We’ve discovered a strange new cocktail this evening.
Equal amounts of sweet vermouth, green chartreuse and gin (.75 oz ea in this case) and a splash of the blood orange bitters. We like this name better than the one it came with, because if you try to describe the taste of this drink, all you can come up with is “It’s complicated”.
I watched the movie “9” tonight. It was pretty, and interesting, and had a fairly stellar cast of actors for the voices. I spent most of the movie holding on to my “suspension of disbelief” only to have my hopes crushed in the last 5 minutes. This is to say that while watching, I thought the actual story was a bit thin. In the end it was incomprehensible. There are so many holes in the plot, it’s making me crazy to think on it.
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Death has touched the lives of those I love and myself several times in the last month. May each of these people, who are lost to us now, rest in peace. My cousin, Rick. My mom’s cousin, Connie. Michael’s great-aunt, Alice. And the father of a close friend.
aka Peppermint Cheesecake
Boy this one came out ugly. I think it could have used more peppermint, but others claimed it was delicious as is. *shrug*
I think it’s been 4 years since I made cheesecake. I forgot how easy and delicious it is. And I never seem to make the same thing twice. For example, I’ve never made anything like either these before. On the left we have a “creme brule” cheesecake, this just means I spread damp brown sugar across the top, then we fired it with the kitchen torch, which has never been used in the kitchen before, heh. On the right we have a Galliano cheesecake. Yep, you guessed it, I added the booze to the mix. It’s yummy, but a bit too strong. It wasn’t that strong when we were testing it on the batter side. Next time I’ll go with less. Maybe only 2 onces. I think we’ll have to eat the rest of this one with vanilla ice cream to help cut the sharp bite it has.