M.X.Hassett

Well for what it is worth these are the winning recipes: RUM CATEGORY: Adult Film Starr by Sam Ross Ingredients: - 2 oz. Starr African Rum - 1 oz Fresh Lime Juice - 1 1/2 oz Licor 4 - 1 1/2 oz Simple Syrup - 3 pieces of cucumber - Nutmeg Muddle cucumber in a cocktail shaker. Add all ingredients except for nutmeg and shake with ice. Strain into a double rocks glass over cracked ice. Garnish with cucumber spears and grated nutmeg. RHUM CATEGORY: The 1838 by Bobby 'G' Gleason of the Rio, Las Vegas Ingredients: - 1 1/2 oz Neisson Rhum Agricole Reserve Speciale - 1/4 oz Yellow Chartreuse - 1/4 oz Pineapple Juice - Juices of 1/2 Lime - Garnish: Pineapple parrot and sugar cane stir stick Shake all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice until well blended. Strain into a double highball glass over loosely packed crushed ice. Garnish with a sugar cane stir stick and a pineapple parrot. CACHACA CATEGORY: Moda Martini by John Mautone of Dylan Prime NY Ingredients: - 2 oz Beleza Pura Super Premium Cachaca - 2 oz Banana or Raspberry Rum - 1 oz Fresh Lime Juice - 1 1/2 oz Pineapple Juice - Garnish: mint leaf Shake all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain into a chilled martini glass and garnish with a large mint leaf in the center of glass. Edit: It would be nice to know the recipes for the other cocktails, that way we could taste the cocktails as they were meant to be tasted.

Just checked my voicemail and it appears that all of the other chefs have dropped out of the dinner and the menu is going to change. Waiting to hear back from Robert B. Edit: Anyone know why the other chefs bowed out.

Darwin award??? or ALDaily (broken power cord. Treo'ing it. sorry) Edit2: Quotes suck

I would try infusing the bourbon(with ginger 1*) for maybe 3-5 weeks and then playing with it. In additon you could make a simple syrup with sugar and ginger, but instead of using h20 use everclear or high proof vodka let it sit for a month. Then you would have a nice infusion to dash into other libations. (chives make a nice addition IMHO) The ginger tincture may add a better taste to it as opposed to a muddled version. I would highly suggest making a tincture of ginger. (Ignore the spelling and other mishaps. My powerbook power adapter broke. Henceforth I am using a Treo. So until I receive the adapter from A.Care have a good one.) Edit: 1*(with ginger 1*)

I can't beleive people are outraged that he was showing people where our food really comes from. Well yeh I guess I can understand it, plenty of hoople-heads out there. The disconect people have with food is getting a littly crazy. Anyone know if Bourdain was chastised for the scene on No R.

Rumfest 2005 cocktail challenge finalists: Rum Category: "The Lytton Fizz" by John Myers, Restaurant Oolong, Portaland ME "Adult Film Starr" by Jeffrey Zarnow, Starr African Rum Rhum Category: "The 1838" by Bobby "G" Gleason, Mixologist/Beverage Specialist, Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV "The Affinity Cocktail #2" by Philip Ward Cachaca Category: "Amazonia" submitted by Neil Ventura "Moda Martini" submitted by Karyn Reigel of Excalibur, created by John Mautone, Dylan Prime, NY See you all tonight.

Chef of a submarine, this must present many challenges us landlubbers never even dream of coming across. Many Kudos to you chef, and welcome to eGullet.

but I used the actual legitimate product name as it appears on their website for ordering the thing, Hassett ... so there! Ha! That is why it is a tie, I used the wrong term thus costing me a minute off of my score.

"Special teardrop shape originated in Italy's Umbria region. A safe and easy way to scoop pasta or vegetables directly from boiling water. No need to tilt and drain the whole poy." from: http://www.ikitchen.com/vilscoopcol4.html So your guess of pasta was correct.

8:40 and 8:41 is a photo finish . not a tie ... curses, foiled again! ← Ah but you did not call it a strainer as I did thus subtracting a minute from my score.

Wow what a tie

It is an Umbria Strainer http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=e...fari%26rls%3Den Look under products linear

In an equally ridiculous extreme how about this shirt? Foie Gras = Duck Rape ← Equally ricidulous? Sorry, I find nothing ridiculous at all in the statement "I love foie gras" or similar statements. On the other hand equating foie gras or the processes involved in producing foie gras to rape is not only ridiculous but offensive. If offends my sense of logic and reason and it should offend rape victims. consumer is an irrational target of emotional argument made without understanding or investigation. The most convincing argument against foie gras might be that it's unethical to eat meat at all. If we're to consider the quality of life of the animal up until death, then ducks rasied for foie gras might be among the last to be banned. ← Thank you for these comments Robert. They state what I would say, just in a much more eloquent manner

Click down to third pic to see a pictorial of NY System dogs from Chris A.'s blog http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showto...dpost&p=1030064

Yeh, I figured that much. Maybe Adrian or Wylie will toss them on the menu.

Awesome post, but chocolate sardines just do not do it for me.

I use a product similar to one of these and think it is great: http://www.advancedh2o.com/products/brochu...ic/hottank.html

*bump* Monday is a day to rejoice in the fine spirits known as Rum, Rhum, Ron & Cachaça. Hope to see you there. http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?act=ca...ent&eventid=557

Running a site of this magnitude requires extensive testing. Therefore it is commendable that the staff tests the site from the view of a general member. If there were posts made under that name it would be a different issue, but as I see it it is just basic site upkeep. IMHO Edit: any member who wants to "hide their presence" can log in as an anonymous member.

Cool, now how does one order these dishes as a tasting.

Erik, I tip my hat to you. We should have lab jackets made up for the whole FSaC forum. I will PM you before I put the order in. Everyone PM me your size, no I am not effin around. Send me your size by PM and we will have some splendid uniforms for the crew. Yeh, yeh I know I should of thought of this before Rumfest, but it would still be funny to see a third of the people at Pegu in lab coats.

Oh crap I forgot about Red Oktober. http://media25a.libsyn.com/podcasts/tiki/TikiBarTV_09.mov (hosts if this or my previous post contains "deep links" (I do not think that they do) please PM me and I will edit them out.

Check this out http://tikibartv.blogspot.com/ I find the interlude ( http://media28a.libsyn.com/podcasts/tiki/TikiBarTV_06.mov ) to be very funny. Choice quote "always fresh lime juice never from a can you effin savage" http://media25a.libsyn.com/podcasts/tiki/TikiBarTV_08.mov Edit: Links Edit2: How could I forget Pirates+Screech=sodomy

Ok, I have watched this about oh I do not know maybe 50 times and it is one of the funniest things I have come across. Hell it is almost as funny as Tiki Tv.