It’s been a busy-as-da-fuck weekend. Friday evening started at a luau party and ended with the previously posted party at Jabba Jaws that had me marveling at Krazy’s mixologist and bedside manner skills. As an update, Mensa got totally pickled and still has trouble remembering most of the evening at Jabba Jaws, so… money well spent, I guess. Thanks goes to Pounders for stepping up and keeping him from going toxic.
Had a nice Saturday afternoon tooling around Magazine St. with Pounders hitting Brew Ha-Ha for a fermentation bucket and a guided tour of the place. I think I’ve been bitten by the home-brew bug courtesy of that loveable lug, and I’m easing into it slowly by making several varieties of "bounce", which require patience but no actual brewing skill. Coming to a liver near you… blueberry, raspberry and cherry bounce — in honor of my dad who used to make a wicked wild cherry bounce. It’s all downhill from here.
After Brew Ha-Ha, we stopped as Juan’s Flying Burrito for a bite to eat, and let me tell you it was tasty as all get out. Unfortunately, Juan played two encores and made several curtain calls a few short hours afterward — Thirteen & Stirfry, I sincerely hope the contractor can rebuild your guest bathroom and get the scorch marks off of the porcelain. Which brings me to the visit to their house where the Lady and I played one enjoyable, but painful to my lower intestine game of Cranium (owing to Juan making several comebacks).
Sunday was spent shopping for cherries and booze to make the bounce. I spent more hours than I care to count pitting fresh bing cherries today. My fucking back is killing me. Do you know it takes a metric ass-ton of cherries and brandy to make cherry bounce? Holy crap! It’s for a good cause, though… World Domination Through Intoxication. Yeah, I’m fighting for Ponders’ cause.
There’s a bit of fun for you here. It’s a bunch of contestants on a Japanese talent game show performing a live-action Matrix type of ping-pong game. Very well orchestrated, and clever to boot.
Why thank you Stuff. You’ve made me blush. Awww. Your on a roll this weekend buttering up to the guys with the alcohol aren’t ya? 😉 I would be too. Raspberry? That should be interesting. Just WDTI it.
"Your on a roll this weekend buttering up to the guys with the alcohol aren’t ya?"
Two responses:
1) Hell yeah!
2) Soon my friend, I’ll be in possession of some tasty inebriants of my own, courtesy of your patient tutelage — Sensei.
"Raspberry? That should be interesting."
Yeah, I blame that one on the Lady… which consequently means that she also gets the credit for it if it’s tasty. We were in Sav-A-Center looking to see what frozen fruit they had (for off-season bounce possibilities) and she saw the frozen raspberries. I checked the bag and the ingredients simply listed "raspberries". No added sugars or any other surprises. So, we deemed it worth an experiment judging from the inexpensive price of the berries and the el-cheapo vodka. We’ll find out in four months if it’s any good. I also have my reservations about how much of the original simple syrup that the cherry bounce recipe calls for I should use. I swapped the bourbon for brandy, and brandy is the sweeter of the two –- or the least harsh at any rate. I’ll just have to taste it in a few months to see. It also ought to make for a damned tasty batch of cherries, too.
Aww.. no love on the Matrix Ping Pong plug. *sniff* and I re-enacted it and everything.
Well, since you didn’t bother sending me a link as I had requested, and I had read about it on another site and dug up a proper link for myself, you do not get credit for the kill.
Here’s a box of Rice-A-Roni, a copy of the home game, and a pack of tissues so you can cry yourself to sleep.
Sensei? The only thing I’ve mastered is baiting. But hey, if you think I got the goods and can learn you something about alcohol then by all means rock on.
Lady can get the cred if it comes out tasty and delicous, but if it bombs she also get the cred. But it wont. Cheap raspberries and vodka? I envision a whole new line of products….
Really gonna wait that long for the bounce? Sure it gets better with age, but tasting along the way is the fun. And usually just go with the orginal recipe first then change after. The simple syrup does more then just sweeten the drink. It also thickens it and gives it body, texture, and head (for a lack of a better word). I’ll drink it no matter what though.
Dude,
You’ve totally made a Dooce addict out of me.
Heather
Good luck on the house… I know when Alyson and I bought our house it was a friggin nightmare. I hope you have an easier time.