Remember how I promised to reward your unabashed flattering with a shower of margaritas and cupcakes? Some of you have yet to redeem that offer--which is silly, because I make really delicious margaritas. But for those of you who have, and you know who you are, I have exciting news: I discovered the drink thats going to get us through the summer.
What I mean is I found the drink that will make us feel like the lithe, sun-kissed heroines of a Hemingway novel--when we're actually sitting in our underpants in front of the wind machine.
There are surely
many interpretations of the drink I'm about to offer you, but I haven't taken the time to read through them all. In fact, I don't even have an actual recipe. All I have is my assuredness that I want to drink this all summer. I discovered this fabulous concoction at a Portland pub called The
Bye and Bye on 10th and Alberta. They also have an amazing vegan menu that served me up with one very tasty chili dog. I recommend checking it out. Unless you're Mike Wilson. In which case I recommend going to Zach's Shack immediately.
Let's Call It GingerBon
You need:
One big glass
A lot of ice
Bourbon
Very spicy Ginger Beer. And don't you even try to replace it with Ginger Ale.
A lemon
What you need to do:
Fill your big glass with lots of ice
Fill your glass half full with bourbon
Top it off with ginger beer
Squeeze a bunch of lemon in there until it tastes good
I suspect this is the type of drink that doesn't want to get over complicated.
And as long as we're on the subject of amazing beverages, let me tell you about a drink that was even tastier than the one I just mentioned above, but which utterly perplexes me. I went to
Porque No? the other day and had a Cucumber Coconut Margarita. It was a bright melon green color and it was hands down the most refreshing beverage I've ever tasted. If you think you can guess how it was made please come to my house as soon as possible. Or, if you are Porque No? and you're reading this on your google alerts, please walk across the street and introduce yourself. I work at The ReBuilding Center.
What you're seeing there is the biggest, most sumptuous head of butter leaf lettuce to ever grace my table. Farmer Joe pulled this little beauty out of our very own garden tonight. It's been a long time since I grew anything that was actually edible. I'm a real hit or miss gardener. But Joe, on the other hand, managed to transform a puny little seedling into this enormous bunch of delicate greens with seemingly very little effort. What happened next was even more amazing.
