ah, ancient age.

[ruiner]

so, you know those days? the ones you have to type in italics, if not caps? i don't know, but man september is off to a tough start. nothing in particular, just a trying day. so, at the end of a long line off bullshit at work, i had two chores. fix the tail light in crystals car, and get groceries for the next two weeks. if i could accomplish those, i could make some dinner, have whats left of the beer, and go to sleep. well, i fixed the car, and went shopping. i decided to grill some steaks, and have crystal make her dynamite swiss mushrooms. they really are good, and she makes them with bourbon. which means i get to drink the leftovers, which is the fifth. seeing as what kind of day this was, those mushrooms and bourbon sounded like heaven. so after safeway (one day, and it might be soon, you will be hearing about me and safeway on the news. most likely with a news helicopter circling over the parking lot. god i hate that place.) im unloading the car to bring everything upstairs. its kinda a bitch of a walk, so i load all the bags up in both hands, and take off. then, a bag breaks. was it the bag with the pasta roni? nope. diapers? no dice. bourbon? yep. shatters all over the parking lot. wow. anyways, i picked it up, and ran to go get a pint, so at least we could make the mushrooms, and i could have at least some leftover bourbon. she barely uses a capful, so i guess this will just save me the hangover tomorrow.

the bottle that broke was a fifth of beam white, this is a pint of ancient age. well, in these tough economic times (everybody drink!) i couldn't justify another bottle of the good stuff. still, i don't drink bourbon too much these days, so this tastes like magic.

[Rip Rufus]

The saddest thing I ever saw was a little kid whose ice cream fell off the cone and onto the ground.

Picturing the bottle of Beam shattering on the parking lot makes me almost as sad as that little kid did.

[Savage]

oh Ruiner, that is so sad. I remember bicycling to Thrifty Drug and getting my chocolate chip ice cream cylinder and having it fall off in the middle of the street. Please post Crystal's mushroom recipe.

[noirly]

Damn son Times are tuff all over....Buckup lil soldier you should be drinkin old crow anyway .

[Crystal]

Please post Crystal's mushroom recipe.

It's really my dad's recipe. Cube up mushrooms. You can leave the real small ones as they are. Sautee mushrooms with butter and garlic until cooked. Add Bourbon to brown them and give off a nice glaze. Put mushrooms in a small casserole dish, and top with shredded mozarella cheese. Put in the oven on High Broil until cheese is crusted and lightly brown on top. Then enjoy!

[190Flask]

I've never been a fan of mushrooms, but I may just have to try this!

[Two Hearted]

Please post Crystal's mushroom recipe.

It's really my dad's recipe. Cube up mushrooms. You can leave the real small ones as they are. Sautee mushrooms with butter and garlic until cooked. Add Bourbon to brown them and give off a nice glaze. Put mushrooms in a small casserole dish, and top with shredded mozarella cheese. Put in the oven on High Broil until cheese is crusted and lightly brown on top. Then enjoy!

Thank you for this. I make crab and cheese stuffed mushrooms myself, but this sounds wonderful.

[Smatter Noguts]

Needs bacon.

[ThirstyDrunk]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPvRVK9YbZM

[MeanOldLady]

Please post Crystal's mushroom recipe.

It's really my dad's recipe. Cube up mushrooms. You can leave the real small ones as they are. Sautee mushrooms with butter and garlic until cooked. Add Bourbon to brown them and give off a nice glaze. Put mushrooms in a small casserole dish, and top with shredded mozarella cheese. Put in the oven on High Broil until cheese is crusted and lightly brown on top. Then enjoy!

you had me at bourbon. the butter, garlic and mozzarella are just bonuses.