{"id":255,"date":"2015-07-15T01:18:05","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T01:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brendakearns.com\/blog\/?p=255"},"modified":"2015-07-15T01:18:05","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T01:18:05","slug":"homemade-pineapple-liqueur-brendas-fast-tracked-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/brendakearns.com\/blog\/archives\/255","title":{"rendered":"Homemade Pineapple Liqueur <br\/>(Brenda\u2019s Fast-Tracked Version)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In a large glass jar, mix:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>4 cups chopped ripe fresh pineapple<br \/>\n6 cups cheap vodka<br \/>\n1 cup white sugar<\/p>\n<p>Shake really well (for best results, put the lid on first). Set the jar on a counter so you can admire your creation. Once each day, give the jar a few shakes to mix the ingredients, and to enjoy the snow globe-like effect.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seven days later: \u2028<\/strong><br \/>\nOkay, if you\u2019re one of those people who insists on following recipes properly, <!--more-->strain out the pineapple (squeeze it well to get out every drop of vodka). Discard the pineapple, then store the liqueur in a cupboard for two months so it can age and mellow.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OR if you\u2019d prefer the Fast-Tracked Brenda Version:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Become impatient by the end of that first week. Taste test the liqueur. Trust me, it will be delicious. Pour yourself a very large glass, with lots of boozy pineapple chunks included\u2014after all, fruit is healthy. Drink the large glass of liqueur. Tip: If pineapple chunks get stuck to the bottom of the glass, fish them out with your fingers when no one is looking. Notice how much funnier sitcoms are after drinking pineapple liqueur and eating vodka-soaked fruit. Enjoy a full glass of boozy pineapple each night until the liqueur is all gone. Then feel virtuous, because you\u2019ve just eaten 4 cups (that\u2019s 8 servings!) of fresh fruit.<\/p>\n<p>Did you enjoy this article? Subscribe to my blog and you\u2019ll never miss my monthly posts (plus I\u2019ll send you a free copy of <em>There\u2019s Nothing Wrong With Claudia<\/em> to say thanks). It\u2019s easy: Just enter your email address in the upper right corner of this page. I\u2019ll never sell, share, or rent your contact information, because I hate it when people do that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a large glass jar, mix: 4 cups chopped ripe fresh pineapple 6 cups cheap vodka 1 cup white sugar Shake really well (for best results, put the lid on first). Set the jar on a counter so you can admire your creation. Once each day, give the jar a few shakes to mix the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-funny-bits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/brendakearns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/brendakearns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/brendakearns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brendakearns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brendakearns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/brendakearns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":258,"href":"http:\/\/brendakearns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255\/revisions\/258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/brendakearns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brendakearns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brendakearns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}