We brought over Wouter's b-day cocktail (The Dominicus). The Dominicus takes its name from Wouter's middle name, and had to be YELLOW (Wouter's favorite color - yellow bike, shoes, bag) for starters. Arjen's recipe is a hat tip to Wouter's days working at Shakeys (a yogurt shake shop), since it was a smooth, fruity drink with a smoothie quality. The rum was a hat tip to his time in Madagascar... and the result was a delicious, YELLOW concoction that we will ever refer to as the Dominicus.
1/3 of a banana
4 ounces pineapple juice
1/2 sour mix
2 ounces white rum
1/2 ounce coconut milk
Blend together
Astrid was a bit of a joker and brought some WONDERFULLY appropriate 'beers'. Although there weren't really beers, but instead, empty beer bottles that had been filled with cocktail creations. VERY CLEVER! And so much tastier than beer! Judith was the first one to accept a beer. Suspicious as she is, she sniffed it and examined it quite a bit before tasting it.Impossible to pull a fast one on Judith. I happily accepted the 'beer' and then had a 'refill' a while later. By then, I'd forgotten the joke and was authentically surprised and delighted to taste something other than beer.
Judith had a festive treat for us as well. After spending some time hidden away in the kitchen, she emerged with a glass that was covered with a rag-- much in the style of a magician.
She urged us all to try it, making us feel a little guilty meanwhile for all of the trial/error/time she'd put into the invention of this cocktail. By this time, we were all agog to see it and taste it. Finally, with a flourish, she lifted off the rag-- only to reveal an empty glass-- at which point she informed us that only those among us who had masturbated in the last 24-hours could see it. She calls it 'The Emperor's New Clothes'... anther great joke!
Snarf sampling 'The Emperor's New Clothes'
-empty glass
-rag
-puritanical story about masturbation
In keeping with the joke/ April Fool's theme, Wouter made a drink for me (yellow of course) that I like to call 'The Banana Peel' (one of the great prat props of all time). It was absolutely PERFECT in my mind, but then I love the two ingredients wildly.
-large cup Bailey's
-large cup Bol's Yogurt Liquer
-Marasquin
-small cup of triple sec
(too many of these and you won't need a banana peel to have a nasty fall)
Arjen made a drink called 'Kikker in je bil' (which translates as a frog in your ass). In true Dutch fashion, they manage to bring ass cheeks into the April Fool's Day event. Instead of saying 'Happy April Fool's Day', they say:
Een April, kikker in je bil
Die er nooit meer uit wil
This 'translates fully as:
'April 1st, frog in your ass, that never wants to come out.'
Perhaps some things are not meant to be translated.
RECIPE
2 ounces yogurt liqueur (Bols yogurt)
1/2 ounce of creme de menthe
Fill to top with tonic
Another of Wouter's creations...named 'The Untied Shoelace' for its power to trip you up as soon as you attempt to stand...
The Untied Shoelace
-2 ounces Baileys
-small cup of Apfelcorn (apple schnapps)
-triple sec
And last but not least, a drink to honor the funniest April Fool's story I heard... my friend Renzo from the gym told me that his grandmother used to call him every April the 1st to tell him she'd been robbed in her house and she was phoning from the floor-- on which she was beached--and she needed him to come immediately. Poor Renzo, being the darling he is, fell for it time and time again. I guess Peruvian women have a great sense of humor AND a vivid imaginations! This drink may leave you similarly prostrate, so make sure you have to phone in one hand when you make it.
The Renzo's Grandma
-large cup op limoncello
-small cup of strawberry liqueur
-small cup of triple sec
-large cup of grapefruit juice
Special guest appearance this week by Snarf...
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