it's summer here! we are on our fourth day of a little heat wave. it's summer in april! and i love it. this past weekend we worked on the yard, got the sprinkler out, ate on the deck and just generally felt happier. after the kids go to bed D and i have been just milling around outside, picking up toys and doing little chores. it just feels good.
over the weekend D and i went out to celebrate D's birthday. we had a nice long and relaxing dinner and then went bowling, D's favorite. at dinner i adventurously ordered a drink called "the duke of cuke". it went along well with my skirt and no tights on the first day of the heat wave. the drink was fantastic and we tried to duplicate it at home with good results.
the recipe:
1 c. cucumber juice
4 shots of gin, we used sapphire
2 T sugar syrup (sugar dissolved into water, about 2 T: 1/4 c. water)
if you have a juicer, great! if you don't, like us, you can improvise. we put 2 of those long cucumbers in the blender until it was pulverized and then put it through a cheesecloth bag. it worked beautifully. add all of the ingredients to a cocktail shaker with some ice and shake it.
pour over ice and garnish with a slice of cuke
makes about 3-4 drinks.
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