Posted by Larry Hoover on December 19, 2005, at 16:41:15
In reply to Re: fun questions- getting to know ya..humor me » Larry Hoover, posted by Gabbix2 on December 19, 2005, at 15:51:52
> > > >> My grandma used to make this clear gooey peppermint sauce, over vanilla ice cream. It was just the most exotic thing I had ever seen.
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> > > Umm, Lar
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> > > Did you actually *see* her make it?
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> > No. I was little. And you're not planning on busting a little boy's memory are ya? <all squinty eyed>
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> > Lar
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> Drat! Foiled.
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> Oh she did put a lot of work into it, she opened up that bottle which *was* a lot of work cause it has all that wire and tinfoil over the cork that had printed on it in little green letters
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> "Creme de Menthe" liqueur..
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> When we lived back East, my mom used to make that same very sauce to put over vanilla ice cream.No, it wasn't like that.
It was thick, about like corn syrup, and she had this beat up little pot she made it in. It was served a little warm, still, because I remember how it melted the ice cream, and then set up. Well, after it cooled, it was about like corn syrup.
I do remember now, watching it being made. A drop into cold water? Testing it? I dunno. It was magic to me.
My grandma didn't have booze in the house. Oh, that reminds me of another Christmas, over at our house. Grandma didn't know the punch was spiked. She kept going back for more.
Lar
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