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Hector Beerlioz posted:Decided to buy a bottle of Kraken rum since I see it pop up so much in the bachelor threads. I hope this stuff is as delicious as you all make it out to be. Mix with gosling's ginger beer and drop in a lime wedge (or whatever, I'm too lazy to cut up a lime most of the time) for a delicious dark and stormy.
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Calamari creams: 3 Oz. Kraken, fill to top with cream soda. Tastes like candy.
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Dec 14, 2013 22:52
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Grrl Anachronism posted:Mix with gosling's ginger beer and drop in a lime wedge (or whatever, I'm too lazy to cut up a lime most of the time) for a delicious dark and stormy. I've never actually seen ginger beer in any bar or store. I'm beginning to think it's all a ruse to make me think I'm not booze-smart enough. Like a "no soap, radio" of alcohol.
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Dec 14, 2013 23:00
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Ginger beer is a soft drink though?
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Dec 14, 2013 23:05
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Cakefool posted:Ginger beer is a soft drink though? If "ginger beer" has been the same thing as "ginger ale" all this time...
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Dec 14, 2013 23:08
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Captain Trips posted:If "ginger beer" has been the same thing as "ginger ale" all this time... Slightly different, but the same general idea.
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Dec 14, 2013 23:10
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Captain Trips posted:I've never actually seen ginger beer in any bar or store. I'm beginning to think it's all a ruse to make me think I'm not booze-smart enough. Like a "no soap, radio" of alcohol. It's usually with the soda or organic, upscale food.
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Dec 14, 2013 23:23
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Also sometimes you can find it in the mixers section of larger liquor stores.
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Dec 14, 2013 23:28
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Check the rum section as well. My local store sells Gosling's Black Seal rum in a box that also includes a liter of ginger beer.
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Dec 14, 2013 23:58
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Fizbin posted:Slightly different, but the same general idea. This, and the fact of the matter is both are absolutely magical. My proudest parenting moment recently was my 2.75 year old daughter drinking Vernors for the first time, then immediately asking for more.
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Dec 15, 2013 00:58
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Captain Trips posted:It really is. Big Grunty Secret posted:Calamari creams: 3 Oz. Kraken, fill to top with cream soda. Tastes like candy. I love Kraken so I'm going to have to try these. I'm not big on pineapple but I dig cream soda. I however drink like a college student. I just pour Kraken right into a can of Monster Rehab (orange is my preferred flavor but lemonade will work too) and then continue to top it off with more Kraken.
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Dec 15, 2013 01:09
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My slightly autistic (re: really loving picky and texture sensitive in a way I haven't seen other than in those with autism) roommate is out of town for two weeks. I'm cleaning the place up, decorating for Christmas, and shower beering. I would've started earlier, but I have to be at the clinic at 6am. 3 day weekends during training? Shower beer errday. Oh, and you can't forget cooking my favorite foods that she bitches about. Glorious, whine-free (but not wine-free) two weeks.
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Dec 15, 2013 09:17
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For anyone that can still find it Captain Morgan sherry oak finish makes the most delicious rum and cokes.
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Dec 15, 2013 21:01
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Captain Trips posted:It really is. What proportions?
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Dec 15, 2013 21:34
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I just finished a semester of grad school. Breakfast consisted of a pile of bacon and a full coffee mug of espresso. I have some bottles of wine from a trip to Napa that are going to be amazing tonight. So far all I've done today is shower and watch Dexter on Netflix and considering making a booty call. God bless student loans, god bless unemployment checks, god bless roommates out of town for the holidays.
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Dec 15, 2013 21:59
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Cakefool posted:What proportions? I never nailed down a perfect ratio, but black rum mixes well. Try anything between 1-1 and 1-2 rum-pineapple
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Dec 15, 2013 22:42
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Big Grunty Secret posted:Calamari creams: 3 Oz. Kraken, fill to top with cream soda. Tastes like candy. Fill what to the top? 
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Dec 15, 2013 23:06
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DemeaninDemon posted:Sounds like a forest fire shot. Get a shot of gin and add some Tabasco. Tastes like a forest on fire. This sounds like a much tastier Texas Prarie Fire. 1 1/4 oz well tequila, 1/4 oz Tabasco. Kind of a 21st birthday right of passage around here. For bonus points, heat the tequila up first. Tastes like hate.
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Dec 16, 2013 00:57
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Hayden posted:This sounds like a much tastier Texas Prarie Fire. 1 1/4 oz well tequila, 1/4 oz Tabasco. Kind of a 21st birthday right of passage around here. For bonus points, heat the tequila up first. I got to help celebrate a friend's 19th birthday (I'm 28). Since everyone else we're friends with tends to be on the self-depriving level of gym-rattery, it was myself and the birthday boy drinking. We started with prairie fires. Then moved to jaeger bombs. Then to ghostbusters.
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Dec 16, 2013 01:56
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Hayden posted:This sounds like a much tastier Texas Prarie Fire. 1 1/4 oz well tequila, 1/4 oz Tabasco. Kind of a 21st birthday right of passage around here. For bonus points, heat the tequila up first. No it's really not. It's always well gin. You know, the stuff that's good only for an OK gin n tonic. Damnit now I miss my old college bar.
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Dec 16, 2013 05:32
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I just emailed Newmans Own to humbly request that they make all salsa jars with wide enough necks that one can reach the bottom with chips without getting messy hands. They donate all their profits to charity, I know where I am buying all my salsa from in the future.
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Dec 16, 2013 05:38
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kastein posted:I just emailed Newmans Own to humbly request that they make all salsa jars with wide enough necks that one can reach the bottom with chips without getting messy hands. That's a good idea...why don't dip manufacturers make wide jars that tesselate? I'm thinking wider on the top than the bottom.
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Dec 16, 2013 06:27
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Call me Lance loving Armstrong because I did two rounds on the Tour du Franzia this weekend. Who knew their Moscato was 9.0abv? Jesus Christ does it give hangovers though. Now to celebrate I'm drinking Evan Williams. Just from the bottle. I haven't actually touched a glass in a week, they just sit on my dish drying rack like little decorative things. They're already clean, why get them dirty? Best part of the weekend: going over to a friend's house who also bakes. Usually i get the itch and people say "oh sorry I don't have any baking stuff at the moment" but she whipped out her vacuum sealed jars of flour/sugar and showed me a cookie recipe her grandma gave her 
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Dec 16, 2013 07:45
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SymmetryrtemmyS posted:That's a good idea...why don't dip manufacturers make wide jars that tesselate? I'm thinking wider on the top than the bottom. It'd be a bitch to ship and stock the shelves with. There are these things called bowls. Is it not common to always put your salsa in a bowl? I know you're all gross fuckwits who don't wash dishes, but seriously, wash a drat bowl and use that.
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Dec 16, 2013 14:06
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Captain Trips posted:If "ginger beer" has been the same thing as "ginger ale" all this time... Relax, it's not. Ginger ale is a soda/soft drink, with ginger flavouring. Ginger beer is usually real fermented ginger, can be alcoholic or non alcoholic. And BTW, ginger wine is awesome.
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Dec 16, 2013 14:09
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Fo3 posted:Relax, it's not. It also is usually a much stronger ginger flavor, which makes it also pair well with Jameson. The strong flavor means you start mixing your drinks stronger without realizing and, well,
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Dec 16, 2013 15:38
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Apprentice Dick posted:It also is usually a much stronger ginger flavor, which makes it also pair well with Jameson. The strong flavor means you start mixing your drinks stronger without realizing and, well, Last winter I made what was basically a Dark and Stormy, but I replaced the rum with bourbon (usually Evan Williams) and the lime with lemon. poo poo was awesome on a snowy day.
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Dec 16, 2013 16:06
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DrBouvenstein posted:It'd be a bitch to ship and stock the shelves with. I'm not seeing the problem? It's like having a billion books and have them lying down instead of standing up? If anything, it'll be easier to ship because they're less likely to fall over. I'm thinking this shape, by the way:  But with a proper top that can be reattached, it was just the first thing I could think of that's shaped right Unless you were remarking, specifically, on the bit about wider top than bottom in which case I agree.
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Dec 16, 2013 16:19
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There really isn't much of a "taper" to salsa jars as it is. If you can't get your greasy chip-demolishing hand into this: You've got bigger issues.
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Dec 16, 2013 16:23
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Captain Trips posted:There really isn't much of a "taper" to salsa jars as it is. If you can't get your greasy chip-demolishing hand into this: I'm average height and weight. Maybe your little Japanese boy band hands can fit in that thing, but mine can't, without getting salsa all over my knuckles.
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Dec 16, 2013 17:02
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Captain Trips posted:There really isn't much of a "taper" to salsa jars as it is. If you can't get your greasy chip-demolishing hand into this: Like the fact that you're eating lovely Tostitos salsa.
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Captain Trips posted:If you can't get your greasy chip-demolishing hand into this Your hands are the size of golf balls. That's a 16oz jar, the opening is the size of a soda can.
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Dec 16, 2013 20:38
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I just take a drink of salsa from the jar then eat a tortilla chip. Both problems solved. I was recently reading about coffee and read that cowboys on the trail made coffee by just putting grounds into a pot of boiling water and waiting for the grounds to settle. I tried it in a sauce pan and it works. Boil water, stir in grounds, wait 5 minutes, pour off liquid into mug. Perfectly clear coffee with way easier cleanup. A FUCKIN CANARY!! has a new favorite as of 16:32 on Dec 17, 2013 |
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Dec 17, 2013 16:27
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I've solved the problem by never eating salsa because it's useless.
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Dec 17, 2013 16:31
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A FUCKIN CANARY!! posted:I was recently reading about coffee and read that cowboys on the trail made coffee by just putting grounds into a pot of boiling water and waiting for the grounds to settle. I tried it in a sauce pan and it works. Boil water, stir in grounds, wait 5 minutes, pour off liquid into mug. Perfectly clear coffee with way easier cleanup. Years ago, someone explained 'an old cowboy trick' to me: Out in the desert, cowboys would make and drink hot coffee, but the hotness of the coffee would somehow cool them off, because it would raise their temperature, and stop them from sweating, or ... something. How would that work?
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Dec 17, 2013 16:46
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Red posted:Years ago, someone explained 'an old cowboy trick' to me: When you drink caffinated drinks your body thetans get all riled up and they steal your body heat for their energy so you cool down.
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Dec 17, 2013 16:48
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Red posted:Years ago, someone explained 'an old cowboy trick' to me: It doesn't stop them from sweating, it would make them sweat more, which then cools you off more. But really, it has a tiny overall effect. I'd much rather drink something cold because I get a nice, immediate relief of "holy gently caress thank God, cold water!"
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Dec 17, 2013 16:50
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Red posted:Years ago, someone explained 'an old cowboy trick' to me: Spicy food can also help make you sweat. There's a reason why hot climates have popular spicy foods and hot drinks.
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Dec 17, 2013 16:51
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Knowledge is knowing that hot drinks have a cooling effect. Wisdom is realising cold drinks are way loving better though.
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Kenny Logins posted:Hot coffee on a hot day will make you sweat more if anything. Which is cooling, in the right circumstances-- the slight raise in body temperature from the drink is exceeded by the cooling effect of the sweat. Caffeine doesn't really factor into it, so it works with herbal teas as well. That's what I wondered, but some will claim it's entirely bullshit: http://coffeetea.about.com/cs/whimsy/a/teamyth.htm
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