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This traditional Brazilian drink prepared with cachaça is all the rage in Europe and the US now. I guess you could say it USED TO be Brazil's best-kept secret, now it's the connoisseur's cocktail of choice from New York City to Miami, commanding hefty prices. The first time I had one outside Brazil was a long time ago in 1995: I walked into a small bar in Domodossola, a small city in northern Italy near the Swiss border, and had a great caipirinha prepared for me by an Italian barman in love with Brazilian music...and caipirinhas! Some of the foods to eat with caipirinhas: fried manioc, codfish balls, and caldinho de feijão (soupy black beans served in a tall glass or a small bowl). Enjoy!
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2 ounces of cachaça
Sugar to taste
Ice cubes
|  | More about Cachaca: Cachaca is Brazilian liquor made from distilled sugar cane juice. While rum is distilled from molasses, cachaca is distilled directly from the juice of the unrefined sugar cane. Before distillation, the juice ferments in a wood or copper container for 3 weeks, and is then boiled down 3 times to a concentrate. Cachaca is always distilled in such a way that the scent of sugar cane and inimitable flavor typical of rum are retained. |
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| | . | . | | Wash the lime and roll it on the board to loosen the juices. Cut the lime into pieces and place them in a glass. Sprinkle with the sugar and crush the pieces (pulp side up) with a pestle. (We have a long, wooden one from Brazil, made specifically for this purpose.) Just enough to release the juice, otherwise it'll get bitter. Add the cachaça and stir to mix. Add the ice and stir again. It is delicious and potent! You can also make a pitcher of caipirinha. Figure out how many people and multiply amounts. If you can't find cachaça where you live, use a good vodka. The drink will then be called caipiroshka. No vodka? Use white rum and you will have a caipiríssima. Caipirinhas made with sake are all the rage in Rio now! Try one... | | . | . |
I believe that if you see a jar of hard boiled eggs, it is your duty to eat them all!!!!!! To leave any of those God forsaken things to some other poor schmuck would be wrong. Gwenda. What drink would you suggest on a hot summer day? -John
I've got 2 words for you... Jello Shots!
Prepare Jell-O according to package with boiling water, let cool a bit. Substitute Vodka for the cold water, pour into mold(s) and chill. (Note: Use 3/4 cups if you want them very firm) |
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Beverage 'o The Month | Blood Orange Margarita i n g r e d i e n t s
1 cup fresh-squeezed blood orange juice
3 tablespoon granulated sugar
8 ounces premium tequila
7 ounces triple sec
1 Blood orange, sliced for garnish.
h o w t o m i x
Make a blood orange simple syrup by combining the sugar and blood orange juice in a small sauce pan; simmer over low heat until thick and syrupy. Allow to cool. Combine all ingredients in a large pitcher. To prepare a drink, pour 6 ounces into a shaker filled with ice. Pour into margarita glass, garnish with a blood orange slice. Serving glass: Margarita glass Blood Orange
Blood oranges are juicy, sweet and have a dark red interior. Originally from Sicily the blood orange has gained in popularity in the US and can be found fresh or in juice form in many grocery stores. 
blood oranges
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You Looked A Lot Like My Wife A serious drunk walked into a bar and, after staring for some time at the only woman seated at the bar, walked over to her and kissed her. She jumped up and slapped him silly. He immediately apologized and explained, "I'm sorry. I thought you were my wife. You look exactly like her." "Why you worthless, insufferable, wretched, no good drunk!" she screamed. "Funny," he muttered, "you even sound exactly like her." |
| Non- Alcoholic Beverage 'o The Month
.| Non-Alcoholic Drinks for the non-drinkers, all you under 16 year olds.... I mean under 21 year olds. Aguas Frescas 
Fresh fruit, water, sugar These cool drinks are made with water, fruit and a sweetener (typically sugar) and are commonly served in Mexico by street vendors. We also find them in many Mexican takeout restaurants.
To make just take any ripe fruit (common flavors include pineapple, cantaloupe, honeydew, watermelon, strawberry and papaya) blend till smooth, add water to thin to a light consistency and sweeten to taste with sugar. Depending on the fruit you may need to strain the mixture to remove any seeds or small bits, the drinks should be the consistency of water (thus the name). |
Bar Room Clavenisms |
Sangriai n g r e d i e n t s
1 Orange, sliced
1 apple, sliced
6 Maraschino cherries, with their stems
1 quart Grape Juice
3 tablespoons of sugar
3/4 quart soda water
Ice cubesh o w t o m i x
Stir all ingredients together in a large jar. Serve in small cups garnished with the orange and apple slices and a cherry. You may also mix all the ingredients in a punch bowl and float the fruit on top. Ladle into glasses |  |
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