Bottom Shelf Mixology S2 - Episode 1: Turkey Smoothie

Welcome to the Bottom Shelf Mixology™ video series!  Our staff of Mixologists have decided it would be a good idea to actually test our special "bottom shelf" recipes.  What have we done?

Welcome to the season premiere of Bottom Shelf Mixology!  And happy Thanksgiving!  It's two times the celebration, and we have the perfect drink to mark the occasion!

Join us as we drink the Turkey Smoothie (a.k.a. Pumpkin Pie Daiquiri)!

Lo-Fi Podcast Ep 5: Complaints Department, Please Hold

After a short break, the Lo-Fi Podcast is here again! Join Jeremy and Jamie as they discuss Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, Mountain Dew Black Label, McDonald's terrible new Pumpkin Creme Pie, Loot Crate, and more!

Fall Breakfast Cereal Reviews

As I mentioned in the Rejected Labor Day Drinks article, Labor Day is the unofficial end of Summer for most people.  For me, Fall begins when I find Pumpkin Pie Pop-Tarts.

And guess what I found yesterday!

You might notice that I found a couple other things that signal the arrival of Fall.  I could go on and on about how wonderful the Pumpkin Pie Pop-Tarts are, but I have done that enough already.  Instead, let's talk about the three cereals I happened to find.

Bottom Shelf Mixology: The Turkey Smoothie

Welcome to Bottom Shelf Mixology™!  We have racked our brains (and our livers) to come up with special "bottom shelf" versions of popular drinks, and some original creations that range from "oh, that might be interesting" to "that sounds absolutely disgusting".  

Today, we've got something a little different than usual.  This drink recipe is not going to be cheap if you follow the ingredients, because there is only one whiskey that works in conjunction with the drink's name.

The Turkey Smoothie (a.k.a. Pumpkin Pie Daiquiri)

• 1/3 can (5 oz.) of pumpkin pie filling
• 6 cups ice
• 1 cup whipped cream
• 1/4 cup soda water
• 3/4 cup Wild Turkey

Combine the ice and pie filling in the blender and pulse a few times to get it mixed a bit.  Pour in the soda water and whiskey.  Blend until it is as smooth as you can get it.  Pour into glasses.  Serve with spoon straw and a dollop of whipped cream on top.

This is the perfect drink to get anyone in the mood for Thanksgiving, or as I like to call it, "the lost holiday" (it's the only major holiday to get pretty much completely buried under the hype of another upcoming holiday).  Anyone who drinks enough of these will have absolutely no problem getting along with any member of their family.

The Pumpkin Pie Showdown: Pop-Tarts vs. Toaster Strudel

Pumpkin Pie Pop-Tarts, my all-time favorite flavor of the wonderful little pockets of goodness, usually don't start showing up in stores until sometime in October.  However, everything pumpkin is hitting stores already, and the Pop-Tarts were no exception.  And even though I was surprised to find them, I was more surprised to find the new Pumpkin Pie Toaster Strudel flavor.

This was no coincidence.  I knew what needed to be done.  A no-holds-barred Thunderdome fight to the finish.  Two breakfast pastries enter, one breakfast pastry leaves.  

Which one will be the ultimate champion of the breakfast world?

Review: Limited Edition Birthday Cake Pop-Tarts

This year is a milestone for Kellogg's, because fifty years ago, they started selling Pop-Tarts.  To celebrate fifty years, they have released a new flavor of Pop-Tart: Birthday Cake.  And unfortunately, instead of giving us gold for this special occasion, they only gave us silver.

Limited Edition Red Velvet Pop-Tarts

What's this?  A new Limited Edition flavor of Pop-Tarts?  And it's Red Velvet??  Yes indeed!  And I was able to get my hands on some.  And boy, they are most definitely Red Velvet.

New Limited Edition Pop-Tarts: Marshmallow Hot Chocolate

This is not only part of the reason that I love this time of year so much, but also why I am fat.  Behold, all four limited edition Pop-Tarts that are currently available!

Of course, I have already covered the amazing Pumpkin Pie Pop-Tarts.  Besides those, there are the returning Gingerbread and Sugar Cookie flavors.  As if those weren't good enough, there is a new flavor this year: Marshmallow Hot Chocolate.  I'll go over the Gingerbread and Sugar Cookie flavors in a different post, but right now, I want to talk about the Marshmallow Hot Chocolate flavor.

What Time is it?

Christmas Time!

It's the little unexpected things like this Christmas-themed set of Adventure Time figures that makes me love this time of year even more.  I want to thank whoever sent me this with no return address.  This really brightened up an extremely hectic day.

Also, I taught my students how to make text from a picture and put it on another picture.  I had them use two pictures of their favorite holiday foods (I let them pick from any holiday).  This is my favorite one.

There is just something about this picture that speaks to me...