MissNinaV
Registered: 05/26/08
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Oddly I could be convinced to cook eggs even though I don't like them. For some reason I seem to have a touch with eggs and just about always get them just right. Have never been wildly successful with home fries/hash browns. I think you need a big ol' flat top grill to do them right.
And I could be convinced to make Ramos Fizzes... those I do like!
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Foodie2Shoes
Registered: 06/04/08
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Reply with quote | #32 |
I am partial to Mimosas, but what is a Ramos Fizz? To quote Jessica Simpson from the commercial "I don't know what it is, but I want it."
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MissNinaV
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Ramos Fizz:
This recipe and text is taken from New Olreans DRINKS and how to mix 'em by Stanley Clisby Arthur. HARMANSON, Publisher 333 rue Royale, Nouvelle Orleans; 1937 1 tablespoon powdered sugar 3-4 drops orange flower water 1/2 lime -- juice only 1/2 lemon -- juice only 1 jigger dry gin 1 white of egg 1 jigger heavy cream 1 squire seltzer water 2 drops extract vanilla (optional)
Mix in a tall barglass in the order given; add crushed ice, not too fine as lumps are needed to whip up the froth on the egg white and cream. Use a long metal shaker and remember this is one drink that needs a long, steady shaking. Keep at it until the mixture gets body -- "ropy" as some experienced barkeepers express it. When thoroughly shaken, strain into a tall thin glass for serving. |
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TNBear
Registered: 05/22/08
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Reply with quote | #34 |
Very good drinks, but even more of a PITA to prepare than Bloody Marys.
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Foodie2Shoes
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Sounds yummy to me, especially since you volunteered to make them! Where does one acquire orange flower water, and what is a squire of seltzer water?
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MissNinaV
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Good liquor stores and specialty markets carry orange flower water. Have no idea what a squire is, the recipe I use has a normal measurement -- I just cut and paste one from online to save typing it all in again. We usually make them in the blender so it's less work and more frothy. A bit of work but quite good.
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TildaBear
Registered: 06/25/08
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Well as a spelling doofus myself, I believe that s/b a "squirt".
Also being one of those myself 
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MissNinaV
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Reply with quote | #38 |
You might be right Tilda. Especially since selzter used to come in the old glass bottles with the nozzles on them. |
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MissNinaV
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I gotta admit this one... After Foodie asked what kind of measure a "squire" was, I spent 10 minutes online looking for an explanation. When I read Tilda's post I felt like an idiot. It'd be so nice to have a brain that works. |
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Foodie2Shoes
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Reply with quote | #40 |
I cracked up that you didn't catch that one. You must be working too hard.
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MissNinaV
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Lots on my mind these days... I'm missing all sorts of things. Pay attention Nina! |
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Foodie2Shoes
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We had Eggs Benedict at IHOP today and it was good. The eggs were perfectly cooked. The hollandaise could have been a bit more lemony and spicy, but overall it was very acceptable. There are so many things that can be done wrong to this dish and it seems most places manage to do at least one of them, but I thought they managed quite well.
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BamaJammer
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Foodie, I'm so glad you tried IHOP's eggs benedict. I think you're absolutely right about the number of things that can go wrong with this dish, but (believe it or not, readers...) IHOP pulls it off! Don't forget to ask for Marsha if you're dining in Celeveland. She's very attentive and brings me my most favorite breakfast sandwich every time Mr. BamaJammer and I eat there.
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Foodie2Shoes
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We live in Hixson and don't venture up that way too often but I'll keep it in mind on the next trip to Stamper's. We ate (again) today at NYDiner and I had their Eggs Benedict. I am really particular about my eggs, and their hollandaise was superbe.
I did mention to the server about the SSM curse, and her reply was "just say you don't like us!" They have new menus, thankfully, which are much easier to read. This is our new guilty pleasure and I encourage any of you who haven't been yet to try it.
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