What's your favourite cocktail?

teddygirl · Post by **teddygirl** » 27 Aug 2005, 10:58

I remember Harveys, it was one of my favourite places and used to go there a lot.
I'm afraid I remember it more for their banana splits though, they were scrummy. I also used to love their burger meals untill I got a caterpillar free gratis with my salad one day.It was never the same after that.

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 27 Aug 2005, 11:00

teddygirl wrote:I remember Harveys, it was one of my favourite places and used to go there a lot.
I'm afraid I remember it more for their banana splits though, they were scrummy. I also used to love their burger meals untill I got a caterpillar free gratis with my salad one day.It was never the same after that.

Good and gald you remember. Am I right in thinking that it started out as an upmarket burger bar but the people preferred lager to burgers and the owners had to meet their clients needs

teddygirl · Post by **teddygirl** » 27 Aug 2005, 11:03

Yup, that's about right. Towards the end it got pretty grotty and I stopped going to it. I loved it in its heyday though, lots of happy memories.

sandman · Post by **sandman** » 27 Aug 2005, 20:32

Bali Dream for two

Ingredients:
ÃƒÂ¯Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚Â· 40 ml White rum (Bacardi)
ÃƒÂ¯Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚Â· 20 ml Creme de Banane
ÃƒÂ¯Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚Â· 20 ml Passoa
ÃƒÂ¯Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚Â· 10 ml Coconut liqueur
ÃƒÂ¯Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚Â· 10 ml Grenadine
ÃƒÂ¯Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚Â· 200 ml Orange juice

Mixing instructions:
Put all ingredients in shaker together with some ice-cubes. Shake well.

AWESOME

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 27 Aug 2005, 22:56

Hi Sandman and welcome to the forum.
I see you're having a bit of a clear out over in pBay!

What exactly is a sick board anyway?

I very much like the sound of your Bali Dream but am a bit low (i.e out of) all the ingredients bar the orange juice.

Had never heard of Passoa but googled and found out that it's passionfruit juice.

I'll have to make do with my cocoa for this evening.

arachnid · Post by **arachnid** » 28 Aug 2005, 18:44

I'm not so much a cocktail person but I do like some liqueurs!!!
There's one I get in Spain called " cuarenta y tres" ( licor 43). It's a toffee liqueur and goes down a dream, lovely and warm!!! mmmmm

Another one I get in Canada. Great name, it's called, would you believe,Dr. McGillicuddy's Fireball!!! ( sounds like a cough linctus!!!)
But it's a whiskey shooter. I don't really like whisky, but this has cinnamon in it, so I like this one!!! This one's a bit warmer when it goes down!!! Hence the name " Fireball"!!!

Hic!!!!

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 28 Aug 2005, 20:25

arachnid you'd probaly like aftershock then! strong cinamon liqueur! very nice it is too or goldschlager - cinamon liqueur with real gold leaf! Both are good for cinamon addicts!

sandman · Post by **sandman** » 28 Aug 2005, 21:50

ecm wrote:

What exactly is a sick board anyway?

I very much like the sound of your Bali Dream but am a bit low (i.e out of) all the ingredients bar the orange juice.
Had never heard of Passoa but googled and found out that it's passionfruit juice.

Passoa is a passionfruit Liqueur available in all good supermarkets.

Sick Board = a special surfboard that is shaped to perfection and rides like no other

bearcub · Post by **bearcub** » 28 Aug 2005, 21:53

Arachnid wrote:I'm not so much a cocktail person but I do like some liqueurs!!!
There's one I get in Spain called " cuarenta y tres" ( licor 43). It's a toffee liqueur and goes down a dream, lovely and warm!!! mmmmm

I had a lovely

vanilla liqueur in that Tapas bar that used to be on Forrest Road, but have no idea what it was and have never been able to trace it since. If I could ever find it again I would order a case

arachnid · Post by **arachnid** » 28 Aug 2005, 22:02

Sandra wrote:arachnid you'd probaly like aftershock then! strong cinamon liqueur! very nice it is too or goldschlager - cinamon liqueur with real gold leaf! Both are good for cinamon addicts!

I'll certainly give them a try sometime!!
Drinking a licor 43 as I write!!!Ooooh, I feel soooo warm!!!

arachnid · Post by **arachnid** » 28 Aug 2005, 22:03

bearcub wrote:
Arachnid wrote:I'm not so much a cocktail person but I do like some liqueurs!!!
There's one I get in Spain called " cuarenta y tres" ( licor 43). It's a toffee liqueur and goes down a dream, lovely and warm!!! mmmmm
I had a lovely vanilla liqueur in that Tapas bar that used to be on Forrest Road, but have no idea what it was and have never been able to trace it since. If I could ever find it again I would order a case

If you ever find it again let me know and I will give it a try too!!!!

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 29 Aug 2005, 09:57

sandman wrote: Sick Board = a special surfboard that is shaped to perfection and rides like no other

Well, what can I say?

You learn something new every day!

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 14 Oct 2005, 23:34

never tried this but sounds nice (out this month's olive magazine)

muddle 5 fresh blackberries in a cocktail shaker with 12Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â½ ml Finlandia vodka (or other plain vodka - e.g. smirnoff), 25ml creme de mure(blackcurrants), dash frangelico. Shake with ice and then double strain into a chilled martini glass. Using a long-handled spoon add a layer of single cream by slowly running the cream down the handle so that it sits on top of the drink. (easier said than done when pissed). Sprinkle with drinking chocolate and garnish with a blackberry. Serves 1.

Frangelico - brings back memories when I worked at the Garden Festival in Glasgow at a famous ice cream emporium - some of us used to make ice cream specials, one girl wore this beautiful handcrafted mother or pearl ring(or something similar) - someone ordered a frangelico special (ice cream, frangelico liqueur, choccie sauce, nuts etc) well she found out she'd lost her ring much to the bemusement of one customer who chewed on it...

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 14 Oct 2005, 23:42

Sandra wrote:never tried this but sounds nice (out this month's olive magazine)

muddle 5 fresh blackberries in a cocktail shaker with 12Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â½ ml Finlandia vodka (or other plain vodka - e.g. smirnoff), 25ml creme de mure(blackcurrants), dash frangelico. Shake with ice and then double strain into a chilled martini glass. Using a long-handled spoon add a layer of single cream by slowly running the cream down the handle so that it sits on top of the drink. (easier said than done when ***). Sprinkle with drinking chocolate and garnish with a blackberry. Serves 1.

See, that's just too much effort to go to. All that fruit and chilled glass.....................and it only serves one!

Couldn't you just settle for a big glass of vodka with a scoop of some fancy Ben and Jerry ice cream in it?

A vodka float, if you will?

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 14 Oct 2005, 23:55

ecm wrote:
Sandra wrote:
Couldn't you just settle for a big glass of vodka with a scoop of some fancy Ben and Jerry ice cream in it?

mmmmm... just not quite the same as it all shaken or stirred.

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 14 Oct 2005, 23:57

Sandra wrote:
ecm wrote:
Sandra wrote:
Couldn't you just settle for a big glass of vodka with a scoop of some fancy Ben and Jerry ice cream in it?

mmmmm... just not quite the same as it all shaken or stirred.

Quite!

Jackson Priest · Post by **Jackson Priest** » 15 Oct 2005, 00:03

Sandra wrote

shaken or stirred

I was making some martinis for the priest household the other night - and the recipe said that you shouldn't shake them, as it 'bruises' the gin. Despite this being utter nonsensical tosh, I stirred. But I still don't understand how gin can bruise???

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 15 Oct 2005, 00:07

Jackson Priest wrote:Sandra wrote
shaken or stirred
I was making some martinis for the priest household the other night - and the recipe said that you shouldn't shake them, as it 'bruises' the gin. Despite this being utter nonsensical tosh, I stirred. But I still don't understand how gin can bruise???

Making martinis - you really are dead posh, you!

Do you really expect the likes of Sandra and I to worry if our gin is bruised?

You're 'aving a larf, ain't ya?

Jackson Priest · Post by **Jackson Priest** » 15 Oct 2005, 00:13

When I said "the other night' I really meant "about 5 years ago." But I am still confused about the bruising of gin.

Now I have a glass of white wine, a glass of glenmorangie and a glass of water in front of me. If I mix them together, will that count as a cocktail? Will anything bruise?

You're right though. I am dead posh, me.

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 15 Oct 2005, 00:17

ecm wrote:
Jackson Priest wrote:Sandra wrote
shaken or stirred
I was making some martinis for the priest household the other night - and the recipe said that you shouldn't shake them, as it 'bruises' the gin. Despite this being utter nonsensical tosh, I stirred. But I still don't understand how gin can bruise???
Making martinis - you really are dead posh, you!

Do you really expect the likes of Sandra and I to worry if our gin is bruised?

You're 'aving a larf, ain't ya?

Mr. P, I apologise profusely!

I've been for a google and it seems gin bruises very easily. Who'd of thunk?

Apparently, bruised gin tastes like rubbing alcohol. That can't be all that bad then, can it?

Jackson Priest · Post by **Jackson Priest** » 15 Oct 2005, 00:25

ecm rote

Mr. P, I apologise profusely! etc etc

See? I am posh. And I graciously accept your apology, albeit in a very upper class manner.

Rubbing alcohol seems a bit of a waste, doesn't it?

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 17 Oct 2005, 12:22

Surely though the gin would get bruised anyway as it hit the pit of one's empty stomach?

Scoop · Post by **Scoop** » 22 Oct 2005, 20:19

find Epykat's lack of opinion on the subject of cocktails slightly worrying, since she has systematically worked her way through the menu at Zinc bar.

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 22 Oct 2005, 23:59

......and even after all THAT effort, I'm still at least two behind you.....unless of course you count the Lanzarote Zombie as a double

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 22 Oct 2005, 23:59

theoutsider wrote:find Epykat's lack of opinion on the subject of cocktails slightly worrying, since she has systematically worked her way through the menu at Zinc bar.

C'mon then, E. What do you recommend?

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 23 Oct 2005, 00:06

my drink of the moment - Koko Kanu - jamacian coconut rum - packs a punch - not like malibu

37.5% and BC and me when we get a bottle drink it all just about in one night

its just too moreish.

(you can get it at Harvey Nics

)

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 23 Oct 2005, 00:07

Well, obviously theoutsider could tell you more than me since I usually have a non alcoholic version

- however, the one with the fresh raspberries is nice

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 23 Oct 2005, 00:09

Epykat wrote:Well, obviously theoutsider could tell you more than me since I usually have a non alcoholic version - however, the one with the fresh raspberries is nice

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 23 Oct 2005, 00:09

Epykat wrote:Well, obviously theoutsider could tell you more than me since I usually have a non alcoholic version - however, the one with the fresh raspberries is nice

As opposed to the one with the rancid raspberries?

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 23 Oct 2005, 00:11

Sandra wrote: BC and me when we get a bottle drink it all just about in one night its just too moreish.

I don't know. Some women just don't know when they've had enough drink.

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 23 Oct 2005, 00:14

Sandra dear, have you ever tried AA? (that's an organisation not another cocktail

)

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 23 Oct 2005, 00:22

Epykat wrote:Sandra dear, have you ever tried AA? (that's an organisation not another cocktail )

We'd probably qualify for some kind of group discount, I shouldn't wonder.

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 23 Oct 2005, 00:42

ecm wrote:
Epykat wrote:Sandra dear, have you ever tried AA? (that's an organisation not another cocktail )
We'd probably qualify for some kind of group discount, I shouldn't wonder.

Scoop · Post by **Scoop** » 23 Oct 2005, 11:40

next time you see Epykat, ask her about her relationship with a certain Dr Funk. She will try and blag her way out of it but the truth is...........she was so drunk she can't really remember.

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 23 Oct 2005, 12:09

theoutsider wrote:next time you see Epykat, ask her about her relationship with a certain Dr Funk. She will try and blag her way out of it but the truth is...........she was so drunk she can't really remember.

Sounds very messy.

At least she took the time to find out his name and profession.

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