I'm like fvckin roided out on turkey here man. brussel sprouts, which I

[Sir C]

Did your w-c friends encourage you to down your drinks in one and cheer?
Light and frothy racial abuse bantz?

There was quite a lot of downing drinks in one. Oh God it was so horrible.

[Sir C]

I'll let Raymond Blanc and Gordon Ramsay, to name but two, know how you feel about their palates.

"Gordon, we need a turkey recipe for Christmas"

"But turkey's ****, you can keep your 20 grand."

[Burney]

There was Sambuca

I have dim recollections of a particularly offensive rant about 'queers and faggots'. Still, at least I didn't get racialistic.

When did this obsession with drinking Sambuca start? I remember it being something my father might drink in a bar on holiday in the Med if he was already pretty far gone, but a few years ago, people seemed to decide it was something to drink in shots. I can only assume there was some canny marketing behind this because Christ knows it can't be because of the flavour.

I'm going to do your lamb kebab thing tonight, I think.

[Luis Anaconda]

When did this obsession with drinking Sambuca start? I remember it being something my father might drink in a bar on holiday in the Med if he was already pretty far gone, but a few years ago, people seemed to decide it was something to drink in shots. I can only assume there was some canny marketing behind this because Christ knows it can't be because of the flavour.

I'm going to do your lamb kebab thing tonight, I think.

I remember drinking quite a lot of it in the 90s. Probably explains a few things. As evil as it is, it is still better than the obsession with ****ing Jägermeister. I had both in one evening a couple of weeks back - the result was not pretty

[Burney]

I remember drinking quite a lot of it in the 90s. Probably explains a few things. As evil as it is, it is still better than the obsession with ****ing Jägermeister. I had both in one evening a couple of weeks back - the result was not pretty

Oh, I can't drink Jägerbombs ever again. Any combination of alcohol and Red Bull seems to cause me to have psychotic episodes.

Of course the drink that started all this shots nonsense is tequila, which - as I've explained many times before - is pure, liquid evil.

[Sir C]

When did this obsession with drinking Sambuca start? I remember it being something my father might drink in a bar on holiday in the Med if he was already pretty far gone, but a few years ago, people seemed to decide it was something to drink in shots. I can only assume there was some canny marketing behind this because Christ knows it can't be because of the flavour.

I'm going to do your lamb kebab thing tonight, I think.

Bear in mind the importance of the red onion, yoghurt, chilli sauce and big handfuls of mint and coriander. Without these it wouldn't have worked so well.

[Ash]

I remember drinking quite a lot of it in the 90s. Probably explains a few things. As evil as it is, it is still better than the obsession with ****ing Jägermeister. I had both in one evening a couple of weeks back - the result was not pretty

I haven't touched Sambuca since that night in the Drum & Monkey after the 2-2 with Barcelona.

[Luis Anaconda]

I haven't touched Sambuca since that night in the Drum & Monkey after the 2-2 with Barcelona.

Oh christ - I wish I could say the same but I blocked that out of my mind.

[Luis Anaconda]

Oh, I can't drink Jägerbombs ever again. Any combination of alcohol and Red Bull seems to cause me to have psychotic episodes.

Of course the drink that started all this shots nonsense is tequila, which - as I've explained many times before - is pure, liquid evil.

Preaching to the converted here, b. Beyond evil. One of my first weeks here, we had a big function in a Mexican restaurant - there was a tequila tasting (laughingly we were told this was the good stuff). Being new I didn't want to seem out of place*. Don't think I have touched it since



* yeah right

[eastgermanautos]

Are you one of them darkies then, e?

The grub sounds great. I have to marshal all that tomorrow.

We "celebrate" Thanksgiving in my house too nowadays, for some mysterious reason, so I just use it as a dry-run for Christmas dinner.

Nah, I'm a white dude. But my longtime pal from college is a black fellow from Shreveport, LA. He represents a mix of things: total rich kid, as his pops was a sort of mafioso of sludge contracting in Louisiana. On the other hand my friend, effete and probably embarrassed by this source of wealth, is a major gourmand and world traveler. He brings the Southern cooking -- collard greens, grits I guess -- but also provides the fancier items.