Midweek Cafe and Lounge, Vol. 128

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1. My oral surgery went extremely well yesterday but left me exhausted and $4,750 in the hole out of pocket after insurance. Get financially hammered while insured is such an American thing.

   1. I know it. Our household has dealt with three hospitalizations in three years. One we could handle. We’re at a point where one more serious illness or injury will have me declaring bankruptcy. Only in the US. But “freedom!”

      1. Solidarity, Don.

         Our country is so much less than it should be.

         1. At least you have insurance. I’m in Tennessee, where there’s no Medicaid expansion, and I can’t currently afford to buy into the ACA.

2. “Our trusty bartender does a great job in my absence.” Why, thank you! Just for that, I’m serving another cocktail for a Democratic presidential candidate. Today, it’s Amy Klobuchar. In her honor, it’s Minnesota’s official cocktail, The Bootleg. Watch Lunds & Byerlys show how one is made.

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y87HbKhaLjg

   Mix up a batch of refreshing, citrusy Bootleg cocktails.

   “So hoist a pint, wine glass, shot glass, or travel mug and let’s have a toast to community.” Indeed!

   1. Fun fact: Amy Klobuchar follows my Twitter account. Hopefully she doesn’t get too bored of tweets of cats and dodgy science.

      1. She follows mine, too. Good taste on her part!

   2. Now time for a toast to Kirsten Gillibrand, who dropped out yesterday and whose favorite drink is a shot of whiskey. Here she is, tending bar.

      https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/sen-gillibrand-gay-bar-blazing-saddle-fred-gilgen-3.jpg

      1. What’s with New York politicians tending bar?

         1. That’s where New York politics got started. E.g., Fraunces Tavern—where the Sons of Liberty met & conspired, where the NY Chamber of Commerce was founded, and where Washington delivered his farewell address to his Continental Army officers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraunces_Tavern

      2. Bernie Sanders has a drink named after him. Like Trump, this one is official. Food and Wine shared the story and recipe.

         Sanders treated everyone at the party to a custom cocktail—the Bernie Paloma. The drink was developed by Miguel Marcelino Herrara from D.C.’s hip cocktail spot, Barmini. And while Bernie Sanders doesn’t exactly seem like the type who throws back $17 cocktails (good on him for drinking Heady Topper), the drink that bares his name still sounds pretty good.

         If you plan to vote for the Vermont Senator (or even if you don’t), here’s what you should toast with (per the NY Times):
         The Bernie Paloma:

         1/2 oz. Vermont maple syrup
         1/2 oz. fresh lime juice
         2 oz. fresh grapefruit juice
         2 oz. silver tequila
         Garnish: “salt air,” which is sea salt, lime juice, water and Sucro, emulsified with a hand blender.

         1. Here’s the image for the Bernie Paloma.

            https://i.pinimg.com/564x/d3/3f/8c/d33f8c0c72dfbe847752933b00afde6c.jpg

         2. Here’s another suggestion for Bernie Sanders from Bobbie Flay of Food Network, the Old Vermont Cocktail.

            https://food.fnr.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/food/fullset/2012/12/19/1/CCBAB306_Old-Vermont-Cocktail-Recipe_s4x3.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.826.620.suffix/1385480576194.jpeg

            Ingredients

            1 1/2 ounces gin
            1/2 ounce grade B pure maple syrup
            1/4 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
            1/4 ounce freshly squeezed orange juice
            2 dashes bitters, such as Angostura
            Ice
            Orange rind

            Directions

            Combine the gin, maple syrup, lemon and orange juice and bitters in a cocktail shaker. Add some ice and shake a few times. Strain the drink into a martini glass and garnish with the orange rind.

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