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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
cemeteryman
Published Letters: 8
A long time ago apple schnapps had a (thankfully) brief popularity. I bought a bottle and it was terrible - much too sweet.
Not wanting to waste it I came up with this and it has proven popular with my guests. I started with the fact that apple and grape go well together.
In a tall glass put some ice and squeeze a wedge of lime in it. Add a jigger of apple schnapps and fill the glass with champagne or riesling. Garnish with the above lime wedge. Stir and serve
At the risk of taking this thread off track and getting into gin reviews - I agree Bombay Sapphire while an excellent gin is not my favorite in a G&T.Better in a martini and even there I prefer plain Bombay with its slight anise finish. I like strong botanicals in gin so I love Plymouth(hard to find in my town), Tanqueray, Tanqueray One, Hendricks of course and Cittadelle and Boodles. When I was a poor student I settled on Gordons as the best of the lower priced drinks, but the above gins are wonderful. They sure make summer drinking a greater pleasure.
If one is tired of plain G&T you can spruce them up with a splash of cranberry juice.
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Cemeteryman
A little sign I saw in an Irish pub.
" Never complain about getting old. Many are denied the privilege."
Reading this has made me hungry. I am going to toast two slices of good italian bread and let them cool. Fry six slices of bacon to still-soft-but-not-quite-crisp. Then spread Hellman's mayonnaise (has to be Hellman's)on the bread follewd by sliced jersey tomato, romaine lettuce and the bacon. Then I am going to eat it and go to heaven.
For those who wonder what is great when drinking beer try this: good bread spread with a good peanut butter and bacon fried, but still soft. To die for. And it probably will kill you, but do you want to live to be one-hundred if it seems like two-hundred.
Frank
Abbot & Costello Meet Frankenstein
The Secret Garden - 1949 - Margaret O'Brian-Dean Stockwell
The Boy With Green Hair 1948
Scaramouche - Stewart Granger 1952
Moonlight Bay - 1951
Andy Hardy Movies - shows your kids how times have really changed
The Luck of the Irish - 1947
Captains from Castille - 1948
The Prince of Foxes 1949
The Black Swan 1942 - might as well get all of Sabatini's swashbucklers- these are all great for young boys
The Uninvited - 1949 (i think) one of the best ghost stories ever filmed- for older kids - not a gross out one like todays
While we are throwing out names I have to throw in Joe Bonamasa
"Never complain about growing old.
Many are denied the privilege."
There is also an old New England saying-
"You've got to be alive to complain."
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
Salon headlines in your mailbox
