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On our way home from our scenic drive the other day we stopped for a cocktail ( or two ).
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Repeat after me… martinis are not made with rum. Nope. Uh uh. Never. Cherry Gin Ricky it is.
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Nice flavor, but a little too sweet so I asked the bartender to dial back the grenadine on #2. Bartenders are wonderful people, so helpful and attentive to our needs.
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Cocktails with my husband always requires food, so he ordered mussels while I opted for Truffle fries. Both were yummy but the real news? Even after I declined ketchup, 3 packets made their way to our table.
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Oh, the extravagance! After the waitress said she couldn’t take them back due to Covid rules… and when my husband remembered there was a shortage causing people to list them on eBay for $15 per… he scooped them up and brought them home. Where they’ll languish in the drawer until the next global pandemic lockdown.
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River's world..... 
We’ve gone back to salt & pepper shakers and bottles of ketchup on the table.
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Yes, that’s starting here as well. I suppose they just wanted to use these up …
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Oh those mussels look great–I love dipping bread in the mussels sauce—better than a Margarita–YES! I SAID THAT!
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I’m afraid I can’t agree.
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There is still a ketchup shortage? Oh, I didn’t remember since I don’t use it much. But, no picture of the truffle fries? Oh and that habanero margarita looks like it’s just up my alley. 🍹🍹🍹🍹
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Much as I love spice, I’m not a jalapeño or habanero fan.
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For a minute I thought you were going to say, “Martinis are not made for me.”
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I can guarantee that’s something I would never say.
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Why would there be rum in a martini?
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There shouldn’t. If there’s rum? It’s a daiquiri.
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I trained as a union bartender in Reno, wat back in 19**, (but post stone age) where martini’s had 1/3 vermouth in them, and rickies were always Bombay gin and Roses Lime Juice, which was a bit sweet and syrupy … it was stirred and strained.
None of us could conceive of the mixologists apostasies of today. How far the tradition has strayed from its pure roots. Can a rum margarita be afar off?
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It proves the old adage just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. Rum margaritas? Bite your tongue.
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Hence the word catch up or don’t.
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Ha! Well said.
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I’m strictly a beer guy, and all this martini/margarita talk is starting to make me feel like I’m hardly worthy of following such a high class blog. May I make a suggestion for future posts:
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All I got with that link was Amy Klobachar’s opening statement …. but rest assured this blog is many things, none of them high class.
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That’s strange — I clicked the link and still got MORE BEER (a song by the Andrews Sisters). How Amy got in on the act, I don’t know….but I’d rather have MORE BEER.
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More beer is always a good thing.
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Rum? Noooo…!
The Cranberry Cinnamon Sour sounds absolutely delightful, though.
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We have one of those drawers too! Duck Sauce, Arby’s Sauce, Taco Bell sauce. I wonder if these things have a shelf life?
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I’m sure they do. Though it might be 2056.
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Again. No shortages. Only people saying that to up the prices. Right? Plenty of ketchup here. Send you a bottle?
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We have plenty of ketchup in bottles. It’s the restaurants who are having a hard time getting packets.
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Some here are putting them in the little paper cups instead. MUCH smarter idea than the packets.
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