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Resolutions, Repentance, and the Rise of the Mocktail
November and December are such abusive months, with the chocolates and booze and Christmas Ducks and booze and stuffing and booze and bread puddings and booze and wine and booze and beer. Not to mention the potlucks and champagne. Really. Like many others – and I’m glad I’m not alone on this one – I treat January as a month of repentance, where a restrictive diet is implemented with the hope of once again fitting comfortably into my own clothing. Part of this restrictive diet is abstinence from drinking alcohol, which for the most part is just fine. Heck, after the extended New Years weekend, I didn’t want to smell alcohol for a week. But here it is, January 18, and I’m ready for a drink. But the scale and my still-tight-fitting-pants say that I’m not. What to do, what to do…
Well, unlike the rest of you schleps, I’m sticking to my guns. I’m gonna fit back into my own clothes, damnit. And that’s where the mocktail comes in. I’m sure this drink has a proper name, but I don’t really care to find out.
The Simple Mocktail
Club Soda
Bitters (Angostura, Peychaud’s, Orange, Whatever…)
Fill a rocks glass with ice. Add a few shakes of bitters. Top off with club soda. Weep in repentance.
These innocuous, near-zero-calorie potions are being consumed at a feverish rate here at headquarters. Pathetic, yes, but necessary. Oh so necessary. Thank heavens the Superbowl is in February.
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January 18th, 2010
Mark
TJM
January 20th, 2010 at 08:23
Aren’t those bitters high in alcohol? Like 50% alcohol? Are you really laying off the liquor if you’re adding all that bitters?
Mark
January 20th, 2010 at 20:04
@TJM: Yes, bitters are usually in the range of 50% alcohol. However, I only use a few shakes, so I’d imagine the alcohol content of a mocktail is lower than O’Douls.
Ronnie Byam
February 13th, 2010 at 03:08
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