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Tips for Marinating
- Don’t be afraid to substitute. Make that Recipe youir own! Dominate it! Finish the check! – More than a few friends have been horrified by my casual approach to marinades. However a fluid based on booze, salt and sugar … Continue reading
Posted in Musings, Recipes
Tagged marinade, marinating, recipes, sherry, whiskey, whisky
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CTV Morning Marinades
Steak in Bourbon 1 – 2 lb sirloin steak 0.5 -1 Kg 1/4 c. soy sauce 50 ml 1/2 c. bourbon 125 ml 3 crushed garlic 3 1 tsp chipotle ground 5 ml (substitute: cayenne) Put marinade in zip lock … Continue reading
Introducing the JG – a cocktail named for John Gormley
Allow me to introduce the cocktail I created in honour of John Gormley, the eponymous host of John Gormley Live. It’s sweet! It’s sour! It’s full of flavour! It’s intoxicating! And most of all it’s Canadian! 50 mls White Owl … Continue reading
Posted in Cocktails, John Gormley Live, Recipes, Spirits
Tagged angostura, bitters, JG, John Gormley Live, whisky, white owl
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Scotch for the Holidays
So what’s a good brand of Scotch that doesn’t cost the earth? Hm. Good question, Kevin. Pretty much all Scotch is expensive these days. Diageo had to build a new distillery in Scotland – some 5 million gallons a year … Continue reading
Posted in Spirits
Tagged affordable, black label, glenfiddich, glenlivet, johnnie walker, lagavulin, macallan, scotch, whisky
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White Whisky
IS it a return to the ’90s? (Remember clear Pepsi?) Maybe. Canadian Whisky has long been the whisky of choice for cocktails – hence the dominance of the brand in the ’50s and ’60s, and in the show Mad men. … Continue reading
