During Covid we had Zoom cocktail hour with friends in LA each Friday evening. One Friday my wife had made a rhubarb pie, and we decided to use the leftover syrup from the pie filling as an additive in margaritas. I think that was the best cocktail I ever had.
I've always found "rhubarb" to be a weird and backwoods-sounding name, especially for what turns out to be a sour red stalk of celery. So I went looking to see if there were alternative names for the vegetable. I didn't find any, but I did find out that it comes from "Rha Barbarum," or foreign rha (the Latin word for that family of vegetables). I kind of think that would be a cool name for this cocktail, if you'd like to go with something more exotic-sounding name, with a hint of pirate in it.
Hah! It was Linneaus favorite plant! Ben Franklin's friend brought it to America and Ben gave it to a nursery guy he knew. It's been here ever since!...
If you’d like to rim it, a food processor, and freeze dried strawberries processed to a fine powder and mixed with confectioner’s sugar. It’s a nice dessert topper so I bet there’s some way to crust the rim with it.
👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆Manhattan Transfer version is also good. And the story that goes with it, that no one knows the name of the cocktail pianist who composed it, makes this song even better.
Wow, I'm catching up on last night's Chris Hayes, and there is a commercial with Chuck Todd shilling for Ethos life insurance. How are the not-mighty fallen.
"The livestream of Trump’s speech only garnered about 580,000 views on the White House’s YouTube page as of Friday at noon.
In contrast, at 9 p.m. on Thursday last week, 2.69 million viewers tuned in to ABC’s Press Your Luck, 2.64 million people watched NBC’s The Americas, and 1.14 million followed Fox’s Best Medicine. This means Trump drew only about 8.9 percent, or roughly 1/11, of total viewers in the same time slot last week.
Fox aired the speech live in full, while CBS sandwiched it in between loads of fact-checking and context. CBS noted that Trump’s previous statements on election rigging were “false,” and even Fox admitted that it could not verify the accuracy of the president’s claims.
MS NOW showed about 15 minutes of the speech before cutting away to dunk on Trump’s claims. CNN refused to air the address live, with anchor Kaitlan Collins citing the president’s “well-documented history of saying blatantly false things about elections.”:
Guitarist and bassist Ron Asheton of The Stooges was born on this day in 1948. From their first album, here's Ron on guitar playing "I Wanna Be Your Dog":
My late husband was an aquarist and he had one of those pom-pom crabs (featured in this morning’s Tabs gif) in one of his tanks. Her name was Hillary. Yes, after the person who should have been our 45th president, sob. She was very cool, but one day disappeared. This happens in salt water tanks with smaller critters sometimes.
Martini writes about how the semi-starvation diet of the anemones carried around by the wee crab keeps them from growing to five times their size — yeah, we, or rather I, now, have a clown fish. She always had an anemone companion (a beautiful bubble-tip) but it would get so big, and then split into two. And then they would both get big, and one would eventually try to die by suicide by climbing up out of the tank proper and into the back part where the filters are, which the last one did successfully, sadly.
Do you think they climb out because they’ve successfully split and are looking for a new environment to feed and multiply (split again) because the current one is only big enough to sustain what was already in there? I don’t think their instinct is truly to off themselves. Unless they’re sacrificing their lives so that the original inhabitants can maintain.
Oh man I guess it’s been a long week to make me wonder about whether anemones are hardwired to Spock out in order to save everyone else. 🫢
I *love* mulberries. I used to climb up in the trees in Phoenix and eat them. We're thinking of planting one here. A farmer I knew had a white mulberry bush in her yard and she invited us out to pick some off of it once and it was like nothing I had ever tasted before. They were so damned good.
I got Rosie, the chews on everything cat, a tiny, cat sized Kong chew toy like my dog used to have (it was the only toy he couldn’t demolish) and OMG she loves it.
okay, I have limes, rhubarb and fresh strawberries, none in juice form. I don't have Planteray's, but I do have Mount Gay. So, I put some rhubarb spears and strawberries in the rum and ice, then I added lime and Seven-Up (to get the juicy). Am I close?....
Isn't that a lot of tart and no sweet? From his write-up, the strawberry syrup is sweet with few of the tart notes of fresh berries so the rhubarb balances the syrup.
This is the third summer in a row we’ve had smoke from wildfires in Canada. It’s bad even here in the DC area but nothing’s wrong, everything is fucking ducky.
I have no idea where the Pillow Cuck is polling among what is a crowded and no doubt crazy-as-a-shithouse-rat GOP field, but a Klobuchar-Lindell debate would be a sight to see!
Not busy yet. The choking Mordor-esque haze seems to be discouraging walk ins. Questions here.
Can you serve the daiquiri with a slice of Beebopareebop Rhubarb Pie?
Strawberry daiquiris are my bestie’s favorite, but I think her recipe was frozen strawberries and copious amounts of Bacardi white.
During Covid we had Zoom cocktail hour with friends in LA each Friday evening. One Friday my wife had made a rhubarb pie, and we decided to use the leftover syrup from the pie filling as an additive in margaritas. I think that was the best cocktail I ever had.
I've always found "rhubarb" to be a weird and backwoods-sounding name, especially for what turns out to be a sour red stalk of celery. So I went looking to see if there were alternative names for the vegetable. I didn't find any, but I did find out that it comes from "Rha Barbarum," or foreign rha (the Latin word for that family of vegetables). I kind of think that would be a cool name for this cocktail, if you'd like to go with something more exotic-sounding name, with a hint of pirate in it.
Hah! It was Linneaus favorite plant! Ben Franklin's friend brought it to America and Ben gave it to a nursery guy he knew. It's been here ever since!...
I have a question. I have mentioned that I don't drink, but am fascinated by what you do.
If somebody walked into your bar and ordered this, how on earth would you prepare it? Isn't this way too labor-intensive for a busy bar?
I’d merge the strawberry, honey,!and rhubarb syrups into one prebatched bottle. Muddling the strawberries and basil at the same time isn’t a hardship.
This is a great question
I was wondering myself about things like ... simmering rhubarb
They would tell you to GTFO
“The very air you breathe is a poisonous fume.”
No question from me. Enjoy your trip to The Big Easy! Have a good time.
If you’d like to rim it, a food processor, and freeze dried strawberries processed to a fine powder and mixed with confectioner’s sugar. It’s a nice dessert topper so I bet there’s some way to crust the rim with it.
New form of crack discovered?
Strawberry coke. Use Sweet and Low for Diet Strawberry coke.
That sounds tasty.
A song to sip by…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXH10In1AFY
👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆Manhattan Transfer version is also good. And the story that goes with it, that no one knows the name of the cocktail pianist who composed it, makes this song even better.
Can I get a Brushfire? Maker's, grapefruit juice, and Traeger's smoked syrup. https://www.traeger.com/recipes/meehan-brush-fire-cocktail
These days, you can get smoked syrup just by pouring the regular stuff outdoors.....
I thought you told me you'd be making the drink this week with hickory syrup. "It's a hickory daiquiri, Dok," you said.
Not gonna lie. I chortled.
Has Trix fired you for this yet?
Well, at least you made *me* giggle.
Ditto.
Maybe he was hiccuping when he said it.
(cary grant dot meme)
Don't forget to tip your veal and try the waitress.
Hi Wonkets. Here is your evening Zelenskyy only it’s a Zelenska because he’s busy fucking up. She looks completely at home and comfortable with this https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/olena-zelenska-vidvidala-festival-zdorovogo-harchuvannya-na-105509
Wow, I'm catching up on last night's Chris Hayes, and there is a commercial with Chuck Todd shilling for Ethos life insurance. How are the not-mighty fallen.
lmao
Now taking bets on when he ends up shilling for Big Lou Life Ins.
The ratings are in:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-humiliated-after-getting-a-fraction-of-primetime-audience/
"The livestream of Trump’s speech only garnered about 580,000 views on the White House’s YouTube page as of Friday at noon.
In contrast, at 9 p.m. on Thursday last week, 2.69 million viewers tuned in to ABC’s Press Your Luck, 2.64 million people watched NBC’s The Americas, and 1.14 million followed Fox’s Best Medicine. This means Trump drew only about 8.9 percent, or roughly 1/11, of total viewers in the same time slot last week.
Fox aired the speech live in full, while CBS sandwiched it in between loads of fact-checking and context. CBS noted that Trump’s previous statements on election rigging were “false,” and even Fox admitted that it could not verify the accuracy of the president’s claims.
MS NOW showed about 15 minutes of the speech before cutting away to dunk on Trump’s claims. CNN refused to air the address live, with anchor Kaitlan Collins citing the president’s “well-documented history of saying blatantly false things about elections.”:
"blatantly false things"
what you meant to say was "insane fucking lies" ..
You hate to see it...
Damn, Canada fires got hands.
I'll go you one worse: Your fucking president.
Mulberries are a rare treat. As kids we'd gorge until we puked purple on occasion.
Have a great time in NO. Eat some oysters for me.
Food but not cocktail related. Penzey's Spices is having a 30% off sale on spices that begin with E P S T E I N. Love Penzey's.
https://send.penzeys.com/NzgxLVFISi00MDYAAAGjDrz1vC453NhBftNgzV7N9ibzaQzY69-Ff5qI3uu5kY-Zk_vPMgZyAA68m456ldZ80HKQ6F0=
Love Penzeys!...
daughter.tek: "Penzey's is doing the Lord's work"
There has never been a better time to visit your local library.
Fox News Says Libraries Have Turned Into "Drug-Infested Sex Dens," And People Are Losing It Over This Revelation
https://www.yahoo.com/news/people-losing-over-fox-news-152551190.html
I'll have to tell Mrs. Toomush. She's a libarrian. She'll be muy supriso...
Well I'll have to renew my library card if it's like that!
uh huh
Guitarist and bassist Ron Asheton of The Stooges was born on this day in 1948. From their first album, here's Ron on guitar playing "I Wanna Be Your Dog":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gsWt7ey6bo
With James Williamson in the band as the guitarist, Ron switched to bass. Here's Iggy & The Stooges playing "Gimme Danger" off their Raw Power album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z7OeQAnMJ0
Doesn't get much more seminal than that.
My late husband was an aquarist and he had one of those pom-pom crabs (featured in this morning’s Tabs gif) in one of his tanks. Her name was Hillary. Yes, after the person who should have been our 45th president, sob. She was very cool, but one day disappeared. This happens in salt water tanks with smaller critters sometimes.
Martini writes about how the semi-starvation diet of the anemones carried around by the wee crab keeps them from growing to five times their size — yeah, we, or rather I, now, have a clown fish. She always had an anemone companion (a beautiful bubble-tip) but it would get so big, and then split into two. And then they would both get big, and one would eventually try to die by suicide by climbing up out of the tank proper and into the back part where the filters are, which the last one did successfully, sadly.
Do you think they climb out because they’ve successfully split and are looking for a new environment to feed and multiply (split again) because the current one is only big enough to sustain what was already in there? I don’t think their instinct is truly to off themselves. Unless they’re sacrificing their lives so that the original inhabitants can maintain.
Oh man I guess it’s been a long week to make me wonder about whether anemones are hardwired to Spock out in order to save everyone else. 🫢
Got a mulberry tree coming to seasonal fruition. Gonna try some workarounds for stuff I don't have like strawberries.
Wish me luck.
*drools*
I *love* mulberries. I used to climb up in the trees in Phoenix and eat them. We're thinking of planting one here. A farmer I knew had a white mulberry bush in her yard and she invited us out to pick some off of it once and it was like nothing I had ever tasted before. They were so damned good.
My grandmother had a mulberry tree in Flint, MI. They're delicious.
magic as a child.
They are.
I've never had mulberries, but I have been on Mulberry Street. To think I didn't see much though.
(seriously, daughter,tek went to middle school around the corner from THE Mulberry Street, in Springfield, MA)
That is so cool!!!!!!!!!!
I got Rosie, the chews on everything cat, a tiny, cat sized Kong chew toy like my dog used to have (it was the only toy he couldn’t demolish) and OMG she loves it.
Post pics!
I’ll get some for caturday! I’ve never know such a chewy cat.
🥰
I got a little pink one for the Newfies when they were small *ish* puppies. It was an extremely short-term toy! As in, they grow SO FAST, SO HUGE.
Awwww Newfies! Pet bears!
okay, I have limes, rhubarb and fresh strawberries, none in juice form. I don't have Planteray's, but I do have Mount Gay. So, I put some rhubarb spears and strawberries in the rum and ice, then I added lime and Seven-Up (to get the juicy). Am I close?....
Isn't that a lot of tart and no sweet? From his write-up, the strawberry syrup is sweet with few of the tart notes of fresh berries so the rhubarb balances the syrup.
Close enough for jazz.
The Kurds are probably the intended ground invasion, or a major part of it. Kurdish Peshmerga militia was a major US ally in the Iraq war as well.
𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘌𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘭, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘲. 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯.
Those poor fuckin' Kurds. Such beautiful people, always surrounded and egged on by assholes...
If I were the Kurds I would be very careful before trusting the US.
The Kurds must be in a really bad place if they're working with us again.
If the Kurds can't remember the previous gajillion times the US has hung them out to dry, this one's on them, I guess.
They actually gained substantial political power by allying with the US. I think the current president of Iraq is Kurdish.
It is hot and smoky and my plants are dying. So I decided to run the sprinklers. Birds are flocking to the water. Very unusual.
Our air cleared some this afternoon, and we could her and see birds again, which we hadn’t heard and barely saw for the past three days.
I have been very worried about the birds with the terrible air quality.
I saw a yellow butterfly today and worried about it.
This is the third summer in a row we’ve had smoke from wildfires in Canada. It’s bad even here in the DC area but nothing’s wrong, everything is fucking ducky.
Oh, those flying kids!...
@NewsWire_US
Mike Lindell, Trump’s pick for governor, isn’t registered to vote in Minnesota — StarTribune
Good thing we have same day registration.
lol
I have no idea where the Pillow Cuck is polling among what is a crowded and no doubt crazy-as-a-shithouse-rat GOP field, but a Klobuchar-Lindell debate would be a sight to see!
He'll have to wait in line. Good thing he brings his own pillow...