Happy Weekend!! FINALLY! I woke up on Tuesday thinking it was Thursday and was all excited that it was the almost-weekend…worst feeling ever! I’ve actually been doing that a lot lately. But nobody cares! On to the good stuff!
Yes, that says “Homemade PICKLE Vodka”. I know a lot of you (if anyone actually reads this thing) are gonna be all ew gross pickle?! but too bad! I love pickles, I love vodka. It’s a natural combination. There’s this brand of vodka called Naked Jay that sells pickle flavored vodka. I looked and looked at every liquor store I could find and NO ONE has it (not even Total Wine). I went as far as to tweet to their account on Twitter and they informed me, sadly, that they do not sell in Florida…YET! SO, in the meantime I had to get myself a recipe to make that shit! I really wish I still had the website/blog whatever where I got it so I could give them a shout out, but I don’t. So, disclaimer: this isn’t my recipe and I didn’t make it up!
You’ll Need:
- 750 mL Vodka (they recommended a higher end brand because cheap vodka may affect the end taste – I bought Smirnoff)
- 2 Cucumbers
- 6 Cloves of Garlic
- Dill (they didn't say how much so I bought a bunch in a package from Wal-Mart and used the whole bunch)
- 1 Jalapeno
- Some sort of container with a seal to keep it in (I got like a lemonade/tea pitcher with the spout thing on the bottom..? Yeah, I don’t know what it’s called – there’s a picture so you know what I’m talking about)
Make It!
Cut up the cucumbers into ½ inch slices, peel the garlic cloves but leave them whole*, take the stems off the dill, slice the jalapeno into quarters**. Put all ingredients in the container then pour in the vodka. Let it sit for 3-4 days and then make yourself a damn Bloody Mary for having such patience!!
*I smashed a few of the garlic cloves a little with the back of a knife to make it more garlic-y tasting.
**If you don’t like really spicy stuff, take the seeds and junk out of the middle of the pepper – that’s where the spice comes from. I left everything in and it’s not THAT spicy. Don’t forget to wash your hands and not touch your eyes/face after cutting it!
Like I said, make a Bloody Mary with this (recipe on my “The Classics” post). I don’t know what you could possibly drink pickle vodka with and I’m not about to try mixing it with anything else! I kinda tweaked the Bloody Mary recipe because I thought the vodka would have turned spicier than it actually was.
Here’s how I made my Pickle Bloody Mary:
Start with the Pickle Vodka, 3 dashes What’s-This-Here Sauce, Lemon Pepper Seasoning (only a little because the jalapeno adds some peppery taste). Then fill the cup with ice, add V8 & Clamato juice, top it off with more lemon than usual. Drank it up!
This stuff really does taste a lot like pickles guys! I added more lemon than normal because you don’t get the vinegary bite since, duh, there’s no vinegar added in it. Otherwise, it’s a fuckin’ liquid pickle! Amazeballs! I guess you can just leave it out on the counter. That’s what I’ve been doing. I’m pretty sure the vodka will kill any bacteria. But, if I turn up dead in a few weeks we can blame it on me ingesting some weird pickle-vodka-mold-fungus-
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| Looks so good! |
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| This is that container I was talking about. |
Revlon Royal
Holy blue! I’m on a blue/turquoise kick lately and WOW! I saw this in the store and couldn’t believe that was the color in the bottle. I thought it was wrapped in a different color plastic or something. If you find it or have it, I think you know what I mean. Naturally, I had to add it to my collection.
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| The picture really doesn't do it justice. You HAVE to see it in person! |
I guess you could classify this as a “jelly” polish. Forgive me, I have a nail polish blog but am totally not up on the lingo. Holos, hex, bar, jelly, whatever guys! It’s all nail polish! I DO know a jelly is that kinda see-through pretty stuff that you need like, five coats to fully cover your nails – good for the jelly sammiches that I wanted to try…andeventually will.
It’s a speed-dry polish too and it really dries super fast! The only thing I don’t like about it is it dries matte so I HAD to put a topcoat on in. I don’t know about y’all, but any time I put a topcoat on is always when I end up smudging, so I try to stay away from it. Nothing wrong with mattes, but I just thought it would be shiny – and I think it looks prettier like this.
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| Two Coats Revlon Royal with a Topcoat. |
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| Wow, I'm really pale. |
I used two coats of Royal and a topcoat. By Wednesday I had a lot of chips. I will, however, blame that on Tequila Tuesdays when my friend and I split two pitchers of margaritas and a shot of tequila each. Got a little outta control there for a couple hours. You know tequila, no explanations are necessary ;)
Have a great weekend y’all and tell your daddies Happy Father’s Day on Sunday!
