ever since she visited italy about two years ago, she's talked about the wonderful limoncello she had there, so i decided to make some and simply give her a card in the meantime. so i finished it up a little over a week later and called to let her know it was ready and ask when we should get together so i could give it to her... she was in the hospital recovering from a staph infection! she fell off her bike a couple weeks ago and scraped up her elbow fairly badly. it opened up a few times over the next week and a half and became infected and swollen. she went to the emergency room on friday and got some antibiotics but it only got worse. she was admitted a second time on saturday night and they operated sunday morning. she's supposed to be out today or tomorrow and i'll probably see her thursday. |
just bottled my first batch of the kombucha with a few blackberries in each bottle and about to bottle my second batch of ginger beer later tonight. |
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how do you make limoncello? |
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{http://punkdomestics.com/,Punk Domestics}, a DIY site I'm in love with right now (and led me to the limoncello recipe). But it's super easy. Four ingredients, ten to fourteen days of infusing, make a simple syrup and you're done. |
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wow, grain alcohol. that is really surprising and scares the crap out of me. is it ready yet? did you try it? hope your aunt gets to feeling better. |
I dropped off the bottle for my aunt this afternoon. She was at the doctor and I didn't have time to wait around, so fingers crossed but no other news. |
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the recipe recommends not using vodka. i so want to make limoncello, but grain alcohol... i just... too closely associated with college dorm parties and date rape. i can already feel the headache. i've tasted the danny devito limoncello. we still have it in the way far back of the liquor cabinet. it was a gift. bleagh! |