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[mylo]

My wife likes Pomegranate Martinis

http://www.oprah.com...123_drink.jhtml

I don't usually watch Oprah, but watching her get sauced off these things was quite amusing!

[BIG PAKO]

On the subject of disgusting things we drank in college....

My parents had a pomegranate tree ever since I was little, and oh how I loved them so (the pomegranates I mean, but I also loved my parents too).

So every October they would bring me boxes and boxes of pomegranates. I couldn't eat them fast enough before they would start going bad, so me and some friends decided to see what kinds of mixed drinks we could make with them.

We figured pomegranate juice and grenadine are the same thing anyway, right? It turns out grenadine is sweeter and thicker pomegranate juice, which in it's raw unsweetened state is extremely tart and also you get sort of an unavoidable brainy pulp.

(handy tip - the best way to juice a pomegranate is to keep it intact and just roll it around on a hard surface, thus breaking the seeds inside. When you're ready, poke a small hole in it and *carefully* drain the juice out. Wear a purple shirt)

Anyhow the drinks that stand out from that experiment (the rest of my memory of that experiment is sort of blurry) are:

"An Unnatural Act"
1 part fresh-squeezed pomegranate juice
1 part Jack Daniels

We originally called it a "Vomet Comet", and then later "An Arch Enema", but figured no one would try it if we called it those names. Some of us were Marketing majors, you know.
"A Trotsky"
1 part fresh-squeezed pomegranate juice
1 part vodka

A Trotsky is basically a screwdriver, except uinstead of using orange juice you use pomegranate juice. No fancy umbrellas - instead you stir and serve it with an ice pick to add to the pulpy "gore" factor (too soon for Stalin-having-Trotsky-stabbed-to-death-in-Mexico jokes?)
"A Hot Trotsky"
Same as above, except you microwave it for about a minute. Be sure to remove the ice pick *before* you put it in the microwave. Stir and drink it fast before the bacteria forming on the top layer of pomegranate juice becomes too much for the alcohol in the vodka to kill. If a microbe can survive in a Hot Trotsky, you definitely do not want to put it in your body.
"A Flaming George Wallace"
1 part fresh-squeezed pomegranate juice
1 part Southern Comfort

This was actually more of a cruel joke than a beverage, and it almost didn't leave the planning stages. We named it the Flaming George Wallace because, according to our calculations, it was probably quite flammable and if you drank one you might become paralyzed (some of us were pre-med). I don't think any of us actually ever tried to light one ablaze, and I don't recall any of us ever finishing a Flaming George Wallace. Maybe. Like I said, it's kind of a blur.

Many years ago, before I was married, I went to a party held by the graduate students of the School of Architecture of the University of Guanajuato in the Colonial town of Guanajuato, Mexico. They were famous for their parties and this one met all the expectations. The only requirement, aside from being invited, was to have a "Cuckaracha" at the entrance.

Cuckaracha

3 parts Tequila
1 part Kaluha & a dab of anise

It is then lit on fire & you must drink it all with a straw before the straw melts in your hand.

To this day, I still have flashbacks of that night

[folsombound]

Many years ago when I was in the Army I had a real man's drink. I was in a hellhole of a training center in West Germany called Wildflecken. One night at the EM Club I had a drink called the "A-Bomb" (this was at the height of the cold war). It was red, about 12 ounces and I don't remember much about the 12 hours after I finished it. I haven't been able to look at a red mixed drink since then.

[john]

Me, too. Can't stand the stuff.

Curses, all of you! I'll take a warm cerveza any day over a snooty microbrew (though I prefer a cold one). Corona, Dos Equis, Tecate, I've even gone to BevMo to drink Sol...

[BIG PAKO]

Curses, all of you! I'll take a warm cerveza any day over a snooty microbrew (though I prefer a cold one). Corona, Dos Equis, Tecate, I've even gone to BevMo to drink Sol...

Men can be divided into two groups:

Men who like a well crafted beer & men who like "donkey piss"

[Al Waysrite]

Men can be divided into two groups:

Men who like a well crafted beer & men who like "donkey piss"

Sorry you're wrong about this one and John was right. I'm the manly man (100% testosterone without even a hint of a "feminine side") who started this thread and I really enjoy a Pacifico or Corona too. What you call a well crafted beer is basically a darker beer but light beers like Pacifico fit the bill perfectly on a hot day.

And for those guys who drink things like "an unnatural act" that fall under the category of sex-named drinks like "sex on the beach" or "screaming orgasm": reserved for the female gender only (and limited only to the younger bar-fly types at that).

[Steve Heard]

Although corona isn't my favorite, I will drink it.

I like lots of different beers. I'll take Widmer Hefeweizen, Blue Moon Ale, Sierra Nevada, Red Tale, Spaten, Becks, Carta Blanca, Tsing Tao, Kirin, Sapporo, Tiger, even Dixie beer.

Not a big fan of Bud, Miller or Coors

[BIG PAKO]

Sorry you're wrong about this one and John was right. I'm the manly man (100% testosterone without even a hint of a "feminine side") who started this thread and I really enjoy a Pacifico or Corona too. What you call a well crafted beer is basically a darker beer but light beers like Pacifico fit the bill perfectly on a hot day.

And for those guys who drink things like "an unnatural act" that fall under the category of sex-named drinks like "sex on the beach" or "screaming orgasm": reserved for the female gender only (and limited only to the younger bar-fly types at that).

"light beers like Pacifico fit the bill perfectly on a hot day" - A "manly man" that likes "lite" beer huh? Sounds like a paradox to me

"100% testosterone without even a hint of a "feminine side" - I've heard gay people say that before they step out of the closet

You must be a fun guy to hang out with at a bar

PS By the way, are you bald? Did you know that excessive testosterone leads to hair loss?

[ducky]

Curses, all of you! I'll take a warm cerveza any day over a snooty microbrew (though I prefer a cold one). Corona, Dos Equis, Tecate, I've even gone to BevMo to drink Sol...

Didn't mean to step on anyone's manliness. It was just a personal opinion.

[john]

Didn't mean to step on anyone's manliness. It was just a personal opinion.

no offense taken

[Dave Burrell]

"light beers like Pacifico fit the bill perfectly on a hot day" - A "manly man" that likes "lite" beer huh? Sounds like a paradox to me

"100% testosterone without even a hint of a "feminine side" - I've heard gay people say that before they step out of the closet

You must be a fun guy to hang out with at a bar

PS By the way, are you bald? Did you know that excessive testosterone leads to hair loss?

[Al Waysrite]

"light beers like Pacifico fit the bill perfectly on a hot day" - A "manly man" that likes "lite" beer huh? Sounds like a paradox to me

"100% testosterone without even a hint of a "feminine side" - I've heard gay people say that before they step out of the closet

You must be a fun guy to hang out with at a bar

PS By the way, are you bald? Did you know that excessive testosterone leads to hair loss?

No, I still have a full head of hair and I believe you must be an idiot.

[cw68]

No, I still have a full head of hair and I believe you must be an idiot.

No appropriate, Al. No personal insults. You've been told this before.

Come on everyone, can't we play nice? What's up today? Is the weather gettin' to ya?

[Al Waysrite]

No appropriate, Al. No personal insults. You've been told this before.

Come on everyone, can't we play nice? What's up today? Is the weather gettin' to ya?

I really don't care.

[mylo]

It must be the weather. The sun's gone away and now everybody's grumpy.