Oooohhhh. Everything is better with bitters. I shall have to try this version.

What's funny is that the book's author mentioned that with both recipes, the Havana bartenders would have to alter it for the Americans by using gin instead of rum.

Can you imagine? ptui

I can't drink any

Ya,I think, last 2 digits are 30?

that sounds right.

The first time I ever heard of bitters was at a bar up on Washington Island in Door County, WI. The big thing there was to drink a shot of bitters followed by a beer chaser, and then they gave you a card to celebrate your achievement that you then "signed" by putting your thumb in the shotglass and putting your thumbprint on the card with the bitters as the ink.

Hi Perkins. I'll be coming into SF this weekend. My plane gets in Saturday evening and I'll leave on Wednesday afternoon.

a shot of bitters? ew. I was given a dash of bitters in club soda for a tummyache when I was a kid.

I can't drink any

Rum? Gin? Bitters? Booze?

The big thing there was to drink a shot of bitters followed by a beer chaser, and then they gave you a card to celebrate your achievement that you then "signed" by putting your thumb in the shotglass and putting your thumbprint on the card with the bitters as the ink.

AWESOME. I must find this place. (Fernet is basically bitters, which is part of the reason I love it so.)

Calli in town this weekend? Whoo!

I knew someone was.

What are your plans for Sunday?

I can't have alcohol. Not any. New medication makes drinking a really bad idea. But it's good medication, so it might be worth it.

S'okay, Toddson. These days I can only have about one drink. Two if I'm feeling well-fed and not too worried about the morning. After that, it's a reallly really bad idea, and a migraine in the morning will remind me of it. Along with puking all day. So, um, I've stopped having more than one or two. Usually one. Sigh. The medication to stop the migraines....