Except for a man on a limoncello bender with Peter Lemongello.
Posted on 05/14/2007 11:35:03 AM PDT by reformed_democrat
A decade ago, limoncello was virtually unknown in the U.S., outside of Italian-American families that made their own. Now the sweet, lemon liqueur from Southern Italy's Sorrento Peninsula is something of a fad -- one that had its pop-culture moment back in November when Danny DeVito stumbled onto a morning television talk show fresh from an all-night limoncello bender with George Clooney. In today's bleary celebrity culture, no sort of notoriety is allowed to escape commercial exploitation. Thus the announcement this month that Mr. DeVito is lending his name to a new brand of the lemon juice. Let's just hope that Mr. DeVito learns to drink his namesake the right way.
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The importer that Mr. DeVito has hooked up with, Harbrew, has made a sub-specialty of branding drinks with celebrity names, large and small. For example they offer "Bench 5," a five-year-old blended Scotch branded by Johnny Bench. Five years isn't anything to brag about when it comes to the age of Scotch whisky, and it's not clear to me how associating a whisky with a Hall of Fame catcher will sell the stuff. More sensible is the iced-tea concentrate the company brands with the likeness and signature of celebrity bass-fisherman Jimmy Houston.
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LIMONCELLO
1 dozen large lemons
1 bottle vodka
2 cups sugar
3 cups water
Peel thin strips of lemon, avoiding the subdermous white pith. Steep the peels in vodka for a week or so. Strain. Make simple syrup by dissolving sugar in water over a medium flame. Once the syrup is cooled, add it to the lemon-infused vodka. Bottle and chill.
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Also, I thought you all might like to have the recipe.
It just causes me to ask when George Clooney is going to be confident enough to come out of the closet.....
Danny DeVito stumbled onto a morning television talk show fresh from an all-night limoncello bender with George Clooney.
There is nothing gayer than a man on a limoncello bender with George Clooney.
Thanks. I'll change my copy of the recipe.
“I’m not in the closet.” [/muffled George Clooney voice]
Word. Who would ever admit to being drunk on anything that was fruit-flavored and a mere 40 proof?
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Same thing Rock Hudson said.
He's busy right now. He's interning with The Fug Girls over here.
If they did I would expect it to be sold in boxes to match their lack of class and quality.
I hear he does give a good foot rub (George, not Danny).
Except for a man on a limoncello bender with Peter Lemongello.
That, or heavy-duty plastic bags with a spout.
My thoughts exactly. Anything gayer than that would have to involve a tutu, a can of Crisco, and a tape of Judy Garland singing "I'm So Pretty."
If he is “light in the loafers,” he’ll do a Richard Chamberlain and wait until he is too old to have a box-office draw with the female members of the audience. All too many women swoon over these pretty-boy jerks, unless they find out they are homos. That seems to take some of the flutter out of their hearts, and definately has an effect on an actor’s popularity.
Gag!..getting drunk on this? I’d ralph it in 20 minutes.
Who is this “ralph”? And how well do you know him?
Hey, he was really, REALLY enjoying it!
I just wouldn’t have indulged like that before a TV appearance.
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