I (eugh, pardon me while I gag a bit) . . . Ok. I found pantry/carpet beetle larvae in my pantry. I’m sooooo grossed out. It looks like we spilled some flour onto the bottom of the pantry, and we also had two opened boxes of lasagna noodles that they got into bigtime. :p:p:p:p:p
So, the only thing was to take everything out of the pantry, toss the half of it that wasn’t sealed, wipe down the sealed stuff, and disinfect the pantry itself. I have mild OCD which tends to express itself regarding germs. So I’m being pretty anal about the cleanup, but also kind of hopping from foot to foot going “Ew, ew, ew,” and all in all it’s incredibly stressful.
Meanwhile, this morning I noticed my husband had used all the ice cubes, and I was like, “**Why **is he doing so many things to annoy me the last couple da- oh wait, let me look at the calendar.”
So yeah, the last thing I’m going to put back in the pantry is the liquor collection, and I’m going to lighten it before I do so. In the meantime, I’m soliciting useful bug battling advice, "poor you"s, and cocktail recipes.
I can’t be the only one who read “panty beetles,” can I?
My favorite drink is a grasshopper. Going from memory here… it’s creme de menthe, creme de cacao, and cream or half-and-half. I think of it as a green russian. It’s creamy, sweet, delicious… a very good dessert drink. It’s *also *great when you substitute ice cream for cream and mix it in a blender!
Were I in your place, though, I’d chug some rum straight from the bottle and wash it down with some diet coke.
OK, that would be WAY worse! Suddenly I feel more positive.
I also like the way you ladies think. I don’t have Rangpur, but I do have Tanqueray, tonic, and limes. I don’t have creme de menthe, but I did just buy some heavy cream, and I have amaretto - I know I can do something with that to get girl drink drunk.
In my experience, the tonic actually makes more difference in flavor than the gin.
I remember once getting some store brand tonic before a bunch of people came over for drinks, and the G&Ts were terrible, even though I had some high-end gin around.
But G&T’s made with Schweppes tonic and plain old Gordon’s gin are fine.
Do you happen to have cachaca and raw sugar? With the limes you mentioned and crushed ice, you could be minutes away from a caipirinha to wash all your woes away.
Nope. My first thought was “damn, if I found beetles in my panties, I’d drink too!”
Unauthorized Cinnamon, might I suggest some plastic flour boxes for the future? Walmart etc sell them, and ones for crackers of both the round and square types too.
When in Paris last year, my wife and I were astounded by the flavour of the G&Ts there, due to their use of “Indian Tonic”. The gin came over ice in the glass, and the tonic separately, either in a tiny carafe, or the child-size can (yellow can, Schweppes).
I hope your PMS-self is better with liquor than my wife. She is great fun for a while, but becomes an absolute trainwreck beast if I am not completely 100% perfect in every conceivable way.
I never had much of any kind of infestation in my last apartment. But in my current one, I’ve had more than enough. It wasn’t long ago that I had to get rid of every scrap of wheat and sugar in my cupboards, and wipe the bugs out. Problem solved.
Yup, I do have some plastic containers and plan to get more. In the meantime, everything that doesn’t come in a hermetically-resealable container is going in gallon Ziplocs once opened.
Last night I had a G&T and a half-assed pink squirrel made with amaretto, vodka, and grenadine, as well as sampling an ancient vacuum-sealed bottle of port and finding it was still good!
