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blake murphy[_2_]

On Mon, 2 Mar 2009 10:42:14 -0800 (PST), wrote:

> On Mar 1, 2:12 pm, I wrote:
>
>> On Mar 1, 1:07 pm, Kris > wrote:
>
>>> I'm intrigued by that black pepper vodka - do you infuse it with
>>> peppercorns?
>
>> Yes. I coarsely crushed ~1 Tbsp of black peppercorns with a mortar
>> and pestle and added them to ~1 pint of average quality vodka and let
>> it infuse for ~24 hours, then strained it through a paper coffee
>> filter. It ended up looking slightly yellowish. And it was exactly
>> what I wanted. I even used it as an excuse to go out and buy some
>> nice little liqueur glasses.
>
> By the way, this stuff makes *outstanding* Bloody Marys, as I
> discovered last night while trying to figure out what to do with the
> "leftovers" :-)

i've been making a dill-infused vodka that i like very much in bloody
marys.

your pal,
blake