I remember a scene in the movie Poltergeist II where Craig T. Nelson’s character is chugging (yes, chugging) a bottle of Tequila. Or was it Mescal? At the bottom of the bottle was a big worm. It reminded me of the catawba worms we used to use as fishing bait, back home. When he reached […]
Drinks
What’s the Difference Between a Tisane and a Decoction?
I wrote a little review article of Nighty Night tea the other day and it made me think about this question of tisane. Many people wonder about the difference between a tisane and a tea. Well, really, its a question of semantics. What we call an herbal tea does not contain any tea leaves, so […]
Traditional Medicinals Nighty Night Tea Review
My wife hates all tea whether is it tea made with actual tea leaves, or it is an herbal tea (semantics, it’s an infusion but we call it all tea). My son and I, though, tough guys that we are, we like all sorts of tea. We drink iced tea by the gallon and enjoy […]
Who Invented the Slurpee (ICEE)?
During the 1950’s, a guy named Omar Knedlik, who owned a Dairy Queen in Coffyville, Kansas, got fed up with how inefficient the ice cream cone was at producing a brain freeze and invented a machine to make a frozen drink called an ICEE. After that, you could produce the headaches by the dozen, leading the […]
9 Drambuie Cocktails
Rusty Nail, Royal Rob Roy, and Other Cocktails Featuring Drambuie Have some Drambuie but don’t know what to do with it? Well, you can drink it straight on the rocks, but it may be too sweet for you. So, here are cocktails perfect for everyone’s favorite Scottish liqueur, the most famous of which is the Rusy Nail […]
Is Beer More Relaxing Than Other Alcoholic Beverages?
Does Beer Make You Happy? I usually have one beer each night. Sometimes two. The reason I usually have one beer is that I like to have a nightcap, as they say, of whiskey, whether scotch, bourbon, Irish whiskey, etc. But I’ve long noticed that beer not only relaxes me quicker but puts me in […]