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Screwdriver cocktail: A screwdriver is a popular alcoholic highball drink made with orange juice and vodka. While the basic drink is simply the two ingredients, there are many variations. Many of the variations have different names in different parts of the world. Wikipedia Main alcohol: Vodka Ingredients: 1 3/4 oz (1 part) Vodka, 3 1/2 oz (2 parts) Orange juice Preparation: Mix in a highball glass with ice. Garnish and serve. Served: On the rocks; poured over ice Standard garnish: Orange slice Drinkware: Highball glass

Question. How can we see how many ships are in port the day we leave.

Gin and Tonic cocktail: A gin and tonic or, less frequently, gin tonic, is a highball cocktail made with gin and tonic water poured over a large amount of ice. The ratio of gin to tonic varies according to taste, strength of the gin, other drink mixers being added, etc., with most recipes calling for a ratio between 1:1 and 1:3. Wikipedia Main alcohol: Gin Ingredients: 1 part to 3 parts gin (to taste), 3 parts tonic water Preparation: In a glass filled with ice cubes, add gin and tonic. Served: On the rocks; poured over ice Standard garnish: A slice or wedge of lime Drinkware: Highball glass, Rocks glass

Apple Pie cocktail: Ingredients 5 ounces apple cider, * 1.5 ounces fireball whisky 1.5 ounces vanilla vodka turbinado sugar, optional Instructions If you'd like a sugar rimmed glass: Pour a thin layer of turbinado sugar into a shallow bowl. Run a lemon or apple wedge to around the rim of your glass (or use a bit of apple cider) and dip into sugar to coat. Fill glass with ice and set aside. In a cocktail shaker, combine apple cider, fireball, and vodka. Shake to combine. Pour into prepared glass and serve immediately.

Gibson cocktail: Ingredients 2 1/2 ounces gin or vodka 1/2 ounce dry vermouth Garnish: cocktail onion Steps Add the gin (or vodka) and dry vermouth into a mixing glass with ice and stir until well-chilled. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a cocktail onion.

Seattle Sidecar cocktail: Ingredients Scale 1 oz. rum 1 oz. triple sec 1 oz. sparkling apple cider ½ oz. lime juice Instructions Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a cocktail glass rimmed with sugar and serve. Substitute apple juice for the sparkling cider if none is available.

Thanks to @aliaschief post about wristbands DH hit CVS to but some for the cruise.

We drink Plumeria D'Asti Moscato. Tried it many years ago ona BHB and drink it ever since. It is a sweet wine, which we like, and is less than $10 a bottle. If you buy it by the case at our local ABC store you can save 10%.

Jack Rose cocktail: Ingredients 1 1/2 ounces applejack or apple brandy 3/4 ounce lemon juice, freshly squeezed 1/2 ounce grenadine Garnish: lemon twist Steps Add the applejack, lemon juice and grenadine into a shaker with ice, and shake until well-chilled. Fine-strain into a coupe glass, and garnish with a lemon twist.

Fox River Cocktail: 1 sugar cube 5 dashes peach bitters ice 2 tsp crème de cacao 2 oz whiskey 1 lemon peel Preparation Saturate sugar cube in peach bitters by placing the cube into a rocks glass and pouring enough peach bitters over cube to saturate. Place 1 large ice cube (or a few smaller ice cubes) in the glass. Pour crème de cacao into the glass, then add whiskey. Squeeze a lemon peel over the top and stir slightly (3 to 4 swirls of the wrist – no bar utensils needed). Serve.

I have all our drinks in a file on my laptop. We have many to research 🧐

Hugo cocktail: Ingredients 2 sprigs fresh mint, divided 1/2 ounce elderflower cordial or syrup (1 tablespoon) 4 ounces chilled prosecco or other dry sparkling wine (8 tablespoons) 2 ounces chilled club soda, seltzer, or sparkling water (4 tablespoons) Ice 1 lime wheel Instructions Pick the leaves from 1 fresh mint sprig and place in a wine glass. Add 1/2 ounce elderflower cordial or syrup and muddle gently with a muddler or wooden spoon to lightly bruise the mint leaves and release their oils. Add 4 ounces prosecco and 2 ounces club soda. Top with ice. Gently stir to combine. Garnish with 1 lime wheel and the remaining mint sprig.

Missionary's Downfall cocktail: Ingredients 1 ounce white rum 1/2 ounce creme de peche 1 large fresh pineapple chunk, about 1/4 cup 3/4 ounce lime juice, freshly squeezed 1/2 ounce honey syrup 8-12 large mint leaves Garnish: mint sprig Garnish: pineapple wedges Steps Add all ingredients into a blender with 3/4 cup of ice and blend for about 20 seconds. Pour into a Collins glass. Garnish with a mint sprig and a pineapple wedge. Serve with a straw.

Swinging Sultan cocktail: Ingredients 3 oz Pomegranate Juice. 6 oz Vodka 1/2 oz Raki 1 1/2 oz Triple Sec 1 1/2 oz Lime Juice Ice cubes Directions Combine vodka, pomegranate juice, Triple Sec and lime juice in a large shaker with ice. Shake vigorously for five to ten seconds. Pour into two martini glasses. Spray raki over surface of each drink, 1- 2 spritzes per glass.

Just an FYI, my Mohs surgery will be after we return from our cruise. February 26.

@dfishI'm game for the drink too. I'll bring the recipe with us.

All the people afraid to try this. LOL

I love chocolate but this is to much for me. I can't wait for Bob's comments. Chocolate Chicken cocktail: 1/2 oz of 151 proof rum (or overproof rum) 1/2 oz of amaretto almond liqueur (or almond liqueur) 1/2 oz of dark creme de cacao (or chocolate liqueur) 1/2 oz of Crown Royal canadian whisky (or whiskey) 1/2 oz of Kahlua coffee liqueur (or coffee liqueur) 1/2 oz of Bailey's Irish Cream (or Irish Cream) 1/2 oz of wild turkey bourbon whiskey (or Bourbon Whiskey) Cream Fill glass with ice, add all ingredients and fill the rest of the glass with cream!

Thank you all for your prayers. I truly appreciate you all. Cape Cod cocktail: The Cape Cod or Cape Codder is a type of cocktail consisting of vodka and cranberry juice. Some recipes also call for squeezing a lime wedge over the glass and dropping it into the drink. Wikipedia Main alcohol: Vodka Ingredients: Cranberry juice (1 to 4 parts, to taste), Vodka (1 part) Preparation: Build all ingredients in a highball glass filled with ice. Garnish with lime wedge. Served: On the rocks; poured over ice Standard garnish: Lime slice Drinkware: Highball glass

Thank you Jacqui, I'm sure it will. I've had that surgery before. Should have stayed out of the sun when I was young.

Biopsy results are in. Basal cell carcinoma. I’ll call on Monday and make an appointment for March for Mohs surgery. Not a big worry. But thank you all for your concern.

No, I haven't heard anything yet.

Whiskey Highball cocktail: Ingredients 2 ounces whiskey 4 ounces soda water, chilled Steps Add the whiskey into a highball glass with ice. Top with soda water and stir gently and briefly to combine.

Blue Hawaii cocktail: The Blue Hawaii cocktail was born at Honolulu’s Kaiser Hawaiian Village (now Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Resort). In 1957, a sales representative of Dutch distiller Bols asked legendary bartender Harry Yee to design a drink that featured its blue curaçao, a Caribbean liqueur made using the dried peel of the Laraha citrus fruit. The Blue Hawaii is a tropical cocktail made of rum, pineapple juice, Blue Curaçao, sweet and sour mix, and sometimes vodka. It should not be confused with the similarly named Blue Hawaiian cocktail that contains creme of coconut instead of sweet and sour mix. Wikipedia Ingredients 3/4 ounce vodka 3/4 ounce light rum 1/2 ounce blue curaçao 3 ounces pineapple juice 1 ounce sweet and sour mix* Garnish: pineapple wedge Garnish: cocktail umbrella Preparation: Combine all ingredients with ice, stir or shake, then pour into a hurricane glass with the ice. For garnish score pineapple or orange slice with a knife and inert onto rim of glass; optionally use toothpick or cocktail umbrella to spear maraschino cherry through center and attach to top of fruit slice; otherwise float cherry on top of ice. Served: On the rocks; poured over ice Standard garnish: Maraschino cherry, Orange slice, Pineapple slice Drinkware: Hurricane glass

Shoulder to the shoulder is how my friend remembered when she was driving.