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You Do Voodoo

Food and Drink /

There are bartenders and then there are great bartenders.  We often ask the great ones for a favorite drink to make or for a specialty.  Head on down to the Voodoo Lounge in New Orleans. It’s not on Bourbon Street which is a plus right off the bat.  Ask for a Cool Breeze.  (Hope we got that right.  Some drinking involved in our research and I don’t remember a drink menu being available. And our bartender’s specialty might not even be on it if they did have one.) Mango Chile Bacardi rum, cranberry and pineapple juices.  You won’t be disappointed.

– Jet Cannon

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MSG With My Margarita, Please

Food and Drink /

When it comes to health, it’s challenging to keep up with what is good for us and what isn’t.  Red wine?  Eggs?  Butter?  So far, experts seem to agree that salt is bad.  And Baby Boomers will remember that we once learned MSG, Monosodium Glutamate, was bad.  It turns out it may be a healthy way to reduce our salt intake while enhancing the flavor of food.  The FDA considers it safe to eat.  Atlantic magazine explains this in a fascinating article.  Read it here.  “One highly acclaimed New York restaurant now serves an MSG martini!”

– Jet Cannon

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Corpse Reviver #2 To Die For

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Praise be to the few restaurants that retain the professionalism of yesteryear. El Gaucho in Seattle is one such establishment. The seasoned staff still don tuxedos. The service is excellent. The food is superb. The drinks are delightful.

We requested that Jay our bartender serve one of his favorites. Gin forward, Lillet, Cointreau, Absinthe and lemon juice. And that’s how we ended up with a Corpse Reviver #2.

  • Jet Cannon

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Japanese Noodle Cocktail, Please

Food and Drink /

Vine Pair covered the 50 Best bars awards ceremony in Mexico City.  Read all about it here.  New York City’s Double Chicken Please bar won top honors.  The lower east side lounge offers drinkable takes on classic dishes like Cold Pizza, Japanese Noodle, and Waldorf Salad.  Hmmm.  They also have cocktails on tap.  

No bars in our Jet City (Seattle) made the list. Zero.

– Jet Cannon

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Long Island Iced Tea For Me

Recipes /

It’s Spring!  How about some iced tea?!  Long Island Iced Tea.  In which, there is no tea.

A bartender named Bog “Rosebud” Butt is credited with the creation of this strong but refreshing cocktail in 1972 on Long Island.

Here’s the recipe from Liquor.com

Ingredients

  • 3/4 ounce vodka
  • 3/4 ounce white rum
  • 3/4 ounce silver tequila
  • 3/4 ounce gin
  • 3/4 ounce triple sec
  • 3/4 ounce simple syrup
  • 3/4 ounce lemon juice, freshly squeezed
  • Cola, to top
  • Garnish: lemon wedge

Steps

Add the vodka, rum, tequila, gin, triple sec, simple syrup and lemon juice to a Collins glass filled with ice.

Top with a splash of the cola and stir briefly.

Garnish with a lemon wedge.

Serve with a straw.

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More Fun In A Can

Food and Drink /

CBSNews.com reported that, “SunnyD is no longer just a sweet orange beverage sipped by kids while they watch their Saturday morning cartoons. The drink is getting a version with an adult makeover – and SunnyD cocktails will be available later this month.  The company announced this week that its new SunnyD Vodka Soda drinks will be available exclusively at Walmart.  Last year, Coca-Cola announced it was adding Jack Daniels to its soda to make a Jack and Coke canned beverage. Simply Lemonade also introduce a spiked drink and Pepsi announced boozy versions of Mountain Dew. Some existing ready-to-drink and beer brands also got a revamp, with Sam Adams launching a canned margarita version of its Truly hard seltzers and Budweiser releasing Budlight-branded spiked seltzers.”

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This Crown Can Be Yours!

Music /

(CNN) — Around 1,500 items that once belonged to the late British rock star Freddie Mercury are going up for auction, including never-before-seen handwritten draft lyrics to “We Are the Champions,” one of the band Queen’s most famous songs.

The objects are being offered for sale by Mary Austin, a close friend of Mercury, who inherited his estate.

In addition to draft song lyrics. the items in the sale will include: pink, star-shaped glasses similar to the dark pair Mercury wore in the music video for his band’s 1977 hit “We Will Rock You”; his tiny Tiffany & Co. mustache comb; his guitar, believed to have been used to write and record “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”; the waistcoat Mercury wore in his final music video, “These Are the Days of Our Lives,” in 1991; and a Pablo Picasso linocut titled “Jacqueline au chapeau noir.”

Mercury’s famous crown — thought to be loosely modeled on the crown King Charles III will wear at his coronation on May 6 — and his accompanying cloak are expected to sell for up to £80,000 ($100,000). The singer wore both for his rendition of “God Save The Queen” during his last tour with Queen, in 1986.

The items will then be displayed at Sotheby’s in London between August 4 and September 5.

The collection will be offered in live auctions on September 6, 7, and 8, supplemented by online auctions starting on August 31.

Photo: Change.org

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Tea Mania

Caffeine /

Last month in Las Vegas, World Tea Expo 2023 attracted 11,000 buyers & participants, according to World Tea News. The popular Tea Bar presented the most in-demand tea products from around the world and, new this year, a mixologist crafted unique tea infused cocktails that are in high demand in bars and restaurants. Count us in!

Questex’s World Tea Expo will returns to Las Vegas, March 18-20, 2024.

– Jet Cannon

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Cannabis Crash

Cannabis /

The Seattle Times has reported that the oversupply of cannabis in states like Washington and Oregon has put some growers out of business while being a boon to consumers.  Growers are not allowed to sell out of state.  Even with high taxes, legal weed is cheaper that illicit pot.

– Jet Cannon

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Knowledge Is Good. Push-ups Are Good

Fitness /

This Prevention.com article details all the muscles used when we do push-ups.  It’s pretty impressive given that push-ups don’t require a gym or equipment.  The article also explains how to do them propertly.

Meanwhile, a drunk staggers into a bar demanding a beer.  The bartender informs him that he is not allowed to serve alcohol to drunken patrons. After a few harsh words, the bartender suggested that the drunk prove he isn’t drunk by doing twenty push-ups on the floor.

As he was doing the push-ups, another drunk staggers into the bar and sees this guy on the floor doing push-ups.

He looks at him for a minute and then nudges him in the ribs saying, “Hey, Pal, I think your girl friend has gone home.”

– Jet Cannon

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