St. Patrick's Day.
I don't generally do much for St. Patrick's Day. If I realize what day it is when I'm getting dressed, I'll make a point to wear green, but then I wear green very often, so that I frequently don't realize what day it is until someone compliment's me on my shirt or something.
Today I haven't worn any green, because I haven't seen anyone outside my immediate family and some strange man who came to pick up a broken-ass chair I put in craigslist's free section.
Just now, I decided to make myself a drink, and remembered we have some kind of nasty creme soda syrup that we bought for Flipside many years ago, for snow cones. Like 06 or 07, I think. Anyway, I left it with the snow cone maker at ice camp, and ended up finding it packed in my stuff when I got home. I guess they didn't want it either.
So... yes. A shot of gin, a teaspoon or so of this syrup, and some sparkling water. (Lime flavored, at least.)
It's not very good. The syrup is somewhat medicinal tasting, and a slight hint of toothpaste-like mint. The gin really brings all the mediciney flavors to the front, too. It's a pale green that looks vaguely fluorescent, and it bears an eerie similarity to a lot of popular depictions of radioactive glow. I have a blacklight somewhere, I should see if it does glow. That might be cool.
Today I haven't worn any green, because I haven't seen anyone outside my immediate family and some strange man who came to pick up a broken-ass chair I put in craigslist's free section.
Just now, I decided to make myself a drink, and remembered we have some kind of nasty creme soda syrup that we bought for Flipside many years ago, for snow cones. Like 06 or 07, I think. Anyway, I left it with the snow cone maker at ice camp, and ended up finding it packed in my stuff when I got home. I guess they didn't want it either.
So... yes. A shot of gin, a teaspoon or so of this syrup, and some sparkling water. (Lime flavored, at least.)
It's not very good. The syrup is somewhat medicinal tasting, and a slight hint of toothpaste-like mint. The gin really brings all the mediciney flavors to the front, too. It's a pale green that looks vaguely fluorescent, and it bears an eerie similarity to a lot of popular depictions of radioactive glow. I have a blacklight somewhere, I should see if it does glow. That might be cool.