But my apartment building has some potluck event planned for Turkey Day, so I’ll probably be bringing a couple of things to that and hoping it’s not just me and three other people. I like this idea of an “Orphan’s Thanksgiving,” though.

Have a happy Thanksgiving, Headchef!

Obviously the tongue-in-cheek nature of the article went way over a few heads. So to clarify: When I use qualifiers like “seems like” or “rarely” before a statement, that statement is not intended to be interpreted as fact but rather as an observation based on numerous (more than three) personal experiences.
Also; when I write things that are hyperbolic, grossly offensive towards groups of people or plainly false; I’m employing a technique called “irony”. This means that the actual meaning is a complete opposite of the literal meaning.

I employ this technique for humorous purposes. If you weren’t an autistic robot; you might be able to discern that without me pointing it out to you.

Speaking of observation, guy from Minnesota, awesome use of deductive reasoning skills in characterizing us as coastal elites who have a “stereotypical view of us from the flyover states”. Um, I’m from New Mexico, have lived in Minnesota for over a decade and am in the process of moving to Texas. The other two guys who run this site are from Michigan (pretty sure those states are all “flyover territory”). All we do on this site is slurp the great state of Texas (the undisputed heavyweight champ of flyover states) and generally feature recipes and articles related to Southern and Southwestern cuisine.

Also we make fun of Minnesotans, Iowans and ‘Sconnies as all having borderline Aspergers, and we only do that because it’s largely true.

Of course, you would have to have actually listen to a podcast or read an article on this site to know any of these things, including the article you skimmed over before self-righteously commenting on; as if the value of your opinion was self-evident and required no knowledge in order to validate it. Hmmmm; jackassy, self-important, reactionary Minnesotan who can’t read?
Somebody went to the University of Minnesota*.

We DO appreciate your readership and invite you to continue commenting on anything here (even if you don’t agree with us), but in the interest of not looking like a complete giblet-head, why don’t you take some time and think before you go trolling about things you might not fully understand?

* Yeah, it’s the University of Minnesota. The “U of M” is in Ann Arbor, MI and “The U” is in Coral Gables, Fl.

Wow! I had no idea that actual human beings were giving us feedback on the comments section, because the only e-mails i get are spam attempts wherein it becomes clear that English is the 3rd or 4th language of the author. Thanks for your interest! Now, to answer your question..

I am by no means a “mixologist”, and my palate has been described as that of a hobo who drinks a bottle of nail polish remover just to get to sleepy dreamland and away from the demon-dogs’ howls. Basically, a sophisticate, I am not. However, many of my friends are mad geniuses when it comes to these things, and I can at least rattle off some lovely concoctions that didn’t cause me to go blind. For instance, young coconut flesh in a bottle of middle shelf soju was one of the best things I ever tasted. It was a very hot day, and the drink was shaken and strained…I’m not sure how long the meat was allowed to steep, but I imagine it would be hard to over-do the flavor, so I would say the longer, the better. (But again, I’m no professional, so experiment!) Sticking to Asian themes, nori paper sake, served just barely above room temperature was also delicious.

I’ve tried several others, but none really stick out in my mind, as they were fucking B-O-R–I-N-G. However, a friend brought back a wine from the mountains of Mexico once…It was a very obviously hand-blown bottle, made for a wine that had been made in a pale, or maybe just a hole in the ground. What was interesting, though, was the young grass snake coiled in the bottom of the wine. Did it taste good? Absolutely not. Am I in any way implying that you should catch a snake and cram it into a bottle of malbec? Oh, heavens, no. It’s just the only other interesting infusion I’ve had that I remember right away.

Keep experimenting, and let us know what you come up with!

-BBQ
p.s. We love pictures of experiments.

During the warmer months my cousin will briefly steep Earl Grey tea in gin (Sapphire seems to work well) and mix with lemonade over ice. Make sure to hide your car keys before you start drinking pitchers of that mess.

thanks –
@cstandi

squishes,
the general

p.s. Good to hear from you, d.