How do dragons blow out their birthday cake candles?

The Munroe effect. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Adair

It's probably my age that tricks people into thinking I'm an adult.

It's probably my age that tricks people into thinking I'm a child.
The Munro effect. tinyurl.com/beastssuperbeasts

Don't order a drink with an umbrella unless you're at a beach

A different sort of Munro effect, see below, and
don't discount the fact that many of us get in
the mood for an umbrella drink when the closest
thing we can get to a beach is a Chinese restaurant.

Don't wreck a sublime chocolate experience by feeling guilty.

The Munro effect:

Salted caramel and dark chocolate saketini
categories: booze
servings: 2 (or 1 less moderate)

1/2 c dark chocolate pieces
1 1/2 c cold whole milk (M says light cream)
1 c cold sake
shaker filled with ice
2 Tb caramel sauce
sea salt for rimming
dark chocolate pieces for garnish

Blend the dark chocolate pieces and the milk until
completely smooth. Pour into the shaker with ice
along with the sake. Set aside briefly.

Place the caramel sauce on a flat plate. Place the
sea salt on another flat plate. Take a martini
glass and spin the rim through the caramel sauce,
then lightly through the salt. Repeat with the
other glass. Set glasses aside.

Shake the chocolate milk with the sake really well
for 30 sec. Pour into the martini glasses. You can
serve this with dark chocolate pieces on the side or
use a knife to roughly chop them into shavings to
sprinkle on the drink. I also like garnishing with
a chocolate wafer though this is optional of course.

asian-fusion.com

Garlic is unknown in British cookery proper.

Proper British cookery is unknown; but see
recipe in the next post - the Monroe effect?

In expensive restaurants the cookery is almost always Imitation French

And why should it not be? Though imitation
Chinese and Japanese is rapidly catching up
(the Munro effect again?).

The bitters are excellent for your liver, the gin is bad for you.
... They balance each other. - Orson Welles on the Negroni

Gin's badness is much overstated, especially by
that Hogarth guy. It started out as medicine,
tasting like medicine, and as with many such
(anything from aspirin to methotrexate) can be
harmful if used in excess or for the wrong
purpose. I propose that negronis are good for
you, in every way, in moderation,

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I'm probably in Dutch with the Moderator now for that!

Yeah, well. I don't much care about political
correctness, but if any Queenslander or Nederlander
complains I will take swift and severe action. Note
too that though all communications are ephemeral,
you're still responsible for your content as long as
anyone can find it, which may be longer than suspected.

The last word
categories: booze
yield: 1

3/4 oz gin
3/4 oz green Chartreuse
3/4 oz freshly squeezed lime juice
3/4 oz maraschino liqueur
ice

Place the gin, Chartreuse, lime juice, and maraschino
liqueur in a cocktail shaker and fill it halfway with
ice. Shake vigorously until the outside of the shaker
is frosted. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

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They say Christianity is in decay; but no religion that
invented green Chartreuse can ever die. - H.H. Munro
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