{"id":780,"date":"2012-11-04T21:03:05","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T01:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/?p=780"},"modified":"2012-11-04T21:03:05","modified_gmt":"2012-11-05T01:03:05","slug":"hurricane-sandy-cocktails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/?p=780","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Sandy Cocktails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following are two <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hurricane_Sandy\">hurricane Sandy<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0inspired cocktails. \u00c2\u00a0Warning: these drinks have been linked to serious and prolonged blackouts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hurricane Sandy Manhattan<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 oz rye whiskey<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 oz sweet vermouth<\/li>\n<li>2-3 dashes Angostura bitters<\/li>\n<li>2 oz salt water<\/li>\n<li>Maraschino cherry for garnish<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pour the ingredients into a mixing glass with ice cubes and stir well. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with the cherry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hurricane Sandy Long Island Ice Tea<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/2 oz triple sec<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 oz light rum<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 oz gin<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 oz vodka<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 oz tequila<\/li>\n<li>1 oz sour mix<\/li>\n<li>2 oz salt water<\/li>\n<li>Cola<\/li>\n<li>Lemon wedge for garnish<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pour the spirits and sour mix into a collins glass with ice and stir well or shake. Top the glass off with cola. Garnish with the lemon wedge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>In all\u00c2\u00a0seriousness, the effects of the storm are still being felt strongly by many in the tri-state area. \u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.redcross.org\/templates\/render\/render.jsp?pageId=11400031&amp;scode=RSG00000E017&amp;subcode=paiddonationsearch&amp;gclid=CMPY9tjPtrMCFQJx4AodT0UAyg\">Donate today to the Red Cross hurricane relief.<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0 Or find a local volunteer opportunity to help those in need.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following are two hurricane Sandy\u00c2\u00a0inspired cocktails. \u00c2\u00a0Warning: these drinks have been linked to serious and prolonged blackouts. Hurricane Sandy Manhattan 2 oz rye whiskey 1\/2 oz sweet vermouth 2-3 dashes Angostura bitters 2 oz salt water Maraschino cherry for garnish Pour the ingredients into a mixing glass with ice cubes and stir well. Strain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}