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Post by rizzuto on Dec 27, 2023 21:09:04 GMT -5
Congratulations, Clipper! You have to wake up pretty early in the morning to stump Pipps! Yeah, you would think that with two of my favorite subjects -- baseball and alcohol -- that I would know things like that. I need to up my game. Headed to the liquor cabinet right now.  Last night, I met up with my old college roommate who served his wife the dissolution of marriage papers. He was both teary eyed and had a look as if a weight had been lifted from his shoulders. We frequented a bar in Arlington we like called Hooligan's. He is a beer connoisseur, and I opted for an Old Fashioned (Woodford Reserve - tip of the cap to you, Pipps, as I normally ask for Rye) and a Limoncello - the Italian in me is drawn to citrus. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Dec 27, 2023 21:12:46 GMT -5
Now them I did know about. When Duren was with the Phillies late in his career, it was at a time when a bunch of us would loiter at the players exit at Connie Mack Stadium after the game and talk to or get autographs from the players. I've mentioned many times on here how Gene Mauch would patiently talk about the game to us stupid kids, so I was always a fan of his. Anyway, Duren was always very surly and brushed past us and you could smell the alcohol on him. An hour after the game! But kudos to him for getting back on track later in life. We just thought he was a nasty drunk, but of course we had no perspective to make such judgments. I remember when Duren came in with his coke bottle glasses, the first pitch sailed into the seats! After that, the hitters stood back from the plate! Yep. They didn't routinely measure velocity then, but he had to be around 100 MPH. With no control and almost legally blind and probably drunk. You don't want to dig in against that. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Dec 27, 2023 21:16:01 GMT -5
Yeah, you would think that with two of my favorite subjects -- baseball and alcohol -- that I would know things like that. I need to up my game. Headed to the liquor cabinet right now. Last night, I met up with my old college roommate who served his wife the dissolution of marriage papers. He was both teary eyed and had a look as if a weight had been lifted from his shoulders. We frequented a bar in Arlington we like called Hooligan's. He is a beer connoisseur, and I opted for an Old Fashioned (Woodford Reserve - tip of the cap to you, Pipps, as I normally ask for Rye) and a Limoncello - the Italian in me is drawn to citrus. Hope you liked it Rizz. I do use Rye in my Manhattans, although in all such matters I defer to Desousa. I love Limoncello. We spent some time on the Amalfi Coast and they serve it to you after dinner whether you ask for it or not. One place we ate gave us a Christmas ornament shaped like a lemon which holds a place of honor on our tree every year. |
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Post by rizzuto on Dec 27, 2023 21:28:46 GMT -5
Last night, I met up with my old college roommate who served his wife the dissolution of marriage papers. He was both teary eyed and had a look as if a weight had been lifted from his shoulders. We frequented a bar in Arlington we like called Hooligan's. He is a beer connoisseur, and I opted for an Old Fashioned (Woodford Reserve - tip of the cap to you, Pipps, as I normally ask for Rye) and a Limoncello - the Italian in me is drawn to citrus. Hope you liked it Rizz. I do use Rye in my Manhattans, although in all such matters I defer to Desousa. I love Limoncello. We spent some time on the Amalfi Coast and they serve it to you after dinner whether you ask for it or not. One place we ate gave us a Christmas ornament shaped like a lemon which holds a place of honor on our tree every year. I'm fascinated by how Limoncello is made. If you go to the website tigerdroppings.com, there are many forums but my favorite to peruse is the Food and Drink Board. There was a recent Limoncello thread, where there were those debating using Everclear or Vodka, and to steep or not to steep, that was one question. Here is one of the recipes: "So I've made the best limoncello I've ever tasted myself, and I don't steep at all 100 proof vodka 6-8 lemons Cheese cloth A large glass container Saran Wrap Pour the vodka in, wrap the lemons in the cheese cloth and suspend them above the vodka. Zero contact with the alcohol. Use the Saran Wrap to 100% tighten the entire environment. Zero air in or out, as best you can tell. If you did it correct, after about 6 weeks in a dark closet the lemons will be white and the vodka will be a rich rich golden. It's amazing and very rewarding."  |
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Post by pippsheadache on Dec 28, 2023 6:17:56 GMT -5
Hope you liked it Rizz. I do use Rye in my Manhattans, although in all such matters I defer to Desousa. I love Limoncello. We spent some time on the Amalfi Coast and they serve it to you after dinner whether you ask for it or not. One place we ate gave us a Christmas ornament shaped like a lemon which holds a place of honor on our tree every year. I'm fascinated by how Limoncello is made. If you go to the website tigerdroppings.com, there are many forums but my favorite to peruse is the Food and Drink Board. There was a recent Limoncello thread, where there were those debating using Everclear or Vodka, and to steep or not to steep, that was one question. Here is one of the recipes: "So I've made the best limoncello I've ever tasted myself, and I don't steep at all 100 proof vodka 6-8 lemons Cheese cloth A large glass container Saran Wrap Pour the vodka in, wrap the lemons in the cheese cloth and suspend them above the vodka. Zero contact with the alcohol. Use the Saran Wrap to 100% tighten the entire environment. Zero air in or out, as best you can tell. If you did it correct, after about 6 weeks in a dark closet the lemons will be white and the vodka will be a rich rich golden. It's amazing and very rewarding." It does seem odd that there is no contact between the lemons and the alcohol. If vodka can do that without even touching the lemons, imagine what it can do to your digestive system. |
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Post by inger on Dec 28, 2023 14:24:22 GMT -5
Hope you liked it Rizz. I do use Rye in my Manhattans, although in all such matters I defer to Desousa. I love Limoncello. We spent some time on the Amalfi Coast and they serve it to you after dinner whether you ask for it or not. One place we ate gave us a Christmas ornament shaped like a lemon which holds a place of honor on our tree every year. I'm fascinated by how Limoncello is made. If you go to the website tigerdroppings.com, there are many forums but my favorite to peruse is the Food and Drink Board. There was a recent Limoncello thread, where there were those debating using Everclear or Vodka, and to steep or not to steep, that was one question. Here is one of the recipes: "So I've made the best limoncello I've ever tasted myself, and I don't steep at all 100 proof vodka 6-8 lemons Cheese cloth A large glass container Saran Wrap Pour the vodka in, wrap the lemons in the cheese cloth and suspend them above the vodka. Zero contact with the alcohol. Use the Saran Wrap to 100% tighten the entire environment. Zero air in or out, as best you can tell. If you did it correct, after about 6 weeks in a dark closet the lemons will be white and the vodka will be a rich rich golden. It's amazing and very rewarding." Gee, Mr. Peabody. I think thish ish the besht show we’d ever ####### done… I can’t wait for our neshxt Mr. Science segment on making babiesh… |
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Post by fwclipper51 on Dec 28, 2023 16:17:46 GMT -5
I remember when Duren came in with his coke bottle glasses, the first pitch sailed into the seats! After that, the hitters stood back from the plate! Yep. They didn't routinely measure velocity then, but he had to be around 100 MPH. With no control and almost legally blind and probably drunk. You don't want to dig in against that. The Yankees hitters didn't like hitting against him. All-Star RF Hank Bauer told Yankees GM George Weiss ban him from the league or trade for him. Weiss would pick him up in the Billy Martin trade with the A's on June 15, 1957. Ryne Duren would write 2 books about his fight with drinking. Two of his Yankees teammates Johnny Blanchard and Eli Grba would face the same fight and win. Grba would write a book of his struggles too. Clipper |
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