Drink Matron

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  • On the sixth day of Christmas, Drink Matron gave to me: Irish Coffee!

    You’ve been with your family for days already, and you’re beginning to wear thin. It’s socially unacceptable to drink beer in the morning, and your mom doesn’t keep champagne around the house for mimosas. Your dad, however, always has a little Irish Whiskey, and there’s a fresh pot of coffee in the kitchen. Time for some Irish coffee.

    Irish Coffee

    Ingredients:

    Freshly brewed cup of coffee
    1 Tbsp brown sugar
    1.5 oz Irish whiskey
    Heavy cream

    In a mug, pour coffee. Add brown sugar and stir until dissolved. Add whiskey. Top with heavy cream. Serve hot.

    And now….IRISH COFFEE PORN!

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  • On the second day of Christmas, Drink Matron gave to me: Hot Buttered Rum!

    Lucky for me, I’ve still got Adrian. Sure, it’s partly because he’s a big hunk of man who carries heavy things and can reach much higher than me, but mostly it’s because during winter he makes a tasty as hell hot buttered rum mix. It started two or three years ago when we were still in Indiana and there was a pretty rough snow storm that kept us inside for two days. We luckily had rum and this mix, and settled down for movies and a bit of drinkin’. Every year since then he’s made it for us, and most of the time, I can’t keep my little paws off. I don’t mind sharing though, so here’s the recipe.

    Hot Buttered Rum

     

    Batter

    2 cups brown sugar
    1/2 cup butter, softened
    1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
    1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

    (optionally, you can add 1/4-1/2 tsp of cloves)

    Beat the sugar and butter together until fluffy. Mix in the spices.

    In a mug, put a heaping teaspoon of the batter into 1 1/2 oz of rum and top with hot water, stirring well. Sprinkle with cinnamon or garnish with a cinnamon stick.

     

     

     

  • On the first day of Christmas, Drink Matron gave to me: Make your own Irish cream!

    Christmas lovelies! I’m back! What a better month to come back to you than December, when warm weather and holidays bring families and friends back together.

    A great homemade gift to give to your loved ones is Irish cream. Yup, you don’t have to spend money on Baileys or Carolans, you can have your very own tasty coffee and hot chocolate additive.

    Lucky for you guys, my family likes Irish cream and likes to keep a bit of homemade stuff around. Must come from being Wisconsin farm folk. Or booze hounds. Or Canadian (yeah, I’m a little Canadian. Like Barney Stinson. What. Up.)

    photo by Cindy Hopper at skiptomylou.orgGG Irish Cream
    1 can Eagle Brand condensed milk
    3 eggs
    1 tsp vanilla
    2 Tbs Hershey syrup
    1 pint whipping cream or half&half
    1 cup Irish whiskey or brandy (brandy comes from being from Wisconsin. It’s our thing in general.)
    1/3 cup white rum

    Mix ingredients together with a mixer or in a blender. Refrigerate.

    My Aunt Greta says, “Can be kept for months, but I doubt it will last that long.” I concur. It’s delicious.