After not doing a food post for well over a month, I seem to be back with a vengeance with my Bygbaby Cooks post. I hope my domestic side is not boring you to death because I’m having fun working on recipes, tweaking old one & getting bigger in the process.
I do enjoy mixing cocktails & experimenting with fruits juices & liquors. I test a lot of my recipes out on friends when we have parties & I have only had one drink bomb over the years.
Many friends come over & before they sit down, they ask me to fix drinks. My first reaction is oh yeah, let’s do this, my 2nd reaction is bitch do I look like Isaac!
Anyway today I was craving delicious thirst refreshment after a long busy holiday weekend making Quench, selling Quench & running the streets. My raspberry lime spritzer was just what I needed to get my mind right & ready to face the real world tomorrow.
Ingredients:
– Fresh or frozen raspberries
– Seltzer or club soda
– Simple Syrup
– 1 Lime
– Gin (I prefer Rangpur Tanqueray)
Simple Sugar Procedure:
– Combine 1 cup of sugar with ½ a cup of water & a cup of raspberries in a small pot and bring to boil.
– Take a swig of your gin
– Reduce heat and let simmer 10 to 15 minutes.
– Allow to cool.
The finished product consistency should be the consistency of honey & deliciously sweet.
>>>>OK, now the fun part!<<<<
– Fill your highball glass with ice
– Pour one finger worth of gin or two if you want or need to be fucked up
– Spoon over 2-4 tablespoons your freshly made raspberry simple syrup
– Squeeze in some fresh lime juice then fill the remainder of the glass with seltzer of club soda
– Stir & serve
I garnished with lime and a few whole raspberries because I like pretty drinks. And yes, really men do like pretty & fruity drinks!
BTW, I’m using my left over raspberry simple syrup to drizzle over some French vanilla ice cream. Mmmmmmmm!
Darius T. Williams / July 7, 2008
I love that recipe you posted for simple sugar – lol – take a drink of gin? LOL – too funny.
Isn’t it simple syrup though? (sorry, it’s the foodie in me coming out)
Bygbaby / July 7, 2008
Umm, I was drinking, sooooooo it was simple sugar at the time. LOL!!!
Bygbaby
Meikmeika / July 7, 2008
ROTFL!!!! Great pic and thanks for the recipe! I’m all about pretty drinks…
sdg1844 / July 8, 2008
mmmm…sounds delicious! I love esthetically pleasing cocktails.
Bygbaby / July 8, 2008
Meikmeika/SDG1844 – Half of the posts that I do are done while cocktailing. BLogging & cocktails are a dangerous mix at times.
Sometimes I come back & read what I wrote & laugh & dog my own-self out for some of the shit I say & fucked up it all looks but oh well.
It’s all about pretty drinks.
Bygbaby
Cluizel / July 10, 2008
Stop it…that looks soooo good!
Bygbaby / July 15, 2008
Try it boo. Goes great with negro fixins!!!!!
Bygbaby
Ro~ / July 23, 2008
Ok, you really tryin’ to have all messed up for the summer!!! Another BLUuuuuurrrrrrry weekend awaits :O)!!!