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Demopoly

Danny Dawson — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:07:33 +0000

A version of Monopoly with legislative and judicial bodies added.

Except as noted, gameplay, goals, and equipment are identical to traditional Monopoly.

Before the first turn, one player is chosen randomly to serve as a Judiciary and one Legislator is elected from the remaining players (all players vote, even the Judiciary). In the case of a tie vote, the Judiciary gets an extra vote to break the tie. The Legislator presides for a 20 minute term which begins as soon as the elections are decided.

Upon election, the Legislator has the option to create, rescind, or amend one rule for the duration of the game. This rule must be communicated in its entirety before play continues, or the body must declare its intention to make no change. In addition, the Legislator again gains the power to create, rescind, or amend a rule every time they land on or pass Go and collect $200 during their term. Any disputes over the rules are decided solely by the Judiciary.

At the end of the Legislator’s term, another election is held to determine the Legislator for the next term. Everyone votes and re-elections are allowed. In this election, the presiding Judiciary again has a tie-breaking vote. As a final action, the outgoing (or incumbent) Legislator appoints a new Judiciary, after which the new term period begins immediately for both offices. The newly-elected Legislator may now choose to exercise their rule-making ability.

At any time, if the Judiciary wants to initiate a dispute over the rules, they must recuse themselves from the trial. For the duration of that trial, a temporary Judiciary is chosen at random (dice roll) from the players who are not currently in office.

The Laphroaig Project (au poire)

Danny Dawson — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 07:38:11 +0000

Since I’m diddling on a theme tonight, I decided to toy with Bourbon & Branch’s Laphroaig Project, substituting a half-ounce of St. George’s Poire Eau de Vie for the yellow chartreuse and peach bitters. It was a lovely drink, but still missed some fruitiness…I added back the peach bitters and wow, that’s really phenomenal: smoky, sweet, sour, and fruity combined in all the right ways.

The Last Word (Key & Genever)

Danny Dawson — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 06:52:24 +0000

Made a last word tonight using key lime juice and Anchor’s Genevieve, quite nice. Was 0.75oz on each ingredient except the key lime juice, which was between 1 and 1.25oz. Claudine enjoys her drinks on the sour side, and I think the extra lime juice helped balance the stronger flavors of the genever.

Ruddy Thursday

Danny Dawson — Fri, 28 May 2010 05:17:15 +0000

0.25oz nocino
0.25oz carpano antica
0.25oz cherry eau de vie (st. george)
0.5oz barbancourt rum
0.5oz reposado tequila (st. george)
0.25oz laphroaig
a few drops absente bitters (6ish)
a few drops Regans No 5 (5-6ish)

Stir with ice, serve up garnished with Luxardo maraschino cherries.

Smooth, smoky, sweet. Good for reading in the library late at night smoking your corncob pipe in your silk pajamas.

The Fancy Cola: Cocktail for a sunny day in San Francisco

Danny Dawson — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 21:55:16 +0000

2.5 oz Luxardo Amaro Abano
3 oz Q Tonic
1 orange twist
3 cubes ice

Pour amaro over ice, add tonic, squeeze twist to express oils, drop in glass, serve.

The Bowler

Danny Dawson — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:33:52 +0000

1 oz Nocino della Cristina
0.5 oz blended scotch (Sheep Dip)
0.25 oz Islay scotch (Laphroaig 10)
1 tsp Luxardo Maraschino
0.5 oz simple syrup
3 dashes Fee’s west indian orange bitters

shake vigorously with ice
chill cocktail glass, cut supreme of Mandarin orange, rub rim of glass with skin of orange, drop supreme in glass, fill, serve.

Fernet Add9

Danny Dawson — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:42:41 +0000

1.5oz Fernet Branca
2 dashes Fee Bros Aztec Chocolate Bitters

The Painted Lady

Danny Dawson — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:31:40 +0000

Juice of one grapefruit (about 3 oz)
2 oz applejack
1 tsp maraschino liquor
1 tsp black currant syrup
several slices of very fresh ginger
two or three drops of peach bitters

Shake hard, strain, and serve up. Would be better if muddled before shaken. Garnish w/maraschino cherries.

Tips on Cleaning Cauliflower Mushrooms

Danny Dawson — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:43:01 +0000

1. Find a small wire bottle brush. Any stiff-bristled brush will do, but the bottle brush is ideal for getting into all the nooks.
2. Be ready to find bugs. Don’t squeal.
3. Pill bugs are harmless.
4. Some centipedes are not.
5. After a thorough brushing on the outside, cut it into slices about 1/4 – 1/2 inch thick. Be ready for angry things to crawl out without dropping your mushroom on the floor.
6. Put the slices in a bowl of cold water and agitate to remove most of the remaining dirt. As you remove the slices from the water one by one, use your bottle brush to clean the last bits.
7. Move your freshly-cleaned slices onto a cooling rack or other grated surface (got a colander?) and set them in front of a fan for about a half hour or however long it takes to dry the surface water. You could use a paper towel if you prefer, but it’s unlikely you’ll remove enough moisture from the heavily-ridged edges.
8. Put your clean, dry cauliflower mushrooms in a paper bag and store in the fridge until you’re ready to use. Now that they’re no longer infested with dirt and bugs, they’ll keep longer and they’ll be ready to use whenever you want them.

The Jonathan Goldsmith

Danny Dawson — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:37:20 +0000

Recipe:
5 ml (1 tsp) Luxardo Maraschino
1.75 oz St. George Agua Azul reposado
15 ml (3 tsp) Ginger syrup
Juice of 1 meyer lemon

Shake above vigorously w/ice. Serve over rocks in glass rimmed with salt and ras el hanout.

Notes:
Smoky and sour with complexity from the luxardo. Mildly spicy with clove from the ras el hanout. Ginger syrup may get lost, but is what I have lying around and it dissolves better than granulated sugar.