I have been drinking a little tonight, and had a couple of cocktails for the first time earlier today. my buddy brian made me a tom collins which was pretty good, and then a gimlet, which is now my favorite cocktail. othervise, i have had a couple rum and cokes, first with a nice gurkha cigar and then with a clay tavern pipe of frog mortons on the town. otherwise i have been drinking killians irish red which is a staple for me.
the big thing for today was learning how to make beer bread, its hearty, tasty, cheap, easy and you can use any beer you want. here's how:
preheat oven to 350F
combine the following:
3cups flour
3 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
mix up your dry ingredients in a bowl, then add 1 12 oz beer of your choice, preferably a boldly flavored one. mix it up to a nice even consistancy
take a glass baking dish (a deep one whose aspect ratio resembles that of a loaf of bread)
melt a couple tbsp of butter in the microwave, then coat the baking dish
add the dough, making it even across the dish. baste the top of the dough with some of the remaining butter (leave some for later)
bake for 20 min at 350F
remove from oven and baste the top (which should be somewhat hardened, and the dough should be starting to rise noticably) with butter.
bake for 40 more minutes and you're done
remove from dish
let it cool awhile
enjoy