Safety Egg Nog

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Unique Beverages You Should Know About Series #3

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Authentic Cherry Phosphates

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Ferrero Pocket Espresso

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Unique Beverages You Should Know About #2

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Unique Beverages You Should Know About Series #1

 

Arent you tired of the same beverages and sodas all summer?

Lets look at some new beverages to stir things up...

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Cherry Bombs

Cherry Bombs

Cherry tomatoes
Vodka or Tequila
Tabasco (or other hot sauce)
Sugar (optional)
Ice
Kosher Salt
Lemons or Limes
A Marinating Needle

Mix yourself up a nice brew of vodka, hot sauce and sugar.
Use the marinating needle to inject the brew into each tomato! Dont worry if some escapes!
serve in a nice bowl on ice with the kosher salt sprinkled on them

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Before Juicers!

Watermelon Punch

(Great for kids to kelp make out on the deck then hose them and the deck off, lol) 

1 average sized seedless watermelon
juice of 4-5 lemons
1/2  cup sugar
a big bowl
strainer
gallon pitcher or jug
chia seeds (optional)

Cut the watermelon into quarters, then cut the
watermelon meat out of the quarters and into chunks
and place into the big bowl, wash hands and lower
arms well or put on silicone gloves then get to work, with your hands,
squeeze and squish the watermelon between your
fingers till you think you got it all out, then
strain into the jug in small batches, add the
lemon juice and the sugar, chill well ,serve  
If desired sprinkle chia seeds over top of each
glass to simulate the black watermelon seeds enjoy!

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My Attempt At Making The Ellusive Crystal Clear Ice Ball.

So, the "in" thing right now in bartending is these giant ice balls or spheres. 

Simple you think? All you need is water and a mold right?

Welllll, not really.

The trick is to make them CRYSTAL CLEAR, with no cloudy ice bubbles in them....

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Grow Your Own Tea

 

Black Tea, Green Tea, and White Tea, all come from ONE plant.

 The Camellia Sinensis plant.

I bought the Camellia above 6 years ago, it should have been 5 times its original size but Camellias are hardy to Zone 7 and I was living in Zone 6 at the time I bought it (Climate Change has now put me in zone 7A) I was told to bring it indoors every winter which every winter caused half of its leaves to fall off and half the plant to die and need to be pruned back by half, the past 2 winters I threw caution to the wind and left it outside and it thrived and grew...

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