It's Raining, So It Must Be...

krizon

krizon

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I don't belieeeeve it! A slightly grey but warm morning has now given way - at least down here on the sahf coast - to utter dreariness and light rain, and chill.

It must be the start of Wimbledon! Don't know who BrianH's fancying as this year's winner, but the poll on NTL 'Do you think a British player will win this year?' shows around 95% say 'NO'! :lol: We're nothing if not fair about ourselves.

I'm looking forward to watching it on telly, though apparently this year it's gone all interactive for those who know what to do with their little red buttons, with some five matches on at a time. One's exhausting enough for me, and I'm getting in a copious stock of Lucozade for the fray.
 
It'll be just enough to probably make the top of our course skiddy and nasty, if it continues tonight, troodles. It's been Firm so far, so no doubt tomorrow they'll be skinning the top of it. Yuk.
 
:P and :P again! After Brighton today (remained dry, but got very blustery and rather chilly), I went to a newish Brazilian restaurant (cue Brian and Brazilian jokes) and enjoyed their happy hour - I can't think of the name of the Brazilian version of tequila, it's sharper than rum and with fresh limes and crushed ice it's fabulous. The word's a bit like 'piranha' - I knew I'd forget it! Piritana? :confused: Anyway, I'm going back to buy two bottles of the stuff. One for Maria, the lovely Brazilian carer at Mum's home, and one for this home's use! :)
 
Well done, young man! Those years spent lounging round bars were well spent! The very same, and lovely it is, too. The cocktail was made with it, over several squished fresh limes, topped with shaved ice. I had four. (Well, it was 2-4-1 Happy Hour!) I did eat - delicious calamares, followed by Ximxim, apparently Pele's favourite way to eat chook: chicken breast with saffron rice, with a creamy lime, ginger, coriander, peanut and shrimp sauce. Mmmmmm.... :)
 
The drink sounds good to me! I'm a big fan of Margueritas, they are superb if properly made.

Btw where does the rum come into it? I'm a-confused (not that it takes much!!) as tequila isn't a rum, it's a spirit distilled from the blue agave plant, hence it's name in Spanish - bebida espirituosa de agave.
 
It's not much diferent from rum, both are distilled from sugar, only Tequila is specifically sugars from the agave plant and subject to stricter production regulations.
 
The cachaca is made from sugar cane, but doesn't get down to the treacly stage that the dark rums do. Had another at lunch today, over a selection of fabulous tapas, shared with a pal. We love the restaurant - after the extreme disappointment of rip-off Carluccio's only a door or two away, it's refreshing to find somewhere where the manager remembers your name from the night before, where the prices are very reasonable, the service cheerful, and the place has a pleasant decor. I think you'd like it, Pee, if you make another trip to Brighton. It's called 'Iguanas' and it's just down the road from me, opposite our new library, which is another Ascot-style erection in plate glass and steel. The passing scene is probably rather more sartorially eccentric, though!
 
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