H is for ...

... Captain Jack Harkness cocktail.

(Image from here.)

This is kind of a stretch .. I know.  This is called Captain's Punch -- not the "Captain Jack Harkness Cocktail", but I'm still going with it. (Of course, this would go with C or J as well -- but I went with H.)  Captain Jack is played by John Barrowman; he's a wonderful character in the Who-niverse -- read more about him here.

Ingredients:

• 3/4 oz Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum
• 1 oz pomegranate juice
• 1/2 oz fresh orange juice
• 1/4 oz fresh lime juice
• 1/4 oz spiced simple syrup or cinnamon syrup
• garnish with ground coffee, nutmeg, and an orange slice

Recipe from here.

As an update, the Doctor Who Cocktail blog had a drink they called the Captain Jack -- probably a "J" drink in actuality, but thought I would link it here since this is my Captain Jack Harkness cocktail. 

Baby Burps ...

My first granddaughter was born on St. Patrick's Day.  My OD and SIL have not given me permission to post pictures of her yet .. but I decided I want to make some burp cloths to match the quilt I made them.  So, to that end I found the following pattern from here.

This is what they are supposed to look like...

(from here)

She uses terry cloth for these, but I decided to use some flannel that I had on hand.

These are the leftovers from the quilt ...

and here is the first one.  It's not as long as I thought it would be, but I think it's okay.

I'll take it, and any other ones I make, up to my OS and DIL probably on Wednesday.

G is for ...

... Gallifrey Double Sunrise

(Image from here)

Gallifrey is the Doctor's home planet, hence the name. 

Ingredients:

• 1 oz Pineapple Juice
• 1 oz Lime Juice
• Orange Juice
• Grenadine

Recipe from here.

This one might be good. 

F is for ...

... Fuzzy Banana (always take a banana to a party)

(Image from here.)

• Okay now, this one was a lot harder.  I looked for cocktails with the word Faceless (for The Faceless Ones - from the fourth season with Patrick Troughton as the Doctor (the 2nd Doctor)). No luck.
• I looked for just the word "Face" from various episodes with the word in the title.  No luck.
• I looked for a Father's Day cocktail (for an episode in Series 5, Father's Day).  I got some hits but they were for cocktails to make for dad on Father's Day, not a Father's Day Cocktail.
• I looked for the word "Fear", again from various episodes.  No luck. 
• Then First, Four, Fourth, Five, and Fifth (for the 1st, 4th, and 5th doctors).  I did find a Five Points Cocktail.  Recipe here.  But that wasn't quite what I wanted -- and it sounded so weird that I didn't think I would even consider making it.  Not that that is a requirement for this list, but I digress.
• Then I searched for 42 (another episode).  No luck.

Nevada had suggested the French 75 - in honor of the Girl in the Fireplace, Madame de Pompadour.  and then I found the Fuzzy Banana, which is also a reference to the same episode and the line "Always take a banana to a party...".  So here are recipes for both of those cocktails.

Fuzzy Banana

Ingredients:

• 2 parts Orange Juice
• 1 part Banana Schnapps
• 1 part Peach Schnapps

Recipe and picture from here.


French 75

Ingredients:

• 1 oz. gin
• ¹⁄₂ oz. simple syrup
• ¹⁄₂ oz. fresh squeezed lemon juice
• Brut Champagne or a dry sparkling white wine
• Lemon twist, to garnish

Recipe from here.

E is for ....

... Exterminate

So, who knew that I could make this both a Cocktail themed A to Z and a Doctor Who themed A to Z?  If only I'd realized this from day one.

Today's cocktail is called "The Exterminator".

Ingredients:

• 1 oz. Light Rum
• 1 oz. Dark Rum
• 1 oz. Kraken Black Spiced Rum
• ½ oz. Agave Nectar
• ½ oz. Amaretto
• ½ oz. Triple Sec
• ¼ oz. Grenadine
• 2 oz. Orange Juice
• 2 oz. Pineapple Juice

Recipe from here.

Honestly it feels a little like cheating to use this since this person was doing this as a Doctor Who thing... but, whatever.  And don't you just love this shotglass you can get from Amazon???

March Update / April Goals

I guess I didn't actually have March goals.  So not much to update there.

1) there was the 1200 calories/day -- I did it for one week -- and it worked.  I think I'll try that again this month but go for 1200-1500 and stick with it.
2) Less TV (two hours/night) -- I feel like I cut back, but again didn't stick with it.

April Goals:

1 - 1200-1500 calories/day
2 - Manage TV (no more than 2 hours/night) - except on Doctor Who nights.
3 - finish baby clothes quilt

4 - finish Nate's quilt.  Nate's birthday is at the end of this month so it's about time I finished his first quilt ...

5 - make burp cloths for the new baby
6 - manage mindless computer games
7 - make a new soup recipe
8 - make a new bread recipe

Guess that's it.  

D is for ...

.. the Doctor Cocktail (how could I resist??)

(Image from here)

Ingredients:

• 1 oz lemon juice
• 2 oz Swedish punsch

What is Swedish Punsch you may ask?  I had no idea so I had to look it up -- it's a Nordic liqueur.  Here's a link that goes into detail.  Yet another ingredient for my collection.  This might be one to try -- particularly on Doctor Who day (November 23) -- or perhaps when the new season starts.

Happy Birthday ...

Yesterday was MS's birthday.  I have plenty of pics of him by himself .. just don't have access here.

 
Anyway, Happy Birthday!

C is for ...

Image from here.

... California Dreaming.  Seriously, there's a cocktail called the California Dream.  It sounds nasty to me but I had to go with it because of the name.

Ingredients:

2 oz tequila
1 oz sweet vermouth
1/2 oz dry vermouth
1 maraschino cherry

Recipe from here.

B is for ...

.. the B52.  I didn't realize that I was supposed to start yesterday so I'm doing two posts today.  Recipe and picture from here.


Ingredients:

¹⁄₃ oz Kahlúa liqueur

¹⁄₃ oz Baileys Irish cream liqueur

¹⁄₃ oz Grand Marnier liqueur

 

Again, more to be added to our liquor cabinet/room.

 

A is for ...

Appletini...

We haven't made this one yet.  Here are a few of the recipes I found.

from here

• 45mL Vodka
• 15mL Apple Schnapps
• 15mL Cointreau

from here

• 1.5 oz vodka
• 1.5 oz green-apple liqueur, such as Sour Apple Pucker 
• 1 oz clear apple juice

and from here

• 50 ml De Kuyper Sour Apple
• 50 ml Vodka

So I guess the two main ingredients are vodka and a sour apple liqueur.  I don't have those on hand so I'll have to add more to my liquor cabinet ...