Some things are good in theory.
Like fried eggs. I get all into the idea of them, the frying part and how tempting it is to burst that yoke. Once that bit’s done… I’m not interested any more.
Some things are good in theory.
Like merging lanes. Two lanes of traffic to become one. Except everyone you’re trying to merge with is an asshole and wants to kill you sideways.
Some things are good in theory.
Like cocktails. At certain times, I can be a part of that group of women who like to perch at bars and sip on something bubbly that looks like it’s for display rather than consumption. But once I’ve had the initial taste… I get pretty bored and would rather a beer. Few cocktails have me hanging on until I reach the bottom of the glass.
But this is one of them:
The Man Up Sidecar: Peacefully pillaged from Tracy of Shutterbean fame (and slightly adapted).
Ingredients (for 2 serves)
- 4 tablespoons of sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon of ground cloves
- 1 massive orange
- zest of said massive orange
- swig of whiskey (3/4 cup if you need a measurement)
- ice
Mix sugar and ground cloves together on a saucer. Add orange zest and use the back of a spoon to grind zest into sugar until your arms hurt and the sugar smells of oranges. Slice orange in two and rub around the rim of your glass. Dip glass in newly orange-d sugar to coat the rim.
Cut oranges into quarters and squeeze the juice into a cocktail shaker along with the remaining sugar from the saucer. Add ice, whiskey and the squeezed out orange rind. Slam the lid onto the cocktail shaker and shake with all your might.
Strain into your sugared glass and have a conversation about how you should never use fancy or expensive whiskey in this cocktail.
Love and husbands who make cocktails,
Naomi
xoxo
