Limoncello Time

Oh pshaw, on Thu 11 Oct 2007 10:28:46a, Goomba38 meant to say...

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I'm making limoncello. One batch is with 100 proof vodka, the other will
use grain alcohol. I have recipes that call for each. In the mindset of
performing a service to mankind, and in determining which is better, I
will sacrifice many helpless lemons (and a couple limes) to the
limoncello Gods and let you know my findings.

The ingredients of the Vodka batch-
http://i24.tinypic.com/ae4prn.jpg

Microplaning the peel-
http://i20.tinypic.com/292le2v.jpg

The nekkie fruit-
http://i21.tinypic.com/2nswcug.jpg

Now only time will tell-
http://i20.tinypic.com/10pp0ma.jpg

Looks and sounds enticing, Goomba!

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I'll be doing the batch using grain alcohol today as soon as I go buy
some more lemons. I think this will make a nice Christmas gift for some
cow-orkers of mine instead of the normal alcohol filled chocolates I get

But what, pray tell, are cow-orkers? :-)

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from Europe or buy at the military commissary.
I'm using Chris Dabney's favorite recipe found on Eggullet.
Goomba

(I just love typos ... I make so many myself.)

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I'm making limoncello. One batch is with 100 proof vodka, the other will
use grain alcohol. I have recipes that call for each. In the mindset of
performing a service to mankind, and in determining which is better, I
will sacrifice many helpless lemons (and a couple limes) to the limoncello
Gods and let you know my findings.

And I'd like to offer my services with taste-testing each batch. It's the
least I can do to help mankind, after all... 😉

I *love* limoncello! Maybe I should take the plunge and make some as well.

Mary

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But what, pray tell, are cow-orkers? :-)

I've worked with several of them, believe me.

Van

Oh pshaw, on Thu 11 Oct 2007 11:49:08a, Van meant to say...

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But what, pray tell, are cow-orkers? :-)

I've worked with several of them, believe me.

Van

:-)))

--
Wayne Boatwright
__________________________________________________

The Rule of Fives states that all things happen in
fives, or are divisible by or are multiples of
five, or are somehow directly or indirectly
related to a five.

I always make mine using grain alcholol 🙂 I have also tried using oranges
:P

Good luck,
Mike

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Quoted message said:

I'm making limoncello. One batch is with 100 proof vodka, the other will
use grain alcohol. I have recipes that call for each. In the mindset of
performing a service to mankind, and in determining which is better, I
will sacrifice many helpless lemons (and a couple limes) to the limoncello
Gods and let you know my findings.

The ingredients of the Vodka batch-
http://i24.tinypic.com/ae4prn.jpg

Microplaning the peel-
http://i20.tinypic.com/292le2v.jpg

The nekkie fruit-
http://i21.tinypic.com/2nswcug.jpg

Now only time will tell-
http://i20.tinypic.com/10pp0ma.jpg

I'll be doing the batch using grain alcohol today as soon as I go buy some
more lemons. I think this will make a nice Christmas gift for some
cow-orkers of mine instead of the normal alcohol filled chocolates I get
from Europe or buy at the military commissary.
I'm using Chris Dabney's favorite recipe found on Eggullet.
Goomba

Mike Torregrossa said:

I always make mine using grain alcholol 🙂 I have also tried using oranges
:P

Good luck,
Mike

Thanks. How long do you let yours sit before adding the simple syrup and
more of the liquor?

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I *love* limoncello! Maybe I should take the plunge and make some as well.

so you're the one that's drinking it all............. as i and dearest
christina cringe at the sight of it. go to sorrento italy, you will be in
limoncello paradise.

joe
petersburg (who will drink raki and single distilled grappa anytime over
limoncello, blech) alaska

just joe said:

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I *love* limoncello! Maybe I should take the plunge and make some as
well.

so you're the one that's drinking it all............. as i and dearest
christina cringe at the sight of it. go to sorrento italy, you will be in
limoncello paradise.

joe
petersburg (who will drink raki and single distilled grappa anytime over
limoncello, blech) alaska

Oh, man! Bite me! I haven't grappa in sooooooooo long. <sob>

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I *love* limoncello! Maybe I should take the plunge and make some as
well.

so you're the one that's drinking it all............. as i and dearest
christina cringe at the sight of it. go to sorrento italy, you will be in
limoncello paradise.

joe
petersburg (who will drink raki and single distilled grappa anytime over
limoncello, blech) alaska

Yes. The limoncello paradise is Sorrento (in Campania- Italy🙂...like
nothern Italy is the mother country of Grappa 🙂))
But please, don't make a limoncello with Vodka, please!!!! 🙂))
And another thing: Limoncello must be served very cold!

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Kisses
Pandora

"Nick Cramer"
Oh, man! Bite me! I haven't grappa in sooooooooo long. <sob>

And I beg you have never tasted the peers Grappa.
I have a bottle of grappa with a peer inside. In Italy is very common to see
it. I will sent you a pic.

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Pandora

On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:52:36 +0200, "Pandora" <[email hidden]>

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I *love* limoncello! Maybe I should take the plunge and make some as
well.

so you're the one that's drinking it all............. as i and dearest
christina cringe at the sight of it. go to sorrento italy, you will be in
limoncello paradise.

joe
petersburg (who will drink raki and single distilled grappa anytime over
limoncello, blech) alaska

Yes. The limoncello paradise is Sorrento (in Campania- Italy🙂...like
nothern Italy is the mother country of Grappa 🙂))
But please, don't make a limoncello with Vodka, please!!!! 🙂))
And another thing: Limoncello must be served very cold!

Some friends just recently returned from Italy and brought us a bottle
of Piemme Limoncello di Sorrento. I can't say it's something I'll miss
if I never have it again so, the remaining 7/8 of the bottle will
probably collect dust in the booze cabinet.
It was served very cold but perhaps not cold enough. Then again, you
can drink almost anything if you get it cold enough.
I'll stick to B&B.

Ross.

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On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:52:36 +0200, "Pandora" <[email hidden]>

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Some friends just recently returned from Italy and brought us a bottle

of Piemme Limoncello di Sorrento. I can't say it's something I'll miss
if I never have it again so, the remaining 7/8 of the bottle will
probably collect dust in the booze cabinet.
It was served very cold but perhaps not cold enough. Then again, you
can drink almost anything if you get it cold enough.
I'll stick to B&B.

Ross.

Not all, fortunately! 🙂

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Oh, man! Bite me! I haven't grappa in sooooooooo long. <sob>

dearest christina and i spent a couple of days in bassano del grappa,
northern italy. guess their industry. i think at least three distilleries
downtown (downtown!!) plus a grappa museum. nice town, i could become a
member of cafe' society there but it's too north.

joe
petersburg (who now appreciates the heat (and tomatoes) of the south) alaska

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I'll be doing the batch using grain alcohol today as soon as I go buy

some more lemons. I think this will make a nice Christmas gift for some
cow-orkers of mine instead of the normal alcohol filled chocolates I get
from Europe or buy at the military commissary.
I'm using Chris Dabney's favorite recipe found on Eggullet.
Goomba

Could you post the recipe please. Last year my friend and I made
antipasta - lots of fun to make but I didn't like it that much. This sounds
kind of neat for this year and we're looking for something to make in bulk.
Thanks. e.

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I *love* limoncello! Maybe I should take the plunge and make some as
well.

so you're the one that's drinking it all............. as i and dearest
christina cringe at the sight of it. go to sorrento italy, you will be in
limoncello paradise.

joe
petersburg (who will drink raki and single distilled grappa anytime over
limoncello, blech) alaska

Yes. The limoncello paradise is Sorrento (in Campania- Italy🙂...like
nothern Italy is the mother country of Grappa 🙂))
But please, don't make a limoncello with Vodka, please!!!! 🙂))
And another thing: Limoncello must be served very cold!

When I have limoncello on hand, I always keep it in the freezer.

Mary

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I *love* limoncello! Maybe I should take the plunge and make some as
well.

so you're the one that's drinking it all............. as i and dearest
christina cringe at the sight of it.

DH doesn't care for it, either. (That's OK....all the more for me, right?)

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go to sorrento italy, you will be in limoncello paradise.

Hey, if I could get to (anywhere in) Italy, I'd be in paradise, period. 😉

Mary

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Last year my friend and I made antipasta - lots of fun to make but I
didn't like it that much.

er, uh, um, antipasta is a meal course. your sentence could be translated as
'i made lunch but i didn't like it that much'

joe
petersburg (who can provide slightly less than a zillion antipasta dishes)
alaska

sorry elaine, didn't mean to come off like a jerk (and the rest of you shut
up)

an antipasti is usually a plate of......pick any of the following
-bruschetta
-salumi
-other cured meats
-olives
-cheeses
-pickled vegetable
-raw veggies
-tapenade
-stuffed mushrooms
-tomatoes w/ mozzarella and basil (fosco has a few good pics)

it can be influenced by non-natives, i've had hummous and tzat-tziki
variations

it's an hors d'oeuvre platter to liven you palate, stimulate conversation,
unwind while reading the rest of the menu

joe
petersburg (where it's never the same twice) alaska

just joe said:

sorry elaine, didn't mean to come off like a jerk (and the rest of you
shut up)

an antipasti is usually a plate of......pick any of the following
-bruschetta
-salumi
-other cured meats
-olives
-cheeses
-pickled vegetable
-raw veggies
-tapenade
-stuffed mushrooms
-tomatoes w/ mozzarella and basil (fosco has a few good pics)

it can be influenced by non-natives, i've had hummous and tzat-tziki
variations

it's an hors d'oeuvre platter to liven you palate, stimulate
conversation, unwind while reading the rest of the menu

joe
petersburg (where it's never the same twice) alaska

Back in my working days, maybe 22 years ago, we'd sometimes go to Marino's
Ristorante, on Melrose at Cole. We'd get a big platter of antipasti, pretty
much as you described, to start. The waiter would discreetly watch us like
a hawk. He would then show up with plates of whatever he saw we were
favoring. We would generally have a glass of a white wine with it, then
order a bottle, as I deemed appropriate, to go with the main course. $75
for two, including tax and tip. Stu had never spent that much for lunch in
his life, and although he didn't have much of the wine, he was looped by
the time we got back to work. Those were the days, my friend; I thought
they'd never end. Now, I've been retired for ten years. ;-/

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Nick. Support severely wounded and disabled Veterans and their families!
I've known US vets who served as far back as the Spanish American War. They
are all my heroes! Thank a Veteran and Support Our Troops. You are not
forgotten. Thanks ! ! ~Semper Fi~