Month: May 2013

Ok, I’ve got a couple of things for today.

First off, last night I managed to accidentally obey a few Alchemy rules.

• Don’t drink alone
• Don’t drink when angry

Always good advice. Both of those can make for a worse day than it may have already been.

I say accidentally because I totally planned on drinking last night. I was set on that by around 8 am. (It was that kind of day…) I received a gift of alcohol last Friday, and wanted to try it out. It’s some sort of orange Kahlua concoction. My first thought was to try it in chocolate milk. I’ll probably get to that this weekend. But yeah, yesterday was not a day I needed to be drinking. It was full of tiny little things that kept going wrong throughout the day. So… Being aggravated by many small things didn’t make for a good drinking set up. I ended up just going to bed after I gave up on the day.

Also, drink experiments kind of suck when you are by yourself. Drunken Alchemy really enjoys the social aspect of drinking. It’s pretty much what we promote around here. (Safety being the first.) It’s definitely more fun to share a new drink with someone vs sitting there by yourself thinking “Hey, good job me. I made something drinkable!”.

So hey, go me for being responsible. At no point should you ever feel bad about saying that. It’s a good thing. Promote that. Share that. Be proud of that.

I’m sure I’ve posted about doing this before, but if not… Yay new content! (But probably not…)

Boozy fruit is a fun thing. Take just about any fruit and toss it in a container with some alcohol. Let it sit overnight or for several days. Simple concept. Nothing new. People do it all the time.

A favorite fruit of mine to turn boozy is mandarin oranges. You can easily get these in nice plastic jars with screw top lids. The containers are perfect, and the fruit is already peeled and in bite size slices. Plus, oranges have a knack for soaking up the alcohol nicely. They work better than strawberries, grapes, and apples. Although, if you want a nice boozy fruit salad, just go for it.

Dehydrated fruit does work well too, but you have to watch what kind you get. Sometimes the fruit can end up being so tart that it’s even more harsh to take a bite out of.

Why is this being posted? It’s because I have a nice jar of mandarin oranges soaking in a peach schnapps bath in my fridge. They will be had on Saturday, and will have had a week to turn extra boozy.

Fuzzy Navel bites. Fuck yeah.