Hot Vodka

[DEFCON Creator]

Quite a simple recipe actually, but great for parties.

Take a liter of GOOD vodka, open it, don't drink it yet.
Take a teabag, fill it with dried crushed orange habanero flakes.
Fill a teabag (or two) with the flakes and put it in the vodka.
Sit it in the sun for TWO days.
Take it of the sun and put it in a dark place for 3-4 days.
Remove the teabags and enjoy!

Really good stuff for a bloody mary.:hell:

[imaguitargod]

Take a liter of GOOD vodka, open it, don't drink it yet.

lol!

[Tina Brooks]

Define "good vodka", I didn't think you guys could get Iceberg down there.

T

[marcosauces]

that actually sounds interesting...

[DEFCON Creator]

Define "good vodka", I didn't think you guys could get Iceberg down there.

T

We don't have icebergs down here, we prefer alcohol.

[Tina Brooks]

I said Iceberg, not iceberg. One is a giant chunk of ice, the other is a vodka.

Pity you don't have it there, it's the best vodka on the planet.

T

[imaguitargod]

I am a hige White Russian fan(ever since I saw The Big Labowski, I was hooked). This would make an awsome Spicey White Russian.

[DEFCON Creator]

I said Iceberg, not iceberg. One is a giant chunk of ice, the other is a vodka.

Pity you don't have it there, it's the best vodka on the planet.

T

Perhaps we don't NEED it here, I prefer the shine coming out of Tennessee.

[Tina Brooks]

Perhaps, but shine isn't vodka.

[DEFCON Creator]

And your point is? I prefer small batch vodkas like Woodford and Riverbend. To tell you the truth I am an avid beer drinker (which I think you witnessed in Albuquerque), and only drink booze occasionally.

[Tina Brooks]

I've never had the opportunity to taste Riverbend. but if you like Woodford, you'd like Iceberg.

It's crisp and it's clean and I think it's going to make a perfect spiced vodka.

T

[mikeyinokc]

I always use a peppered Vodka when making Bloody Mary's. Then along with the other ingredients use plenty of Tabasco, and pure horseradish.:lol:

[Tina Brooks]

I always use a peppered Vodka when making Bloody Mary's. Then along with the other ingredients use plenty of Tabasco, and pure horseradish.:lol:

I never would have thought to put horseradish in a Mary... But then, I don't exactly like horseradish, so it's no small wonder.

T

[thehotpepper.com]

I never would have thought to put horseradish in a Mary...
T
Basic ingredient down here.

[darthcarl]

Basic ingredient down here.

yep. ain't a good Bloody Mary without the horseraddish the worcester the hot. celery salting the rim is out and the celery stalk seems to have been replaced by the always available olive.

[Tina Brooks]

Celery, check, salted rim, check, horseradish... first I've heard of it.

Personally, I'm not a fan of tomato juice, so I'd much rather have a Bloody Caesar.

T

[DEFCON Creator]

Ok, maybe a nother shameless plug, but our #3 and #2 have been used quite frequently around here in place of the tomato juice, horseradish and dare I say Tabasco. Basically, put in a tad of Worcestershire sauce, vodka and ice into a glass, pour 3-4 ounces of either the #3 or #2 into it, shake well, and consume. Ahhh, the Defcon Mary....

[darthcarl]

as if on cue, August Chile Pepper magazine has a bloody mary article.

[Tina Brooks]

OH, now that's a bit much... Am I going to have to get a private mail box just so I can get my Chile Pepper magazine first???

T

[DEFCON Creator]

OH, now that's a bit much... Am I going to have to get a private mail box just so I can get my Chile Pepper magazine first???

T

Nope, you just have to get rid of a postal service that relies on horseback delivery.

[imaguitargod]

Nope, you just have to get rid of a postal service that relies on horseback delivery.
Zing! :lol:

[Tina Brooks]

Ya know that's rich coming from someone living in a country where the postal service is incapable of getting a signature for delivery of a package.

From where I sit, the difficulty isn't getting the mail delivery on THIS side of the border, it's getting it from Chile Pepper's shipping center TO the border that takes so danged long.

[DEFCON Creator]

LOL!!! You've GOT to be joking. I constantly have stuff getting to where I sent it in Canada in roughly a week. If it's mailed FROM Canada, I'm lucky if it's 2 and a half to 3 weeks. I wouldn't be concerned about a little signature, I'd be more concerned with your enitire postal service. Perhaps if they fed the sled dogs more than Soylent Green, they'd be a little quicker.

[Tina Brooks]

I hate to break it to you, but Canada post gives up control of the mail at the border. If it is taking three weeks for mail to get to you from Canada, it is the fault of your own postal service.

T

[DEFCON Creator]

Yeah, ok. Considering the people sending me stuff (yes, they are Canadian) are constantly complaining about getting stuff out of Canada. You're worried about a signature, it seems the majority of others I deal with in Canada are more concerned with getting the entire package OUT of their country. Like I said, it takes about a week for anything we send to get there. And there are time stamps on all the packages. Interesting how the time stamps are roughly 3 days from being stamped by the US and then arriving at our door. It HAS to be the sled dogs to the north.

[Tina Brooks]

Frankly, I could care less how long it takes for one of my packages to get to a US Postal address, I would simply appreciate confirmation that the US Postal service actually delivered it, this is easily shown by a signature. Which I might add is why I don't use the postal service to make the US deliveries -- I use GMX Worldwide. I shouldn't have to email a customer to ask if the US Postal Service delivered their order.

Fwiw, though, I haven't had any problem getting anything out of Canada, I'm registered with the FDA and all of our shipments are PN compliant. I would simply like the option of receiving a confirmation from the Postal Service that the package was actually delivered. As it stands, I can't even pay for that service. In fact, the second that a package is signed for at the border, I cease to be able to track it.

Which makes ya think. You're getting slow delivery of shipments from Canada, and I'm getting no service once the US Postal Service gets involved. Sounds like it's Pony Express not Canadian sled dogs.

T

[DEFCON Creator]

Interesting how I've never had a problem. Perhaps it's that little black cloud.

[Tina Brooks]

Interesting how I've never had a problem. Perhaps it's that little black cloud.

You have a black cloud? They must be good luck... silver linings being what they are. :)

T

[DEFCON Creator]

Mine are platinum.

[Tina Brooks]

Lol... Even better! :)

T

[DEFCON Creator]

Of course it is, my packages always arrive on time.

[POTAWIE]

Anybody try Brita filtered vodka. Apparently you can improve cheap vodka by simply filtering it through a brita filter several times. They did it on mythbusters. Here's a link
http://www.elephantstaircase.com/wiki/index.php?title=BritaFilteredVodka

[Sickmont]

Anybody try Brita filtered vodka. Apparently you can improve cheap vodka by simply filtering it through a brita filter several times. They did it on mythbusters. Here's a link
http://www.elephantstaircase.com/wiki/index.php?title=BritaFilteredVodka

I'll have to try that trick.

[DevilDuck]

Here's a spin on the teabag method for making spicy vodka...

Take your favorite vodka and epmty out the contents into a suitable container. Fill bottle with peppers of your choice (I used jalapeños and pequins) and refill the bottle. Let it sit for about a week in a dark cool area. Enjoy spicy shots, Bloody Mary's or Martinis. You can eat the peppers, but you will get a good buzz from them.

Oh, your vodka will change color.

[Sickmont]

Here's a spin on the teabag method for making spicy vodka...

Take your favorite vodka and epmty out the contents into a suitable container. Fill bottle with peppers of your choice (I used jalapeños and pequins) and refill the bottle. Let it sit for about a week in a dark cool area. Enjoy spicy shots, Bloody Mary's or Martinis. You can eat the peppers, but you will get a good buzz from them.

Oh, your vodka will change color.

My sister has a catering business and she does it just like that. I talked to her this weekend and she explained it all to me over the phone. Too bad she won't use hotter peppers in it when she makes it(she makes a boatload of it and then gives it out as Christmas gifts from her business)

[DEFCON Creator]

Here's a spin on the teabag method for making spicy vodka...

Take your favorite vodka and epmty out the contents into a suitable container. Fill bottle with peppers of your choice (I used jalapeños and pequins) and refill the bottle. Let it sit for about a week in a dark cool area. Enjoy spicy shots, Bloody Mary's or Martinis. You can eat the peppers, but you will get a good buzz from them.

Oh, your vodka will change color.

Hmmm, perhaps. I have tried both ways, and the powdered orange habs in a teabag will kick the heat up way more than whole peppers. It has to do with the amount of surface area the alcohol hits, and there is far more surface area ina couple teabags than there is with a whole peppers. Give it a shot, you'll be pleasantly surprised. The whole peppers look a lot cooler for show, but if you want heat, bag it!

[Sickmont]

Here's a spin on the teabag method for making spicy vodka...

Take your favorite vodka and epmty out the contents into a suitable container. Fill bottle with peppers of your choice (I used jalapeños and pequins) and refill the bottle. Let it sit for about a week in a dark cool area. Enjoy spicy shots, Bloody Mary's or Martinis. You can eat the peppers, but you will get a good buzz from them.

Oh, your vodka will change color.

HA! just gave me an idea....i've got half a 1.75 liter bottle of vodka at home and a boatload of jalapenos....i know what i'm doing tonight!

[bubbaschili]

someone enlighten me......was watching something on tv and they said something like to make a low cost vodka into a high priced vodka run it thru a brita filter a cpl of times???? wonder what would be the diffence in the taste??
and i guess if the lower priced vodka got ya drunk.........who cares??

[POTAWIE]

someone enlighten me......was watching something on tv and they said something like to make a low cost vodka into a high priced vodka run it thru a brita filter a cpl of times???? wonder what would be the diffence in the taste??
and i guess if the lower priced vodka got ya drunk.........who cares??

Check the link I posted above. Here it is again
http://www.elephantstaircase.com/wiki/index.php?title=BritaFilteredVodka

Quote:
"Mythbusters" did a bit on this recently and concluded that, while it does perhaps improve the flavor of bad vodka a bit, it really doesn't make a silk purse from a sows ear. That and the fact that by the time you've bought the filters and whatnot, it's going to cost more to filter "bad" vodka (is there really such a thing as "bad" alcohol) into "good" vodka than it would to just buy "good" vodka in the first place.

[bubbaschili]

i guess its kinda like riding in a 64 dodge dart or a brand new ferrari...you still get to your destination.........drunk

[bubbaschili]

ive always wanted to write to mythbusters and have them do a show on the myth of milk is better than cold water to reduce the heat of pepper or hot sauces.

[imaguitargod]

ive always wanted to write to mythbusters and have them do a show on the myth of milk is better than cold water to reduce the heat of pepper or hot sauces.
They don't need to, that one is fact. There is a chemical in milk (casein) that breaks the chemical bonds of capsaicin.

[Sickmont]

is there really such a thing as "bad" alcohol

With Vodka, usually it's just comes down to smoothness and how easy it goes down....for example i can take a sip(or a chug;) ) of kettel one and it's super smooth...but i can't do that to the cheap stuff because it makes me gag...it's just too harsh

[bubbaschili]

They don't need to, that one is fact. There is a chemical in milk (casein) that breaks the chemical bonds of capsaicin.

i agree with ya..i just feel like it would be a funny show to see the 2 mythbuster getting burned.

they could do like 5 or 6 diffent things
milk
cold water
cold beer
bread

[DEFCON Creator]

We have found that straight white table sugar is BY FAR the best antidote for killing the hot. Works every time, and only takes 10 seconds or so.

[imaguitargod]

We have found that straight white table sugar is BY FAR the best antidote for killing the hot. Works every time, and only takes 10 seconds or so.
I'm going to have to try that. But it does stand to reason. The original Schoville test was with water and sugar to dilute the heat...

[DEFCON Creator]

The is good reasoning behind it. Capsaicin and simple sugars have a quite strong atomic bond. When it enters your mouth, the sugar is basically put into solution, and the capsaicin crystal falls to the bottom of your tastebunds, making you feel happy. Since it has been stripped of his sugar buddy, and you fill your mouth with a whole bunch of new friends, our friend Mr. Cap, seeking friendship, jumps out of your tastebud forest and joins another sugar, and is then swept away into the bowels of Hydrochloric Hell. That sounded a lot better than an actual clinical breakdown, now didn't it?

[darthcarl]

My new favorite Vodka is Hangar One. A bartender friend says " have you tried this?" I say "I haven't drank vodka straight for a few years" He pours me a glass and on the way home I'm stopping at the liquor store.

http://www.hangarone.com/

[imaguitargod]

He pours me a glass and on the way home I'm stopping at the liquor store.
...to go pee, because cheap vodka goes straight through me... :lol:

[Sickmont]

My new favorite Vodka is Hangar One. A bartender friend says " have you tried this?" I say "I haven't drank vodka straight for a few years" He pours me a glass and on the way home I'm stopping at the liquor store.

http://www.hangarone.com/


Hmmm....i'll have give that stuff a try

[sealegs]

I wonder how this would work with gin, as I always use gin when making bloody mary! :hell: In fact, legion has it that the "original" bloody mary was made with gin - - - - but that is probably an "arguement" for another thread!!!:onfire: