Favorite team:Northwestern St. 
Location:Ralph St.
Biography:all I can say is that my life is pretty plain
Interests:sports, beer, wine, music
Occupation:wordsmith/alcoholic
Number of Posts:6862
Registered on:10/20/2004
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[quote]definitive Best Christmas Song on the OT[/quote] Fairy Tale of New York - Pilate version...
1972 here. Who would have thought the 1980s would seem like a simpler, more innocent time? ...

re: The history of Tiger Droppings

Posted by cornbread on 10/16/19 at 2:19 pm
[quote]The board was much smaller then and seemed just like a group of friends sitting around talking sports and ribbing each other.[/quote] Like the bar that's always open. Then the Rant got overrun with idiots, so I quit hanging around and only recently wandered back in. ...

re: The history of Tiger Droppings

Posted by cornbread on 10/16/19 at 11:42 am
[link=(https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/03/sports/ncaafootball/college-football-message-boards-feed-fans-passion.html?_r=0)]LINK[/link]...
[quote]Missing from all that is Coach Cryer also won a state championship at St. Mary's in 2015 after Southern Lab vacated it. St. Mary's has also took a big decline since the admin at St. Mary's fired him. [/quote] Actually, Coach Cryer had already left St. Mary's to coach at St. Louis in Lak...
Like the homecoming of Odysseus, Lazarus raised from the dead, the return of Norm Peterson. :cheers: ...
Hey, Chicken! :cool: I see I haven't missed anything. ...
[quote]Bentonville) for a late lunch[/quote] Went to the Tusk and Trotter a few weeks ago. Great place. ...
[quote]LSUChicageaux[/quote] :bow:...
We've taken our kids to some pretty nice places around the country since they were small. If it was a really upscale place, we'd get an early, say 5:30 or 6 p.m. reservation. They were usually ready to eat at that time anyway and we would be gone by the time the real dinner crowd showed up. If...

re: Summer Time Coctails

Posted by cornbread on 6/8/10 at 4:25 pm
I make a great sangria, but I'm on a mint julep kick at present....

re: Maui hotspots

Posted by cornbread on 6/8/10 at 4:22 pm
The first meal (and Mai Tais) I had in Maui were at Mama's Fish House in Paia. The town was cool, the scenery was perfect and the company wasn't bad. [quote]Maui brewing company brew pub that is just a few miles from Lahaina.[/quote] We drove around looking for this place and couldn't find ...
thanks, dude. :geauxtigers:...

The Tipsy Diaries

Posted by cornbread on 5/28/10 at 10:45 am
Here is something fellow cocktail enthusiasts might enjoy: [link=(http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/28/dining/28bruni.html?pagewanted=1&ref=general&src=me)]Tipsy Diaries[/link] The Tipsy Diaries is a new New York Times column about the city’s drinking life that will run every other week. I'...

re: I made dewberry jelly last night

Posted by cornbread on 5/24/10 at 2:54 pm
Also over the weekend I made mint juleps with fresh apple mint and they were top drawer. :cheers:...

re: I made dewberry jelly last night

Posted by cornbread on 5/24/10 at 2:23 pm
[quote]Whats a dewberry? [/quote] A wild blackberry....

re: I made dewberry jelly last night

Posted by cornbread on 5/24/10 at 2:21 pm
I strained the berries so the jelly is pretty much seedless, but it does have a light texture and a dark, rich color. It was my first foray into making jelly. I saved the strained berries to see how they do in a cobbler and I saved some extra syrup to see how it does in a cocktail. I have pe...

I made dewberry jelly last night

Posted by cornbread on 5/24/10 at 11:36 am
Go me. Up next: plum preserves...
My mother-in-law gave me a stainless steel thing shaped like a bar of soap. I don't know why it works....
[quote]Here's a good recipe using the Mr. & Mrs. T mix: 4 1/2 ounces Mr. & Mrs. T Margarita mix. 1 1/2 ounces of a good 100% agave tequilla (like the Sauza Hornitos) 3/4 ounce Triple Sec (I use Hiram Walker...it has a higher alcohol content than most other triple secs). Put into a ma...