The girls are out for the night, so son & I voted steak. 2 Costco filets vac packed from my freezer straight into 130F bath for 2.5 hrs, then oil, salt & pepper and a hard sear for 2ish minutes on my new Vortex on the BGE XL. That got hot without the whole grill getting hot. Very tasted, son approved.
Killer Hogs AP rub then olive oil film on the bird. Stuffed w fresh thyme and lemon wedges. 450F indirect for 75 min, added potatoes, onion and garlic at 30min mark. Was worried about veg burning so I added stock - too much, flooded it, still tasty. Skin was crispy all the way around. Breast was moist as melting fat was basting it. Family approved.
Since I struggle to remember cocktail specs, unless it’s something stupidly easy like the 1:1:1 of a Negroni, and I got annoyed with my many cocktail books, in particular, my holy Death & Co, getting destroyed and wet from overuse in my home bar environment, I created a laminated recipe sheet. It’s an easy to follow recipe sheet with 32 of my, my wife and our family and friends’ favorite cocktails, that is visually appealing enough to also serve as an easy menu of sorts. I generally have all the ingredients for each of these cocktails on hand, with the exception of some garnishes like mint, or some of the citrus that I have to procure as needed. I have grouped the recipes by boozy, dairy based, citrus forward, tiki, etc., for easier recall. Each sheet is printed double sided, the photo shows two of the sheets to give you a fuller perspective. I hope that the laminated finish will allow this to survive reasonably long in a repeated wet and sticky home bar environment use. Most recipes are from Death & Co and r/cocktails like the Rattle Skull, which I adore but messes me up quickly.
Recipe
* collect your favorite cocktail recipes
* format them in your favorite word processor of choice, I used PowerPoint
* add a dash of ChatGPT generated images
* print double sided
* laminate
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Per request here is a link to the files
Yes, the Appletini is gross. People request it, a lot. What are you gonna do.