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Home ยป Drinks ยป Getting “Ginny” With It!

Getting “Ginny” With It!

July 18, 2008 · WCC Administr@tr · 9 Comments

Ah, booze. Many of us have fond and not so fond memories of booze. Well, this month I created a new event series with my group called, “TGIF”, Thank God It’s Friday. With my TGIF events, I highlight a specific liquor or spirit that we learn about, mix drinks with and well, celebrate the start of the weekend.

I hosted my first TGIF event tonight and the booze du jour was Gin. I wasn’t exactly sure how I was to structure this event, because really, I just wanted to hang loose. Some of my events are very structured where there is a definite education aspect but tonight I winged it…. and I’m go glad I did. Rather than boring folks with the history and details about gin or providing demos of how to make certain drinks using gin, I opened it up for folks to experiment.

I provided 3 types of gin & a vermouth, carbonated beverages, fruit nectars & juices and ice. It was a chance for folks to get hands on and concoct their own drinks and play with ingredients they may not have had the chance to try on their own.

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dsc00149-3470899To start everyone off with a drink, I made this drink on the fly, which I’ll call Joelen’s Gin Refresher:

1 part Tanqueray Rampur
2 parts mango nectar
highball filled with ice
ginger ale

Fill highball with ice. Combine gin & nectar; stir.
Pour mixture over ice and top with ginger ale.

For dinner, we had a hodge podge of eats that folks brought in and some of which I prepared:
Crab Canapes from Yumi:
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Cilantro Cream and Blue Cheese Spread

from Louis (aka Joelen):
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Pumpernickel Cucumber Squares from Curtis:
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Fresh Pita & Hummus from Ruby & Joe
and Baba Ganhoush from Teresa:
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Sauteed Veggies w/Truffle Salt from Joelen:
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Broccoli Quiche from Charity & Garrett:
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Vietnamese Shrimp Salad from Linda:
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Cheese Tortellini w/Vegetable Ragu from Joelen:
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Chicken Alfredo Bake from Joelen:
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Baklava Platter from Ruby & Joe:
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Cherry Tartletts from Joelen:
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Chocolate Ganache Tart from Harv:
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Strawberry Angelfood Cake Salad from Nancy:
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After dinner we played a round of Foodie Fight and awarded the prize of the night… dsc00138-6165895dsc00131-5721713dsc00133-9289348dsc00134-5690617

And we rocked out the end of the night with some Guitar Hero on the Wii!dsc00139-6917674dsc00140-2949921dsc00141-1855300dsc00146-5110501

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  1. Peabody says

    July 19, 2008 at 9:54 pm

    What fun. I so never drink Gin so I think that would have been a good event for me so that I could play around with it.

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  2. Me says

    July 19, 2008 at 9:54 pm

    What a fun idea for Friday nights! One of my girlfriends and I were thinking about doing a similar thing with a different kind of wine each time…so when we run out we’ll move on to hard liquor! ๐Ÿ™‚ The food looks yummy too!

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  3. Katie says

    July 19, 2008 at 9:54 pm

    That sounds like fun! I have heard of a lot of people having similar parties. My parents aren’t party people (or foodies) but I hope to host some “when I grow up.”

    Reply
  4. That Girl says

    July 19, 2008 at 10:53 pm

    Thatboy loves gin, but it alwyas tastes like bathwater to me.

    Reply
  5. Anonymous says

    July 19, 2008 at 10:53 pm

    wow what a fun night….great idea!

    Reply
  6. BMK says

    July 20, 2008 at 7:13 am

    That looks like an incredibly fun evening. The food and drinks look delicious! What a great idea to use the fruit nectar as a mixer. Great way to kick off the weekend!

    Reply
  7. Mrs. Mighton says

    July 20, 2008 at 7:13 am

    This sounds like SO much fun! What a great idea! ๐Ÿ™‚ Oh, BTW, those cherry tartlets looked so yummy!

    Reply
  8. Unknown says

    July 20, 2008 at 5:14 pm

    yum!! so much fun ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  9. Sarah says

    July 29, 2008 at 5:27 pm

    What a fun event! I love it.

    Reply

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