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posted by martyb on Sunday November 18 2018, @09:38PM   Printer-friendly
from the alcoholic-mouthwash dept.

An elderly friend died last year and among other things I inherited a couple of bottles of Creme de Menthe. For anyone unfamiliar, it's bright green and very minty -- 60 proof / 30% alcohol by volume. I'm not a regular drinker, and I am one of those weirdos that believes in waste-not, want-not, so I felt obligated to find a way to (slowly) consume it. My eventual choice was to pour a shot or two over a bowl of chocolate ice cream -- not bad, compare to mint chocolate-chip ice cream, with a little kick.

Any other suggestions?

[An Anonymous Editor suggested Creme de Menthe Brownies (located at the bottom of the page).]


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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by Gaaark on Monday November 19 2018, @12:06AM (6 children)

    by Gaaark (41) on Monday November 19 2018, @12:06AM (#763672) Journal

    Write one quick or you'll get 'Ask Soylent': "Why are Aristarchus submissions rejected?"

    :)

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday November 19 2018, @12:27AM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Monday November 19 2018, @12:27AM (#763684) Homepage Journal

    If you don't have a fixed policy, you can use common sense.

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  • (Score: 2, Offtopic) by aristarchus on Monday November 19 2018, @01:02AM (4 children)

    by aristarchus (2645) on Monday November 19 2018, @01:02AM (#763705) Journal

    Why are aristarchus submissions rejected? You may well ask. Half a dozen met their unmaker just today, and fine submissions they were. We mourn. Of course, as janrinok was wont to say, they belonged in a journal, not on the front page, like this pile of vomit that smells of mint.

    (for our soylentil, a suggestion. Chug the entire bottle. You have never heard of anyone dying of Creme d'Menthe poisoning, have you? Of course, that might just be because it was too embarrassing to be reported publically. On second thought, the "Hot Chocolate" solution may be preferable.)

    • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 19 2018, @01:24AM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 19 2018, @01:24AM (#763709)

      Just a wild stab in the dark here but at least this one was original, quirky, odd and somewhat entertaining and not the same news over and over again. Yes we get it now, Nazis are bad ... ooookay.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 19 2018, @02:47AM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 19 2018, @02:47AM (#763752)

        > not the same news over and over again

        Thanks -- you get it!

        I'm the AC submitter with the bottle of Hiram Walker brand green (it's very old, no idea if this is still available).

        One of my tech related submissions is languishing in the queue right now, my hit ratio might be a little better than Ari's, but not much. I threw this out for the hell of it, didn't really expect it would be picked up by the editors--and have been away from the 'net for the last 8 hours so it seems pretty funny to check in and find 50 comments.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 20 2018, @01:47AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 20 2018, @01:47AM (#764109)

          Hiram Walker is a quality bar brand. they suggest this :

          1 part Green Crème de Menthe
          1 part White Crème de Cacao
          1 part Vodka
          Mix all ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Chugg ;}

    • (Score: 5, Funny) by Phoenix666 on Monday November 19 2018, @02:51AM

      by Phoenix666 (552) on Monday November 19 2018, @02:51AM (#763754) Journal

      "pile of vomit that smells of mint."

      I had a girlfriend once who took a bottle of Goldschlager to a Halloween party. Nobody else could stomach more than a joke shot of the stuff, so she wound up drinking most of the bottle herself. She spent most of the night projectile vomiting sparkly gold-flecked spew all over the bathroom. It was oddly beautiful, in a Jackson Pollock kind of way.

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