serendipitous creations. Some bartender has a
friend in the distribution business who is pushing
a new product

And that was how I once drank a Seagram's rye whisky Bloody Mary. (It
might have been a whisky Caesar, the memory fades over the decades.)

Sometimes the post-traumatic stress lasts a long
time; sometimes, the hardier psyches heal rapidly.

I declined a second one even though they were free and asked the
sales rep for a straight shot of whisky but he said I'd have to pay
for it so I turned my back on him and asked the bartender for a
beer.

Should have asked for a deconstructed one.

porridge ... I see I failed to convince you!

Lilli has tried over a decade

In that case I won't bother trying again! [g]

Lilli likes lining her morning stomach for the
rest of the day's beef upon beef. Seems, too,
that current medical science largely endorses her
methods. Since for me my taste buds take precedence,
I don't listen closely to medical science.

I don't know about Diwali.

South Asian celebration known as Festival of Lights
both Thanksgiving and New Years celebrations.

Interesting.

Interestingly, in Wellington there were all these
posters around the city advertisinh Diwali celebrations
this week. Didn't see anything about it elsewhere.

We went to one here a few years ago and had a wonderful time (and
ate and drank very well indeed.)

'tis nice to have a culturally open mind sometimes.

Pringles are called Pringles because somebody named them Pringles.

But-but-but ... what about Mr. Pringles?

Son of a gun ... According to Wikipedia there actually was a Mr.
Pringle!

As if one believes what one reads.

I am dubious about this drink as well ...
Title: Blood and Sand

The name for starters is both unappetizing and
misleading.

1 oz Blended scotch
1 oz Fresh-squeezed orange juice
3/4 oz Cherry brandy
3/4 oz Sweet vermouth

And it's a girly drink.

Scotch is a notoriously difficult spirit to mix with, and simply
reading the list of ingredients gives me a toothache when I imagine
the sweetness. Somehow though, completely counter-intuitively, this
drink works. The flavor complexity is like that of a Floridita,
where even seasoned cocktail aficionados may have difficulty
discerning the drink's ingredients. In the glass, the blend of

A guessing game now and then can be fun, but in general,
my attitude is "of course, but whose?"

cherry brandy and vermouth form a perfect base for the stubborn
flavor of scotch, the scotch's aggressive smokiness keeps the sweet
flavors in line, while the orange juice soothes all the various
rough edges, making everything work together in the glass.

If they wanted aggressive smokiness, blended
Scotch is the wrong thing. If smokiness is to be
counteracted, why not use some less objectionable
spirit?

When mixing a Blood and Sand, use a blended scotch (Famous Grouse
works well for me), fresh-squeezed orange juice, and a decent cherry
brandy, such as Cherry Heering.

I continue to have my doubts.

... Redneck First Class: Flying in coach and the next seat is unoccupied

That's pretty much the kind of first class I'll be
getting in future, if I'm lucky that is. P.S. on
Christchurch-Sydney Lilli and I had the row to
ourselves. That was nice. She slept well; I did
the FIDO.

Downtown delight
cat: booze
servings: 1

1 part Chambord
1 part peach schnapps
1 splash pineapple juice
1 splash orange juice

Shake on ice. Serve in sugar-rimmed martini glass.
Garnish with cherry.

Loraine Walsh, Coogan's, Boston
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