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Mar. 18th, 2012 04:22 pmWe went to a lovely cocktail party at ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
etaine_pommier's yesterday. It wasn't a traditional cocktail party: she has gone completely insane with making her own bitters, so the excuse was to try the 15 or 20 different types she's made. I have hesitated to make anything beyond the Buddha's Hand bitters, because I would have the same over-reaction. We are evil twins, after all.
Very interesting variety, some of which worked better than others. We tried all of them in unflavored fizzy water and then had one cocktail each (about the right amount for not being hung over today). Also corned beef, cabbage, and potatoes that she made. We brought some of the latest cured meats; the Bologna fish wasn't ready yet but was still quite good. The nduja will benefit from more hanging but was fabulous. (Mmm, organ meat and chiles.)
Today was brunch with the wife: homemade sourdough English muffins, pencil-thin asparagus, poached eggses, and foie gras from 4505 Meats. And lambrusco, because we needed bubbly booze with it all. Spectacular and I'm not eating anything else until dinner.
What I'm reading: Matthew Hughes, The Damned Busters
etaine_pommier's yesterday. It wasn't a traditional cocktail party: she has gone completely insane with making her own bitters, so the excuse was to try the 15 or 20 different types she's made. I have hesitated to make anything beyond the Buddha's Hand bitters, because I would have the same over-reaction. We are evil twins, after all.Very interesting variety, some of which worked better than others. We tried all of them in unflavored fizzy water and then had one cocktail each (about the right amount for not being hung over today). Also corned beef, cabbage, and potatoes that she made. We brought some of the latest cured meats; the Bologna fish wasn't ready yet but was still quite good. The nduja will benefit from more hanging but was fabulous. (Mmm, organ meat and chiles.)
Today was brunch with the wife: homemade sourdough English muffins, pencil-thin asparagus, poached eggses, and foie gras from 4505 Meats. And lambrusco, because we needed bubbly booze with it all. Spectacular and I'm not eating anything else until dinner.
What I'm reading: Matthew Hughes, The Damned Busters
