The Coffee House

[jcdeboever]

Y’all ready for Game Seven.

I've had the Dodgers in 7 all along. One more night. What a series. I feel bad for @limr , she's gonna miss baseball talk when it's all over.

 

[smoke665]

We made our fall pilgrimage to the farm earlier this year thinking it wouldn't be as cold. Arrived yesterday to 40 degree afternoon temperature and a forecast low last night of freezing. Today rain and the possibility of snow. WTH!

 

[limr30 3]

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Brazen hussy!

Oh no, it's a real thing, not just Charlie's bartending concoction. Called a Voodoo Dew.

I'll still pass.

It's antifreeze, because of the color - resembles that yellow-green Prestone.
Y'all don't have to like it. Imma gonna try usin Fireball next time.

Way too sweet for my tastes. I'd have to name the drink "Instant headache in a glass"

 

[Gary A.]

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Mary Lou shot this last night with her phone. It is sweet Maggie cuddling up with her monkey toy.

Webster wants to meet Maggie, he has a bone for her....

No!

 

[Gary A.]

All I'd need to top off choco graham crackers and caramel coffee and popcorn would be Charlie's Mtn. Dew and rum... talk about nauseating.

I'm not sure why Charlie doesn't agree with some of us on his mixed drink recipe... hmm.

Bon appetit.

Gary realizes that nobody cares ... but, Gary isn't into mixed drinks/cocktails. On a hot summer day he will mix up a Sangria or Margarita ... but that's about it. Lime Kool Aid with bologna strips is pretty disgusting too.

 

[smoke665]

I bet there's a few that would like my Apple Pie recipe. Apple juice, Apple cider, brown sugar, cinnamon, and a couple spices, with 150 proof clear. Really does taste like apple pie.

 

[Gary A.]

We made our fall pilgrimage to the farm earlier this year thinking it wouldn't be as cold. Arrived yesterday to 40 degree afternoon temperature and a forecast low last night of freezing. Today rain and the possibility of snow. WTH!

Sorta reminds Gary of the greatest weather report he ever saw on Tv. Picture this, a lone male reporter standing next to a city limits sign. He's clutching the mic and he's freezing, the wind is blowing hard, he shouts over the wind into the mic "... some places are hotter than Hell ... some places are colder than Hell ... but right now in Hell, Michigan ... it is 34 degrees ...".

 

[Gary A.]

I bet there's a few that would like my Apple Pie recipe. Apple juice, Apple cider, brown sugar, cinnamon, and a couple spices, with 150 proof clear. Really does taste like apple pie.

Vino any day. (But Gary does make a mean Cinnamon-Cider Sorbet.)

 

[limr30 3]

I bet there's a few that would like my Apple Pie recipe. Apple juice, Apple cider, brown sugar, cinnamon, and a couple spices, with 150 proof clear. Really does taste like apple pie.

I would absolutely do something like that, minus the apple juice and brown sugar (see "headache in glass" comment about drinks that are too sweet ). And I would probably drink it hot. It's a lovely drink for a cold winter's eve

 

[Gary A.]

I bet there's a few that would like my Apple Pie recipe. Apple juice, Apple cider, brown sugar, cinnamon, and a couple spices, with 150 proof clear. Really does taste like apple pie.

I would absolutely do something like that, minus the apple juice and brown sugar (see "headache in glass" comment about drinks that are too sweet ). And I would probably drink it hot. It's a lovely drink for a cold winter's eve

Up there with boiling hot kale and baloney soup (... or whatever you recommended as a cureall. )

 

[JonA_CT]

I bet there's a few that would like my Apple Pie recipe. Apple juice, Apple cider, brown sugar, cinnamon, and a couple spices, with 150 proof clear. Really does taste like apple pie.

I would absolutely do something like that, minus the apple juice and brown sugar (see "headache in glass" comment about drinks that are too sweet ). And I would probably drink it hot. It's a lovely drink for a cold winter's eve

Ah, you need some apfelwein.

Buy a brewer's bucket, lid, and airlock. (Probably a $20 investment.)

Then put this in it:

5 gallons of apple juice
2 lbs of dextrose
1 packet of Montrachet wine yeast

Let sit at room temperature for at least 6 weeks, then bottle.


Then...mull as you might wine, with cinnamon sticks, star anise, nutmeg , et. al., and drink warm.


Because of the wine yeast, it ends up being significantly drier than hard cider. Just don't drink more than a couple, as they pack a wallop.

 

[limr30 3]

I bet there's a few that would like my Apple Pie recipe. Apple juice, Apple cider, brown sugar, cinnamon, and a couple spices, with 150 proof clear. Really does taste like apple pie.

I would absolutely do something like that, minus the apple juice and brown sugar (see "headache in glass" comment about drinks that are too sweet ). And I would probably drink it hot. It's a lovely drink for a cold winter's eve

Up there with boiling hot kale and baloney soup (... or whatever you recommended as a cureall. )

The idea that I would include, ahem, bologna in anything is nothing but pure baloney!

And it's spinach, and the broth is never brought to a boil.

Oh yeah, and

 

[Gary A.]

Yesterday Gary declared war on his green beans. They were growing out of control and everywhere. They were woven throughout the tomatoes, the peppers, they were even in an orange tree ... green beans hanging next to oranges. Well enough was enough and Gary took them out He did salvage a few, more like pillage than a harvest.

 

[Gary A.]

I bet there's a few that would like my Apple Pie recipe. Apple juice, Apple cider, brown sugar, cinnamon, and a couple spices, with 150 proof clear. Really does taste like apple pie.

I would absolutely do something like that, minus the apple juice and brown sugar (see "headache in glass" comment about drinks that are too sweet ). And I would probably drink it hot. It's a lovely drink for a cold winter's eve

Up there with boiling hot kale and baloney soup (... or whatever you recommended as a cureall. )

The idea that I would include, ahem, bologna in anything is nothing but pure baloney!

And it's spinach, and the broth is never brought to a boil.

Oh yeah, and

LOl ... ever the linguist.

PS-

 

[smoke665]

I would absolutely do something like that, minus the apple juice and brown sugar (see "headache in glass" comment about drinks that are too sweet ). And I would probably drink it hot. It's a lovely drink for a cold winter's eve

I'm trying to remember the recipe, I have it written down at home as revised over the years, but basically a gallon of apple juice (the real stuff, not reconstituted), gallon of apple cider (fresh is better), 3/4 cup of brown sugar (depending on the sweetness you want), touch of nutmeg. Bring to boil then lower to simmer for 30 mins to reduce, stirring throughout occasionally. Let cool to room temperature, then mix in a fifth + of your favorite spirit high proof spirit, moonshine, everclear, vodka (something tasteless). Depending on the proof, I alter the amount to taste. Bottle in quart jars with 2 cinnamon sticks. Now the hard part. It gets better with age, it really needs to sit in the refrigerator for at least a couple weeks (though I tend to sample for quality control before then).

It's not a sickly sweet type of drink, no more so than a soft drink, but it will sneak up on you because you really don't notice the alcohol.