Milwaukee's Best

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukee%27s_Best

1986 Cocktails for Two Wine Coolers "The worst dates of all time" TV Commercial

 

Blueberry Bounce

 

New wrinkle on the cherry bounce recipe for the holidays. Frozen blueberries, sugar, whiskey, cinnamon stick. Let sit in dark place 3-4 months. 

3 cups blueberries, 3 cups whiskey (one fifth), 2/3 cup sugar, one cinnamon stick.

Hotel Windsor, Atlantic City, N.J.

 

• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• [between 1880 and 1901]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016798571/
  

First Banana Peppers 2026

 

Picked just a few to use up leftover stuffing from yesterday. Italian sausage, cream cheese, cheddar cheese, red pepper flakes, bread crumbs. 350 oven 23-25 min.

1986 Colt 45 Malt Liquor commercial Billy Dee Williams

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt_45_(malt_liquor)

Blind Date (1987)

 

Directed by Blake Edwards. Found on Tubi. Bruce Willis, Kim Basinger, John Larroquette, William Daniels, Phil Hartman. Kim Basinger's character is from Baton Rouge in the movie. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Date_(1987_film) 

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/blind-date-1987

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/blinddatepg13kempley_a0cab4.htm

https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/3320/blind-date/

First Anaheim Peppers 2026

 

Big ones this year. Stuffing these with Italian sausage, cream cheese, cheddar cheese, red pepper flakes. 350 oven 23-25 min. Also growing banana and tabasco peppers, and Creole tomatoes. 

Sign in tractor store, Brownwood, Texas

 

• Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer
• 1939 Nov.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017741393/
  

Green peas, Frank Albert & Co., Baltimore

 

• Illustrated stock label for food product.
• [1878]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2002698026/
  

Lariat Motel sign, Route 50, Fallon, Nevada

 

• Margolies, John, photographer
• 1980.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017705929/
  

Manhattan

 

2 oz. rye whiskey (or bourbon), 1 oz. sweet vermouth, 2 dashes Angostura bitters, cherry garnish. Add whiskey, vermouth, bitters in mixing glass with ice and stir. Strain into chilled glass and garnish with cherry.

Didn't have the right kind of glasses so I broke it in two, with two chilled glasses, and two cherries. 

Next week the Mai Tai. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_(cocktail) 

https://www.liquor.com/recipes/manhattan-2/

Chicken and Dumplings 2026

 

Mary Hill frozen dumplings. Roasted a whole chicken last night. Made chicken stock with the bones and onion/celery/whole peppercorns. Cook the dumplings in stock, add back the chicken. Thickens upon standing. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_and_dumplings

Corn Pops ad, 1989

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_Pops 

https://www.mrbreakfast.com/cereal_detail.asp?id=94

Roast Chicken 2026

 

An hour and 10-15 min. on the Chicken Rocket in the oven. Beer and onion/garlic in the Chicken Rocket. Making ahead of time for chicken and dumplings tomorrow. 

Heat (1995)

 

Directed by Michael Mann. Found on Tubi. Robert DeNiro, Val Kilmer, Al Pacino, Tom Sizemore, Danny Trejo, Ted Levine, Ashley Judd, Jon Voight, Amy Brenneman, Tom Noonan. I also have this DVD.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_(1995_film)

 https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/heat-1995 

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2007/cteq/heat/ 

https://thedissolve.com/features/movie-of-the-week/879-codes-chaos-and-the-world-of-heat/ 

https://www.tcm.com/articles/155112/heat-1995 

https://cinemascholars.com/heat-1995-a-cinema-scholars-oral-history/ 

Heat (1986)

 

Directed by Dick Richards. Found on Tubi. Burt Reynolds, Peter MacNicol, Karen Young, Howard Hesseman. I have this William Goldman paperback and he wrote the script. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_(1986_film) 

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/heat-1987

https://craneshot.blogspot.com/2014/08/heat-1987.html 

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film11/blu-ray_review_172/heat_1986_blu-ray.htm

https://hiitsburl.blogspot.com/2014/12/burl-reviews-heat-1987.html

K&B Beer

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%26B

Mr. Mushroom Commercial (1975)

 

The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)

 

Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Found on Tubi. Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Paul Newman. Roger Deakins cinematography. I also have this DVD. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hudsucker_Proxy 

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/hudsucker-proxy-1994

https://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s4123hud.html 

https://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=5496