honeysuckle sour – pisces is sweeter than honey
pisces sweet pisces… when they are good, they are very good. but when they are bad, they are very bad. i guess this can be said about everyone, but with pisces it always seems to be more so.
more enjoyable. more fun. more seductive. more addictive. more cool. more sensual. more thoughtful. more intelligent. more captivating. more and more wonderful every day until it’s just not. and then it’s more painful, more alienating. more simplistic. more naive. more boring. more treacherous. more elusive. more withdrawn. pisces is the duplicitous fish whose compassionate nature attracts others easily.
i love pisces, and seem to draw them out… feeding my addiction to seafood i suppose. inevitibly pisces will decide that suddenly they don’t love me, and i’m left baffled and wounded. but, their’s is sweet nectar worth shedding some blood to taste.
honeysuckle is a pisces due to it’s invasive property of overtaking the lawn on which its planted. it spreads, like jupiter, the planet of expansion. way back when, jupiter ruled pisces. now that we identify neptune as pisces’ ruling planet, jupiter is still considered pisces’ co-ruling planet. (due to it’s delicate white flowers it also has a lot of mercury in it, making it partly virgo and gemini).
this is an amazing fragrant tipple, probably one of my faves. the strong floral scent of pisces’ honeysuckle sour will intoxicate you more that the alcohol itself. enjoy one with a pisces and you will have found happiness. at least for a while ; )
HONEYSUCKLE SOUR
1.5 OZ GIN
2 OZ SIMPLE SYRUP
1 OZ FRESH LIME JUICE
15 HONEYSUCKLE FLOWERSMUDDLE HONEYSUCKLE FLOWER IN BOTTOM OF MIXING GLASS WITH LIME AND GIN. AFTER FLOWERS ARE WELL MACERATED, ADD GIN AND FILL GLASS WITH ICE. STIR VERY WELL. REMOVE ICE CUBES (I USED A FORK). STRAIN INTO MARTINI GLASS USING A SMALL FINE METAL SIEVE. PRESS FLOWERS INTO MESH TO GET ALL THE LIQUID OUT. GARNISH WITH A HONEYSUCKLE BLOSSOM.
THANKS TO JOANNA’S FOOD FOR HOSTING WEEKEND HERB BLOGGING.
I’m very keen on eating flowers, but I’d never thought of honeysuckle … such a good idea
Joanna
Comment by Joanna — June 18, 2008 @ 2:45 pm
thanks joanna, i also love eating and drinking flowers!
you should check out my sidebar category link, “flower cocktails,” for a few more flowery tipples…
cheers!
Comment by Gwen-Intoxicated Zodiac — June 19, 2008 @ 7:43 am
WOW, so cool.
Comment by maybelles mom (feeding maybelle) — June 23, 2008 @ 5:56 pm
Great looking drink. I’ve never tried honeysuckle before. I don’t know if I’ve ever even seen it but if I do, I know what to do with it.
Comment by Syrie — June 24, 2008 @ 4:01 am
gwen, this looks great. i love honeysuckles. they are so tasty. i also like to suck the nectar from jasmine flowers too. wonder i could use them in the drink as well? more likely i’ll poison myself!!!
Comment by Anna — June 25, 2008 @ 10:15 am
Mmm, I have never tried honeysuckle. I am a huge fan of G&Ts in the summer so I can imagine loving this cocktail. Very pretty.
Comment by Natashya — June 25, 2008 @ 4:48 pm
Never heard of this one. This what I like most about WHB
Comment by Jude — June 28, 2008 @ 11:05 pm
anna, good news… jasmine flowers are completely edible, so start mixing! cheers everyone : )
Comment by Gwen-Intoxicated Zodiac — June 29, 2008 @ 7:10 am