You know, I don’t read a lot of papers….being a cat and all. But I think I’d have heard if they reinstated prohibition.
So, what’s a cat got to do to get a drink around these parts? I see plenty of bottles but not nearly enough booze on glass action. Chop chop ladies! Let’s get some shakers working. Soon.
Stripe out.
Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Tonight we have a lovely beverage and snackie menu.
To begin with:
Chilled vichyssoise shooters with #5 Citrus martinis.
Nice clean, not too sweet. Would probably only have one.
Course two: arugula salad with warm bacon dressing and #6 The Lava Lamp Martini.
Wellll….we dearly wish we could love the lava lamp. It was pretty. However, it tasted like cough syrup. Nasty, nasty cough syrup. Unless you have a prescription or chronic bronchitis, take a pass. 
Hating to waste the vodka. we invented the #7 Salvage-tini:
Basically the Lava Lamp, shaken up with lemon juice, fresh lime,etc…..the best we can say is that we rendered it drinkable. Take a pass on this. The residents of Pompeii had more warning. 1 olive.
And on to to the third course, Caramelized onion and Parmesan puffs with the
#8 Razzmary Tini
.
Both delicious, but could add a bit more rose/razz to the next round. 
And for dessert: Frozen chocolate souffles and the #9 Wedding Cake Tini!
OMG- we’re drinking cupcakes! Surprisingly, the combination of pineapple, cranberry and vanilla vodka rendered a concoction that tasted like a cupcake with butter cream frosting. The flavors were subtle and delightful. Delicious! Cupcakey! Mmmm! 
Overall, an enjoyable evening with restraint. I could have had one more tini. Just a small one…….
Thank you for joining us and stop by again soon for another Red Shaker evening. And congratulations to the Lakers on their championship~ Next time I’ll make a Kobin-tini….and hog it all for myself!~ hee hee…….
For two drunk chicks, you’d think they would be more generous with the treats…….
Did I put enough Frangelico in this?
#1 Chuckleberrytini
Though we failed to note the “garnish with skittles” note in the recipe, this was not a bad way to begin our tini quest. Made a very pretty tini, could have used a bit more raspberry flavor and perhaps even a splash of lemon. Nice finish. Overall a decent tini.
Consensus Rating: 
(Sheridan gives the name 5 olives!)
Moving along folks, onto the….
#2 The Continental Martini
Surprisingly less sweet than expected. Nice finish. Pretty color. Not bad.
Consensus Rating: 
And that brought us to Sheridan’s favorite:
#3 The Pink Panther
Oh lord, how I wish I had a camera when Sheridan took a sip of this one. Note to self: No Campari for Miss Sheridan. Wow, picture a combo spit-take/sourpuss/omg what foul hell just arrived in my mouth face. It was awesome. I poured her a fresh glass of champagne to wash the taste out of her mouth. Heh.
The drink? Ok, you really need to enjoy Campari. It’s a very, very acquired taste. That said, for me it was interesting. No replacement for the Negroni or the Americano in the Campari world, but worth a taste. I can think of many better uses for champagne.
Sheridan Rating: negative 50000 olives
Stacia Rating: 
(Sheridan is eyeballing me to finish the hell-tini so we can move on to dessert….drink up Stacia!)
And for dessert?
#4 The Chocolate Hazelnut Martini
Mmmmmmchocolateyboozemmmmm……….
I take back everything disparaging I ever said about chocolate/dessert martinis. consensus? Yum. Though Miss Sheridan was hoping for more of a nutella flavor. Rich, very desserty. You really only want one. A very tasty finish to the evening.
Rating: 
(however, as a milkshake? Diabolically delicious-the nesquick bunny would would sell his mother for this)
{Snackie Menu: Roasted Asparagus, Olives, Mushroom Pockets (thanks Trader Joe!), Mini Baked Potato Bites, and Pizzatizer}
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