20111017

HAPPY NATIONAL LIQUOR DAY!

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OCTOBER 17th is
NATIONAL LIQUOR DAY!

Alcohol has been around since prehistoric times. Late Stone Age beer jugs discovered show that purposely fermented beverages were brewed at least as early as c. 10,000 BC!  Shortly after the very first bar joke was uttered:
The dinosaur gives the bartender a long, complicated list of instructions for making the drink it wants. The bartender says, "And what'll you have?" The caveman shrugs. "Just gimme something over the rocks."

The ancient Egyptians loved their beer, Rome and Greece were awash in wine and even had gods designated to the enjoyment of alcohol.  Bacchus (Rome) and Dionysus (Greece) were huge party animals!

The oldest known recipe ever discovered is for beer! Yes, indeedy, booze has accompanied humanity on our journey through the eons and today we celebrate that long term partnership and love affair with it's very own holiday!


Cheers!
*Neanderthal Man drawing courtesy of Florida Center for Instructional Technology

 



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SLIMY EYEBALL MARTINI - Halloween Cocktail


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20111016

RED DEVIL APPLETINI - Halloween Cocktail #16


 The RED DEVIL APPLETINI
Halloween Cocktail #16 of 31 Monstrously Marvelous Martinis 
from The Martini Diva

The Red Devil Appletini is a devilishly delicious drink that combines two fall favorite flavors - apple and cinnamon!  The interesting thing about this cinnamon is it comes to the party with some bling of it's own. . .real gold!

That's right, the Goldschlagger is a cinnamon liqueur with specks of gold floating in it.  It's red hot, rich and, to make things even more devil may care, it comes with a lovely little bite of candied apple for the garnish.

I don't really know if the Devil cares or not but I will tell you the Devil made me do it!

FREE, 5x3 recipe card for The Red Devil Appletini in print quality HERE .
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20111015

PURPLE GHOST MARTINI - Halloween Cocktail #15

The PURPLE GHOST MARTINI
Halloween Cocktail #15 of 31 Monstrously Marvelous Martinis 

The Purple Ghost Martini is a beautiful deep purple red in color that you get from the pomegranate juice and it's a delicious raspberry pomegranate flavor with a nice little twist of tart from the sweet and sour but the best part is the Ghost Peep garnish.  There's nothing cuter than that white ghost peeping at you as you sip and you get to eat it at the end!

For a little extra ghost effect shave a few slivers of dry ice into the cocktail just before you serve it and the ghosts will come wafting up from your martini glass.  Just be careful to keep the dry ice slivers small enough they dissolve quickly, dry ice can burn if it touches the lips or skin.

FREE, 5x3 recipe card for The Purple Ghost Martini in print quality HERE .
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20111014

ORANGE OOZE MARTINI - Halloween Cocktail #14

 The ORANGE OOZE MARTINI
Halloween Cocktail #14 of 31 Monstrously Marvelous Martinis 

The Orange Ooze Martini gets it's name from the Grenadine syrup "blood" that drips down the sides of this orange colored and flavored cocktail.  It's a triple dose of orange flavor with a scary little surprise floating on the cocktail pick of a gummy eyeball or skull.

Feel free to use any oozy little gummy candy as your garnish - bugs and spiders are a nice oozy alternative to stick on your cocktail pick as well.

FREE, 5x3 recipe card for The Orange Ooze Martini in print quality HERE .
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20111013

NOSE PICKER MARTINI - Halloween Martini #13


The NOSE PICKER MARTINI
Halloween Cocktail #13 of 31 Monstrously Marvelous Martinis 

The Nose Picker Martini is a gross name for a pretty yummy coconut, melon and banana cocktail but it is Halloween after all and grossing people out is all part of the fun!
 
I have always garnished it with some gross gummy finger puppets but if you can't find those I understand there is now gummy candy in a road kill theme! (Thank you, Laura!) Just about any icky type of garnish will do - you can even mold chocolate into fingers and use that as a garnish.  Just have some grade school level fun with it all!

FREE, 5x3 recipe card for The Nose Picker Martini in print quality HERE .
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(GOES GREAT WITH THE NOSE BOOGER PICKERS!)

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20111012

NAKED SKULL MARTINI - Halloween Martini #12


The NAKED SKULL MARTINI
Halloween Cocktail

 The Naked Skull Martini is an orange flavored martini that has a deep purple color thanks to the Blue Curacao and the black vodka*.  Perfect coloring for any Halloween color theme, it also has a skull garnish!

On a side note, after I named this the "Naked" Skull Martini I got to wondering what and "un-naked" skull would look like.  Now every time I write about or serve this cocktail I laugh because in my head I see a skull with a toupee.

 *If you cannot get Blavod black vodka where you live use a clear, plain vodka and simply add a few drops of black food coloring to your cocktail!

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