Show Notes #587: The Weekender CXXXI

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This Weekend in Hedonism (Segment 2)

  • Cheryl's Recipe Corner
  • Pecan Goat Cheese Salad with blackberry vinaigrette
  • Description
    • A few months ago we stopped in Tupelo, Mississippi for dinner (as we headed home from our Disney World Vacation) and, due to my diagnosis last year with Celiac disease, I have to avoid gluten.  The restaurant we choose had a wonderful gluten-free menu, and this was one of the choices, and it was AMAZING (especially as we dined during a fantastic thunderstorm - we love storms!) It's a summer friendly recipe, too!
  • Ingredients (Salad Base)
    • Protein of your choice (rotisserie chicken, grilled shrimp or grilled steak bites)
    • Dressing (recipe below)
    • Candied Pecans, crumbled
    • Goat Cheese Crumbles
    • Strawberries (sliced)
    • Real Bacon Bits
  • Ingredients (Dressing)
    • 6oz Blackberries
    • 1/3 cup Balsamic Vinegar
    • 1/4 cup olive oil
    • 1 tablespoon Dijon Mustard
    • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
    • 2-3 teaspoons sugar
    • Salt and pepper to taste
  • Directions
    • Place all dressing ingredients in a food processor or blender and blend well.  Taste, and adjust ingredients as needed to your taste.  Set aside while you are assembling your salad. In a bowl layer your salad base, protein, dressing.  Then adorn your salad with the candied pecans, goat cheese crumbles, strawberries and bacon bits (if desired)
  • Cheryl's Mixed Drink Corner
  • Rum Runner
  • Description
    • A tasty summer cocktail that will take you on a tropical taste vacation!
  • Ingredients
    • 1 ounce light rum
    • 1 ounce dark or aged rum
    • 1 ounce banana liqueur
    • 1/2 ounce blackberry liqueur, or blackberry brandy
    • 1 ounce pineapple juice
    • 1 splash grenadine
    • Variety of fresh fruit, for garnish
  • Directions
    • Gather the ingredients. Add all of the ingredients to a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake well. Strain into a hurricane glass over fresh ice. Garnish with fruit and enjoy. Recipe Variation: Make this rum runner into a frozen drink by pouring the ingredients into a blender with about 3/4 cup of ice. Blend until smooth. A Rum Runner Recipe Heavy on the OJ: If you enjoy orange juice cocktails, this is a great rum runner recipe. It requires fewer ingredients, so it's super easy to make. The rum, blackberry brandy, and banana liqueur complement the fresh orange nicely, and their combined sweetness offsets the tart citrus. Try it in the blender as well; it makes a fantastic frozen cocktail. To make this drink, combine 1 1/2 ounces of rum with 1/2 ounce each of blackberry brandy and crème de banana, and 3 ounces of orange juice in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Add a dash of falernum (or grenadine), shake, and strain into a chilled hurricane glass. A Classically Styled Rum Runner Recipe: Dale DeGroff's "The Craft of the Cocktail" is a book filled with amazing recipes like this rum runner. It's entirely different than all others, and that's what makes it great. This drink has a lighter profile because it skips the heaviness of orange juice and opts for refreshing pineapple instead. It also features two rums and introduces the rich texture of an egg white. All of these elements give DeGroff's rum runner a classic style that's lost in most modern renditions of the cocktail. To make this drink, muddle a piece of lime in the bottom of a cocktail shaker until lightly bruised. Add 1 ounce each of light and medium rums, pineapple juice, and simple syrup, as well as 1/2 ounce of lime juice and an egg white. Shake vigorously (more than usual to properly mix the egg) and strain into a tall glass with ice. Garnish with tropical fruitt. RAW EGG WARNING: Consuming raw and lightly cooked eggs poses a risk for foodborne illness.
  • Russ's Drink Corner
  • WhistlePig PiggyBack Bourbon Whiskey
  • Description
    • PiggyBack 100 Proof Bourbon gives our bold approach to whiskey a sweeter spin. Born from our signature grain’s other half, it starts with a high Corn mash bill (keeping a dash of Rye of course). Six long years of age in Char #3 barrels adds layers of flavor before bottling at 100 Proof, so you can keep it 100 whether you choose Bourbon or Rye. Sip it neat or shake it in a classic. With its sweeter profile, PiggyBack 100 Proof Bourbon shines in citrus and sour drinks – like our Barrel Aged Maple Bourbon Sour.
  • Details
    • Mashbill: Unknown (high corn, a dash of rye)
    • Region: Queechee, Vermont
    • Proof: 100 (50% ABV)
    • Color: Toasted honey
    • Nose: Caramel, cinnamon, yeasty bread, sugary white grapes
    • Taste: Cinnamon, apples, maple, lightly toasted orange, vanilla, mint, green tea
    • Finish: Candied sweet apples, baking spices, hints of caramel
    • Price: $40 (750ml)
    • Rating: 90
  • Bill's Whatever Corner
  • Whiskey Theif Distilling Co - May Day Rye
    • Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey 2025
    • 146 Proof (73% ABV)

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