DOTW 10/20

Barca · Post by **Barca** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 1:26 am

I like drinking. (I may start every DOTW that way from now on) Being able to drink embiggens all other activities (except maybe driving a taxi or landing a passenger jetliner) and can really make even the most mundane of tasks into a carnival of joyous exuberance. I was thinking about this the other day while I was suffering through an unwelcome and involuntary period of undrunkenness. I find myself virtually incapable of undertaking even the most simple of day to day tasks because the spectre of undrunkenness looms horrifyingly over the entire endeavor. Instead of shopping, I order everything over the internet at home where the bartender's friendly and pours with a heavy hand. I worry that if I actually head down to Old Navy or Target or Barnes and Noble that they won't have the rolling drink carts I crave in every aisle. If a greeter at the front door doesn't hand me a flute of champagne how can I even make it to the Housewares section without succumbing to thirst, consumption, rickets, or whatever fatal malady afflicts people who overexert without proper internal lubrication?

I start to wonder, is this how the creepy, agoraphobic cat lady gets started? Was she once just a noble Drunkard who found it harder and harder to remove herself from her trusty parlor bar? Did the gravitational pull of a full crystal decanter permanently envelop her, leaving her with her only outside contact as Liquor store deliveries, capturing cats off the fire escape, and sending in jokes to "Life in these United States" at Readers' Digest?

Then again, sometimes I just put on my Batman shirt and get stinking drunk, and all these concerns melt away. Damn, Booze, is there anything it can't do?

Today's drink of the week is: The Volga Cocktail

Vodka
Creme de Cassis
Heavy Cream

Shake over ice, garnish with a raspberry.

Enjoy.

rune · Post by **rune** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 2:18 am

I had to look up Creme de Cassis:
"Crème de cassis is a blood-red, sweet, black currant-flavored liqueur. It dates back to the 16th century, first produced by monks in France as a cure for snakebites, jaundice, and wretchedness."

I must try this Volga cocktail.

waahoohah · Post by **waahoohah** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 3:31 am

rune wrote: first produced by monks in France as a cure for snakebites, jaundice, and wretchedness."

It seems I've found what I've been looking for all these years...

massivedrunk · Post by **massivedrunk** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 2:55 pm

Sounds interesting. Just now to venture out for the ingredients.

Crystal · Post by **Crystal** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 6:19 pm

I know a few people that need to be cured for their wretchedness.

Grace O'Malley · Post by **Grace O'Malley** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 7:25 pm

I gots the vodka...

Crystal · Post by **Crystal** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 6:22 pm

I bought the creme de cassis. we have no heavy cream

i don't even know if we have vodka!

Post by **Oggar** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:01 am

I scepitcal that wrechedness can be cured but I'll order one for the next wreched son-of-a-bitch I encounter.

MeanOldLady · Post by **MeanOldLady** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:14 am

you mean roomie? unf! (high fives self)

i don't have two of the three ingredients, so i'm just going to improvise a little, using tecate beer, sunkist brand orange soda, then garnish it with limes i stole from my dad's lime tree. sounds delicous!

Mother Goose · Post by **Mother Goose** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 1:29 pm

Dammit, the past two D'sOTW have been cream-based. I can't bring myself to try them, I think I drank much too much Bailey's when I was younger.

Perhaps I'll make an exception, just this once. I'm starting a booze list now - if you make good on this daily DOTW thing for a week, it's going to be a rough weekend.

Resident Asshole · Post by **Resident Asshole** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 2:02 pm

Does sour milk work instead of cream? It's thick.

Frankennietzsche · Post by **Frankennietzsche** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 4:45 pm

You can use cottage cheese. Trust me.

Crystal · Post by **Crystal** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:38 pm

Is it just equal parts?? I have acquired all ingredients necessary.

Crystal · Post by **Crystal** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 7:10 pm

It tastes like a raspberry milkshake. more vodka is needed. definitely.