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or autumnal drinks whichever. which are the greats ?
there are some very obvious winter drinks and summer drinks,
but i don't think i know any that are best in autumn.

there must be some.

― piscesboy, Monday, 22 September 2003 15:06 (twenty-two years ago)

whisky and canada dry ginger ale

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Monday, 22 September 2003 15:09 (twenty-two years ago)

muld wine?

― lawrence kansas (lawrence kansas), Monday, 22 September 2003 15:10 (twenty-two years ago)

real ale with bits of wood and leaves in it?

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 22 September 2003 15:11 (twenty-two years ago)

irish coffee!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 22 September 2003 15:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Pint of Mild

― Ed (dali), Monday, 22 September 2003 15:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Oktoberfest beer, obviously. And cider.

― fletrejet, Monday, 22 September 2003 15:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Oooh Sierra Nevada's Celebration Ale hits markets in autumn of every year, that stuff's the awesomeness incarnate! And hot cider is the beverage of The Gods.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 22 September 2003 15:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Hot toddies:

Get a couple of lemons. Slice them up pretty thin, rind and all, put them in a saucepan. Add a few cups of water. Get the water to boil, lower to a simmer, and simmer for a few minutes until the water is good and hot and lemony. Pour the lemon water through a strainer into a mug, filling it up about half to two-thirds of the way. Add brandy and honey to taste. Drink.

This is good for anytime, but is great especially for if you're sick with a cold. The lemons give you vitamin C, the hot water and honey sooth your throat, and the brandy helps you relax and sleep.

― NA (Nick A.), Monday, 22 September 2003 15:22 (twenty-two years ago)

>Oooh Sierra Nevada's Celebration Ale hits markets in autumn of every year, that stuff's the awesomeness incarnate!

Yeah, its good but technically its their winter seasonal.

― fletrejet, Monday, 22 September 2003 15:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Hot buttered rum

― luna (luna.c), Monday, 22 September 2003 15:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Mulled wine/ale/cider

― Ed (dali), Monday, 22 September 2003 15:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Hot Ribena.

― jel -- (jel), Monday, 22 September 2003 15:31 (twenty-two years ago)

thanks for the recipe NA, I'm so making that tonight!

― s1utsky (slutsky), Monday, 22 September 2003 15:35 (twenty-two years ago)

you can substitute whiskey for brandy and add some cinnamon sticks or cloves to the boiling lemon water, too. hot toddies rule.

― lauren (laurenp), Monday, 22 September 2003 15:42 (twenty-two years ago)

aw yeah!

― s1utsky (slutsky), Monday, 22 September 2003 15:44 (twenty-two years ago)

The best hot toddies are the ones your significant other or your mom make for you when you've got the flu.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 22 September 2003 15:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Mulled wine! Of course! And I bought several sachets last year, so I'm just a-waiting for the weather to get chilly and the evenings to get dark, and it's all go :)

― Mark C (Mark C), Monday, 22 September 2003 16:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Sachets?

― Ed (dali), Monday, 22 September 2003 16:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Clearly we need a mulled wine/ale/cider recipe.

Stud oranges with cloves and roast them until black. Toss the oranges, some sticks of cinnamon some orange and lemon peel in to the pot with the wine/ale/cider, grate some nutmeg into the pot (you can add fresh ginger and star anise if you like too). Heat but don't boil for as long as you can, fortify with brandy, whisky or rum as you serve.

― Ed (dali), Monday, 22 September 2003 16:23 (twenty-two years ago)

hot apple cider
hot chocolate (as autumn turns into winter)
egg nog?
warm sake
warm oolong tea or hot water + soju (Korean liquor)
hot coffee/cappucino/espresso

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 22 September 2003 18:04 (twenty-two years ago)

(lem sip)

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 22 September 2003 18:05 (twenty-two years ago)

My mulled wine, although Ed's sounds good -- this is what I came up with for a Halloween party where I'd sometimes be in the kitchen, sometimes be near it, and sometimes be too distracted to remember to check the wine:

Bottle of white
Bottle of red
About a dozen or so cloves
Two tangelos or an orange, halved
Pinch of cinnamon [the cinnamon I've been using isn't in stick form, but is too tasty for me to want to abandon it for this recipe]
Dash of ginger juice
Fifteen to twenty grains of paradise or black peppercorns
Palmful of sugar [hadn't originally planned on this, but it was much more popular once I sweetened it a little]

Simmer all that for at least an hour; if you simmer longer than two, scoop the solids out or things will start to turn bitter.

Fortify with port, vermouth, Armagnac, or whatever you have handy -- I like Armagnac for it, but the second time I made it, I realized no way was I parting with that much Armagnac just to mull some wine for a bunch of people who were already half drunk :)

The grains of paradise/peppercorns are what do it for me.

― Tep (ktepi), Monday, 22 September 2003 18:20 (twenty-two years ago)

spicy cider

― A Nairn (moretap), Monday, 22 September 2003 18:34 (twenty-two years ago)

This thread is an invaluable reference for the coming months.

― s1utsky (slutsky), Monday, 22 September 2003 20:06 (twenty-two years ago)

well I gotta say: thank you ILE! specifically NA and lauren--I had some friends over tonight and made some batches of hot toddies, to your specifications (well sort of a combo: lemons, brandy, honey & cinnamon) and it was terrific! we sat around and drank hot toddies and enjoyed an early autumn night, it was windy and later rainy, board games were played, etc etc. and all because of this thread!

― s1utsky (slutsky), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 04:50 (twenty-two years ago)

(crushed scandinavian liquorice candies + vodka) will get me into the winter nicely..

― Fabrice (Fabfunk), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 07:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Awesome. I've got the hot toddy makings at home, I should do this tonight. The cinnamon is a good idea.

― NA (Nick A.), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 11:16 (twenty-two years ago)

warm sake > warm sake is for women, cold sake for men. so they claim.

― nathalie (nathalie), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 11:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Ed, will you send me £10, because I made a bet with myself that you would post precisely what you posted back there :)

― Mark C (Mark C), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 11:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Cider spiced with a dash of not-fine sherry. That sounds like a good idea.

― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 11:51 (twenty-two years ago)

a simple cup of splosh works all year round

― David_X (David_X), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 13:03 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't know what you call it, but:

1 part Kahlua
1 part amaretto
2 parts warm milk

sip while wearing fuzzy sweater.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 13:28 (twenty-two years ago)

dogfish head raison d'etre.

Raison D'Etre
Voted 'American Beer Of The Year' in January 2000 by Malt Advocate Magazine.
A deep mahogany ale brewed with beet sugar,
green raisins, and Belgian yeast.
As complex as a fine red wine.
8% ABV 36 IBU

mmmm

― maura (maura), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 14:09 (twenty-two years ago)

suspicious of the ingredients is that really beer or some crazy fruit wine.

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 14:12 (twenty-two years ago)

it's beer! it's great. i'm going to have some this weekend when i'm in philly, yum

― maura (maura), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 14:21 (twenty-two years ago)

one month passes...

we made hot toddies and drank them on my roof at 4am. i declare hot toddies to be the best thing ever, with large roofs and brisk yet mild fall weather running a closely behind.

― lauren (laurenp), Saturday, 25 October 2003 18:18 (twenty-two years ago)

That sounds wonderful, lauren.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Saturday, 25 October 2003 18:30 (twenty-two years ago)

it was, but i'm a bit tired now!

― lauren (laurenp), Saturday, 25 October 2003 18:34 (twenty-two years ago)

lauren you're right, I've been on a hot toddy spree since this thread was started

― s1utsky (slutsky), Saturday, 25 October 2003 20:53 (twenty-two years ago)

raspberry vodka & chocolate cream liqeur over ice

― Orbit (Orbit), Saturday, 25 October 2003 20:58 (twenty-two years ago)

the toddy is insanely addictive. i wound up at 3.30am drunkenly trying to explain to the man in the deli why i needed whole cloves not ground, as if he really cared.

― lauren (laurenp), Saturday, 25 October 2003 21:03 (twenty-two years ago)

toddies as hangover cure C or D?

― jones (actual), Saturday, 25 October 2003 21:05 (twenty-two years ago)

classic! obviously i think they're classic no matter what, but toddies are one of the only drinks that actually makes me feel better when hungover (becherovka and soda being the other).

― lauren (laurenp), Saturday, 25 October 2003 21:10 (twenty-two years ago)

So far, the best autumnal drinks in my neck of the woods are lemonade and iced tea, unchanged from the summer. Isn't it supposed to be "open all the windows and feel the cool breeze waft in" weather at around this time? We're still relying on air conditioning here. That's some serious kind of wrong.

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Saturday, 25 October 2003 21:15 (twenty-two years ago)

pumpkin ale

― Ryan McKay (Ryan McKay), Saturday, 25 October 2003 21:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Keep that wrong going, Dee, I expect warm-and-AC-required weather when I'm back south in two weeks.

I second pumpkin ale, although I was surprised to do so. Autumn is also a good time of year for cherry lambic.

― Tep (ktepi), Saturday, 25 October 2003 21:25 (twenty-two years ago)

whiskey. straight. no ice.

― gygax! (gygax!), Saturday, 25 October 2003 21:28 (twenty-two years ago)

WHAT IS A HOT TODDY.

― amateurist (amateurist), Saturday, 25 October 2003 21:31 (twenty-two years ago)

boil sliced lemons, cinnamon sticks, and whole cloves to tasted in a pot of water for as long as you can stand to wait. strain the solids out, and mix the water with brandy or whiskey. add honey to taste.
if your autumn is too warm for hot drinks, try mixing room temperature bourbon with honey and fresh lime juice then serving over ice.

― lauren (laurenp), Saturday, 25 October 2003 21:34 (twenty-two years ago)

oooh that sounds marvelous....

― amateurist (amateurist), Saturday, 25 October 2003 21:37 (twenty-two years ago)

goes really well with someone you have a crush on...

― lauren (laurenp), Saturday, 25 October 2003 21:38 (twenty-two years ago)

do you have to slice them up and put them in the drink though?

― amateurist (amateurist), Saturday, 25 October 2003 21:40 (twenty-two years ago)

you boil the lemons with the spices and strain it all out, although you could leave the slices in if you'd like. whole cloves, on the other hand, are easy to choke on and hence best removed.

― lauren (laurenp), Saturday, 25 October 2003 21:42 (twenty-two years ago)

i was talking about the person you have a crush on.

― amateurist (amateurist), Saturday, 25 October 2003 21:42 (twenty-two years ago)

I WISH A HAD A KITCHEN

― amateurist (amateurist), Saturday, 25 October 2003 21:43 (twenty-two years ago)

oops. i guess pieces of your crush would be easy to choke on, though, too so treat them the same as the cloves.

― lauren (laurenp), Saturday, 25 October 2003 21:44 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't think boiling the person I have a crush on and drinking the result would be very good at all - even with whiskey.

― luna (luna.c), Saturday, 25 October 2003 21:44 (twenty-two years ago)

luna in not being samoan cannibal shocker.

― amateurist (amateurist), Saturday, 25 October 2003 21:46 (twenty-two years ago)

this is getting very brothers grimm.

― lauren (laurenp), Saturday, 25 October 2003 21:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes I was surprised as well

― luna (luna.c), Saturday, 25 October 2003 21:46 (twenty-two years ago)

cloves huh

― s1utsky (slutsky), Saturday, 25 October 2003 22:28 (twenty-two years ago)

ten months pass...

now look what i found.

― piscesboy, Monday, 6 September 2004 17:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Guinness!

― Wooden (Wooden), Monday, 6 September 2004 17:19 (twenty-one years ago)

warm up time. woodford on the rocks.

― brock (brock), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 01:02 (twenty-one years ago)

ED IS AWESOME.
now I need to find some cloves.
and some wine.

― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 7 September 2004 01:06 (twenty-one years ago)

The real answer to this is Fullers Red Fox. A russet ale named after a russet predator, for a russet season.

― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 21:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Wooden so otm.

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 21:02 (twenty-one years ago)

My new invention:

slushy vodka straight from freezer
Turkish sour cherry juice from local shop for local people
top up with ginger ale (not ginger beer, this is very important)
ice and a slice

Hurrah! It's refreshing yet a bit tingly - like autumn itself, do you see? I don't know what to call it though.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Friday, 10 September 2004 09:04 (twenty-one years ago)

That sounds soooo good. I wish I could get sour cherry nectar up here. Ken have you left yet? If not, will you bring me some, doll?

― Madchen (Madchen), Friday, 10 September 2004 10:01 (twenty-one years ago)

I think his bus was lateish morning, so you're onto (sour) plums there pet. Haha you will have to come to London again to indulge yr middle-Eastern fruit juice fetish.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Friday, 10 September 2004 10:35 (twenty-one years ago)

IT IS NOT AUTUMN, DO NOT REVIVE THIS THREAD.

― Jimmybommy JimmyK'KANG (Nick Southall), Friday, 10 September 2004 12:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Currently I'm rocking whisky sours. It's practically a health food drink.

― Ed (dali), Friday, 10 September 2004 12:32 (twenty-one years ago)

hot toddies are yumxor. i wish i had one right now.

the vodka/sour cherry drink sounds too good to be true. i wish i had one right now.

9:34 A.M., hmm?

― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 10 September 2004 12:34 (twenty-one years ago)

cheers to the dogfish head post . . .
their punkin ale is *amazing*
(my parents live in delaware, near their brewery)

― kelsey (kelstarry), Friday, 10 September 2004 15:13 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm having a tender reunion with red wine.

― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 10 September 2004 15:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Hot toddies are definately the autumn drink of choice chez moi.

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 10 September 2004 15:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Maker's Mark & Ginger (Ale).

― nader (nader), Friday, 10 September 2004 16:03 (twenty-one years ago)

IT IS NOT AUTUMN, DO NOT REVIVE THIS THREAD.

Sick Mouthy was obviously not a Boy Scout. Only ten days to go, be prepared!

― MarkH (MarkH), Saturday, 11 September 2004 11:52 (twenty-one years ago)

...i could search for a lot longer than that in Oxford and still not find any Turkish sour cherry juice.

― MarkH (MarkH), Saturday, 11 September 2004 11:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Sour cherry juice is a great mixer, really good with Zybrowka.

― Porkpie (porkpie), Saturday, 11 September 2004 11:54 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm starting to cook more, I really should figure out drink mixing next.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 11 September 2004 14:35 (twenty-one years ago)

one month passes...

i've been making hot toddies this week, as my flatmate and i both have irritating sort-of colds. in addition to the cloves and cinammon stick, i've used whole cardamom pods and orange blossom honey instead of regular. lovely.

― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 10:42 (twenty-one years ago)

To stave off a cold, may i suggest adding a dose of cayenne? It sounds awful, but it gets mellowed by the honey.
Cayenne, honey, lemon, (whiskey), and hot water will cure you of any cold.
But I also use whiskey as an antibiotic - cheap scotch can kill most viruses. It also has an alarming effect on relationships, when used as something other than an antidote.

― aimurchie, Wednesday, 20 October 2004 12:31 (twenty-one years ago)

well i'll tell you WHAT - COCO MARINA coconut rum with coca cola and ice! mmmmm dee-licious. as i discovered (somewhat to my cost) yesterday afternoon. i think it's the 6th one that tips you over.
on balance like.

― piscesboy, Monday, 1 November 2004 15:23 (twenty-one years ago)

is coco marina anything like malibu? that stuff reminds me of coppertone tanning oil.

― lauren (laurenp), Monday, 1 November 2004 15:31 (twenty-one years ago)

one month passes...

i've got a freshly brewed batch of toddies. anyone want?

― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 26 December 2004 22:16 (twenty years ago)

(i used citron tea in place of lemon, and used some peach tea as well.)

― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 26 December 2004 22:20 (twenty years ago)

hot toddies pwn.

― Ian John50n (orion), Sunday, 26 December 2004 22:46 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

i just made a batch of hot toddies! right now i rule my little universe.

― born-again christians in the old corral (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 01:34 (nineteen years ago)

i see that my last couple of posts on this thread are about toddies and are just about a year old to the day.

― born-again christians in the old corral (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 01:36 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

mmmmmm autumn drinks.

― pisces, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 14:46 (eighteen years ago)

sangria

― blueski, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 14:48 (eighteen years ago)

Will whisky toddies do for strep throat, do you think?

― Laurel, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 14:53 (eighteen years ago)

they'll improve your mood, anyway.

― lauren, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 15:31 (eighteen years ago)

it's not QUITE cold enough for toddies. i can't wait though! also: mulled cider with whiskey or brandy (i used to use dark spiced rum, but it's just too sweet for me now)

― bell_labs, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 15:40 (eighteen years ago)

"plums vs. people" is an every-season beverage.

― Will M., Wednesday, 3 October 2007 15:43 (eighteen years ago)

Hee.

― Laurel, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 15:43 (eighteen years ago)

Ohh boozy spiced cider is the best, THE BEST. Linds, let's have some sort of cold weather party, can we can we? We will make ALL THIS STEW omg and watch TV wrapped in blankets.

― Laurel, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 15:44 (eighteen years ago)

Which is basically just a cover for my urgent need for beef stew and/or pot roast.

― Laurel, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 15:46 (eighteen years ago)

YES YES 100times yes. i can't wait to make stews! i also want to try to teach myself how to make meat pies. i want to make an apple and sausage pie so i can decide if that is a delicious or disgusting idea.

― bell_labs, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 15:47 (eighteen years ago)

There's some very good chicken sausage with apple in it, they have it at the grocery store. I'm sure the same is true for all pork products, too -- pork was made to go with apples.

― Laurel, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 15:49 (eighteen years ago)

it's true. i had awesome cider-glazed pork chops the other day. mmmm

― bell_labs, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 15:50 (eighteen years ago)

and apple and sausage STUFFING is great.

― bell_labs, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 15:51 (eighteen years ago)

Made my first stew at the weekend, after drinking a pink of the excellent and strong Kingsdown Black Cider in the market. Mutton with beetroot and yellow carrots, slowly stewed in a bottle of wine with lots of rosemary with matzo dumplings made with butter an stew juices. Must do a pork and cider one this weekend, or maybe a pie.

― Ed, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 15:51 (eighteen years ago)

Oh crap, I have pork chops in freezer that now I wish I'd put to thaw today.

― Laurel, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 15:52 (eighteen years ago)

I wonder if you could do with pork the coq au vin thing but with calvados and cider instead of brandy and wine. I think this should be a tasty experiment.

― Ed, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 15:53 (eighteen years ago)

Or maybe a mixture of cider and perry for sweetness.

― Ed, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 15:54 (eighteen years ago)

ooh i want to make coq au vin. i was just thinking of it the other day.

― bell_labs, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 15:56 (eighteen years ago)

Cold weather party sounds BEST IDEA EVER.

I like the idea of M/White's DARK AND STORMY as an autumn drink mesel'.

― Sarah, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 15:57 (eighteen years ago)

you cold also do, err, like a 'carnitas' style chicken -- roasted , then shredded & cooked in a bit of clean fat with some cider & maybe cabbage/shredded apple in small quantities. the problem as i see it isn't one of taste, it's one of texture: at the temperature you'll need to get the meat pie to, you'll likely end up turning the apple to brainy moosh.

― remy bean, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 16:00 (eighteen years ago)

could

― remy bean, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 16:00 (eighteen years ago)

And what is wrong with that?

Here I found this recipe saved randomly in Outlook, might as well post it nyer:

APPLE PIE BACON CHEESE ETC GOO

- Get one pie dish, cover the bottom with rashers of bacon
- Peel & core 2 apples
- Grate those, and a big chunk of cheese
- Crumble up 2 slices of bread (3 if apples are large)
- Melt a big lump of butter in a saucepan
- Mix in the bread, grated apple and about half the cheese, stir it around until you have a squidgy mess. Add more butter if needed.
- Bung this mixture in the pie dish, squidge it down and sprinkle the rest of the cheese on top
- Bake in oven at 180C/350F/gas mark whatever for about 20 minutes

NUM NUM NUM.

― Sarah, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 16:02 (eighteen years ago)

my colon had a spasm at the thought of that!

― lauren, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 16:05 (eighteen years ago)

ed, your stew sounds incredible btw. i would love a more concise recipe if you've got the time.

― lauren, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 16:06 (eighteen years ago)

Sarah, you need to find a way of setting it on fire, possibly dousing it with apple brandy ion removing it from the oven, so the cheese browns nicely.

― Ed, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 16:07 (eighteen years ago)

It vas very easy.

4 shallots, two onions roughly chopped and fried till golden
4 cloves garlic
half kilo o mutton browned with the golden onions
Bunch of Beets peeled and quartered (or 8ths if big)
Bunch of carrots (yellow in this case but orange or purple would do) roughly chopped
1 bottle of red wine
2 bay leaves
big big big pinch of dried rosemary
1 chicken stock cube (would have used veg stock or lamb if I had had any)
salt and pepper to taste

Simmered that for a couple of hours, lid on for half lid off for half

Dumplings, side of a matzo meal packed recipe:

2 eggs
4oz. matzo meal
2 tablespoons fat (butter in my case)
5 table spoons of liquor from the stew

form into balls and toss into the stew cook with the lid on for 20 minutes or so

Alternatively, english dumplings

4 oz. of plain flour
4 oz of suet
finely chopped rosemary
cooking liquor enough to form a stiff moist dough

kneed a log of air into that mixture and then form into balls and cook in the stew with the lid on for 30-45 minutes

― Ed, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 16:13 (eighteen years ago)

log = lot

― Ed, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 16:13 (eighteen years ago)

Ooooohhhhhhhhhhhh and I don't even LIKE beets OR cooked carrots.

― Laurel, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 16:14 (eighteen years ago)

you could put in other hard veg; swede, turnip, parsnip after the first frost. The combination of beets and red wine make it the most insanely purple dish ever.

― Ed, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 16:16 (eighteen years ago)

aqlso mutton could be a leg or shoulder of lamb, beef skirt, or even a piece of topside silverside, braised as pieces or as a big cut although I think I would marinade a big cut of meet in the wine beforehand.

― Ed, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 16:17 (eighteen years ago)

that sounds like a great sunday afternoon dish.

― lauren, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 16:17 (eighteen years ago)

It was mine (and monday lunchtime and evening and after I had had all the meat and dumplings out of it I had the remaining veg and liquor on some ravioli)

― Ed, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 16:18 (eighteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

i have never had hot buttered rum. is good?

― carne asada, Friday, 26 October 2007 14:19 (eighteen years ago)

Come on and soothe me, Hot Toddy!

I accidentally poured my theraflu into my French press today. ftw

― Abbott, Friday, 26 October 2007 18:10 (eighteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

THIS RECIPE IS THE JAM

Hot Buttered Rum:
1 ½ oz. Cruzan Single Barrel Rum
2 heaping teaspoons hot buttered rum mix***
Mix ingredients with small amount of hot water in heated coffee mug and stir well with a spoon. Once mixed thoroughly, top off mug with hot water.
Serve with a swizzle stick.

***Hot Buttered Rum Mix***
1 lb. light brown sugar
1/2 lb. salted butter
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1 teaspoon high-quality vanilla extract
Yields approx. 1 1/2 lbs

I made this last night and, while I was drinking it, could not imagine wanting to drink anything else ever.

― I DIED, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 21:28 (seventeen years ago)

That is an INSANE amount of HBR mix, how long does it keep?!

― Will M., Tuesday, 13 November 2007 21:31 (seventeen years ago)

about a month - it's really just a compound butter w/ sugar

― I DIED, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 21:37 (seventeen years ago)

hot toddy: WANT

― impudent harlot, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 21:38 (seventeen years ago)

i have to make this

― carne asada, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 21:39 (seventeen years ago)

Honestly I think I might just drink tequila all winter, it's so good and I'm sorry I stayed away all these years. Fortunately, tequila will take me back, even after all my indiscretions with less festive spirits.

― Laurel, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 21:45 (seventeen years ago)

how do you take your tequila?

― carne asada, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 21:49 (seventeen years ago)

Over ice, with lime. It's totally unseasonable.

― Laurel, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 21:51 (seventeen years ago)

guys GIN HOT TODDY c/d

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 22:07 (seventeen years ago)

gin hot toddy sounds RONG

i've been drinking so much mulled cider with whiskey, mmmmm

― bell_labs, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 22:10 (seventeen years ago)

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/4844/xmastequilaev1.jpg

― I DIED, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 22:11 (seventeen years ago)

laurel's drink is also know as a "crazy eddie."

tequila, perhaps more so than any other spirit, is always ready and waiting with open arms to welcome you back into the fold.

― lauren, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 22:15 (seventeen years ago)

also known, i mean.

― lauren, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 22:15 (seventeen years ago)

If more bars had mulled wine or boozy cider I'd be drinking it, but they don't.

― Laurel, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 22:26 (seventeen years ago)

i've heard about some in our hood, laurel...we should get drinks before you move away to the land of $4 pbrs

― bell_labs, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 22:28 (seventeen years ago)

Lindray, you know better than to think I would ever drink PBR. Actually I hate PBR. Get in touch about ciderz, though -- Friday payday will assist.

― Laurel, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 22:29 (seventeen years ago)

the land of $4 pbrs

omg what

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 22:42 (seventeen years ago)

perfect autumn drink = cup of tea (w/ cake)

― braveclub, Thursday, 15 November 2007 10:27 (seventeen years ago)

eleven months pass...

ed, do you think that mutton stew would work with short ribs instead?

― lauren, Thursday, 6 November 2008 21:38 (sixteen years ago)

I'm going to a Drambuie-sponsored cocktail thing tonight, is that going to be any good? Lauren, you know me and scotch, what do you predict?

― Fred Dalton Township (Laurel), Thursday, 6 November 2008 21:47 (sixteen years ago)

it's kind of nasty imho.

― lauren, Thursday, 6 November 2008 21:50 (sixteen years ago)

Hmmph. Rats.

― Fred Dalton Township (Laurel), Thursday, 6 November 2008 21:55 (sixteen years ago)

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