The Lunch Lady Corner

CJ Lindsay

There are many ways of saving money. As stated in the last article, keeping some things on hand is one of the main ways, this allows you to buy the items on sale and store them until needed. Doing some of your own canning and freezing also helps. 

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

In my very early bartending days, I had to learn a lot of specialty drinks to make which tested my endurance on the blender. 

We had six blenders set up for ice cream drinks and two for Coladas. We did the Pina Colada, Strawberry Colada and the Melon Colada.

The Lunch Lady Corner

CJ Lindsay

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

I have been fortunate in a lot of my jobs where I get to learn cool things. In the liquor business, there is a success story about a brand that is amazing in how it demonstrates what marketing can do.

I tell this story often if I have the right audience in a bar.

It usually comes up when Fireball is being drunk.

The Lunch Lady Corner

CJ Lindsay

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

When it comes to alcohol, my expertise is really on hard spirits, but it doesn’t mean that I don’t have an interest in beer or wine. 

The Lunch Lady Corner

CJ Lindsay

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

This is the time of year fresh corn is at its best. 

Sweet corn is great with many dishes, and whether you grill, boil or sautee it.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Summer is here and now comes the time to try different drinks that are exotic and frozen.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

I always say my father got on me on the road to bartending. He had me and my sister making him his “I just got home drink” when he came back from the office. Back in the day, this was standard practice to have a drink to unwind from the day. My stepmother usually joined him. They would have one drink before dinner and sometimes a nightcap. The nightcaps were usually his domain. 

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Sometimes I find myself missing the food I experienced when I lived overseas. I think I miss the food from Australia the most.

It was the place where I learned how delicious lamb was.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

The word Schnapps is rather inclusive of several types of liquors that are actually a bit different depending on what flavor is being drunk. It is a type of alcoholic beverage that may take several forms, including distilled fruit brandies, herbal liqueurs, infusions, and flavored liqueurs made by adding fruit syrups, spices, or artificial flavorings to neutral grain spirits. 

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

If I have not made clear in my younger years I was a picky eater, I will do so now.

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North Platte Valley Medical Center

I know I am a decent cook. 

I remember when my cooking took a step up.

It all started in Macau before it was turned over to the Chinese. There  I saw many styles of food fused before it became popular in the USA. Macau was turned to the Chinese in 1999, a couple of years after Hong Kong went back to China.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

I won’t say fruity cocktails started in the 1980s because the Tiki drinks of the late 1940s and 1950s began a trend toward tropical drinks like the Pina Colada, Scorpion and Mai Tai.