It's true that Facebook is sucking the attention span out of me. Everything is in little bits like Sesame Street. No long, meandering, self-absorbed rants... But then again, no one reads poor bloggy anymore for the same reason. Joby? Are you there? My one readership. You are resisting the steel-cabled strength of Facebook allure. I salute you and I encourage your corruption at the same time because Scrabble is stronger than anyone's will.
Also, I'm super boring these days.
Thanks to Feist I've been wondering what exactly is in a Brandy Alexander. God that song is catchy.
Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz Brandy
1 oz Dark Crème de Cacao
1 oz Half-and-half or Heavy cream
1/4 tsp grated Nutmeg
Mixing instructions:
In a shaker half-filled with ice cubes, combine the brandy, crème de cacao, and half-and-half. Shake well. Strain into a cocktail glass and garnish with the nutmeg.
[edit] Alternate recipe
Ingredients:
2 jiggers dark crème de cacao
1 jigger brandy
1 pt. vanilla ice cream
1 c. crushed ice
Mixing instructions:
Put all ingredients in blender. Cover and frappé until sherbet consistency. Serve in small brandy snifters with nutmeg sprinkled on top. Yield: 6 (3 oz.) drinks.
Alright then, I will have to admit that this sounds like a remarkably tasty drink although I would make it with soy ice cream. SO there.
Speaking of soy products. As it's Thanksgiving this weekend, we are on the prowl for a Tofurky. Quite tricky to find here and all the more tricky to explain in a second language. "Uhhh, c'est un espèce de dinde qui est fait de tofu." To someone who has no idea what a tofurky is this is an alarming and confusing description. Someone, at a health food store even said to me: "This exists?" Well yes it does and it's very tasty. The thing I'm sure everyone imagines and even I myself imagined before I saw it the first time, is that it is NOT in the shape of a turkey. Nor does it taste like a turkey or have the consistency of a turkey. It's a mound. A big mound of chewy tofu with a core of rice stuffing. Ha ha, and it's tasty as hell so turn your noses up if you are so inclined. More tofurky for me.
It's strange though. I can't process that it's October already. It's still quite warm even though the leaves have turned. I have a love hate relationship with this time of the year. I find it the most exhilarating and exciting change of season. Maybe because it means my birthday and christmas are on the horizon, or because I prefer orange and red leaves to green?
I don't know why I always get so thrilled when autumn comes but at the same time, the days get shorter and I can feel the old coffin lid of darkness closing in on me. I'm ecstatic during the day and then at dusk, I physically feel the light being dragged down as it disappears like the force of gravity has increased and I get all panicky like someone is throwing dirt over me at the bottom of a six foot deep hole. Once it's gone down and it's all the way dark, I adjust and feel okay but MAN, that 45 minutes at dusk is killer in the fall and winter. I should hate those seasons but I don't. I love them. I love you fall and winter, even though you partially kill me.
Perhaps I should greet each dusk this season with a Brandy Alexander.
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