Nora, it sounds like Laga's referring to a Martinez.
Ah yes. Further googling reveals that the first drink called a martini was half & half.
Mal: Inara, think you could stoop to being on my arm? Inara: Will you wash it first?
'Heart Of Gold'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Laga - Apr 12, 2010 10:11:38 am PDT #15760 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Aims - Apr 12, 2010 10:12:24 am PDT #15761 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Re: drinking. I am a total yokel when it comes to my alcoholic beverage preferences. I think the fanciest I get is a Ketel One and tonic, thanks to ND and NOLA. Other than that, it's Cap'n and Coke, flavored vodka and tonic, good Reislings, and cheap champagne.
Steph L. - Apr 12, 2010 10:15:06 am PDT #15762 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Cap'n and Coke
Made me think Cap'n Crunch.
Need still more caffeine. Ye gods.
Polter-Cow - Apr 12, 2010 10:15:51 am PDT #15763 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Made me think Cap'n Crunch.
Which makes me think of Cryptonomicon.
Jessica - Apr 12, 2010 10:17:00 am PDT #15764 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Perfect Manhattan: [link]
Me neighbor makes a pretty awesome one. (This is the same neighbor who has, at last count, 14 different kinds of bitters in his bartending cabinet. He is a very good neighbor.)
Steph L. - Apr 12, 2010 10:17:17 am PDT #15765 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I need to read more Neal Stephenson.
Vortex - Apr 12, 2010 10:19:39 am PDT #15766 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Cap'n and Coke
Made me think Cap'n Crunch.
I went through a Captain Morgan phase. Occasionally, I would have too many and start bellowing "YOU AND THE CAP'N MAKE IT HAPPEN" every time I got a new drink. I still say it sometimes, just more calmly.
Nora Deirdre - Apr 12, 2010 10:19:57 am PDT #15767 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
(This is the same neighbor who has, at last count, 14 different kinds of bitters in his bartending cabinet. He is a very good neighbor.)
Yum... I'm definitely intrigued by all the different kinds of bitters but am not yet at the level of being able to mess around with them. I'm still trying to get solid on the classic combinations. We have 4 kinds of bitters: Angostura, Fee's orange, Peychaud, and maple.
Steph L. - Apr 12, 2010 10:20:57 am PDT #15768 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Occasionally, I would have too many and start bellowing "YOU AND THE CAP'N MAKE IT HAPPEN"
Guerilla marketing at its finest.
Polter-Cow - Apr 12, 2010 10:21:19 am PDT #15769 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I need to read more Neal Stephenson.
A character spends three or four pages calculating how long it takes for Cap'n Crunch to get soggy. It's awesome.
But then, Cap'n Crunch in a flake form would be suicidal madness; it would last about as long, when immersed in milk, as snowflakes sifting down into a deep fryer. No, the cereal engineers at General Mills had to find a shape that would minimize surface area, and, as some sort of compromise between the sphere that is dictated by Euclidean geometry and whatever sunken treasure related shapes that the cereal aestheticians were probably clamoring for, they came up with this hard -to-pin-down striated pillow formation.