I have never feasted on the blood of my enemies. I’d like to try that sometime.
It’s not as good as it sounds.
Negroni is my go-to here in Switzerland, especially after seeing martinis served in old-fashioned glasses. I’ve had a Negroni sbagliato, but I prefer the classic, as I’m not all that fond of bubbly. In my opinion prosecco is better than champagne.
My high school used to be the Thunderbirds. The first students consulted with the local tribes and chose the name together. But it’s in Washington state and it got changed due to government decision.
During the beginning of Covid, we used to watch Quarantine Quitchen with Alton Brown and Elizabeth Ingram. Her favorite drink is a dirty martini with a caper berry, if I remember correctly. I’ve seen a lot of them made by Alton Brown, but I’ve never had one.
I’d also like some Ardnahoe, but I haven’t found a bottle to buy yet. And they don’t ship outside the UK.
Heh, I’ve passed that one on a technicality, as have many of you I suspect. I mean, I’m my own worst enemy far too many times, and I’ve tasted my own blood!
It’s not as good unless you can pair it with hearing the lamentations of their women.
Now, there is one I have yet to try. What does it taste like? Which type of batteries are the best?
Those are all the reasons I chose absinthe! Just watched an old Jean Renoir/Jean Gabin movie called French Can-Can, and Jean Gabin was served a traditional absinthe. He added the water (to bring out the green fairy) before he was dragged away by another character.
I do, too. It’s more winy or something. There’s a steakhouse that my family has been going to since I was a little kid. A nice family place with great steaks. But since I usually go with people who don’t drink (and I drink very little these days) I like that I can get a split of proseco. Nice.
Anyone like an Aperol Spritz? It’s popular in the Caribbean among Europeans. We get them as an after breakfast drink. Bloody Mary—-Eggs Norwegian——Aperol Spritz——Heineken draft.
Sounds good to me!
I’d never heard of Eggs Norwegian, but I’ve seen that dish under lots of other names at a bunch of restaurants in the area.
On the Dutch side of Sint Maarten it’s a popular breakfast. Basically eggs Benedict with smoked salmon. It’s wild, a little Beachbar will make it with freshly prepared hollandaise sauce.
Yeah, as I said, it’s a fairly common dish here. I’ve had it a bunch of times. It was just never called Eggs Norwegian.
Huh. What do they call it?!
ETA: I just realized we never go out for breakfast except in St Martin. At home I like cooking breakfast, so it’s always on me.
Excellent choice and I would request the same.
I’m writing this down in my last requests booklet.
I wonder if would be reminiscent of the teaspoons of paregoric I was given as a child in the 1960s?
All different names. Every place is different. Usually it’s just something like “Salmon Benedict.”
My evening cocktail at home is a Boulevardier - essentially a Negroni but with bourbon instead of gin. I find the rounder taste of the bourbon more suited to my palate than the gin in a Negroni, but I’ll go with the Negroni when we’re out, because hardly anyone seems to know what a Boulevardier is, and even when I explain it, it never seems to come out right (you have to up the amount of bourbon to 1.5x - 2x the amount of gin you’d use).
And, yes, Carpano Antica is the stuff. There are probably other high-quality sweet vermouths out there, but Carpano just punches all the right buttons for me.
As for what I’d like to try? A very, very old Chateau d’Yquem. Like, 19th century. Hedonism Wines in London has a bottle from 1831. Anyone have £21,000 I can borrow? I’ll share.
Tastes like Moxie. To my tongue, they’re interchangable.
You’ve never had a Sloe Gin Fizz?!? My roommate in college took a bar-tending course so he could work social and alumni events for Student Services. One week he came back from a training session where he learned to make Sloe Gin Fizzes. I had never even heard of one at that point, but he thought they were the greatest drink ever.
For the next two years, I would get offered a Sloe Gin Fizz whenever I came into our living room. I swear that he kept cases of (cheap) sloe gin under his bed. I had at least one a day for the first couple months, then it tapered off to a couple each weekend. It’s 50 years later and I haven’t even seen sloe gin in anybody’s home bar for ages, but I can still taste them.
I don’t hate them, but but I got pretty tired of them.
Back to business…I choose a Manhattan. My mother used to drink them, but never made me one. She passed away a few years ago and I frequently think that maybe I should try one. Unfortunately, “gin and tonic” comes out of my mouth automatically when I’m asked.