Exactly, with a slightly-aspirated "wh" sound.Originally Posted by Demon G Sides
Why you should be nice to bartenders, part N:
After a nice long conversation about the relative merits of scotch and bourbon, the bartender might comp you an incredibly delicious glass of bourbon-casked Littlemill that turns out to be the best goddamn scotch you've had in years.
Mmm.
(He, uh, got a really really nice tip.)
Five shots of tequila during the last night in London. Mmmmm.
No one says "Mmmmm" after five shots of tequila. It's usually more of a "Nnnnng"
You'd be surprised, I've seen a couple of people who will sit there and drink that stuff like it was water. Just sipping away... Each one to their own I guess.
And thanks for clearing that all up for me guys, I've been wondering about all that stuff for so long.
You're not ingesting tequila properly if you're just sipping it. Any doofus can sip tequila (or any liqueur) all night.
--- Alan
If you gulp a shot of Patron Platinum I will punch you in the face.
what wine i had left over from deglazing the pan, i drakn
merlot
I like to think that you drank the wine with which you deglazed the pan.
i did
I got drunk last night as we left on a ferry from Harwich to Holland. While the early as fuck wakeup sucked the drinking made the rocking feel natural.
Well okay then. I'd say, "ew", but I can't help but think that said wine tasted fantastic.
You never deglaze a pan with a wine you wouldn't drink.
And then of course, I ate up every last bit of the sauce.
But it needs mushrooms next time.
Drinking Tequila in London just seems so ..so .. wrong? It's like going to Mexico and drinking Vodka.
That's why I always dunk meat and salt into my wine before drinking. If you're deglazing a pan with anything more than 5$ a bottle, you're silly.
H.
Maybe you like vodka and you're one of those types who can't do tequila. By your estimation we shouldn't drink vodka around here either.
--- Alan
but very, very well-fed
the bottle was more than a $5 bottle, but it cost me nothin', so I'm living a little
Hell, the steak alone was $8.50. It deserves better than $5 wine.
also, you're doing it wrong. the wine goes into the pan, not the other way around
Wait until you sober up, it will make more sense. (I was saying that the idea that a "wine you drink" is necessary to deglaze is as silly as putting meat in your wine before you drink it.)
H.
Necessary? No. Preferred? Very much so. Yeah, you can use a cheap cooking wine if you must, or if you're pinchin' pennies. But it does not hurt -- and it does help -- to use a wine you'd normally drink. :)
I really expected a lot more Cinco de Mayo posts. Anyway, I just had a bunch of jalapeno mojitos. Delicious, but I wonder what I'll feel like inthe morning.
Mojitos sound yummy to me in theory (well, not the jalapeno ones), but everyone I know who's had one says they're nasty. Are they? Is it something my mom would like but hard-core drinkers hate because it's too sweet, or is it widely thought nasty by all kinds of drinkers?
"I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food."
re: Mojitos. Very much a "gotta try it and see" kind of drink. My wife loves 'em. I'm ambivalent. I'd just order one from a bartender you trust to know what they're doing and try it.
I am currently sober. My good friends Glenfarchlas and Laphroaig are helping me to fix that particular problem, though.
I loooooooooooooooove Mojitos. Most people who dislike them seem to dislike the mint, but I like mint so I think they're delicious.
Mojitos are awesome. I mix one up any time I want to feel like I'm kicking back on a patio in Havana hanging out with Ernest Hemingway.
Man, you're hanging out with the wrong people, mojitos are awesome. Or maybe they've just had bad ones. We had a mojito making competition amongst my friends last year and I won. Having a fresh and reliable supply of mint for my mojitos is one of the main reason I got into gardening. Unfortunately none of my other cocktail plants (pearl onions or olives with pimentos) worked out.
Mojitos are just "meh" to me and that's if they're good. Bad ones have a really funk taste where the alcohol and mint do not go well together. I'd much rather just have a margarita or long island.
While I have nothing against a mojito, I generally go for juleps instead.
I am sober.
Most mojitos are bad and are therefore skippable. This is because most mixed drinks in this country are made poorly.
A good mojito with nice fresh mint, good rum, and a little care and attention paid to it is a crisp and refreshing treat.
As far as my personal state goes, I am sadly no more than tipsy after two rounds of nice margaritas and some scotch and cognac over the course of the evening (we had friends over for drinks and carne asada tacos for Cinco de Mayo). Since I'm on vacation this week, I should probably aim higher. Or lower. Not sure what the direction of this particular scale is.
Be aware that ordering a mojito in a bar is the quickest way to make your bartender hate you.
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