Friday, April 23, 2010

Feeling Sour?




Recently a friend of mine celebrated his wedding last year in Peru with a celebration in Pasadena.  Later we moved to the new couple's home in Altadena, where the bride handed out small glasses filled with frothy stuff and topped with a tiny sprinkling of cinnamon.  People  thought, mini Margaritas? Nah, pisco sours.

She blended Peruvian pisco, sugar syrup, lime juice and egg whites with ice, then hovered nearby with a pitcher of the stuff in case we ran low.


Hmm, what is pisco?  After repeated samplings I decided definitely not tequila, but still, the flavor was somehow familiar...Good lord, grappa!  Maybe that's why I can't remember just how many refills I had--

Doing my share for breaking down borders and reaching out to different cultures, one hangover at a time.

8 comments:

  1. I had a couple of these at an Argentinian restaurant a few years ago. Really, really good!

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  2. Dangerous, I'm sure.

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  3. Oh, yum. A drink that makes me want to travel.

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  4. Sweet and dangerous, indeed! And causes much wanderlust--

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  5. A glass of water makes me want to travel.

    This does look tasty. Small enough that maybe it wouldn't hurt me.

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  6. Love pisco sours. The first time I saw someone (friend from Chile) crack those eggs into the blender I was a little freaked out but they were so yummy.

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