What drink goes best with pizza? 21+ pizza pies

alcohol, nablopomo, nablopomo2012, pizza | November 12, 2012 | By

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Salvatore's Restaurant in Boston is now selling alcohol-infused pizzas for adults
Many people enjoy a cold beer with their pizza, but this guy took it one step farther to class it up instead. As he tells the story:

“We got some dried Italian cherries, and we cooked them, and they were too tough…Obviously, we had to soak them a little, so I decided to soak them in raspberry vodka.”

Because the vodka pizza was such a success, they’re adding other alcoholic pizzas, too: : the “Drunken Pig,” which consists of braised pork marinated in Kahlua with caramelized Granny Smith apples, spicy hot honey and ricotta cheese, and the “Calabria Peach,” which has rum-infused peaches with soppressata picante, mascarpone, basil and more fresh mozzarella.

I have no idea how much you would even be able to taste it in the pizza, and after being cooked, I highly doubt the alcohol content is very high either. It could definitely be delicious with those ingredients, though.

Salvatore’s Restaurant in Boston

Who doesn’t want a pancake wedding cake? – Las Vegas Denny’s wedding chapel

alcohol, fast food, nablopomo | November 11, 2012 | By

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*raises hand*

Me. I don’t want a wedding cake made out of pancakes. Well, I mean, maybe I would…. pancakes are pretty good, but…. Ooo, I wonder if they would allow a syrup fountain? It’d be a wedding cake fondue event with….

Wait, no. I said I didn’t want this, didn’t I? Oops.

Anyway, for those who really do want it, apparently Denny’s is opening a new location up in Las Vegas that will not only hold wedding ceremonies, as per the  marriage tradition in the city, but it will also have a full service bar for all the guests. You wouldn’t want your Elvis priest to be sober, right?

Also, I wasn’t joking about the pancake wedding cake. The chief marketing officer said it:

“It’s unique. It’s different. It’s going to be an icon within Vegas. People are going to want to travel to see this Denny’s,” she said. “The wedding scene is such a part of Vegas, and who doesn’t want a wedding cake made out of pancakes?”

Ooooo, and look at this cake I found while looking for a pancake one. Too bad it’s mostly real cake only shaped to look like breakfast foods.

 Wedding cake that's made of breakfast foods - Pancake cake, krispy kreme donuts, hashbrowns, texas toast gumpaste coffee cup  and bacon around the bottom

Gotta Drink ‘Em All – Pokemon evolution shots/cocktails

adult, alcohol, nablopomo, nablopomo2012 | November 9, 2012 | By

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Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise cocktails with spiced rum, coconut rum, blue curacao, light rum, and Mountain Dew Voltage

Green Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, and Venusaur cocktail drink recipes using lime vodka, lime juice, melon liqueur, and Sprite

Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard red cocktail drink recipes using grenadine, fireball cinnamon shiskey, barcardi 151 scotch and ginger ale 

I was a bit too old to get into the whole Pokemon thing when it came out, but I don’t think there’s anyone who isn’t at least vaguely familiar with them now.

And other than weird names and cutesy cartoons, the only information you need to appreciate this is that the creatures evolve and transform into more powerful creatures….or something like that. So a Charmander grows up to be a Charmeleon and then into a Charizard. We know this because the lovely pictures tell us so. :P
As such, that’s how these drinks work, too. So for Squirtle, Wartortole, and Blastoise, the drink starts as a basic shot with spiced rum, coconut rum, and blue curacao. To create the next drink, you use that shot, plus some more ingredients. And to create the Blastoise, you combine the first two drinks, plus some more power….in this case, light rum and Mountain Dew Voltage. Oy!
I love the idea behind the theme of creating new drinks. There’s no way I ever would’ve thought of this myself. And The Drunken Moogle has more than just Pokemon drinks so if you are a gamer of any sort (that includes you Zelda, Mario, and Pacman fans, too), then head over there for more inspiration.