The Muskoka Blue Bird of Happiness

Posted in Just for Fun by Angie

Thank you Grampa Ray for sending this to me.

This is perfect for today so far in “my area” of Muskoka we’ve received almost 3 ft of snow in a short period of time.

Happy Saturday!!!

2Feb2013

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Things that Fizz & Stuff

Beef consomme and vodka recipe

Served hot from a flask or with ice, the meaty bullshot is long overdue a revival

This classic mix of beef consomme and vodka has managed to acquire an undeservedly tweedy reputation in Britain. It is often drunk hot, poured from a Thermos on crisp winter walks – the steam rising and mingling with the cloudy breath of walkers holding out their cups for a dose.

But served over cracked ice after dark it is a more dangerous beast. Bullshot was probably invented in the 50s in the US, by someone with a twisted mind. Meat and alcohol. In a glass. With pepper. Oh yeah, and chilli.

It’s Marlon Brando in The Wild One. It’s Shane McGowan on an experimental day. In the early 70s, Malcolm McDowell drank it while publicising A Clockwork Orange. He “bundled in against the cold in a leather jacket,” recorded one journalist, “[on…

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