{"id":3759,"date":"2012-12-20T03:28:04","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T03:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kathycasey.com\/blog\/?p=3759"},"modified":"2012-12-20T03:28:04","modified_gmt":"2012-12-20T03:28:04","slug":"doomsday-is-nearso-lets-have-a-drink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/?p=3759","title":{"rendered":"Doomsday is near\u2026so let&#8217;s have a drink!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, the clock is rapidly ticking down\u2026 no, not just to Christmas, but to the end of the world! That is, if you believe that the end of the 5125-year <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=3&amp;cad=rja&amp;ved=0CEIQFjAC&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FMaya_calendar&amp;ei=QXzSUMj9LuXbiwLGyIG4Cw&amp;usg=AFQjCNEjDX-nfX9vwOxxz2PEWaCD9h7dPg&amp;sig2=Z909Os6K6k5-ReqPiDdOsA&amp;bvm=bv.1355534169,d.cGE\">Mayan Calendar cycle<\/a> signals the end of the world.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone from Mayan scholars to NASA have assured folks that we\u2019re not on-course to collide with any rogue planets. And there\u2019s not really anything in Mayan history or lore that foretells of the world&#8217;s destruction at the end of this cycle, but there are still a good number of people battening down the hatches in preparation for this potentially impending Apocalypse.<\/p>\n<p>Whether the end of the Great Cycle signifies something cataclysmic or not, I think it calls for a cocktail! After all, if it doesn\u2019t happen, we get to celebrate. And if it does, we\u2019ll probably need a sip of something fortifying anyway!<\/p>\n<p>For <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lyricsfreak.com\/r\/rem\/its+the+end+of+the+world+as+we+know+it_10240320.html\">the end of the world as we know it<\/a>, shake up an <strong>I Feel Fine<\/strong>. Made with reposado tequila, earthy sage and honey syrup (in homage to the traditional Mayan honey liqueur), this cocktail is sure to keep you in bright spirits. Cheers! \u2013 Kathy<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8495\/8290204278_60617a51bb_m.jpg\" alt=\"I Will Be Fine\" width=\"148\" height=\"187\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 148px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 148\/187;\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto by Kathy Casey Liquid Kitchen\u2122<\/p>\n<p><strong>I Feel Fine<\/strong><br \/>\nFor more cocktail inspiration, ideas and recipes, check out my <a href=\"http:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\">blog<\/a> and cocktail show <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liquidkitchen.tv\">Kathy Casey&#8217;s Liquid Kitchen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Makes 1 cocktail<\/p>\n<p>1 leaf sage<br \/>\n1 1\/2 oz reposado tequila<br \/>\n3\/4 oz honey syrup *<br \/>\n3\/4 oz fresh lime juice<br \/>\nGarnish: fresh sage leaf<\/p>\n<p>Tear sage leaf and drop into a mixing glass. Measure in the tequila, honey syrup, and fresh lime juice. Fill the glass with ice, cap and shake. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a fresh sage leaf.<\/p>\n<p>*Honey Syrup: mix 1\/2 cup honey and 1\/2 cup warm water together until the honey is dissolved. Refrigerate up to 7 days.<\/p>\n<p>Recipe by Kathy Casey Liquid Kitchen\u2122<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, the clock is rapidly ticking down\u2026 no, not just to Christmas, but to the end of the world! That is, if you believe that the end of the 5125-year Mayan Calendar cycle signals the end of the world. Everyone from Mayan scholars to NASA have assured folks that we\u2019re not on-course to collide with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11760],"tags":[8390,8397,859,7,11855,8398,8399,8400,2987,508,11880,11856,1369,8391,909,2148,8392,1353,8393,1029,1916,293,1776,3104,2237,11860,1030,2007,6270,8394,8395,3751,2711,3265,8396,8401,8402,11857,11859,8325,8403,11807,87,3010,8404,912,88,7547,1132,6005,4843],"class_list":["post-3759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dishing-with-kathy-casey-blog","tag-apocolaypse","tag-armageddon","tag-cocktail","tag-cocktails","tag-cycle","tag-destruction","tag-doomsday","tag-drink","tag-drinks","tag-events","tag-foodie-news","tag-glass","tag-great-cycle","tag-honey","tag-honey-syrup","tag-i-feel-fine","tag-ice","tag-its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it","tag-juice","tag-juices","tag-kathy-casey","tag-kathy-caseys-liquid-kitchen","tag-leaf","tag-leaves","tag-lifestyle","tag-lime","tag-lime-juice","tag-limes","tag-mayan","tag-mayan-calendar","tag-measure","tag-mixing","tag-mixing-glass","tag-nasa","tag-planet","tag-planets","tag-recent","tag-recipes","tag-reposado","tag-reposado-tequila","tag-restaurants","tag-sage","tag-shake","tag-song","tag-syrup","tag-tequila","tag-tequilas","tag-water","tag-www-dishingwithkathycasey-com","tag-www-liquidkitchen-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3759\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}