From your post and making some of the recipes I've decided I like rum and decent rums are not too expensive, so I don't have a bar cart, but I do have a collection of rums.
My preference is almost always dark chocolate, but those others have their place. Also, I know people who can only have white chocolate because they're allergic to the dark part, and I like them too much to deny them the part they can eat.
I'm still trying to find a good use for that damn bottle of Tuaca I bought. So far, the best I've found is to make a bastardized version of a Harvey Wallbanger with it.
Being more of a brown liquor drinker I never had much use for the clear stuff. So I’d keep a few handfuls of those little airplane bottles of those so as to not be *completely* uncivilized without investing too much.
Yes, and all the other ingredients at the same time. In the Before Times my choir friends would have dinner and cocktails, and the Pisco Sour was a house special.
What do you use the butterscotch schnapps for? My "recipe" is put two ice cubes in a rocks glass, fill glass about 3/4 with butterscotch schnapps, add a shot of rum, stir and enjoy.
having visited Costa Rica in the year two thousand, i still have a lingering desire for an ox cart bar cart. if one is so inclined you can really spend. somehow i've made it through the last quarter century making do with just one dedicated shelf in my cabinet, but i still want one.
well back in the day they were pulled by people until they had enough goods and the money to afford oxen. they do a pretty hard sell for the bar cart sized one in touristy places and will arrange shipping for you. i only got a mini-one (big enough to keep your weed in) on my trip.
Not a question so much as a comment. No bar cart but I'm faking a wet bar with the countertop immediately across from the kitchen sink, with a silicone baking mat to contain the bottles and gear. I pick up bottles marked way down at a chain supermarket and store them unopened in a dark bottom cabinet underneath. As a rule a rum and a rye open on the counter. We have good tap water, but the more I read about atmospheric water generators the more I consider trying one out.
Substack's comment - or, in our case, noncomment - sorting feature is on the fritz, and I am forlorn. I do *so* enjoy seeing whose wit, wisdom or woe has received the most updoinks. Ah well.
Roomie spotted a European Peacock Butterfly in our garden here in northern VT. Stunning creature. Link to an article about them, not his picture since I never learned to load pics post Dikkus.
I hope with all my heart The Giant Orange Fucktater and his emotional support idiot fuck diaper changer see this. I really want it to fuck up their morning diaper change.
A convicted felon should NOT be eligible to run for POTUS, dammit. I have been damned angry about this since the orange abomination initiated his first presidential campaign.
I want to see every single one of these fucks get the justice they so richly deserve. This happy outcome seems to be headed straight at them and they don't seem to be smart enough to duck. Biggly sad.
He threw CNN off of "his" plane and replaced them with Lindell TV because fake news. STOP covering this ill, broken person. He wakes up every day looking forward to the cameras and the scrum, the "sirs", DONT give it to him. WE the people gain nothing from it, it serves no purpose other than feeding his bottomless ego.
50% more toilet paper per roll seems like a good deal until you try to put it on the roller (whatever the fuck you call that thing) and it doesn't fit.
"President Donald Trump is canceling nearly $1 billion in spending approved by Congress, the White House announced on Friday, using a rare and contested power to axe funding for immigrant services and diversity-focused initiatives.
Trump's Office of Management and Budget described the funding cut as focused on "the most harmful government spending."
Most of the cuts are focused on Health and Human Services programs that serve refugees and unaccompanied minors accused of being in the country illegally. The administration says the funds are no longer necessary because illegal border crossings have diminished considerably.
Also targeted for cuts were a Department of Education program for migrant students, a Department of Justice office focused on reducing racial tensions, a business development initiative for minority entrepreneurs, housing counseling services from the Housing and Urban Development Department and a series of grants from the Health and Human Services Department that the administration called "outright harmful and blatantly ideological."
Busy questions go.
From your post and making some of the recipes I've decided I like rum and decent rums are not too expensive, so I don't have a bar cart, but I do have a collection of rums.
How do the two gins in your martini bar cart differ, please, Hoop?
The Bombay Sapphire is a juniper-forward gin; the Citadelle is a citrus-forward gin.
Milk or dark chocolate?
Milk chocolate. I know. I like what I like.
You do you.
Dark!! Milk chocolate is horrible and white chocolate is an abomination.
white chocolate isn't
It's vanilla mixed with cocoa butter. It's half chocolate, and I love it.
My preference is almost always dark chocolate, but those others have their place. Also, I know people who can only have white chocolate because they're allergic to the dark part, and I like them too much to deny them the part they can eat.
I'm still trying to find a good use for that damn bottle of Tuaca I bought. So far, the best I've found is to make a bastardized version of a Harvey Wallbanger with it.
Tuaca Waka Waka
https://youtu.be/Ntn1-SocNiY?is=Do9XvAyioN29oNeH
Shakira Law! hips don't lie!
I like the cut of your jib, barman.
This is a guaranteed headache the next morning.
The Bar Cart is way more civilized than a dry bar.
IKR, then you don't have people smuggling booze like it's 1920.
Being more of a brown liquor drinker I never had much use for the clear stuff. So I’d keep a few handfuls of those little airplane bottles of those so as to not be *completely* uncivilized without investing too much.
Statement, not query, reposted from general comments: Utter genius post, good sir. 🙇♂️
Second! 🍸
My grandparents had a globe bar, which had some cool looking but empty bottles. I loved it as a kid. I have a “back corner of my kitchen” bar.
https://substack.com/profile/156971293-jamoche/note/c-345977111
Thank you, Hooper! You have a recommendation for which apricot brandy and making a SIMPLE sour? I'm not likely to beat egg whites.
I’ve always just added them to the shaker and doubled the usual shake time.
The egg whites? Interesting! I could do that, I think!
Yes, and all the other ingredients at the same time. In the Before Times my choir friends would have dinner and cocktails, and the Pisco Sour was a house special.
"Pour 1 oz, heavy cream into a Collins glass. Put the remaining cream in the freezer to chill." Then later, we pull the glass out of the freezer?
I'm confused. Instead of "remaining cream," did you mean the glass with the cream in it?
I read it twice and came to that conclusion.
Not a question, but since everyone is sharing their bar cart, here's mine.
https://substack.com/@nomalarkey63/note/c-345948951?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=1vi5zs
It's a pantry shelf bar and it has Bacardi! Yay!
What do you use the butterscotch schnapps for? My "recipe" is put two ice cubes in a rocks glass, fill glass about 3/4 with butterscotch schnapps, add a shot of rum, stir and enjoy.
Butterscotch schnapps and Baileys on the rocks tastes like boozy butter pecan ice cream.
I'm going to have so much fun looking at people's supplies!
having visited Costa Rica in the year two thousand, i still have a lingering desire for an ox cart bar cart. if one is so inclined you can really spend. somehow i've made it through the last quarter century making do with just one dedicated shelf in my cabinet, but i still want one.
real oxen (Indo-European duel form -en of 'ox')?
well back in the day they were pulled by people until they had enough goods and the money to afford oxen. they do a pretty hard sell for the bar cart sized one in touristy places and will arrange shipping for you. i only got a mini-one (big enough to keep your weed in) on my trip.
They are beautiful, though I never felt the need to own one.
I am the proud keeper of the ancestral mid century bar cabinet, it holds the boozes we like and my great aunt’s ashes and other family treasures https://substack.com/@tootsstansbury/note/c-345941227
OMG, i didn’t capture the Gino’s hamburger joint cup.
https://substack.com/@tootsstansbury/note/c-345944784
You caught that cute chick too!
Not a question so much as a comment. No bar cart but I'm faking a wet bar with the countertop immediately across from the kitchen sink, with a silicone baking mat to contain the bottles and gear. I pick up bottles marked way down at a chain supermarket and store them unopened in a dark bottom cabinet underneath. As a rule a rum and a rye open on the counter. We have good tap water, but the more I read about atmospheric water generators the more I consider trying one out.
Rainwater and grain alcohol works for me
There is the tail end of a bottle of Everclear in the cabinet.
Well now I want a Ramos Gin Fizz
*ducks to avoid shaker thrown from the bar*
Substack's comment - or, in our case, noncomment - sorting feature is on the fritz, and I am forlorn. I do *so* enjoy seeing whose wit, wisdom or woe has received the most updoinks. Ah well.
Also too, me phone doesn't stick the updinks and I'm, therefore, a skewer.
Refreshing the non-comment page, then sort.
Works for me anyway.
Then you shan't see much of me. No one thinks my shit is funny.(
That shit ain't funny, dawg.
Own it.
Another imperial retreat, under the radar, so to speak.
𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗾 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗨𝗦-𝗟𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝘆 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟯𝟬
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘲𝘪 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮 𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘚𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 30, 2026. 𝘊𝘰𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵-𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘭, 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦.
https://channel8.com/english/news/64717
At least that one will be done. Ish.
Some more nice #Caturday times ...
𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗶𝘅 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀
Fired at 17 for leaking secrets. Served a cybercrime ring. Named by the Social Security whistleblower. Now the government's model employee.
https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/big-balls-now-exposed-to-serious?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=64gnd1
Nail that fucker to the wall.
That goes for Elon the illegal immigrant, too.
Don't forget "ass kicked by teenaged girl."
This arrogant, antagonistic little asshole is deserving of a few choice ban-hammerables.
Sentence him to consecutive terms in all six states. Pardon-proof.
Justice for Big Balls!
Seriously, he needs to go to prison.
Who would have thought the son of a Russian oligarch with close ties to Putin would turn out to be sketchy ? . . .
Oh no! - not Big Balls!!
McSweeney's link!
𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐈𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/our-edible-glue-is-not-edible
𝐴𝑛𝑦 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑/𝑜𝑟 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝑙𝑢̈𝑛𝑐ℎ: 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑑𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝐺𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎 𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒-𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑡 𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑦.
It's a windy, rainy Caturday, so this is a great plan ... Bodega Caturday https://bsky.app/profile/bodegacats.bsky.social/post/3mwf4inhers24
Roomie spotted a European Peacock Butterfly in our garden here in northern VT. Stunning creature. Link to an article about them, not his picture since I never learned to load pics post Dikkus.
https://val.vtecostudies.org/newsfeed/new-butterfly-species-recorded-for-vermont-on-inaturalist/
I am so jealous of your roomie right now! What a beautiful flutterby (all my kids called them that).
What a stunningly beautiful creature!
It’s pretty big too, a little bigger than a monarch. Such delight!
“Spotted in Calais, VT” it was just confused.
Come for the cheese, stay for the bugs.
I THOUGHT YOU SPOKE FRENCH HERE
That's some butterfly!
If I didn’t see his picture I don’t think I could’ve fathomed it, but it was our lovely garden and boy is that a stunning animal!
I hope with all my heart The Giant Orange Fucktater and his emotional support idiot fuck diaper changer see this. I really want it to fuck up their morning diaper change.
https://substack.com/profile/439485293-holly-lima-charlie/note/c-346324255
And all the emotional support idiot fuck diapers 😂 who voted for this shit.
A convicted felon should NOT be eligible to run for POTUS, dammit. I have been damned angry about this since the orange abomination initiated his first presidential campaign.
I want to see every single one of these fucks get the justice they so richly deserve. This happy outcome seems to be headed straight at them and they don't seem to be smart enough to duck. Biggly sad.
I shall rejoice witnessing their agonies.
This
Elephant climbs fence to get to forest greens. From Sheldrick Trust!
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ddv8zTAB9Wc/?stkn=MjJyZXFqbzZ4YnM5
I sort of like how this painting turned out. From a photo I took of a closed-down Dollarama: https://substack.com/profile/9430776-sarah-ennals/note/c-346324841?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=5m4u0
NICE!
He threw CNN off of "his" plane and replaced them with Lindell TV because fake news. STOP covering this ill, broken person. He wakes up every day looking forward to the cameras and the scrum, the "sirs", DONT give it to him. WE the people gain nothing from it, it serves no purpose other than feeding his bottomless ego.
He doesn't even realize what an embarrassment it is.
𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗽 𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘂𝘇 ‘𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁’
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/trump-posts-map-labeling-strait-of-hormuz-trump-strait/
More Problems in the Trump Strait as Iran Sinks Another Tanker
The Trump Strait Has Been Closed Now for 13 Months - How This Spells Disaster for the World Economy.
That sorry sonofabitch believes that he rules the world.
SO fucking tired of him.
Rage and unmitigated loathing are exhausting.
"I reject your ceasefire proposal and will get back to bombing you in a month or so. Hopefully we'll have some bombs by then."
50% more toilet paper per roll seems like a good deal until you try to put it on the roller (whatever the fuck you call that thing) and it doesn't fit.
https://youtu.be/85WjObNXT7I?si=fbDH-xU318J1fkD1
Look for a roll extender you can snap into your TP holder.
I may, but I've found a solution that works for now.
You got a cat?
Nor does it "roll."
At the moment it sits on the edge of the sink, until enough is used to try putting it where it belongs again.
it's also a 50% larger pile on the floor after the kat gets done with it.
Elwood the kat.
so you got your money's worth!
"President Donald Trump is canceling nearly $1 billion in spending approved by Congress, the White House announced on Friday, using a rare and contested power to axe funding for immigrant services and diversity-focused initiatives.
Trump's Office of Management and Budget described the funding cut as focused on "the most harmful government spending."
Most of the cuts are focused on Health and Human Services programs that serve refugees and unaccompanied minors accused of being in the country illegally. The administration says the funds are no longer necessary because illegal border crossings have diminished considerably.
Also targeted for cuts were a Department of Education program for migrant students, a Department of Justice office focused on reducing racial tensions, a business development initiative for minority entrepreneurs, housing counseling services from the Housing and Urban Development Department and a series of grants from the Health and Human Services Department that the administration called "outright harmful and blatantly ideological."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-administration-uses-rare-authority-234521611.html
"using a rare and contested power" given to him by satan.
huh, and I thought Congress held the power of the purse. silly me.
On paper, yes.
and the 'paper' is the 'Constitution'
They do, but this Congress has zero interest in doing their job.
It's why the house was sent home after all.
The king has decreed it.
Actually his little henchman Miller.
This has Christofascist and OMB director Russ Voight's stench all over it.
He and Miller are two that need to be hauled in front of a criminal court.
AND the banhammer rears its head for me SO early this morning!
"Man Arrested on Child Porn Charges Booked While Wearing ‘Gulf of America’ Shirt"
"Man Arrested on Child Porn Charges Booked While Wearing ‘Gulf of ______’ Shirt".
If we ask the people of the US to fill out the blank, it would be 100% America.
But not a dress, nary a feather boa or sequins were in sight.
NOT shocked face.