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In my never-ending quest to clean out the crap from my folk's place, I've come across a few bottles of this stuff. I don't even know what it is. But if it has booze in it, I'm down.

 

Anybody have any idea how to best imbibe this stuff???????

 

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In my never-ending quest to clean out the crap from my folk's place, I've come across a few bottles of this stuff. I don't even know what it is. But if it has booze in it, I'm down.

 

Anybody have any idea how to best imbibe this stuff???????

 

:cheers:

Are you asking for pairings? :unsure:

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Are you asking for pairings? :unsure:

 

I don't know what those are. Are they like earrings?

 

'Cause no.

 

I just want to know how to drink allegedly alchoholic beaverages. :unsure:

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I don't know what those are. Are they like earrings?

 

'Cause no.

 

I just want to know how to drink allegedly alchoholic beaverages. :unsure:

 

A pairing is a food and alcoholic beverage that go well together.

 

But if you just want to know how to drink it, then:

 

Step 1: Open the bottle

 

Step 2: Pour it in a glass ( I'd opt for a cordial type glass)

 

Step 3: Drink

 

 

 

It's not rocket science. :doh:

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It's been a while, but I used vodka, lemon peel, lemon juice, sugar, water. I like it a little chilled.

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A pairing is a food and alcoholic beverage that go well together.

 

But if you just want to know how to drink it, then:

 

Step 1: Open the bottle

 

Step 2: Pour it in a glass ( I'd opt for a cordial type glass)

 

Step 3: Drink

 

 

 

It's not rocket science. :doh:

 

So, we drink this stuff straight. In a glass that's like "friendly"?

 

I'm not sure any of my glasses have distinguished themselves as "cordial" or not. :unsure:

 

Huh. I know nothing of this beverage. I am intrigued. :huh:

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It's been a while, but I used vodka, lemon peel, lemon juice, sugar, water. I like it a little chilled.

 

Whoah. Woah. Woah. Woah.

 

I'm getting conflicting information here. That's like 5 more ingredients than OM indicated.

 

I'll give you two some time to confer and get your stories straight.

 

I am so cornfused right now. :huh:

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So, we drink this stuff straight. In a glass that's like "friendly"?

 

I'm not sure any of my glasses have distinguished themselves as "cordial" or not. :unsure:

 

Huh. I know nothing of this beverage. I am intrigued. :huh:

 

Limoncello

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I used to make homemade lemon cello, blood orange cello, and kaluha.... gave em out as Xmas gifts to friends. But sometimes provided them to guests after dinner in some of the restaurants I worked.

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It's like lemon flavored vodka. Drink it straight or mix with some simple syrup and club soda

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It's like lemon flavored vodka. Drink it straight or mix with some simple syrup and club soda

 

it's been a while.... i believe i made it by throwing lemon peel and juice in with the vodka...let that steep for a while. then i added simple syrup to it. let it sit for a while. then strained it. served chilled.

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here's one i pulled from giada (very similar process to what i did):

 

Ingredients

 

10 lemons

1 (750-ml) bottle vodka

3 1/2 cups water

2 1/2 cups sugar

 

Directions

 

Using a vegetable peeler, remove the peel from the lemons in long strips (reserve the lemons for another use). Using a small sharp knife, trim away the white pith from the lemon peels; discard the pith. Place the lemon peels in a 2-quart pitcher. Pour the vodka over the peels and cover with plastic wrap. Steep the lemon peels in the vodka for 4 days at room temperature.

 

Stir the water and sugar in a large saucepan over medium heat until the sugar dissolves, about 5 minutes. Cool completely. Pour the sugar syrup over the vodka mixture. Cover and let stand at room temperature overnight. Strain the limoncello through a mesh strainer. Discard the peels. Transfer the limoncello to bottles. Seal the bottles and refrigerate until cold, at least 4 hours and up to 1 month.

 

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But if you just want to know how to drink it, then:

 

Step 1: Open the bottle

 

Step 2: Pour it in the sink

 

Step 3: Buy some whiskey

 

Step 4: Drink

 

 

 

It's not rocket science. :doh:

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here's one i pulled from giada (very similar process to what i did):

 

Ingredients

 

10 lemons

1 (750-ml) bottle vodka

3 1/2 cups water

2 1/2 cups sugar

 

Directions

 

Using a vegetable peeler, remove the peel from the lemons in long strips (reserve the lemons for another use). Using a small sharp knife, trim away the white pith from the lemon peels; discard the pith. Place the lemon peels in a 2-quart pitcher. Pour the vodka over the peels and cover with plastic wrap. Steep the lemon peels in the vodka for 4 days at room temperature.

 

Stir the water and sugar in a large saucepan over medium heat until the sugar dissolves, about 5 minutes. Cool completely. Pour the sugar syrup over the vodka mixture. Cover and let stand at room temperature overnight. Strain the limoncello through a mesh strainer. Discard the peels. Transfer the limoncello to bottles. Seal the bottles and refrigerate until cold, at least 4 hours and up to 1 month.

 

Do you know if commercial stuff can go bad over time? We've got two bottles in our cabinet; one I think was from our trip to Rome (where we first tried it) 6 years ago and has been opened. Another is unopened and prolly a few years old; I have no idea why we have that.

 

The opened one is a darker yellow than the unopened one. :unsure:

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I would dump the opened one. The sealed one may be just fine due to commercial preservatives. Open it and give it a smell. If not rancid you should be fine. Give a small taste if all is good up to there.

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Open it and give it a smell. If not rancid you should be fine. Give a small taste if all is good up to there.

 

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:unsure:

 

Appearance and smell are going to lead the way. He has stated that there is a district difference in appearance between the two. If it were to go bad, there is a highly unlikely % that it would be so without foul odor... and a small enough taste that wouldn't be toxic to verify.

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Appearance and smell are going to lead the way. He has stated that there is a district difference in appearance between the two. If it were to go bad, there is a highly unlikely % that it would be so without foul odor... and a small enough taste that wouldn't be toxic to verify.

Read it again........

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Read it again........

 

 

Process for me is look, smell, taste. I can typically smell rancid. If it does not smell rank, very strong chance it is fine.

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Update$#@! I opened the open one and it didn't smell bad. Tasted it and... it didn't seem quite right, too alcohol like maybe some of the sugar and/or lemon broke down. Maybe the sugar fermented somehow? Anyway, I decided to dump it. I told my wife what I was doing and she understandably thought I was a blithering idiot for tasting it. :lol:

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Update$#@! I opened the open one and it didn't smell bad. Tasted it and... it didn't seem quite right, too alcohol like maybe some of the sugar and/or lemon broke down. Maybe the sugar fermented somehow? Anyway, I decided to dump it. I told my wife what I was doing and she understandably thought I was a blithering idiot for tasting it. :lol:

 

 

yeah... i probably wouldn't have gone near the opened one. curious to see what you find with the unopened one.

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Process for me is look, smell, taste. I can typically smell rancid. If it does not smell rank, very strong chance it is fine.

Think outside the "box".

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Think outside the "box".

It seems he has higher standards for liqueurs than I do for your mom. :(

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Think outside the "box".

 

i fully admit that i missed it. my mind wasn't on munching carpet.

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