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Ad Hoc fried chicken: Vegan version?
I've been to Ad Hoc several times, always called ahead and said I was vegan, and always gotten an amazing meal with no attitude -- sometimes one that my omnivorous friends judged better than theirs.
I seem to recall them saying, one time I was there, that they do a vegan version of their famous fried chicken. I think I'm going to try it when some friends go for Fried Chicken Night next month. Has anyone had the vegan version? How is it?
I'll report back.
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Ad Hoc
6476 Washington St., Yountville, CA 94599
Campari changes carmine to artificial color?
I'm a booze-loving vegan! And I'm happy to report that this change away from cochineal enables me to enjoy guilt-free Negronis.
Does filtering cheap vodka through a Brita filter really work?
Good to know! Might try this some time if I'm really bored, but in general, I'm not a vodka person (just decided to try this as a good party trick), and probably couldn't be bothered to spend a week making vodka better. (Give me a bottle of Hendrick's any time.)
Party report: The infused Popov vodka, filtered 4x through a new Brita filter, infused with a pound of halved cranberries, and mixed with 2 or so C of simple syrup, made for a great base, on top of which I intended for people to put tonic. But as the night wore on, even despite my warning sign ("NOT punch! Infused vodka! Drink straight at your own peril!" -- or something) people began, judging by their behavior, to do exactly that. Then they started digging the vokda-soaked, sugar-infused cranberries out of the bottom of the pitcher and putting those in other drinks.
Note to self: Perhaps spend next New Year's Eve at someone *else's* house.
Does filtering cheap vodka through a Brita filter really work?
I have friends who swear by the technique of passing the cheapest handle of vodka one can buy through a Brita filter four times. They say that, after filtration, they can no longer distinguish between it and top-shelf stuff.
I'm about to try it (it's not actually cheaper for me, because I didn't own a Brita filter to begin with), but am curious if I'll poison my New Year's party guests by serving them the stuff that comes out of it. Has anyone else done this? The Internet at large seems to have mixed reviews.
Thanks!
