breakfast saloon

a while ago i started making my own coffee creamer because something was making me ill and i was pretty sure it was the int. delight.

sad face.  i miss you int. delight.

since i'm too much of a wimp to drink my coffee with just milk i put my google fingers on and searched something up.

bonus is i get to keep my creamer in a pretty pitcher now:

it is such a simple recipe..... equal parts sweetened condensed milk to half and half and vanilla to taste (about a tablespoon).

i use a bit more h&h than condensed milk.

after my first pitcher was done i made more and i was excited because i had just refilled my real vanilla extract stash.

i mixed it up that morning and went to the porch to enjoy my ffee.

hmmm

sip.

sip.

sip.

hmmm

something tastes... off.

what did i do wrong?

i did everything the same.

i don't understand?

and then it hit me.

i thought i had used my real vanilla last time but i had used my imitation.

real vanilla extract is 35% alcohol.

(imitation has 9%)

come on down to whiskey jim's breakfast saloon for k's twist on irish coffee.

fortunately there was no slurring of words since 35% of two tablespoons of extract in 28oz of liquid is not enough but oh, i could taste it.

i'm not sure if it's because i never drink so i'm sensitive to it or... and most likely... the fact that i HATE the taste of alcohol.  that makes being sober minded and avoiding drunkedness rather easy i might add.  i hate broccoli too but there is nothing in the Bible about avoiding broccoli.

pour that stuff down the drain.  do over.

i guess i could heat it up and burn off the alcohol... yadayada... but i have no plans on doing that.

i'll have to put my google fingers back on but in the meantime imitation will work just fine.

in other homemade news i started infusing vinegar:

i realized that i had accidentally paid $12.99 for lemon essential oil.  say what.

i had picked up something else that was $6.99.... i didn't realize that all the different kinds were different prices. (owa tagu sami)
that's what i get for forgetting to order something online where you pay the same price for quadruple the amount.

so i read that you can just throw your orange peels in vinegar and let it steep for two weeks.  we go through oranges.

i figure that this is rather common since i have recently found out that many people do this with spirits and wines.

i had no idea because in certain aspects i must have lived under a rock for a while.  that's okay... it's a really good rock that cannot move.

i haven't used it yet but i'm rather excited to save my exorbitantly priced essential lemon for my fabric softener and delegate orange infused vinegar to all my other cleaning products.