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.
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
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.