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[linnea]

this one time, we decided we wanted to make Mint Juleps. So, we drove to the local grocery store, only to realize we had no idea what Simple Syrup meant. So a certain friend of mine, being the guy he is, decided to just walk up and ask one of the people working there. Who, of course, asked "what are you using it for?"
We never did find any. Is it something that is only used in mixed drinks?

Also: Mint Juleps are basically delicious. So good.

Hoss, you just gotta boil some water and add sugar. There are about a million recipes on the internets. Keep it in a closed container in the fridge. You could also just buy a bottle of light Karo and use that instead in a pinch.

[side_show]

Oh man, not knowing how simple "simple syrup" is is so damn cute.

[theinevitable]

yeah, that's what I was going for.

In retrospect, now I remember looking it up later and smacking that kid on the back of the head. IT'S SUGAR WATER! But, you know, apparently that knowledge didn't take.

[wombat]

You could also just buy a bottle of light Karo and use that instead in a pinch.

Noooo!  Don't do it! There are other flavorings in Karo, like vanilla extract or something, that you don't want in your mojitos.

At a Japanese supermarket, you can buy a bag of tiny containers of simple syrup. They are the same kinds of little individual serving plastic containers that coffee creamer comes in and that's what it's for, to put in iced coffee. I confess have a bag of those - they were originally intended to bring to work, but now I basically don't go to work - and I use them if I am really lazy.

I was very surprised to see these containers of syrup at coffee shops in Japan and when I mentioned to my Japanese friend that we didn't have them, she was quite bewildered. She asked what did we use in iced coffee then, and I said, just regular sugar. She said, but that doesn't dissolve! I said, well, yeah. She was shocked to hear that we would put up with such a low standard of iced coffee sweetening.

[CortJstr]

Noooo!  Don't do it! There are other flavorings in Karo, like vanilla extract or something, that you don't want in your mojitos.

At a Japanese supermarket, you can buy a bag of tiny containers of simple syrup. They are the same kinds of little individual serving plastic containers that coffee creamer comes in and that's what it's for, to put in iced coffee. I confess have a bag of those - they were originally intended to bring to work, but now I basically don't go to work - and I use them if I am really lazy.

I was very surprised to see these containers of syrup at coffee shops in Japan and when I mentioned to my Japanese friend that we didn't have them, she was quite bewildered. She asked what did we use in iced coffee then, and I said, just regular sugar. She said, but that doesn't dissolve! I said, well, yeah. She was shocked to hear that we would put up with such a low standard of iced coffee sweetening.

My favorite local chinese place always gives a little creamer-style jar of simple syrup when somebody orders iced tea. I had always thought that it was just this one place that was smart and considerate enough to do this. But apparently it's actually the rest of the world.

[side_show]

Today I'm gonna conquer the great outdoors.  Camping?  Fuck yeah!

[jay-ell]

My favorite local chinese place always gives a little creamer-style jar of simple syrup when somebody orders iced tea. I had always thought that it was just this one place that was smart and considerate enough to do this. But apparently it's actually the rest of the world.

'round heah we sweeten the tea when we brew it. 

1 gallon of boiling water + six teabags + 2 cups of sugar = delicious

[theinevitable]

my dad told me that the first time he had Sweet Tea when we moved here, they just gave him tea and a little container of syrup to sweeten it himself.

sweet tea is my LIFE.

[wombat]

Today I'm gonna... steal wireless internet from the neighbors all day because ours is broken.

And hope that the great outdoors doesn't conquer me, because the hot humid summer weather is back.

[Nabubrush]

That may not be the saddest thing but it's right up there.

It's just impossible to go anywhere by plane these days, isn't it?  It's a shame, I hoped to see California and Japan again someday.

We . . . are having some trouble with our airplanes.

The group that runs the charter is called Shared Services. We call it Scared Services now. We have had to book about a third of our flights with Alaska Airlines because one of our planes is in Canada for a pretty serious checkup (a thing that happens periodically with planes) and right at the same time, a second plane lost an engine directly after takeoff, so they had to take that one out of service. Things are a bit sketchy right now.

[Golfhaus]

my dad told me that the first time he had Sweet Tea when we moved here, they just gave him tea and a little container of syrup to sweeten it himself.

sweet tea is my LIFE.

My wife and my sister have talked tea.  My sister apparently likes "crunchy tea." That is, she orders unsweetened iced tea, and lots of sugar packets. She then drops the sugar in, but doesn't stir it up, specifically so that she can crunch down on the sugar when she drinks it.

I don't like any kind of tea.

[Arachno-capitalist]

My wife and my sister have talked tea.  My sister apparently likes "crunchy tea." That is, she orders unsweetened iced tea, and lots of sugar packets. She then drops the sugar in, but doesn't stir it up, specifically so that she can crunch down on the sugar when she drinks it.

I don't like any kind of tea.

Your sister doesn't have many second dates, does she?

[theinevitable]

today (technically) I am getting on a plane and getting off in St Louis. then I will take a cab to campus, walk some, and get to my dorm.
I will unpack, see a ton of people, and probably do some partying.

[Arachno-capitalist]

today (technically) I am getting on a plane and getting off in St Louis. then I will take a cab to campus, walk some, and get to my dorm.
I will unpack, see a ton of people, and probably do some partying.

Dog can you take a picture of the St.Louis A-B brewery? I might be going out there a job interview this semester.

[jay-ell]

Today I'm gonna ignore an email from a friend of mine, who was just ordained as an Orthodox Priest, inviting me to join Facebook. 

Weird. 

Also, I'm going to move houses, and hope my kid doesn't freak out.