For the drinkers.... how far have you gone? - Tiki Drinks and Food

K Kono Member Orlando Joined: Oct 08, 2003 Posts: 1266	K Kono Posted posted on Fri, Apr 15, 2005 7:37 PM I'd just like to add a curious anecdote that I related in some other thread: I noticed in my mixology experiments that my previously acknowledged (by me) lack of olfaction (poor sense of smell) was preventing me from being even a decent amateur mixologist. I knew my schnozzle was weak but after making my favorite Mai Tai recipe and finding it very bland a little 7 watt light bulb fizzled to life above my head and I realized I had a problem. No one should ever have to suffer through a bland Mai Tai! Being as I am reluctant to visit doctors or engage in basic "health care" or "well being," I went to Target and got some generic over the counter Claritin. What a difference it has made! I now smell the Good, the Bad and the Ugly. I love the smells of orgeat and mint, and the smells of tropical foliage but I am hating the smells of cat piss around the apartment building and the smell of people who wash their hair every four days. Anyway, since I've started taking this allergy medication I have found that I am liking more lime or lemon juice in my drinks. Yes, MORE! My only theory is that with a poorer sense of smell my brain could not perceive some of the smell and taste of the syrups and non-citrus juices that balanced out the lime and lemon. I have not yet tried any of the more offensive recipes from Berry's books but I will soon. I don't hold a great deal of hope for the Test Pilot however. I found it to be tasting like (theoretically) sucking the patchouil oil out of a 90 year old Bedouin's well used foot towel but that was pre-Claritin s I reserve the right to be wrong.

I'd just like to add a curious anecdote that I related in some other thread:

I noticed in my mixology experiments that my previously acknowledged (by me) lack of olfaction (poor sense of smell) was preventing me from being even a decent amateur mixologist. I knew my schnozzle was weak but after making my favorite Mai Tai recipe and finding it very bland a little 7 watt light bulb fizzled to life above my head and I realized I had a problem. No one should ever have to suffer through a bland Mai Tai!

Being as I am reluctant to visit doctors or engage in basic "health care" or "well being," I went to Target and got some generic over the counter Claritin. What a difference it has made! I now smell the Good, the Bad and the Ugly. I love the smells of orgeat and mint, and the smells of tropical foliage but I am hating the smells of cat piss around the apartment building and the smell of people who wash their hair every four days.

Anyway, since I've started taking this allergy medication I have found that I am liking more lime or lemon juice in my drinks. Yes, MORE! My only theory is that with a poorer sense of smell my brain could not perceive some of the smell and taste of the syrups and non-citrus juices that balanced out the lime and lemon.

I have not yet tried any of the more offensive recipes from Berry's books but I will soon. I don't hold a great deal of hope for the Test Pilot however. I found it to be tasting like (theoretically) sucking the patchouil oil out of a 90 year old Bedouin's well used foot towel but that was pre-Claritin s I reserve the right to be wrong.

Post #153176 by Kono on Fri, Apr 15, 2005 7:37 PM