In our busy lives, it is a rare occasion that we get a half hour to sit, relax and find a television show that we enjoy. (You would think with 300 channels that would be easy...not so much) We came upon a new series on TruTv called "How To Be A Grown Up". It is 30 minutes of pure laughter that sometimes puts me in uncontrollable happy tears...true comic relief for me once a week.
It is a group of comedians that make fun of who we were in our 20's and how we evolve into becoming (or trying to be) the perfect grown up. They really have a great time telling the truths that everyone goes through and all you can do is laugh at yourself because you know exactly what they are speaking of. Viewer warning though...make sure younger (especially teenager) ears are out of the room, their truths can get on the crude side that even make me blush sometimes. If you have this channel and need a really good laugh, I highly recommend this one.
As we all have learned, when you become a grown up, you really shouldn't drink, dress and act the way you did in your 20's. The nights of Kamikaze shooters and Long Island Ice Teas while dancing scantily clothed on a bar table is no longer acceptable (unless you are celebrating your 40th birthday in Las Vegas...then anything goes).
This martini is a very grown up and respectable drink. Just don't drink 6 of them in one night, as you may end up dancing on your dining room table during your kids' birthday sleepover party.
Lemon Drop Martini
(makes 2 martinis)
3 oz. Vodka
1 oz. Triple Sec
2 tsp. superfine sugar
1-1/2 oz. freshly squeezed lemon juice
Place martini glasses in freezer for 15 minutes. Mix the vodka, triple sec, sugar and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker half filled with ice cubes. Shake well to make sure sugar is blended. Remove the chilled martini glasses from freezer and take a lemon wedge and rub the drinking surface of the glass so it is barely moist. Dip the edge of the glass into sugar. Pour strained liquor into the sugar-rimmed martini glass and garnish with a twisted peel of lemon.
