Here's what you need to get started.
A clean glass jug - if you don't have a friend who is a lush, you can always get one from the liquor store, OR you can just buy sangria, drink it up, and clean out the jar. Whatever floats your boat.
Fresh cherries - you can go pick them off your neighbor's tree, buy them at a farmer's market, or if all else fails, you can break down and buy them at the grocery store. Fresh cherries from the tree are best, but Bing cherries from the store will do in a pinch.
THE cheapest whiskey you can find. Seriously folks, it doesn't matter if you buy the best or the cheapest, it all turns out the same. Save yourself a few dollars, and ask your local wino what he drinks - or you can do what Becca and I do and just ask the guy at the counter where the cheap stuff is. He will laugh at you, but he will also point the way.
Sugar Cubes...keyword in sentence is CUBES. Don't buy plain sugar, it will not suffice! Yes, I know, I broke out a vocabulary word.
Okay...do you have all your ingredients ready?? Now for the FUN part!
Loosely fill the bottle up with the cherries of your choice. Then get out your sugar cubes and try not to make the flash reflect against the white sugar-cube box. Try to convince your husband that THIS is a prime example why you need a new camera and that it has absolutely nothing to do with the photographer or the set-up, it is obviously the camera's fault. 
Stuff the sugar cubes in the bottle until it is really full. Use your fingers or your mom's favorite wooden spoon. Realize ahead of time that if you use said spoon it will probably stain the end red.
When you get all said sugar cubes stuffed in the bottle (we used a whole box for one jar), pour your wino-whiskey over the top. For added fun, talk your mom into doing it while you take pictures. They will make great blackmail, especially if you convince her that no one will EVER see these pictures.
Wa-lah (yep that was for you Bec) you are finished. Your creation should look absolutely disgusting...just like this. If it smells like a drunk down the street who just ate a cherry mint, then it's perfect. Put the cap on it and call it good.
Here's the difficult part, it now has to sit in a dark-cool spot until Thanksgiving. I told you there would be a wait! I put mine in the pantry and try not to look at it when I'm getting macaroni-and-cheese.
Also, there will inevitably be a floater. Don't worry about it. It's just a rotten cherry. There will be questions, people will try to shake it, your mom will yell, just go on with life. I've been making this since my said friend got married, and to be honest I can't remember how long ago that was...I'm going to guess at LEAST 10 years ago.
Oh, and the cherry isn't rotten. I have no idea why it floats.
7 comments:
really until thanksgiving? starting today if you make it or starting next month? can it be ready tomorrow to share a friendly office drink?
So - what do the cherries end up doing? do they eventually turn to mush? (not mash, mush) Do you have to filter the drink before you drink it? Do you eat it with a spoon? Does it go on ice creme? :)
Yes, I have all of the same questions that Sheryl has......what do you do with it? Just drink it? Or do you eat the cherries? Another blog post, please.....because I will forget to come back here to check for an answer.
So well done Rhy! My parents would be so proud!! They buy all their glass bottles at auctions and buy cheap apple cider and dump it all out. You should see the looks and the questions they get when they buy 20 gallon glass jars at one time. It's priceless!!
rhy,
your told me I had to get the bottles at the liquor store. I could have been using Kasey's apple juice bottles!!!
Is that a "Merry Christmas" sign in the background? In July?
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