Comments on: DOTW: Old Cuban http://marriedwithdinner.com/2008/07/12/dotw-old-cuban/ The continuing adventures of a couple of San Francisco food dorks Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:51:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: San Francisco Treats : Drink Dogma http://marriedwithdinner.com/2008/07/12/dotw-old-cuban/comment-page-1/#comment-86882 San Francisco Treats : Drink Dogma Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:31:56 +0000 http://marriedwithdinner.com/2008/07/13/dotw-old-cuban/#comment-86882 [...] So obviously I’m not quite as on-the-ball as our San Franciscan friends, Anita and Cameron, from Married with Dinner fame, but you have to cut me some slack. Granted, they had a report from our evening in the Golden City up on their site the very next morning. At that point, I was still nursing the after-effects of the previous evening. Not to tear down the “fourth wall” of the blog world or anything, but for a lot of bloggers, a significant amount of time is spent not only doing research and writing the posts, but also with setting up and taking exorbitant amounts of photos in hopes of getting a decent, usable picture for the blog. Don’t get me wrong, some people have no qualms about throwing some hideous photo of their latest creation up on their site, but I like to think a lot of people in our cocktail blogging community spend serious time and money, not just on their booze, but on their photos as well. [...] [...] So obviously I’m not quite as on-the-ball as our San Franciscan friends, Anita and Cameron, from Married with Dinner fame, but you have to cut me some slack. Granted, they had a report from our evening in the Golden City up on their site the very next morning. At that point, I was still nursing the after-effects of the previous evening. Not to tear down the “fourth wall” of the blog world or anything, but for a lot of bloggers, a significant amount of time is spent not only doing research and writing the posts, but also with setting up and taking exorbitant amounts of photos in hopes of getting a decent, usable picture for the blog. Don’t get me wrong, some people have no qualms about throwing some hideous photo of their latest creation up on their site, but I like to think a lot of people in our cocktail blogging community spend serious time and money, not just on their booze, but on their photos as well. [...]

]]> By: Road Trip: Tales of the Cocktail! : Drink Dogma http://marriedwithdinner.com/2008/07/12/dotw-old-cuban/comment-page-1/#comment-86785 Road Trip: Tales of the Cocktail! : Drink Dogma Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:00:25 +0000 http://marriedwithdinner.com/2008/07/13/dotw-old-cuban/#comment-86785 [...] Morgan will also be joining me, but he won’t arrive until later this week.  Apparently, his job finally found out that he never actually goes to the office; he just travels to exotic drinking destinations across the globe and collects a paycheck every two weeks.  So, he won’t be making it until closer to the weekend. [...] [...] Morgan will also be joining me, but he won’t arrive until later this week.  Apparently, his job finally found out that he never actually goes to the office; he just travels to exotic drinking destinations across the globe and collects a paycheck every two weeks.  So, he won’t be making it until closer to the weekend. [...]

]]> By: Anita http://marriedwithdinner.com/2008/07/12/dotw-old-cuban/comment-page-1/#comment-86784 Anita Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:01:09 +0000 http://marriedwithdinner.com/2008/07/13/dotw-old-cuban/#comment-86784 Hi Neyah! Wow, I'm impressed that you get that lurid color by muddling! I had guessed it was some sort of fabulous tincture. I muddled my shoulders off and didn't get anything like that, even with the silver FdeC. Obviously I need to observe closely. :D I wasn't trying to be secretive, but I never want to impose on a stranger. Now that we're acquainted, I will definitely say hi next time we're by. ;) Hi Neyah! Wow, I’m impressed that you get that lurid color by muddling! I had guessed it was some sort of fabulous tincture. I muddled my shoulders off and didn’t get anything like that, even with the silver FdeC. Obviously I need to observe closely. :D

I wasn’t trying to be secretive, but I never want to impose on a stranger. Now that we’re acquainted, I will definitely say hi next time we’re by. ;)

]]> By: NW http://marriedwithdinner.com/2008/07/12/dotw-old-cuban/comment-page-1/#comment-86783 NW Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:54:05 +0000 http://marriedwithdinner.com/2008/07/13/dotw-old-cuban/#comment-86783 As for our Old Cuban at Nopa, we actually have altered the original recipe quite a bit. We have found that a more striped down version with a more floral light rum, less sugar and no bitters at all to be more successful with our crowd. The color comes from truely destroying the mint along with sugar. The slight bitterness achived by 'overmuddling' is quite nice with a more gentle rum. Say hi next time, I had no idea who you were. As for our Old Cuban at Nopa, we actually have altered the original recipe quite a bit. We have found that a more striped down version with a more floral light rum, less sugar and no bitters at all to be more successful with our crowd. The color comes from truely destroying the mint along with sugar. The slight bitterness achived by ‘overmuddling’ is quite nice with a more gentle rum.

Say hi next time, I had no idea who you were.

]]> By: jean/NOTCOT http://marriedwithdinner.com/2008/07/12/dotw-old-cuban/comment-page-1/#comment-86778 jean/NOTCOT Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:08:30 +0000 http://marriedwithdinner.com/2008/07/13/dotw-old-cuban/#comment-86778 Anita ~ i'm so excited to hear you're off to tales of the cocktail! Can't wait to see your posts from the trip, sounds like so much fun. I've been getting more and more obsessed with all thinks mixology as i work on Liqurious ~ it's all so gorgeous! =) ~ jean Anita ~

i’m so excited to hear you’re off to tales of the cocktail! Can’t wait to see your posts from the trip, sounds like so much fun. I’ve been getting more and more obsessed with all thinks mixology as i work on Liqurious ~ it’s all so gorgeous!
=)

~ jean

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