When I had to make a decision to buy the clear or the green food colored creme de menthe, I chose the basic model. And earlier, for the ... heck, I've already forgotten what cocktail used creme de cacao ... Brandy Alexander, that's the one ... I bought brown creme de cacao because my liquor store (Twin Liquors on Brodie ... here's a shout out!) where they are beginning to know me quite well was out of the clear ... good lord, where am I going with this sentence?
Let me start again. I didn't want green creme de menthe. I already had brown creme de cacao, and I'm too cheap to buy two types of creme de cacao. There.
So, I didn't technically make a Grasshopper. I'm going to call it a Cricket. It looked like all the other light brown creamy drinks that I've already consumed this month, but it was minty fresh. Well, no, it wasn't all that minty fresh, because it had cloying cream (I made it with half-and-half, but it was still cloying).
Now I wonder, would I like a grasshopper if it were made without the cream? Quite possible. As it was, it was more like mint chocolate chip ice cream ... meh.
Here's What You Need to Make a Grasshopper:
- Shaker
- Ice
- 1 oz creme de mente (green or clear)
- 1 oz creme de cacao (clear or brown)
- 2 oz cream
- Cocktail glass
Shake by jumping up and down. Pour into cocktail glass.
Manly or Girly? So very girly
Appearance: Lord, please save me from the beige creamy drinks (henceforth known as BCDs)
Consistency: Creamy, natch
Taste: Very sweet, mint as an aftertaste mostly
Stomach acceptance: Reluctantly
Good drink for: I'm struggling to think of a good environment for the Grasshopper or the Cricket. Nope, I got nuthin'
Hangover factor: Yes, and that would be a horrible hangover
Would I actually order this in public? Nope
Tomorrow's Assignment: Greyhound
Homework:
- Ice
- 2 oz vodka
- 4 oz grapefruit juice
- lemon or lime wedge for garnish
- Tall glass
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