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Went to a party.

The hostess said, "I understand you're good at cocktails." I wasn't sure why, until I remembered I'd made that apple pie drink for SFContario 2. We looked through the ingredients they had on hand (which were pretty interesting -- they're big on home-made brandied fruit) and I eventually tried mixing diluted elderberry cordial with brandy that had had candied seville orange peel soaking in it for months (it was noted that this basically made it triple-sec). It went over well. I call the drink "The Marmalade."

Later there was haggis. I'd only ever had vegetarian haggis before, so I was pleased to discover that real haggis is delicious. I've never had dirty rice, but I suspect it's similar, only with rice instead of oats and slightly different spices.

Verdict -- a successful evening.

Also I've begun another sweater.
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Picked up breakfast from McDonald's this morning as I usually do on weekends. Oddly for this time of year, they were giving out free samples of hot chocolate in little cups; it wasn't bad, but it couldn't hold a candle to that Chantico stuff that Starbucks used to serve in similar little cups for a few months one winter six years ago. I'd always wondered why they discontinued the drink, so I looked it up just now - apparently customers wouldn't stand for the fact that it was the one drink on their menu that couldn't be altered to taste. Huh.

However, other people must have shared my love for the stuff, because there are a lot of "how to make it at home" posts on recipe sites. I'll probably wait till winter to try them, though.

Also "Chantico" was apparently the Aztec goddess of hearth, home and (these being the Aztecs we're talking about) volcanoes.

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