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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous

No love for the Courvoisier? What, y'all drink that 1800 with Ray Liota now?

curvoisier is what rappers drink yes? then no. this winter i'm drinking napoléon brandy, $11 /bottle at total wine. tasty and a bit "wild", not ultrasmoth, but it's the best value in distilled + aged grape juice. check it out. if you want something reeeeally good then cardenal de mendoza brandy de jerez will knock your socks off. no hype or gold chains.

also drinking: wild turkey rye.

also, sweet vermouth (various kinds)

also, manhattans (obvious combo).

also, i plunked some summer fuit into jars of everclear and now it's about time for the big reveal.

oh, and calvados! calvados rules.

Originally Posted by Bytor Peltor

I'm just a thirty minute drive from the motherland......50 minutes from, Lake Charles. My family has it's own Cajun cookbook with recipes dating back over a hundred years. My Grandparents were born and raised down in Cameron Parish, Louisianan.

ahhhh....! that explains your superior food culture. i have a hard time thinking of you as a tejano. i live near (well, a few hundred miles) west texas-- oy! ever been to amarillo? there's nothing to eat there! and the town (literally) stinks (there's a massive feedlot on the edge of town). i know east & west texas are very different-- and i know you're in or near the gulf & all-- but louisiana is food heaven. i have a lousianian friend in this state, and her parties are just out of this planet.