Eau de Yum
April 17th, 2005 | Posted by Shannon
When I was in Venice, I received a truly unique and exceptional gift. I must admit, when Vincenzo first handed it to me, I was sort of bummed… the gift looked, at first glance, like a bottle of perfume, which I never use.
But the bottle was not full of perfume, it was full of grappa. Grappa SPRAY.
What will those crafty Italians think of next?
Yes indeedy, it is a perfume bottle full of grappa. You can spray grappa on your coffee, your eggs, or even, as I did when trying unsuccessfully to photograph myself spraying grappa into my mouth, on your face and hair. You can spray it anywhere! Pretty damned hot, let me tell you.
Sky with Grappa Spray. He ain’t no pussy!
It is quite fun to spray grappa into unsuspecting mouths. Most people don’t have much experience with grappa, but most people (at least the ones I know) will let you spray some into their mouths, if you tell them there is alcohol in it. Since grappa is somewhat of an acquired taste, I’ve seen some pretty baffled, almost frightened faces after a spray in the mouth of this stuff. And we are talking seasoned drinkers here, and also, a decent grappa.
I love grappa, but it took me a while to get it. I love that there is grappa in a spray bottle. I could do some serious damage with this thing, but I think I will hog it from this point on. Unless I want to scare some people at my next dinner party. We shall see.
Eric, the owner of the hair salon next door to The Vine, was happy to demonstrate the spraying of grappa on his spinach salad for your viewing pleasure.
Yum!
April 18th, 2005 at 5:58 am
You say what else after grappa, meaning you guess there will be nothing else possible.
Not true !!!
We will soon have . . . . oh, btw, why should I tell you now ? You have to wait until June after we come back from Sardinia !!! Is this a clue for you, now ?!?!
April 19th, 2005 at 3:43 pm
the web site is up http://www.theobvine.com
May 17th, 2005 at 11:31 am
reading on and off I missed this post. When this spray grappa was presented on Italian TV (Eat Parade, crappy title, isn’t it?!) the guy presening it said “… and you will be able to follow the latest trennd by spraying the grappa on your cigars”, which made me wild with laughter because my grand-grandpa was well ahead of his times, it seems. He was a very occasional smoker, so his box of cigars lasted for pretty long, and they dried out. Whan they were dry he used to go to a bar and ask for a small glass of grappa, that he didn’t drink (a very occasional drinker too, he was), but used it to moist the cigars a little. Very, very, very ahead! 8-D