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Filling another hole in our Swiss-cheese knowledge of horror, we read our first Poppy Brite book. A quintessential Goth (as opposed to gothic) novel, we think we see what Ms. Brite's trying to do, and like a lot of what we see, but we kinda wish we'd read one of her later, more assured books.
It's cocktail time!
The Chartreuse Sazerac
Chill a small rocks glass. Place sugar cube in a shaker, and add 3–4 dashes Peychaud's bitters and 2 shots rye whiskey. Stir gently with ice.
Add a few drops of Chartreuse to the chilled glass and swing out, leaving the glass coated with the liqueur. Rub lemon peel around the rim of the glass. Strain contents of shaker into chilled glass and garnish with lemon peel. Enjoy the weird rosy burn of this classic New Orleans cocktail.
It's cocktail time!
The Chartreuse Sazerac
Chill a small rocks glass. Place sugar cube in a shaker, and add 3–4 dashes Peychaud's bitters and 2 shots rye whiskey. Stir gently with ice.
Add a few drops of Chartreuse to the chilled glass and swing out, leaving the glass coated with the liqueur. Rub lemon peel around the rim of the glass. Strain contents of shaker into chilled glass and garnish with lemon peel. Enjoy the weird rosy burn of this classic New Orleans cocktail.
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2 comments:
Why don't you experiment with removing comment moderation?
With immediate feedback, and the chance to start conversation, more people might comment.
Hey, you discussed Twilight a while back. There's a controversy raging that it's got a secret agenda to indoctrinate girls in the Mormon submissive-wife ethos.
Does that seem plausible to you guys?
Emphyrio,
We'll consider removing moderation. You could be right that it'll boost feedback.
I wasn't aware about that particular controversy about Twilight (only the sparkly vs. nonsparkly vampire throwdown). We did note, especially in the later books, a subtle, and at times not-so-subtle, Mormon thread.
I doubt, however, that there's a secret agenda. The Mormon beliefs are no more secret and hidden than, say, Stoker's secret agenda in Dracula to stoke fear of immigrants. Both agendas are there, no doubt, but are more a spontaneous expression of the authors' belief systems than of anything sinister like consciously planting subliminal messages for readers to absorb.
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