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:6864
Registered on:10/20/2004
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definitive Best Christmas Song on the OT


Fairy Tale of New York - Pilate version
1972 here.

Who would have thought the 1980s would seem like a simpler, more innocent time?
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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.




Actually, Coach Cryer had already left St. Mary's to coach at St. Louis in Lake Charles. You are referring to Coach Lee Doty who took the Tigers to the Dome his second year and was fired the following spring. Doty is now coaching a successful program at Sterlington.

Just for the record.

ETA: I wish Coach Cryer well. He and his family are good people.
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.
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Bentonville) for a late lunch


Went to the Tusk and Trotter a few weeks ago. Great place.
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 they are well-behaved, it's fine. We frequently bribed ours with promises of big deserts and left good tips for the wait staff.

re: Summer Time Coctails

Posted by cornbread on 6/8/10 at 4:25 pm to
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 to
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.

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Maui brewing company brew pub that is just a few miles from Lahaina.


We drove around looking for this place and couldn't find it. Must have got bad directions.

Anyway, good luck with your jet lag.
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:

Tipsy Diaries


The Tipsy Diaries is a new New York Times column about the city’s drinking life that will run every other week.

I've mentioned before that just reading about drinking elevates my mood. Cheers and happy Friday, y'all.

re: I made dewberry jelly last night

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


A wild blackberry.
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 pear and fig trees, too, for later.

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.
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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 martini shaker with crushed ice. Shake for 40 shakes, then strain through a strainer into a chilled Margarita glass.

Enjoy!


Have you ever thrown just a splash of Cointreau on top of that?

re: 50 miles from natchitoches

Posted by cornbread on 5/14/10 at 4:15 pm to
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I've asked you this before I think, but do you live on Ralph St. in Natty?



No. Ralph St. is a euphemism for hurling after drinking too much.

re: 50 miles from natchitoches

Posted by cornbread on 5/14/10 at 2:04 pm to
I'm pretty sick of everything in Natchitoches, but if I were just breezing through town, I'd go to Merci Beaucoup for lunch.