MitchW Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 On 7/11/2024 at 8:49 AM, small h said: I finally found the picture this reminded me of, one I took about 15 years ago... That was taken on the corner of Division and Canal, along with... The etrog sellers. Pre Dimes Square by a decade. And so much better then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
small h Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 25 minutes ago, MitchW said: The etrog sellers. I wonder where you have to go now for your etrogs. Fine Fare probably doesn't carry them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchW Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 43 minutes ago, small h said: I wonder where you have to go now for your etrogs. Fine Fare probably doesn't carry them. They may still set up around that time of year, but I don't remember or recall seeing them this year. Probably somewhere in Midwood or Borough Park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloviatrix Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 2 hours ago, small h said: I wonder where you have to go now for your etrogs. Fine Fare probably doesn't carry them. You can come up to the UWS. Or the spouse often goes to Boro Park. It's a boy's night out - they go these Russian places that are like going to churrascaria and then they buy their etrog and lulav. Maybe do a bit of shopping at one of the kosher markets which is open all night right before the holidays. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 I vaguely recall seeing etrogs at Union Market at least once or twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
small h Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 2 hours ago, Sneakeater said: I vaguely recall seeing etrogs at Union Market at least once or twice. I would not be hugely surprised if they made it to the good produce vendor in Essex Market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieL Posted July 21 Author Share Posted July 21 Jungle Bird today. Considering how my week has started, I have a feeling tomorrow's cocktail will be a Cutty Bang. #IYKYK 1 1/2 oz. blackstrap rum 3/4 oz. Campari 1 1/2 oz. pineapple juice 1/2 oz. lime juice 1/2 oz. simple syrup Shake with ice and strain into an ice-filled rocks glass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloviatrix Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 Watermelon margarita. Not only is it tequila day, but after all the work I put I in getting the kid ready for camp I decided that mommy needed a cocktail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 I make that decision every day, but for a broader variety of reasons. ☺️ Unexpectedly hit on an Anne Sheridan tonight because of a Brugal surplus (rum, curaçao, lime juice). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloviatrix Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 Whisky Smash. Haven't had one in quite some some time. And now I'm wondering why that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieL Posted July 31 Author Share Posted July 31 (edited) Got that Cutty Bang after all. These are the contents; while ostensibly it makes 1 serving, there's no way I could consume this much alcohol in one go--it became 3 separate drinks for me. 50-mL bottle Seagram's gin 50-mL bottle Tanqueray gin 50-mL bottle Bacardi Limon Can pineapple juice "Cutty Bang" also refers to the whole genre of baggies containing liquor + mixers. This is one of the tamer offerings. Edited July 31 by StephanieL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollywood Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 Apparently the scarcity and expense of Green Chartreuse has led to substituting Dolin Genepy le chamois. The monks do not want to increase production. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloviatrix Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 Here is another substitute. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plattetude Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 18 hours ago, hollywood said: Apparently the scarcity and expense of Green Chartreuse has led to substituting Dolin Genepy le chamois. The monks do not want to increase production. My understanding is that the scarcity and expense are all being driven by panicked hoarding. Yes, the monks aren't increasing production (as they announced a couple years ago) but are maintaining existing production levels. It shouldn't be as unavailable as it's become except for the hoarding. (And yeah, I bought a couple bottles of each when the price started creeping up.) I did a side-by-side of straight Green Chartreuse vs Faccia Brutto Centerbe and found Centerbe decidedly underwhelming. And then a side-by-side of Green Chartreuse vs Dolin Genepy which was *much* more compelling. Then a Zephyr cocktail (2 oz london dry gin, 1/2 oz Cocchi Americano, 1/2 oz Green Chartreuse/Genepy) and aside from the color being decidedly less green, the Genepy held up very well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchW Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 I think I remember the hoard-buying incident of Rittenhouse bonded. Or maybe it was only because of the bottle change? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 Related problem is the bigger businesses flexing their muscles with the distributors. I wrote earlier this year about an independent cocktail bar in LV fighting to get two or three bottles a month because the casinos were taking everything. Prices are sky high when you can find it in liquor stores, except a few honest places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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