Kibitz In Charge

Last Saturday was International Talk Like a Pirate Day and the skeleton crew celebrated (in the only way possible these days) by eating and drinking too much at home! Is Ivy flirting with Jolly Roger?

As usual, Kibitz put himself in charge of the Feast of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. We humor him, even though the menu never changes and everyone already knows what they're supposed to do. 

First, he got HM busy making the spaghetti sauce.

Then put Burt in charge of the meatballs. 

  

He always has a few suggestions on how to improve the flavor.

Next, Ivy and Spenser were given a reminder that they were responsible for setting the table and making the patio shipshape for the celebrating.

Then he was off for some basil.

Ivy immediately got to work on the flowers . . .

. . .  and Spenser went back to sleep.

Finally, it was time celebrate! While looking for a new nautical-themed drink to try this year, Kibitz came across a recipe for the Universal Studios Ocean Attack Cocktail or as it's also known, The Shark Attack. Since the trip we had planned to the parks in Orlando got canceled last April, he thought it might be fun to give it a try by making it at home.

Let's just say it didn't live up to it's hype. It wasn't bad, apart from that . . . unique color but it was way too sweet for my taste. The grenadine did look like blood for awhile before it sank to the bottom and turned purple, ha! This recipe definitely has potential but it needs a lot of work to make it drinkable. Since shopping these days can mean accepting what's available (like a giant plastic bottle of rum) possibly better ingredients would have helped. Seriously, I'd rather settle for bargain rum than cheap toilet paper any day! Then again, we could adopt Mai Tai Mondays to get through all this booze. Sounds like a good excuse for a weekly Facetime/Zoom cocktail party.      

Watch out Burt, you could end up three sheets to the wind!

Here is the recipe Burt followed. It's from Intoxicology.net, which won't open now so it couldn't simply be added as a link!

Universal Studios Ocean Attack Cocktail

or the Shark Attack Drink

2 oz. Coconut Rum (I'd try Malibu if you can find it but any clear rum will do)

1 oz. Blue Curacao

3 oz. pineapple juice (or to taste)

top it off with Sprite

a dash of Grenadine or a cherry garnish for the "blood"  

After that dubious cocktail, we paid homage to the Pastafarians by consuming their supreme deity, the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Although this plate has three meatballs instead of two. Conversation was punctuated with the appropriate number of aarhs, avasts, and ass ryes. Then we made our usual donations to charities because we only want to talk like pirates, not act like them.

The next morning Burt experienced his usual amount of remorse but once again, Kibitz was on hand with the appropriate cure. Blimey! What would we do without him?

Thanks for stopping by, I hope everyone had a great weekend.

Happy Autumnal Equinox!