Chocolate Milkshake

One for the children so they don't feel left out ;-)

For one person you need:
2 scoops chocolate ice cream
1/2 cup cold milk
mini marshmallows
silver stars
straw

Blend the ice cream and milk in a blender till smooth and frothy. Pour into a glass and decorate with the marshmallows and stars. Serve with a straw and wait for the slurping...!

Gin and Cassis Cocktail

Well, it *is* New Year's Eve ;-)

For one person you need:
1 shot gin
1/2 shot lemon juice
1 tsp icing sugar
1 small bottle tonic water
1 shot cassis
lots and lots of ice.

Combine the gin, lemon and sugar in a cocktail shaker filled 1/2 full with ice. Shake till well mixed. Strain in to a tall glass filled with more ice. Add the tonic water and stir well. Pour the cassis in to the middle of the glass. Chin chin.

Bucks Fizz

So I didn't want to do a Keith Flloyd and get too squiffy on champers whilst preparing dinner. And MIL doesn't really like dry sparkling so we had bucks fizz instead. Yum. As it was Christmas we used freshly squeezed orange and clementine juices for an extra festive edge.

For one bucks fizz you need:
1/4 cup fresh juice
dry sparkling white wine
Star sprinkles

Put the wine in a champagne glass and top up with juice. Dust with sparkly star sprinkles and quaff. Lush.

Inuagural Post

For the first drink we need to start with probably the 'go-to' drink of them all, beer. And if we are starting with beer then it needs to be one of the best. Now inevitably many will disagree but for the moment it has to be Morland's Old Speckled Hen, brewed in Suffolk. A perfect balance of malt and bitterness. Smooth and, even though 5.2% alcohol, very quaffable.
So raise a glass to Christmas and have a happy holiday.

Welcome

This started as a joke, but given that the url wasn't taken and I like booze, here it is. I shan't be blogging a post everyday, but maybe once a week on drinkies. Contributions from anyone else who fancies guesting are most welcome!