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Tonight’s cocktail is an Oriental.  According to the Savoy Cocktail Book the recipe was given by an American engineer to his doctor in the Philippines to think him for curing a fever.  

 

 

 

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Sorry, that was badly worded.  I didn't look for them at Costco, just the mangos.  I noticed the 50% off sticker which made me think Loblaws or Independent which I did look at and also Metro.  I agree that homemade is probably better but I find it handy to have a premade something or other on hand when you just want something quick.

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Dinner. Kerry’s with a low carb cheese delivery system. Kerry pointed out that we did indeed have lovely cider vinegar ( it is hiding in the cocktail picture if you look very carefully) so the salad was made correctly. 

 

Not sure if I blame the CSO but I have never had this result from this recipe before. It is an old, old recipe I have used many times.   It has obviously split. It is basically a cheese fondue with seafood and asparagus. In this case shrimp and asparagus.  I worked slowly and hard to get the perfectly smooth cheese and wine combination. Damn. 

 

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My not-low-carb version with toast croutons as the cheese delivery system. 

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sounds like it's time

for The Bottom of the Well Drink...….

anything less than a 1/2" gets mixed together.

Can you guess where I used to work as an evil BOH person?

 

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1 minute ago, Okanagancook said:

To use the maraschino liquor and gin.....Aviation Cocktail

 

2 oz gin

1 oz maraschino liquer

3/4 oz lemon juice

flamed lemon peel

No proper gin sadly!

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To use the white rum and vermouth....a Bacardi Martini....with a different rum

 

2 oz white rum

2 dashes Angostura bitters

2 dashes dry vermouth 

lime peel for garnish

 

stir with ice

 

 

 

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1 hour ago, ElsieD said:

Sorry, that was badly worded.  I didn't look for them at Costco, just the mangos.  I noticed the 50% off sticker which made me think Loblaws or Independent which I did look at and also Metro.  I agree that homemade is probably better but I find it handy to have a premade something or other on hand when you just want something quick.

It was Independent we found them at - Winkels in Sudbury. I've seen them a few times at home - but not paid much attention because they are expensive.

 

Kira liked them, Anna thought homemade would be better.

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to use the whiskey and curaçao a Marlene Dietrich

 

2 oz whiskey

1/2 oz curaçao 3 dashes Angostura bitters

a piece  lemon

a piece of orange

shake first two

strain

squeeze citrus

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Looking at that stash, no matter how you go at it, I suspect there's going to be a lot to haul home or two very tired livers when you get home. :D

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It's kinda like wrestling a gorilla... you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is tired.

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Tonight I took my ginger snaps straight up.  The ballpoint is there for scale. 

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49 minutes ago, Tri2Cook said:

Looking at that stash, no matter how you go at it, I suspect there's going to be a lot to haul home or two very tired livers when you get home. :D

 We will drink until our check liver lights come on!  

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2 hours ago, Anna N said:

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Tonight’s cocktail is an Oriental.  According to the Savoy Cocktail Book the recipe was given by an American engineer to his doctor in the Philippines to think him for curing a fever.  

 

 

 

 

Ok, I've decided to join in on the fun (at least for this weekend) and join you with my own Oriental. While interesting, this is not one I see myself making again. Cheers!

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23 minutes ago, curls said:

 

Ok, I've decided to join in on the fun (at least for this weekend) and join you with my own Oriental. While interesting, this is not one I see myself making again. Cheers!

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Yeah - we were happy enough with it - but didn't see rushing to make it again.

 

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6 hours ago, rotuts said:

go for tart-ishy fruit.

OHHHHH that's what I want to be …...

tartish fruity

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Nothing is better than frying in lard.

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11 hours ago, Okanagancook said:

To use the white rum and vermouth....a Bacardi Martini....with a different rum

 

2 oz white rum

2 dashes Angostura bitters

2 dashes dry vermouth 

lime peel for garnish

 

stir with ice

 

 

 

 I have to really disguise the taste of rum to get it down!

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Good morning. Woke to cloudy skies and evidence of rain over night. No rain in the forecast but not much sunshine either. 

 

Kerry is back on call for the next 24 hours.

 

A friend is driving up today to spend some time at the cottage out at Freer Point. She might dop in for a quick visit and to grab some potable water from our tap. 

 

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Was more successful with my eggs this morning.

 

We are not having a lot of success tracking down farm eggs this trip. 

 

No point today in making a dinner plan that isn’t amenable to being served cold, room temperature or re-heated!  One never knows what will transpire in the ER when dinner time rolls around. I have a couple of ideas fermenting. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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21 minutes ago, Anna N said:

I have a couple of ideas fermenting. 

 

 

Literally? :P

(You just never know, around this place...)

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