What are you drinking right now?

[PARTY]

Originally Posted by AntiHero84

I lived off that freshman year of undergrad.
Where'd you go to school? BTW, I've lived off it for the last 4 years.

 

[kwilkinson]

Studying for my first final tomorrow and drinking Crag 12. And lots of it.

 

[pruppert]

Gin+Tonic. Nothing cuts through the CA heat better.

 

[Huntsman]

Negronis. These things are incredible, especially with the caramelized orange oil.

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

Studying for my first final tomorrow and drinking Crag 12. And lots of it.
Rock it like you own it. Whoa, what's a final like in culinary? You actually have tests? Written, what?

 

[kwilkinson]

Originally Posted by Huntsman

Negronis. These things are incredible, especially with the caramelized orange oil.

Rock it like you own it. Whoa, what's a final like in culinary? You actually have tests? Written, what?

Yeah, we have practicals every couple of days. Tomorrow's practical part of the final actually only covers the pasta and egg cookery section, so it goes like this:
List of dishes: 2 oz Tagliatelle, 2 oz Cappelini, 2 French Omelette, 1 Poached Egg w/ Hollandaise
2 French Omelette's plated for grading by 12:15 (class starts at 11:45)
Poached egg/hollandaise plated for grading by 12:45
All 4 oz of pasta prepared, cut, cooked, and plated for grading by 2:00.
And the kicker is we're each only allotted 7 eggs, so we have no room for error in terms of being able to break an egg and just go grab another one to use.

Then we have a 200 question written final cumulative over everything we've done so far in this class. This class is Intro to Cul. Skills I, so it's just a very general survey of all different methods of cooking (braising, poaching, roasting, etc etc), terminology/ basic understanding of why proteins coagulate & other stuff like that, equipment, weights & measures, knife skills, and vocab.

I have a 98% in that class so far, so not much to worry about. Hence why I'm drinking while I study.

Then again, yesterday I completely sucked at making pasta from scratch, so maybe I sh ould practice.

 

[eg1]

Cheap Chilean Sauvignon Blanc

http://www.jbouchon.cl/

 

[Piobaire]

Had a bottle of Kosta Browne and Screagle tonight. Yum.

 

[Connemara]

On my second pint of rum and coke, a fdew too many for the Conne tonight

 

[Antonio Centeno]

Coffee!

 

[Dmax]

Last night - a Corpse Reviver.

Tonight - some Samur white and someNero d'Avola Sicilian red for Granddad's birthday party.

 

[Cordwinder]

Saturday night -
Went to Indian restaurant with friends and had Kingfisher beer with my meal.

After dropping them off at the train station, arranged to meet up with another set friends. Had time to spare and went to my usual bar and had Four Roses and Scapa, both on the rocks.

Met up with friends, moved to another bar and had a Manhattan. My friend kept on asking what was in it and wasn't satisfied with my explanation so asked the bartender to. Guy explained it as a whiskey based cocktails with bitters. Was told that the Manhattan is called the "Queen of Cocktails".

Anyone heard of this or is this some story the bartender made up to impress us?

 

[redgrail]

Originally Posted by Connemara

On my second pint of rum and coke, a fdew too many for the Conne tonight

I'll have another Bacardi and Coke, please, Myfanwy. Oh, it's so hard being the only gay in the village...

 

[sonick]

Glenlivet 12.

BC Liquor Stores have a horrible, overpriced selection.

 

[The Wayfarer]

I was drinking Goose Island IPA at the bar earlier. By far, I feel Goose Island does this style best.

 

[IUtoSLU]

Huntsman, help!

I just made my first sidecar, and it was terrible. My recipe:

2 oz Remy Martin 1738
1 oz Grand Marnier
1 oz lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

It was WAYYYYY to sour. What is your recipe? I'm asking because I believe it is one of your favorite drinks.