Happy Friday!! I know, I know. I said I would “post lightly” and then posted not at all. I have excuses and they make for a good story which I will tell next week. Right now let’s just focus on what’s really important, cocktail time!
This week’s cocktail comes with a story of innovation, and woe. The husband was out of town which meant I was living it up bachelorette style (foreign language films, tiny finger foods, cocktails, and the dog on the bed) and found myself without Vermouth for my Martini. After much searching I decided to add lime juice and honey to the lonely gin and so proud of my delicious discovery upon his return declared to the husband that I had invented a new drink and I shall call it a Gin Margarita. Fast forward to the next season of Mad Men when Betty Draper orders a Gimlet and receives a drink that looks exactly like the concoction in my glass. Google, sadness, I have invented nothing, the Gimlet has been around since the 1920′s. Woe.
Usually when something hits the big time I declare it dead to me (example: Cosmos are delicious but I will nevah order one on principle) but the Gimlet is too delicious and has instead become our Mad Men watching cocktail of choice. And of course you must have a cocktail while watching Mad Men (unless you are catching up on seasons on DVD, this might result in you being blitzed out of your mind, you’ve been warned). Have a great weekend, and enjoy a Gimlet on Sunday night!
Gimlet
1 oz. Lime Juice
1 tsp. Simple Syrup or Superfine Sugar
1 1/2 oz. Gin
Shake with ice, strain into chilled cocktail glass.
P.S. When ordering a Gimlet in a bar make sure to mention the gin as most bartenders today will respond with a vodka Gimlet. Which while legit is just not as tasty.
Oh friends, I’ve missed you. We’re back with light posting this week. You see I’ve never really outgrown the classic toddler foot stomping “I can do it myself” attitude and am therefore creating my own website without help of anyone who actually knows what they are doing. As you might imagine at this point I’ve basically gone completely round the bend, but I will finish this little project by August if it is the end of me. And it probably will be, since I can’t code my way out of a wet paper bag. Cross your fingers for me, here’s hoping that we will soon be chatting on my very own domain!
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Happy Friday! Hope everyone had a wonderful week, and more importantly hope you are all looking forward to great weekend plans. This week I thought we would enjoy a Tom Collins, first mixed around 1876 after the Great Tom Collins Hoax of 1874. You have to love a drink that came about as a result of a multi-state prank! Refreshing and delicious, a year round favorite but especially lovely on a hot summer night. Enjoy!
Tom Collins
1 oz. Lemon Juice
1 tsp. Superfine Sugar or Simple Syrup
2 oz. Gin
Club Soda
Shake lemon juice, sugar and gin with ice. Strain into a Collins glass, add ice and top with club soda. Garnish with lemon slices (and a cherry if you wish). Serve with a straw.
Happy Friday! I hope everyone has lovely plans. We will be spending another weekend trying to amuse ourselves while beating the heat, so I’m sure another trip to the movies is in store. Our little local theatre sells Klondike Bars further contributing to the cooling effects of their blissful AC. This week I thought we should try the Mango Bellini. Lovely at a brunch or an outdoor dinner and super easy to make. Enjoy!
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I used to work at a lingerie store. There are a hundred tales of hilarity and woe I could tell you about that experience and probably will, but today’s lesson from the trenches is to turn my mannequin around. You see the policy was that an undressed mannequin was never to be left facing forward in the store or in the window displays because before you knew it you would get busy with other tasks and customers would be looking at a nude mannequin wondering what that was all about. I can’t turn this blog around while I work behind the scenes, but I can tell you it is going to be a bit naked (or content free as it were) for about a week or so. Sometimes in order to do something bigger and better you have to stop what you have been doing and take a little break. There will still be a cocktail recipe later today and next Friday (I mean some things are priorities), and there will be lots of exciting things happening when we return. See you soon friends!
