Saturday 5 April 2014

The upside of down sizing

I don't drink much, usually no more than one glass of white wine but I have discovered a benefit of downsizing, it may be down to Liz's comments about the empties but I realised we have a large stock of unusual drinks in the cupboard so I've been getting rid of then - mostly down my neck to save any removal costs. 
                          
I enjoyed finishing off the Drambuie with a tot after dinner but things have gone downhill since then, the dregs of Cointreau were horrible.  I must admit some of the bottles are really really old, we think we might have bought the Sambuca the first time we went to Italy, I'm not admitting when that was but we were practically children. So the contents of three of the bottles in the photograph below have gone down the sink but Mr FF thinks he might fancy a Pernod later tonight, then we can start on the strange and various cocktail ingredients, Pisco Sour anyone?


Post blog note - the Pernod went down the sink too, obviously stock control is not a strong point here.

6 comments:

  1. We have a drinks cupboard that looks a bit like yours Jenny!! Definitely some interesting cocktails in the making!

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  2. Ha ha! We found a similar collection when we cleared the cupboards ready for a kitchen refit last year. Unfortunately, we still have them all ..... stashed away in a box upstairs! ROs

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  3. I always thought that spirits didn't ever go off - until we discovered a bottle of Thai whiskey at the back of the cupboard pre-moving house that's older than my 14 year old son! As one of the removal men remarked as I chucked it down the sink, 'that'll clear the drains out well, love!'.

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  4. I always get the mister to try any dodgy looking stuff here. Mind you, alcohol doesn't tend to linger.

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  5. A drinks table or tray would not happen in this house, far too inviting!

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  6. This did make me laugh! It reminds me of my parents' drinks cabinet - well-stocked with very dubious looking bottles full of goodness knows what, mostly brought back from trips abroad by well-meaning (or perhaps not?) friends and relatives.

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