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pumpkin infused vodka !
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pumpkin infused vodka
1 c vodka
1/2 cup vanilla vodka
1 vanilla bean
2 c cubed pumpkin, 1 tsp cinnamon, 1 clove
let sit covered 1 week.
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squash...the first attempt ?
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follow recipe above except use butternut squash, cubed, it must sit twice as long because of density but the flavour
is actually my favourite. smooth but spicy. just smells like fall and home cooking... put the fire on.
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voila' SMASHING PUMPKIN MARTINI'S
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1 1/2 oz of infused vodka, at most 1/4 oz amaretto, stir over ice, strain into a stylin' martini glass.
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garnish extrodinaire, make a simple syrup ( i add vanilla vodka to mine ) dip glass in to rim, drain,
dip in crushed toasted pumpkin seed, float a few whole seeds on top. enjoy !
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the only way to get rid of temptation is ...
to yield it !
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hanghover tips;
cut an unpeeled cuke into small pieces, sprinkle w salt. drink several tsps of the extracted liquid. di's note: just
eat a whole salted cucumber. i like mine in a peanut butter toasted sandwich! it works ! REALLY !
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behold the jewel !
"cranberries"
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cranberry batch;
first you must prep the cranberries. half them , soak in cold water, (all the seeds will drop to the bottom) 1 1/2 cups
per batch. then add 1/2 c sugar, 3/4 c lime juice ( i use 1/2 fresh 1/2 rosa's*) mix well.
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life is full of options...
gran marnier or cointreau or triple sec ( add a dash of brandy)
tequila, gold or white, who says whats right,
fresh, frozen or canned ( check sweetness before adding sugar )
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add to fruit mixture...
3/4 c gold tequila
1/2 c gran marnier
or frugal mix....
3/4 c tequila
1/2 c cointreau
or .....
try using triple sec, brandy, vodka or rum.
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BEHOLD... FROZEN CRANBERRY MARGARITAS !
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this years best margarita !
take your mixture, stir well, pour what needed into blender, 1/2 c per drink, moniter cranberries, add very large
scoop of ice , blend to slurrpy consistency. get ready !!!
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rub the rim of your best margarita glass with orange slice. dip in raw sugar. garnish the margarita with an orange wedge,
float whole cranberries on top. you won't believe until you taste !!!! this one's a ten ! cheers
to the new years ...
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all the cranberies at harvest, all in a row, would circle the earth 140 times ! among the grape , the
blueberry and the cranberry,... the cranberry is america's #1 fruit. this goes for the early settlers as well. well know in
the medicine world of the natives. healed many diseases.
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there is nothing wrong with sobriety... in moderation
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did u no ? the beer shandy was created in 1847
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summer of '04 ... FLASHBACKS
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RASPBERRY MUDDLE MARTINI... this i enjoyed on those certain evenings . WOW oh WOW. cool, fresh , two's
good, can't wait for berry season ! just muddle 1/2 c fresh raspberries, pour over top of friut 4 oz of a good or great vodka......let
sit 'till yur ready...stir w/ ice strain...brave Lisa blended the mix first before ice...nice dessert!serve in a lge martini
glass, i use 2 sm stirs like chop sticks to eat the pulpitated fruit... yum.....
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raspberry truffle martini
...strain your vodka / raspberry infusion, pour over ice in a jigger, add 1/5 parts white creme de cacao, stir , strain
into a cocoa rimmed martini glass, top with shaved chocolate and fresh screwed raspberries,,, want more......keep
tuned into drinkflinger's ! oy ya !!!
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FRESH
PAPAYA MARGARITA/DAQUIRI....
cut one whole papaya into chunks, put into blender, add 1/2 fresh squeezed lime, splash of rosa'a , 1/4 c cointreau
, 1 c of tequila gold, lge scoop of ice , blend till slushy....serve into lge
margarita glass rimmed w salt if desired , garnish with fresh lime wheel..savour
! to make a daquiri.....use rum of amber colour or your choice or even vodka for a milder drink....it's alllll
good.be brave.
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BE FRUITFUL....whatever it is you are creating ..... add
whatever you have fresh in way of fruit or vegies to present your cocktail, look thru your pantries....chocolate chips, butterscotch,
adding a little different something can create a whole new flavour....whip cream, flowers (EDIBLE OF COURSE) get creatin.
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Ice wine martini
1 ½ vodka, drop dry vermouth, chill ‘n strain, top w indian summer, frozen
grapes
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IT WAS A " COSMIC SUMMER ! "
the c o s m o ... most popular cocktail for 2004 in my books ...i like mine (not
that i would drink a whole one ) pale pink, splash of fresh lime x's two to kill the sweetness,
shake vigourously with ice and strain...
gettin' cosmic...
1 1/2 oz vodka
1/3 cointreau or triple sec
cran juice 1-2-oz
lime juice , cordial 1/2 oz aprox to tste
to make a cocopolitan add 1/2 shot malibu rum to it all........let's rename that
coocopooliton...........by drinkflinger...oh ya....
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the EGYPTIANS believed
you could cure love-sickness by drinking out of an old shoe
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Mel’s tini
¼ oz each gran marn, cointreau, splash lime juice, 1-2 ozs cran juice,shake with ice, strain into glass,
top w trius, fruit , martini glass( trius or a good sparkling wine will do.)
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WHEN DID WE FIRST START DRINKING CHOCOLATE ?
1656
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CHOCOLATE MONKEY
... are you ready for this ???? chocoholics rejoice !!! chill a cool (lol) martini or margarita glass, blend to gether, 1 healthy scoop
vanilla bean icecream, small scoop of ice, 3/4 0z each of kalhua, crème de banana. Blend. Inside of
a chilled glass, drizzle fudge sauce, pour slowly into glass, top w choc shavings.
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Apple pie ala mode
1 oz vanilla vodka, 1 scoop van bean ice cream, ½ c apple juice. Blend. Rim glass w cin/sugar/ mixture, sprinkle
on top. the best apple juice is the fresh squeezed (comes in a two litre tetra)i swear this tastes just like apple pie &
ice cream, mmm
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