December 2010
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Soyer au Champagne
serves 1
Ingredients
2 Tbsp vanilla ice cream
2 dashes (1/8 tsp) brandy
2 dashes (1/8 tsp) curaçao
2 dashes (1/8 tsp) maraschino liqueur such as Luxardo
2 oz champagne or sparkling wine (extra dry, sec, or demi-sec)
garnish: slice of pineapple, slice of orange, slice of lemon, 2 cherries and 2 strawberries
Procedure
Scoop the ice cream into a tumbler or cocktail glass.
Add the...
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Snowshoe
Ingredients
1½ oz bourbon
1½ oz peppermint schnapps (Rumpleminze)
Procedure
Add both spirits to a double old-fashioned glass filled with crushed ice. Stir to combine, top off with more crushed ice to fill and garnish with a mint sprig sprinkled with bar or powdered sugar.
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that awkward moment on chat where you stop typing...
mschanandlerbong:
and you’re kind of just sitting there..
both…stuck in limbo..
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That awkward moment when someone you really hate...
diaryofaselfishteen:
And your friend are like
And you’re like
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Soyer au Champagne
serves 1
Ingredients
2 Tbsp vanilla ice cream
2 dashes (1/8 tsp) brandy
2 dashes (1/8 tsp) curaçao
2 dashes (1/8 tsp) maraschino liqueur such as Luxardo
2 oz champagne or sparkling wine (extra dry, sec, or demi-sec)
garnish: slice of pineapple, slice of orange, slice of lemon, 2 cherries and 2 strawberries
Procedure
Scoop the ice cream into a tumbler or cocktail glass.
Add the...
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I hope everyone had a merry christmas!
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I just got over a cold two days ago and now I feel...
This is what I get for babysitting my damn cousin. I probably wouldn’t have watched her if I had known she was sick. My damn throat feels like it’s closing. SHIT!
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My mom spoils me so much.
It’s probably because I’m on the path to success though. I got all A’s this semester at UMSL. I’m even happy for myself. It’s not like it’s something major because when I was at the Community College I had all A’s except for one B. Back to the main point of this post though. This is how I’m spoiled. She basically bought me a 26” tv. The only...
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I'm impatiently waiting for Supernatural Season 5...
I don’t have a steady job right now so I can’t afford it. I get $40 everytime I babysit my baby cousin but that’s only on Saturdays. It’s not every Saturday either. I am grateful for the chance to make money this way but I have to make the money that I get stretch. So half of the time I end up saving the money to get something big.(I bought my Xbox 360. I had to babysit...
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CLASS IS OVER FOR ME!!!!!
No more walking in the cold from my car to the building until January!
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L.A. stands for...?
Mom: What does L.A. stand for?
Younger Brother: Las Vegas
Silence...
Brother: Yea. I'm smart aren't I. Uh H-
Me: (laughing) Shut up, Resh!
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Non-skinny/large women … why do you post pictures of women with curves and add captions like, “now THIS is a real woman”?
Because you know, for as long as I could remember women are women. As in skinny women possess the same genetic characteristics as larger women. Is it like a small accomplishment to stick it to the skinny girls and models of the world to claim that they’re less than a real...
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Provençal Deviled Eggs
Ingredients
1 tablespoon chopped sun-dried tomatoes, packed without oil
12 large eggs
1/3 cup light mayonnaise
1 tablespoon chopped, pitted kalamata olives
2 teaspoons chopped fresh parsley
2 teaspoons chopped capers
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Chopped parsley for decoration
Procedure
In a small...
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Blackthorn Cocktail
serves 1-2
Ingredients
2 oz sloe gin
1 oz sweet vermouth
dash Angostura bitters
lemon peel for garnish
Procedure
Fill a mixing glass or shaker tin with ice and add the sloe gin, vermouth, and bitters.
Stir well until very cold. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass or two cordial glasses.
Squeeze a lemon peel over the top and drop the peel into the drink. Serve.
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I GOT MY MUTHAFUCKIN XBOX 360!!!
I bought it on Monday. I’m getting a 19” tv tomorrow. Now all I need is Live and Halo: Reach and I will be set. For now I have Ninja Gaiden, F.E.A.R. Files, Facebreakers and Ghost Recon 2. I’m going to take a picture of it and put it on here tomorrow.
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Ultimate Perfect Sliders
serves 4
Ingredients
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
2 large onions, split in half from pole to pole and sliced thinly from pole to pole (About 2 cups)
Kosher salt
1 pound freshly ground beef, divided into eight 2-ounce portions
Freshly ground black pepper
8 small hamburger buns
4 slices American cheese, split in half
16 dill pickles slices
Mustard, ketchup, and mayonnaise, as desired
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Flaming Holiday Punch
Ingredients
6 small oranges
approximately 1/2 cup whole cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 cup sugar, to taste
1 750ml bottle aged rum
1/2 gallon unfiltered apple cider
1 pint boiling water (optional, should you wish for further dilution)
Procedure
Preheat oven to 350. Stud an orange with whole cloves by inserting the...
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The Bloody Upper Lip
serves 4
Ingredients
1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar, divided
1 (12-ounce) bag cranberries
1 sprig rosemary
1 cup toasted walnuts
London Dry Gin
Procedure
Combine 1/2 cup sugar, cranberries, rosemary, and 2 cups water in small saucepan over medium-high heat. Cover and cook until cranberries are mostly popped, about 10 minutes. Uncover, reduce to a simmer, and cook until slightly...
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Bourbon Balls
makes 3 dozen cookes
Ingredients
1/2 cup chopped raisins
1/4 cup bourbon
2 cups chocolate wafer crumbs
1/2 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
3/4 cup finely chopped pecans
1/4 cup unsulfured molasses
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
Procedure
In a small bowl, let 1/2 cup chopped raisins macerate in 1/4 cup bourbon for 15 minutes. In a large...
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Chipotle Mayonnaise
serves 4
Ingredients
4 teaspoons of chipotles in adobo (including sauce), seeded and minced
1/2 cup regular mayonnaise
Juice from 1/2 a lime
2 teaspoons of cilantro, chopped
Procedure
Slice the chipotles lengthwise (4 teaspoons is approximately 2 peppers), remove the seeds and chop finely.
In a blender, combine the chipotles (including a teaspoon of adobo sauce), mayo, lime juice, and...
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Colleen Bawn
serves 2
Ingredients
1 1/2 ounces rye whiskey
1 1/2 ounces Benedictine
1 1/2 ounces green Chartreuse
1 very fresh egg
1 teaspoon sugar, to taste
nutmeg and ground cinnamon, for garnish
Procedure
Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Shake very hard, without ice, until the egg is well mixed with the other ingredients, about 10 seconds. Add ice and shake again for...
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Green Bean and Shiitake Tempura with Ponzu...
Ingredients
For the Ponzu Mayonnaise:
1 large egg yolk
1 tablespoon red or white miso paste
1 tablespoon Kikkoman Ponzu Lime
1 tablespoon honey
1 cup vegetable oil
Kosher salt
For the Tempura:
1 1/2 quarts peanut oil
1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
1/2 cup rice flour (or cornstarch)
1 egg
1 1/2 cups ice cold seltzer water
1/2 pound green beens, trimmed
4 ounces (about...
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The Chocolate Velvet
serves 1
Ingredients
2 dashes Regan’s Orange Bitters
4 ounces Young’s Double Chocolate Stout
2 ounces dry sparkling wine
2-inch orange peel segment
Procedure
For each drink, put two dashes Regan’s Orange Bitters in a champagne flute. Fill flute two-thirds full with Young’s Double Chocolate Stout, then top off with dry sparkling wine. Stir gently.
Rub the rim of...
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Apple Brandy Old-Fashioned
Ingredients
1/4 oz simple syrup OR 1 sugar cube
2 dashes Angostura bitters
1 1/2 oz apple brandy (such as Clear Creek)
lemon twist
Procedure
If using sugar, place the sugar cube in the bottom of the glass and add the 2 dashes of bitters. Muddle well to blend the sugar and bitters, then add a few drops of water and stir to dissolve the sugar.
If using simple syrup, add the syrup...
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Apple Brandy Old-Fashioned
Ingredients
1/4 oz simple syrup OR 1 sugar cube
2 dashes Angostura bitters
1 1/2 oz apple brandy (such as Clear Creek)
lemon twist
Procedure
If using sugar, place the sugar cube in the bottom of the glass and add the 2 dashes of bitters. Muddle well to blend the sugar and bitters, then add a few drops of water and stir to dissolve the sugar.
If using simple syrup, add the syrup...
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I've neglected my blog so much
I haven’t put anything of substance on here. I’ve put up recipes and things of that nature but I haven’t actually blogged anything about my life. I feel so bad. It’s because of class though. I haven’t had time to get on here and write out my life. It’s finals week and I’ve been studying like crazy. I’ll be back soon though. Either on Wednesday or the...
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Hot Buttered Mai Tai
Serves 4
Ingredients
4 tablespoons butter, softened
2 tablespoons zest from 1 orange, plus 4 orange zest twists
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
8 ounces dark rum
Honey to taste
Procedure
Combine butter, zest, and almond extract in small bowl and mash with fork until well blended. Pour 2 ounces rum into four small coffee mugs. Add 1 tablespoon of the butter mixture to each. Top with...
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Last year I got sick over Winter Break. Two days...
Four or five years ago I was sick for the entire winter break. This year I got sick over Thanksgiving break. The day after Thanksgiving. This sucks. It seems that all of my breaks are tainted somehow. I’ll have fun but then get sick. I need a better immune system damn it!