{"id":7709,"date":"2010-09-04T19:43:40","date_gmt":"2010-09-04T23:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=7709"},"modified":"2010-09-05T12:55:28","modified_gmt":"2010-09-05T16:55:28","slug":"mixology-in-the-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=7709","title":{"rendered":"Mixology in the Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple days ago a non-gardening member of the household burst through the screen door and out onto the porch and barked at me, “Grow me some cilantro!”<\/p>\n

I barked back, “Grow it yourself. The smell makes me retch. What do you want it for?”<\/p>\n

And the non-gardener went on to detail the alcoholic beverages for which cilantro is a useful ingredient.<\/p>\n

At which point it occurred to me that we’re obviously taking entirely the wrong approach in attempting to encourage non-gardeners to get their hands dirty by touting the healthy benefits of growing fresh vegetables, including exercise and obesity reduction. What a virtuous bore. Maybe a bit less virtue and more vice?<\/p>\n

Infusing booze with homegrown ingredients would seem a much more likely inducement. In another example of those zeitgeist-channeling moments we all occasionally stumble into, the New York Times<\/a> had an article on this subject the very day the non-gardener fired off a request for cilantro. <\/p>\n

So we made up a list of possible home-grown candidates, some more fanciful than others since not just infusion but distillation would be required, but just an idea list:<\/p>\n

cilantro
\nmint
\nparsley
\nchilis
\njuniper (gin)
\npotatoes (vodka)
\nartemisia (absinthe)
\nmalbec grapes – vodka and wine
\ntomatoes
\ntomatillos
\ncarrots
\ncucumber
\npumpkin
\nbasil
\nblueberries
\nstring beans (bloody mary’s)
\nlemons
\net cetera
\net cetera<\/p>\n

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Think of the beautiful bottles you’d have to collect! And the bacchanalias, the harvest parties, with tables and ingredients staged and ready for guests to make mixology magic on a Labor Day weekend.
\nIt might even induce me to grow more vegetables. Just don’t ask me to drink anything flavored with cilantro.<\/big><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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