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February Contest Image
Try your hand at coming up with a winning caption!
The Pickleback
If you haven’t visited the new products page on our web store in a while, go there right now! Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day giving, we’ve added 3 fun new flasks and 2 fabulous new coaster sets.
And if you think the festivities may leave you with a bit of a hangover, you might also want to pick up a few sets of St-Patrick’s-Day-green shot glasses.
You’ll need them when you pour yourself The Pickleback! Dill pickle juice, which is full of antioxidants, healing salts, and minerals, has long been used in Poland as a cure for the common hangover. The Bushwick Country Club (in lovely Brooklyn!) christened this surprisingly delicious combo, using Old Crow bourbon and McClure’s dill pickle juice. In honor of the day, I suggest you make a small substitution:
The St. Patrick’s Day Pickleback
- 1 shot Jameson’s Irish Whiskey
- 1 shot good quality dill pickle juice (I like Bubbie’s)
Drink the Jameson’s. Now drink the pickle juice. Yum!
Let’s All Pick on Teresa McIntyre!
So, do you guys all know each other or what?
On January 8th, “Beth” posted this comment:
And, I don’t know about the rest of you Taintortots, (what do you think of that? Would someone vote for that?), but I’m really getting tired of reading Teresa McIntyre this, Teresa McIntyre that. Hey Teresa maybe you could put a cork in it for awhile? How about this for a plan? For the months of Jan, Feb, and March, I don’t want to read your name or be reminded of your brilliance. Once you’re out of the picture, (did I say that out loud?), the odds of getting the recognition I desperately need for my self esteem will certainly increase.
And then this morning, as I began to sort through all the February submissions (I have it narrowed down to 27 so far!) I found this caption that some wiseacre had submitted:
Was that you again, Beth? Well, whoever it was (and I’ll find out soon), thank you very much for making me choke on my tea this morning! Hilarious – I love starting the day with such a HUGE laugh.
And Teresa… I appreciate you even if these guys don’t.
(And Beth… I love Taintortots!)
It’s a Cold Day in Hell
It’s also pretty cold in New Mexico. It’s probably pretty cold wherever you are too, because you voted overwhelmingly for Ellen Macdonald’s wonderful caption.
Yes, you have seen Ellen’s name in the winners’ circle before. Congratulations again, Ellen!
Everyone Loves Snow!
I was planning to pick the winner of the caption contest myself this month, but I was saved by my famous lack of organization! I had my office send me captions only so I wouldn’t be tempted to peek at the names of the writers… and then I promised you a winner today… and then I didn’t get to it until my office was closed so I couldn’t get names. Does that all make sense? Anyway, I figured there was no sense posting a winning caption (supposing I could make a decision anyway) unless I could also post the name of the winner. The long and the short of it is: you get to vote again! Shall we say you have until midnight Thursday? (Midnight wherever you are; I won’t be checking votes until Friday.)
You Know Me… Busy, Busy!
I know I owe you all a January caption contest winner… but as you can see
I’ve been quite busy.
Recipe testing for the cocktail book will hopefully be completed this
evening. I’m working on the cover this afternoon. A few rewrites tomorrow… and I promise you a winner on Monday!
Meanwhile, I invite you to try my new favorite, the Merry Widow Cocktail:
- 1 oz. gin
- 1 oz. sweet vermouth
- 1/2 oz. Benedictine
- 1/2 oz. pastis
- Dash of bitters
Shake with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a
twist of lemon. Yum!
