Anyone drink scotch?

[N80]

O.K. Take a bowl of vanilla ice cream, crush up some Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies over it and drizzle a shot of Creme de menthe over it.....

You could put diesel on a bowl of ice cream and thin mints and I'd still eat it!

 

[N80]

Back when I dated my wife I would tank up on beer and she would drink Lambrusco. I acquired a taste for it and we still have it with Italian food to this day... 30 years later! I really like the tasted of it chilled.

It's good stuff. It was popular briefly in the US back in the 70's with Riunite and then the trend faded but its coming back now.

I've never traveled much but took the family to Italy's food belt (Parma, Modena, Bologna) last spring. The first night there we stopped into a corner market and picked up a few things for dinner. They speak very little English in Parma but I asked the clerk for 'vino rosso economico'. He asked "con gas?" which means with bubbles? At first I said no because I knew nothing about wine with bubbles and he looked a little disappointed and handed me a red of some sort but then he showed me a bottle of Lambrusco and indicated that it was made nearby and was what they drank. He seemed pleased when I went with the Lambrusco. Been hooked ever since.

And I also like it chilled.

 

[two_bit_score]

Ever tried Mcallen 12 year old?

 

[N80]

Ever tried Mcallen 12 year old?

I'm still new to this scotch bit but I'm making a nice long Christmas list from all of your recommendations.

 

[two_bit_score]

Bird: I've found that Crown Royal ain't bad in coke or 7-up, but I'd rather have Scotch.


I heard that the only reason for Crown Royal to exist was to turn Coke into an alcoholic beverage.

 

[two_bit_score]

I'm still new to this scotch bit but I'm making a nice long Christmas list from all of your recommendations.

You will definately have a place on my Christmas card list forever when you send me a bottle of Macallen 12.

 

[Bird]

O.K. Take a bowl of vanilla ice cream, crush up some Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies over it and drizzle a shot of Creme de menthe over it.....

By coincidence my wife got 2 boxes of Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies today as she always does. She likes mint cookies, candy, etc. However, I just do not care for any kind of mint. It's not bad, but it's not good enough for me to want any either.

I'd rather have my ice cream made into a Golden Cadillac; i.e., 1 part Galliano, 2 parts Creme de cacao, and 5 parts vanilla ice cream in a blender. It's been a lot of years since I had one.

 

[Lloyd_E]

N80,

My favorite is Laphroag. Single Malt. Can't get it here anymore so I usually have friends bring it in when traveling. It is 'stinky' scotch. Very dark and 'peaty'. Does not burn. I usually drink this one neat. My 'house' scotch is a blend... called Famous Gross. This I take with ice and a bit of well water. Lagavulin and Oban are great too.

A cut crystal glass helps too.

Cheers.

 

[FallbrookFarmer]

Sounds like my kinda meal! (And did you know it is very easy to make ricotta at home?)



My sister-in-law is a chef and she has been trying to get me to go to Charlotte with her to Trader Joes. I may have to go and look into that wine. She says they have great prices on wine.

Every time we have a little more milk than we can use we make a batch of ricotta, your right not very hard at all.
Trader Joes does have really good prices on wine. Another one is Two Buck Chuck(at least its $2 here in Cal, I think my daughter pays $3 back in Chicago). It aint "great" wine but it is good wine, and if it helps you have a glass of wine a day.... Well what could be wrong with that?

 

[FallbrookFarmer]

Forgot, If you do go to Trader Joes, I'll just tell you the only single malt that I ever was disappointed in came from there. It was $18 a bottle, so it was inexpensive for single malt, but to me it tasted more like blended. Can't remember the name, but I think they only carry one.