I do hope you, and yours, are enjoying this St. Valentines Day.
We are here gathered. In recognition. In remembrance. In celebration.
We gather here, today, for Spock The Cat.
Spock has, sadly, passed. I can only offer Wiggles my deepest, and most heartfelt condolences.
Spock, however. Spock, I am certain, left this world knowing that above, and beyond all else. He was loved. By his mom, most of all. But also by thousands; by *Thousands*, who reached their five fingers out to his seven, and sought to assist him in his hours of need. And assist him we did, and we have. Thereās still one Donor Recipe to come, and donāt think Iāve forgotten it. First, though. Remember his space-eye? The sideways growing claw? The Polydactyl-Polydactyly? Remember him. Remember this goober of a butt, who, no doubt, wherever he is, is trying to grab onto something using far too many toes. I know of at least one thing he managed to grab onto. All of our hearts. Goodbye Spock, and Good Boy. It is with both a heavy heart, and deep honor, that The Pony Keg inducts its first honoree from real life.
I have no rose to lay before your marker. No dirt to toss upon your soil. Iāve got this, buddy. So thisāll have to do.
2oz Godiva white chocolate liqueur
1oz Gosling's Black Seal rum
1oz Amarula Cream liqueur
A brand new paintbrush, one of the little tiny ones, that youāre going to clean, and only ever use for this.
A Ferrero Rondnoir. (This is the Dark Chocolate version of a Ferrero Rocher)
A Swizzle-Stick. (You can ask, if you donāt know what these are, theyāre cocktail stirrers, you want ones that are kinda pointy on one end.)
Place Tumbler into freezer. Get this as cold as possible.
Pour Magic Shell and Chocolate Syrup onto the plate in a 2 Magic Shell to 1 Chocolate Syrup squeeze ratio, then swirl up with paintbrush.
Remove glass from freezer, and, using paintbrush, paint on a big chocolate spot on the inside of the glass. Put it back in the freezer for an hour or so. Repeat this twice more.
Pour Godiva, Goslingās, Rumchata, Amarula, and Ice into Shaker.
Gently, but firmly, while itās still inside itās foil, push the cocktail stirrer all the way through the chocolate. So that itās sitting where itād be partially, but not wholly, submerged by the drink.
Remove glass from freezer
Place Stirrer-Garnish in glass, without scratching chocolate, but without wasting time.
Strain shaker into glass.
Youāve just finished making a Spock The Cat!
This recipe uses the same technique Iāve used a few times on here, of freezing chocolate on the walls of the glass. This time, with the white drink, the chocolate splotches will give the resemblance of Spockās Coat. The garnish, peeking up out of the drink? Why, thatās Spockās goofy Space-Eye. And the warm feeling this drinkāll leave in your chest and cheeks? Thatās a thought or two, for the little guy this drink honors.
And hey, if you really feel you need to do something, why not donate to a really worthy cause, in Spockās name. Ā
