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Ask Soylent - What to Do With a Bottle of Creme de Menthe

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: 1) by braddollar on Monday November 19 2018, @01:55AM (1 child)

    by braddollar (5445) on Monday November 19 2018, @01:55AM (#763723)

    I'm all for it, but I was wondering if maybe there was some deep connection to normal topics that I was unaware of. Such as:

    Perhaps Creme de Menthe has become preferred drink of programmers everywhere, but nobody is openly admitting it so sub had to ask somewhere?

    Maybe somebody developed a new car engine that is powered by a Creme de Menthe based solution, and as a result the exhaust is minty fresh?

    What if it was discovered that Creme de Menthe was a super powered aphrodisiac for some endangered animal?

    Or maybe all of the above, and so the sub is trying to determine which would be best?

    Essentially I was hoping for something that would make it less mundane for me :D

  • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Monday November 19 2018, @02:22AM

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Monday November 19 2018, @02:22AM (#763735) Journal

    Maybe you could run a comparative study between yeti poo that uses Creme de Menthe vs. Peppermint Schnapps. Study participants can easily be recruited at a nearby freshman dorm (or grocery store parking lot on Friday nights, if you don't have a college nearby.) Chart the results across various axes like "induces regurgitation" or "accidental catatonia." It would probably be the definitive work on the matter that you could shop around for a research grant.

    See? Just takes a little imagination. ;-)

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    Washington DC delenda est.