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A Trip to the Range
Alright, this was a lot more than a trip to the range. Long backstory short; a friend of Mrs. Deans went to...
Cultural Appropriation in Cocktails – Tiki
As was briefly touched on previously, the glory (and blame) for tiki culture can be set at the feet of two...
Cocktails after the SHTF – Making your own ingredients
So far, we’ve been assuming that you have access to a decently stocked store that carries the supplies that...
Drinks to Culturally Appropriate the March holiday – Cocktails 202
The Irish Coffee… there are few drinks as often ordered, and routinely butchered. On its own, it’s a fairly...
The Mother Sauces: What Should We Make?
We have two more sauces to go – velouté and tomato. Velouté is frequently used to make supreme or Allemande...
Allamakee County Chronicles XXV – Parsimony
Note: A prologue from my upcoming autobiography, Life’s Too Short to Smoke Cheap Cigars (Or to Drink Cheap...
Life Skills I – Trapping
Life Skills There are some skill sets that were valuable back in the pre-industrial world and could be very...
Martinis – Stirred, never shaken.
The Martini is a classic drink that has been deconstructed, reconstructed, torn down, and slapped together...
When the Shit Hits the Fan III – Rebuilding
When the Shit Hits the Fan III – Starting to Rebuild The current political situation notwithstanding, I...