Happy Saturday. David and I survived Friday the thirteenth and we’re going to celebrate our good fortune with a hearty holiday beverage and some conversation. Maybe we’ll have something to eat, too. Certainly, we’ll try to wrangle Linda’s prompt to the ground:
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “food.” Use it any way you’d like. Have fun!
Stream of Consciousness Saturday, by Linda G. Hill
If we were having a beer, you’d be in a festive mood.
“Good afternoon, Dan. Curley, please pour my young friend a nice cold Modelo draft.”
“Do you think he might be interested in our holiday drink menu?”
“Dan? Drink specials? I doubt it but hold off on the beer if you like.”
“David’s right, Curley. I’ll stick with the proven commodity.”
“No room for adventure? That’s okay. The holiday menu is kind of floofy.”
“Floofy? Is that a technical bartending term?”
“No, David. Purely an old man’s way of characterizing drinks that have five of more ingredients and preparation instructions that require scrolling through two screens. Here’s your beer, Dan.”
“Thanks Curley. Just out of curiosity, what am I missing?”
“Well, we have a White Christmas Margarita, a Partridge in A Pear Tree, a White Cranberry Cosmo, and the one I hate making the most, an Eggnog Espresso Martini. Trust me, I appreciate your ordering a draft.”
“Sounding a little like Grinch, Curley.”
“If there were four of you, David, I could mix up a pitcher of Grinchy Green Punch.”
“Given the way you complain about making my regular drink, I wouldn’t ask you to make anything complicated.”
“I kid you, David, but you basically have me spread the components of one drink across three glasses.”
“Don’t forget his cherries, Curley.”
“Three cherries? That’s nothing, Dan. We have a drink on the menu that requires me to cut a slice of fig.”
“Eww, I hate figs. Why would anyone want one in a drink?”
“Our Figgy Spritz caters to people who appreciate rich earthy flavors. At least that’s what the menu says.”
“Could I have another glass of John Howell’s Bourbon? The seltzer and ice are fine for now.”
“You want a slice of fig in there?”
“Thank you, no! Dan, did you have anything fancy to eat or drink at Old Sturbridge Village?”
“OF course, we stopped for Thai food before entering the Village.”
“I’ve never understood the connection, but I know you stop there every year.”
“The connection is that we use The Thai Place as a landmark for our GPS. Otherwise, it sometimes takes us to the bus entrance they use for school field trips.”
“What about in the Village?”
“They were baking and serving cookies from around the world. We sampled some of those.”
“Did you wash them down with some mulled wine or cider?”
“No. That was an option, but no. We did watch the blacksmith making a mulling iron.”
“So, nothing to drink?”
“We did have some cocoa with a splash of peppermint schnapps.”
“Now that’s a holiday drink I wouldn’t mind making. Hot chocolate, schnapps and a hit of whipped cream. You boys want anything to eat?”
“I think an order of Teagan’s Mushrooms would be nice.”
“By ‘an order’ you mean one order apiece…right?”
“Yeah, we gave up sharing until Lent.”
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