mar 25, 2022 18:34:34 GMT
The one I just had was Tanqueray No. 10 (2 oz) + Martini & Rossi extra dry vermouth (1 oz) + a good splash of club soda all stirred in a shaker with a slice of cucumber & several ice cubes, then strained into a frozen martini glass atop two olives which had been rinsed in vermouth. Yes, I ate the olives. I think I would like to try this one. I like the combination of gin with cucumber and I really like olives. I have only tried a martini once, at a restaurant, it was not very good, but the restaurant was not very good either.
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 25, 2022 18:37:46 GMT
After an early dinner the bottle of mei kwei lu chew called out to me.
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Post by tod2 on Mar 26, 2022 13:38:15 GMT
Early dinner/late lunch had me sipping on a delightful chilled glass of Mateus Rose`. I believe Queen Elizabeth also like it.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 12, 2022 1:35:55 GMT
I have no trouble thinking of you and The Queen in the same breath, Tod. I worked my tiny hiney off today in the yard, a hot, dusty exercise. It was one of those projects that, in the process of cleaning and rearranging I made so much mess that I had to keep going well after I was ready to stop. Finally went and took a shower & washed my hair, then took the dogs for a walk. It was kind of a token walk, as I was really tired. The fact that it was cut short worked out, though, since it started raining as soon as we got home. (yay!) Anyway, I made a lovely, gentle martini of 2+ oz. Boodles gin, 3/4 oz. Dolin dry vermouth, & @2 oz sparkling water. This was all poured over ice cubes in a shaker, then strained into a frozen martini glass into which I dropped two gin-rinsed cocktail onions. Enjoying it with cheddar, crackers, & mini pretzels dipped into chile-flavored ricotta as I listen to the blessed rain. Life is good.
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Post by bjd on Apr 12, 2022 6:27:58 GMT
I didn't think Mateus Rosé still existed! That was popular when I was young and living in Canada.
We had a bottle of Spanish wine over the past few days. Better than most of the Spanish wines I have tasted -- this one was from the area around Albacete and called Ciro.
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Post by tod2 on Apr 12, 2022 9:34:35 GMT
Mateus still imported from Portugal and not cheap. Every now and again I treat myself.
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Post by kerouac2 on Apr 12, 2022 16:44:01 GMT
I think I'll be having a Moroccan Sidi Brahim with dinner tonight. It is a strange itinerant wine because it used to be Algerian in 1924 but then it moved to Tunisia later in the 20th century. In 2019, it moved to Morocco, which is now its exclusive home.
Just for the record, Sidi-Brahim is the name of an Algerian battle in 1845. The French army won the battle with great difficulty. There is a rue Sidi-Brahim in the 12th arrondissement in Paris.
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Post by kerouac2 on Apr 19, 2022 19:05:37 GMT
I don't think that I had drunk port since I was about 15 or 16. Obviously this was in Europe, where that age is not considered inappropriate. It was always when visiting elderly ladies and/or relatives with my grandmother. Anyway, I bought some not too long ago because of a major discount (Porto Cruz) but it only crossed my mind tonight "what on earth does it taste like?" So I decided to have some, and actually the taste is extremely similar to vermouth. Okay, no problem. I will consume it sooner or later.
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Post by bjd on Apr 20, 2022 7:46:09 GMT
I was always surprised that the French offered port as an apéritif. To me it doesn't taste of vermouth but is much richer-tasting so would cut your appetite rather than whetting it.
At Easter we drank two bottles of wine (there were 6 adults for 2 big meals). The first was Spanish and was okay, the second was an Haut Médoc Cru Bourgeois from 2016 and was really delicious.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 20, 2022 16:32:42 GMT
A friend was a big port aficionado, so my introduction was to quite nice examples. I always thought it was for either after a meal, or for simply savoring in the afternoon, somewhat as would be done with sherry.
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Post by casimira on Apr 20, 2022 17:10:21 GMT
My mother was very fond of sherry and always had a small glass of it after dinner. Occasionally she would substitute Port.
I still have the beautiful etched glass that she used to imbibe from.
I personally don't care much for either.
I do use the glass when I am cooking something that calls for red wine, usually a Zinfandel or a Sauterne white wine.
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Post by kerouac2 on Apr 20, 2022 17:17:48 GMT
Today I bought a really cheap bottle of white wine (pays d'oc region) for 2.05€ with the intention of making moules marinière soon before the weather warms up too much.
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Post by whatagain on Apr 20, 2022 19:32:45 GMT
I have a grappa.
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Post by tod2 on Apr 21, 2022 7:57:40 GMT
When in a merry mood our local Greek restaurant owner makes his way through the tables offering everyone a little glass of Grappa. He says its perfect for settling the stomach after a hearty meal. And of course he has a couple of glasses himself while shouting "OPPA"!
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Post by casimira on Apr 22, 2022 1:39:41 GMT
I am back on "the clear stuff" as the owner of the corner store owner called in reference to my abstaining from vodka for Lent. So, I am having an Absolut on the rocks with a splash of pomegrarnite juice and ginger. It has been a most horrific day and I caved.
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