Light cocktail recipe
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digitalwanderer
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1- bottle quervo 1800
1- lemon & knife
1- salt shaker (full)
2- shot glasses
MUCH more luck with the ladies with my recipe.
1- lemon & knife
1- salt shaker (full)
2- shot glasses
MUCH more luck with the ladies with my recipe.
Except that Ceurvo 1800 is disgusting! Try some good tequila like Ceurvo Anejo or Patron Anejo. Casadores Reposado is also pretty good.digitalwanderer said:1- bottle quervo 1800
1- lemon & knife
1- salt shaker (full)
2- shot glasses
MUCH more luck with the ladies with my recipe.
I bought a bottle of the Ceurvo Reserva ($90/bottle!) and didn't care for it much... too much like whiskey (aged oak flavor).
-FUDie
digitalwanderer
Legend
Quervo 1800 is the topshelf Quervo, the gold one in the square bottle?
digitalwanderer
Legend
I still have a bottle of Bacardi Anejo I picked up about 10 years ago in Cancun un-opened, I'm saving it. 8)
Barcardi is not real high quality stuff either, as far as rum goes, but the 151 stuff will sure mess you up in a hurrydigitalwanderer said:
Anyway, you can find Cuervo Anejo for about $45/bottle. The Patron Anejo is about $50. The Patron is smoother, IMO, and is my preference. Casadores Reposado runs about $30/bottle so is a bit cheaper and still tastes pretty good.
-FUDie
In the North-East of Italy we have the so-called "Spritz": 30-40% soda water (the fizzier the better), 30-40% of white wine "sec" (usually Prosecco from Valdobbiadene), the rest is mixture, that varies from town to town, of stuff like Gin, Aperol, Cynar, or others: what's important is that it must turn the whole thing "reddish".
I never drank at ALL until the past year or two... I blame it on influence from my Irish Father-In-Law.
My wife and I (and the In-Laws) frequent this little "Mom-and-Pop" Mexican restaurant and have become friends with the owner, who is one heck of a guy by the way.
Anyway, Edgar (yes, he's Mexican, and named Edgar) has introduced us to many a fine tequila. Maybe it's my German heritage, but it's never affected me negatively the next morning (like so many others warn you about).
At any rate, I'm now a tequila freak, and enjoy just about any and all brands/types in order to grow my knowledge base of this fine, fine liquid.
Every once in a while, though, I mix it up and sip on some Segram's VO and 7-Up. It always tastes better with 7-Up out of the fountain though...
DigitalWanderer, if you're ever interested, perhaps we could meet at the place described above sometime in the near future with the wives. I'd be up for an evening of spirited conversation with an individual such as yourself, and it's about 1/2 way in between both of us (in a round-about sort of way...)
PM me if interested...
My wife and I (and the In-Laws) frequent this little "Mom-and-Pop" Mexican restaurant and have become friends with the owner, who is one heck of a guy by the way.
Anyway, Edgar (yes, he's Mexican, and named Edgar) has introduced us to many a fine tequila. Maybe it's my German heritage, but it's never affected me negatively the next morning (like so many others warn you about).
At any rate, I'm now a tequila freak, and enjoy just about any and all brands/types in order to grow my knowledge base of this fine, fine liquid.
Every once in a while, though, I mix it up and sip on some Segram's VO and 7-Up. It always tastes better with 7-Up out of the fountain though...
DigitalWanderer, if you're ever interested, perhaps we could meet at the place described above sometime in the near future with the wives. I'd be up for an evening of spirited conversation with an individual such as yourself, and it's about 1/2 way in between both of us (in a round-about sort of way...)
PM me if interested...
digitalwanderer
Legend
A good mexican place?!?! WHERE?!?!?covermye said:
The only ones I like around here are Taco Real and Casablanca, both in East Chicago. Casablanca the food is good and the atmosphere is great, Taco Real the food is top shelf and it has a cool atmosphere. Casablanca is a bit more of a dressy-up place, Taco Real is all about the food.
Taco Real has the best mexican food I've had anywhere...including Mexico! They're also fast as hell and they just crank people in/out of there...they have to, they're also popular as hell and have a cult following.
I highly recomend either, where is the Mom&Pop place?
LOL. This is the part where you write me off as a loonie (everyone else does that we tell about this place) because the town is ass, but this guy really has a nice place. He drives down from Chicago every day to run his restaurant in St. Anne, IL. It's about 1/2 way in between us, and west of the state line a few clicks if you don't know...
Seriously... Edgar is one fine restauranteur. (SP?)
We'll have try out the places you suggest as well... I've just grown an affinity for smaller restaurants where you can develop a relationship with the owner/manager. It's nice knowing you're helping a guy out that you happen to like...
Seriously... Edgar is one fine restauranteur. (SP?)
We'll have try out the places you suggest as well... I've just grown an affinity for smaller restaurants where you can develop a relationship with the owner/manager. It's nice knowing you're helping a guy out that you happen to like...
digitalwanderer
Legend
Taco Real is not a struggling start-up, they're an established tradition in the Region and a money-maker-from-HELL!
They can barely keep up with their business, period. They're packed every single day, yet there can be a line out the front of the door and you know you'll get a table within about 15-20 minutes since they're so fast.
I HIGHLY recomend the place, it's probably the best food in the area for me and I just don't go there enough. (Did I mention the prices are reasonable as hell too, they're damn near cheap! )
Everytime I eat there it feels like it was worth the effort and that I got me money's worth. 8)
BTW-I worked in Calumet City for about 8-9 years and my Dad owned an electrical contractorship out of there when I was growing up, I got a pretty good working knowledge of that left side of the line.
They can barely keep up with their business, period. They're packed every single day, yet there can be a line out the front of the door and you know you'll get a table within about 15-20 minutes since they're so fast.
I HIGHLY recomend the place, it's probably the best food in the area for me and I just don't go there enough. (Did I mention the prices are reasonable as hell too, they're damn near cheap!
)Everytime I eat there it feels like it was worth the effort and that I got me money's worth. 8)
BTW-I worked in Calumet City for about 8-9 years and my Dad owned an electrical contractorship out of there when I was growing up, I got a pretty good working knowledge of that left side of the line.
covermye said:
Restaurateur
You're lucky that you've got a decent restaurant near where you live. In the one-horse town in which I live, you can get excellent fish and chips, a very good curry but nothing else. Not even a decent Italian!
My sister lives in London and is always visiting good and authentic Tibetan/Mexican/Jamaican/Mongolian etc etc restaurants. That's probably only the reason I'd consider living in a city - a wide range of 'eateries'.
digitalwanderer
Legend
<sigh>
With kids though it's very infrequent that I do many dinners out, although one nice thing about Taco Real is that the kids like it too and I don't mind taking 'em with.
I've learned to cook like a mofo though, I think I'm turning into one of the world's greatest short-order cooks. 8) (I ain't a gourmet, but damn am I getting good at whipping up good food fast! )
With kids though it's very infrequent that I do many dinners out, although one nice thing about Taco Real is that the kids like it too and I don't mind taking 'em with.
I've learned to cook like a mofo though, I think I'm turning into one of the world's greatest short-order cooks. 8) (I ain't a gourmet, but damn am I getting good at whipping up good food fast! )
I thought these were supposed to be "light cocktails", not "alcoholic's best friends".
Peppermint Patty
Good for warming up on cold days.
1 mug hot chocolate
1 oz. peppermint schnapps
Grasshopper
Good for cooling down on hot days.
2 oz. Creme de Menthe
2 oz. Creme de Caco
1 quart vanilla ice cream
Blend until smooth
Peppermint Patty
Good for warming up on cold days.
1 mug hot chocolate
1 oz. peppermint schnapps
Grasshopper
Good for cooling down on hot days.
2 oz. Creme de Menthe
2 oz. Creme de Caco
1 quart vanilla ice cream
Blend until smooth
Anyone tried a Gimlet?
3 parts Gin (preferably Plymouth)
1 part lime cordial (lime juice will do at a push)
Chilled water (optional)
I also quite like Gin & Tonic with a dash of Pomegranate juice - adds a bit of fruitiness to the proceedings.
The only other cocktail I tend to drink is a Long Island Iced Tea but that can't be called 'light'!
3 parts Gin (preferably Plymouth)
1 part lime cordial (lime juice will do at a push)
Chilled water (optional)
I also quite like Gin & Tonic with a dash of Pomegranate juice - adds a bit of fruitiness to the proceedings.
The only other cocktail I tend to drink is a Long Island Iced Tea but that can't be called 'light'!
digitalwanderer
Legend
Does a rum-n-coke count as more of a "light cocktail"?
Just coke & bacardi dark, but you really should use coke instead of pepsi (I prefer pepsi over coke, but it's too sweet for the dark rum...coke works much better) and dark rum instead of light. (Light rum makes it taste bitter)
Oh, and a twist of lime....heaven. 8)
Just coke & bacardi dark, but you really should use coke instead of pepsi (I prefer pepsi over coke, but it's too sweet for the dark rum...coke works much better) and dark rum instead of light. (Light rum makes it taste bitter)
Oh, and a twist of lime....heaven. 8)
