Morning drinker
Weekday mornings, I start with about 16 oz of spring water, then 10 oz of coffee and finally 8 oz ruby red grapefruit juice.
On selected weekends, I've been known to enjoy the occasional mimosa or even a beer once in awhile.
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Dinner for 2 with a bottle of wine may become illegal...
As soon as I saw this I was furious. This is some Tipper Gore nanny-type trying to control and vilify normal, reasonable behavior. .08 in my estimation is already ridiculous; you can't legislate for every dummy out there driving around texting, talking, eating, changing music but oh, yes, let's saddle the responsible social drinker with about $10k in alcohol classes, legal fees, and public humiliation.
Personally I drive and operate like a champion under the influence of any amount of alcohol. I realize not everyone possesses this skill set, and I don't want dangerous drunks all over the place threatening public safety, but putting laws on the books doesn't stop those types from their antics any more than gun laws keep criminals from buying them on the black market.
Whoever is overseeing the NTSB and allowed that blasphemy to go public should get their pink slip immediately, followed by my foot up their ass.
Happy Mom's Day
C'mon everybody, go ahead and make Mom a Bloody Mary or Mimosa right now!
First time in Chicago
Find a Green Bay Packer bar (it shouldn't be too hard), and go for the deep-fried cheese curds. Wash it down with an Old Style.
Jazz Fest Trip Report 2013
You forgot Dante's for slices and Lucky Dog.
Uses for Leftover Beer
There should have been a couple of dudes assigned to killing that keg while it was fresh. The kind of drunks who congregate around the keg, drinking constantly like champions, all through the night and into the morning, if necessary (it usually isn't), until that sucker is empty.
It's a lot easier to carry back to the liquor store empty, and without the resultant shame of not being able to finish your beer.
Next party, better invite some cool dudes to come hang and kill that thing. Pizza or bbq every few hours is appreciated.
How would you campaign to be Taste Master?
Write it on your forehead with a Sharpie, and punch anyone in the face who says otherwise. You'll get noticed.
help my boyfriend is so hard to cook for!
You can dump your boyfriend and cook for me. I'm easy: frozen pizzas five nights a week and take-out the other two.
What should I serve with Burgers?
On a budget, I'd have to say a handle (1.75 litre for the non-initiated) of Johnny Walker Red. This can be purchased at any decent discount liquoria for around $32.99
Fill pint glasses with crushed ice to the top, pour the Scotch over and let it trickle on down... keep filling, to about an inch and a half from the top. Voila! The Snow Cone. There ought to be a good four to five shots in there. After the first, you'll be able to separate the men (and ladies) from the boys.
Moving to Denver - where to eat?
For outdoor dining on a budget, make sure to check out McCormick's (attached to the Oxford Hotel) downtown. Happy hour in a nice bar with a great outdoor patio in a busy, colorful area. $2, $3, and $4 apps and they are all tasty! After, check out the Cruise Room martini bar next door. It opened in the 1920's and has barely changed.
Movie Food
If I'm going with a buddy, we bring our flasks full of scotch. If I'm going with the wife or pleasant company, I generally like to get a big bucket of popcorn and soak it down liberally with that carcinogenic movie theater butter. As I only get that once or twice a year, I figure something else will kill me first. And it's so good...
wedding -pre and post receptions - food, drinks?
Weddings are always a hoot when everyone's drunk all the time. There's always that rogue alcoholic who has way too much (uncle Ted, groom's college roommate, etc.) and spices things up with their over the top antics and make everyone else a little more comfortable. Cheers!
Baked potatoes?
Wendy's.
Would you do it?
I love gas station slices of pizza that sit on that carousel and get old. Really.
Stocking the Bar
Order some strong European absinthe with maximum thujone content from a website. I've never been burned and you don't have to worry about the law.
Celebration Food
Celebration food: the fruit in my drink
48 hours in Chicago
I'd seek refuge in the nearest Green Bay Packer bar and wait it out.
Sam Cans: Good Or Evil?
Here in Colorado, lots of great beer is available in cans. The kind of beer I drink has enough alcohol and flavor to basically mask the "can taste," and I know they're treating those cans with something that can't be good for us that helps mask the metallic aftertaste... that being said, good beer out of glass bottles always tastes better than canned. It's like smoking weed out of glass is much cleaner than, you guessed it: out of a can.
That being said, Sam Adams was lucky to have gotten in at the beginning of the craft brewing wave, because their beers are almost as weak and generic as anything from Coors, Miller, Busch, etc. I have a new slogan for Boston Beer Co. I offer free of charge: "Sam Adams. Weak beer for weak people."
Looking for dining suggestions in Venice, Italy.
We found the simple pizza margherita to be amazing everywhere in Italy, as was the house red. And you can get real absinthe, as well. Try a small glass every morning with breakfast.
What is the Worst Food You Made This Week?
Snake River Saloon, Keystone. Jimmy is throwing down his $40 lobster/steak dinner with gusto, when suddenly he jumps up with that look on his face and runs outside, hurling into the bushes right outside the front door. A party just entering appeared horrified, but went inside anyway (probably figuring he'd just had too much to drink, which was only partially true).
As we were leaving a group of stray or loose dogs were eagerly chowing down on that pre-eaten meal.
I would have to rate that as the foulest thing served this week.
Beer: Is Bigger Always Better?
There's nothing beautiful about drinking low abv American Light Lager swill (Bud, Miller, etc.) That kind of pisswater will leave you with a dirty headache and bloated bladder... not to mention the fact that any Serious Drinker can't get a buzz or even take the edge off (God pity the poor bastard who's up all night with nothing but Buttweiper to calm him) drinking that crap. It's about time the general public was educated about beer. Everytime I walk out of a liquor store with a four-pack of Dogfish Head next to a guy who spent the same amount on a twelver of Busch Light, I know who got the better deal.
Denver... Where to Eat?
I forgot the Rio Grande for the best margarita anywhere. Food is average but the place is hopping on weekends. Camping out with comped chips and salsa and just drinking is not frowned upon.
Denver... Where to Eat?
The Cherry Cricket for an outstanding burger... Richman featured it on a Man vs. Food not too long ago. The City Grille also offers a great burger. The Cheeky Monk Belgian Beer Café, across the street on Colfax Ave. from City Grille is great. Between the 16th St. ped mall where you're staying and Colfax Ave, there's tons of interesting joints to check out. Higher end, the Capital Grille is my personal favorite steakhouse but pricey. For less money and a decidedly old-school Rat Pack vibe, Bastien's steakhouse farther East on Colfax offers great food at a great price. And last, make sure to have a martini at the Cruise Room bar in the Oxford Hotel. Walking distance from the mall. Enjoy the Mile High City!
Food You Wouldn't Offer to Company
Hummus, tofu, basically vegetable of any kind. Anything coming out of the dirt is disgusting. And fish - no fishy of any kind. And no light beer, or white wine. No curry, either, I can't stand the reek.
How do you prepare Sausage for soups?
Just use more - MORE sausage. Nothing worse than sausage and lentil bean soup or spaghetti bolognese and having to hunt for a piece of sausage. Total sausage saturation is your goal. Sausage is the essential, primary component in any dish containing it - so go heavy.
Greasy Meat Farts
You know the kind - foul, hot odor ensconsed in a kind of yellowish, oozing viscosity. The kind of gas you have to go outside to pass, and then stay there a minute not to drag it back in with you.
My friend JB has to keep an extra pair of underwear in his desk at work due to this. That, and he has to constantly run down to the bathroom to "dry wipe" after a particularly nasty episode.
Common causes are meat and beer in massive, nearly steady rates of consumption. After a time, there is no cure.
Know what I'm sayin', Serious Eaters?
Midnight snack attack!
We have a small child. Among other reasons, that finds me up in the wee small hours a couple two, three nights a week.
I've been known to wash down a handful of hickory smoked almonds or a couple chips ahoy cookies with some ruby red grapefruit juice, with or without a dash of Stoli.
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Into the arena
I like to get an order of the deliciously decadent garlic/parmesan french fries when I attend NBA and NHL games. The local sports/concert barn here does them very well.
Anybody else have a go-to snack at the game/concert venue?
Your favorite bacon
What's your favorite bacon? Type of bacon? Or someplace you go, someone who cooks it for you? Added to a certain dish?
My favorite bacon is thick-cut peppered bacon, slowly cooked in an iron skillet and served open-faced on toasted sourdough bread with Miracle Whip and glasses of mimosa. A weekend thing.
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Smokin'
Who likes to smoke while they cook? Enjoy a smoke after your meal? Exactly what are you smoking? Smoke meats? Like smoked cheese? Smoke On The Water?
In my estimation, a little smoke can go a long way.
What's in that jar on your desk?
I've got two - one is full of Jolly Ranchers for co-workers and clients. The other is mixed nuts, for me, and a select few who I allow to put their hands in there.
First drink of the day
First drink of the day - what, where, and when. Why?
On a Saturday (I'm full-time employed M-F) I might wait until noon or I might just wake up and crack a beer or make mimosas with breakfast. I'm not looking to glorify alcohol, but I love drinkers and drinking culture.
Some days, after that first beer after work I just feel like all is suddenly well with the world. It works for me.
What 'first drink' might you look forward to? A happy hour? An after dinner cocktail? What have you got - let's get it rolling.
Got anything to rant about?
Wanna get it off your chest? What, historically or recently, drives you nuts about dining and/or drinking? Menus? Wait times? Other diners? Come on, let it out - you'll feel better and probably find sympathy.
Competitive eating
Anyone have experience with competitive eating? I've seen the Nathan's 4th of July Hot Dog Eating Contest on ESPN a few years running now, and of course Adam Richman on Man vs. Food taking on massive plates. Ever tried anything like this? Any tips? What food could you ideally eat the most of?
Drinking the Bottom Shelf: Boone's Farm
Did you realize that Boone's Farm wine still exists? I hadn't come across it in years, and I tend to come across these things. But Wednesday afternoon I gave the liquor store guy a ten and got back $1.03, a disgusted glare, and the three sexiest-looking bottles of full-strength Boone's I could find. More
@Becka K-S, FatBaztard and others of your ilk: try wrapping yourself in heavy foam and please wear a bicycle helmet and several layers of body armor before leaving home at all times. In fact, you would be much safer not leaving home. The "wussification" of America on every level makes me sick. Plenty of people can have a few drinks and operate heavy machinery, a car, etc. safely - No, really. That is a fact. Plenty of others can't even parallel park SOBER because they have no skills - very poor hand/eye coordination and no confidence in their ability. I'm not one to endanger anyone behind the wheel, and I'm not one to take unnecessary risks in getting pulled over, as I've seen the consequences up close of what happens to people. But go ahead, keep surrendering our rights and our freedoms and keep on being cowed and acting scared until you'll all have to blow your cars at all times just to start them. And please, go easy on the mouthwash in the morning, if you're even considering driving to work. I wouldn't want that .0007 BAC to hamper your reaction time.