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Glad I could help. I also have grown to enjoy the taste of pure cranberry juice, and I drink it even when I'm not worrying about UTI's. Haha by the way, when I got my first UTI, it was BRUTAL, and it lead to the single most awkward conversation I've ever had with my mother ... the poor thing ...
Anyway, have you ever had chocolate covered cranberries? They are my favorite bad snack ... I justify it by telling myself I am getting some good insoluable fiber. There is definitely some dairy in the chocolate coating, but in small amounts it doesn't seem to bother me. Mmmmm, so good!
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Kelly,
Do you think this would work for Cosmopolitans? (Shell posted a link to the recipe.) I'd love to make them but would think the sweeter kind of cran juice would be best, or am I all off base here?
Also, I printed out your Margarita recipe.........sounds fantastic!!!. I've always liked them over the rocks best.
But my fav in the whole world is a Margarita Damiani.......only in Mexico..........ever had them? In fact, give me a bottle of Damiani and I'm off to the races!! LOL
Gee, I'm sounding like a lush here...but never drank much anyway and only socially in the past........but just read that women who have a half a drink (how can you do just half a drink?) at night will have a lower rate of stroke and diabetes. I haven't had one drink in over a year and a half (since IBS) so this should prove intersting!!! 
Kandee
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and I absolutely love them. Oh yummm, chocolate covered cranberries......  We could only get them at holiday time and so I'd buy one big bag for then and 2 to ration out over the rest of the year. I wish I could remember the brand name. They were wonderful. Of course this all was before IBS and I didn't care if something had some milk in the milk chocolate at that time. I didn't even buy any this year..  Poooh. Maybe next year I'll try some.
What an awkward conversation to have with your mom is right. I was lucky. My mon would bring things up, out of the blue, that I didn't have a clue about at the time, but remembered for later use. Smart lady she was and I miss her.
How'd we get on this cranberry roll anyway........that's a winter fruit...........not summer!! care to talk about apricots?.............LOL
Kandee
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Would Hansen's juice be good in a cosmopolitan? Absolutely. There's a steakhouse in Chico that serves a house special, Stoli vodka, cointreau, a squeeze of fresh lime, and just enough cranberry juice to give it a sunset color. Extremely delicious.
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Would Hansen's juice be good in a cosmopolitan? Absolutely. There's a steakhouse in Chico that serves a house special, Stoli vodka, cointreau, a squeeze of fresh lime, and just enough cranberry juice to give it a sunset color. Extremely delicious.
Is it sweet? And what IS cointreau anyway? Could it possibly be made with HFCS?
Do you know the exact propotions of a good Cosmo?
Gosh that Cosmo sounds good. (Chico is a bit far for me to drive... )....But..There nothing like GOOD vodka!!!
Kandee
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Just to reiterate what Sheri wrote, Trader Joe's sells their own "Just Cranberry." I bought it yesterday for 3.99--much cheaper than the other "Just Cranberry." It is so potent that I only need like a splash per glass of water!
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Yeah, Hansen's was what I typed, but Knudsen's was what I meant. Sorry!
Is the cosmo sweet? Well, it's not non-sweet like a martini, but it's a little sweet because of the cranberry juice and the cointreau. Cointreau (say it kwon-troe) is an orange-flavored liquere. Triple sec is almost like a SYRUP compared to cointreau, and tastes icky by comparison. Cointreau is brandy-based, and mildly bitter, unlike triple sec. No HFCS in cointreau.
Good cosmo ~~~ of course everyone does 'em different, but here's mine:
- 2 shots vodka
- 1 shot cointreau
- 3/4 shot fresh lime juice
- Small splash cranberry juice, just enough to make it pink.
Another OLD standard is the Sidecar. (Gosh, now I'm dating myself.)
- 2 shots cointreau
- 1 shot fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 shot cognac
:smirk: bottoms up!
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about liquor I know where to come!!!
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<html>Yeah, Hansen's was what I typed, but Knudsen's was what I meant. Sorry! We all have THOSE moments..lol.
Is the cosmo sweet? Well, it's not non-sweet like a martini, but it's a little sweet because of the cranberry juice and the cointreau. Cointreau (say it kwon-troe) I was wondering how it was pronounced. Now I won't look like an idiot when I ask for it. is an orange-flavored liquere. Triple sec is almost like a SYRUP compared to cointreau, and tastes icky by comparison. Cointreau is brandy-based, and mildly bitter, unlike triple sec. No HFCS in cointreau. Sounds good, especially since there's no HFCS!! I'll know what to expect now as far as the taste goes.
Good cosmo ~~~ of course everyone does 'em different, but here's mine:<ul>
2 shots vodka
1 shot cointreau
3/4 shot fresh lime juice
Small splash cranberry juice, just enough to make it pink.[/LIST] Sounds WONDERFUL. I can't wait to try it, but I think at home first.
Another OLD standard is the Sidecar. (Gosh, now I'm dating myself.) <ul>
2 shots cointreau
1 shot fresh lemon juice
1/2 shot cognac
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 bottoms up! Actually, the Cosmo sounds better to me. Hey, don't think twice about dating yourself. I remember when a "grasshopper" was my fav drink, then a "gold Cadilac".........hows that for dating one's self?
Kandee
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