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Date of Review: Dec 9, 2000
Dr. McGillicuddy's Vanilla Schnapps wasn't a liqueur I had planned on reviewing. Not until something very interesting happened here at home that I just had to write about. Unfortunately, the item I really wanted to review isn't in the Epinions data base. As usual though, LadyCynic likes to get around that whenever possible...(smile)...so to keep my story on topic, I decided to find the closest product to review and add my story to it. So, here's my review of Dr. McGillicuddy's Vanilla Schnapps...with a little added bonus at the end.
Dr. McGillicuddy's Vanilla Schnapps actually turned out to be pretty interesting on it's own. The bottle reminds me of an old fashioned medicine bottle. I can just picture old Doc McGillicuddy traveling from town to town in his wagon full of medicines, hawking his vanilla elixir at a dollar a bottle.
This schnapps sits at 48 proof, not a strong liqueur for my tastes, but not a bad proof for those of you who don't drink regularly. Dr. McGillicuddy's Vanilla Schnapps pours clear, I see a tremendous viscosity...this stuff is like syrup...whew...I can feel the way-too-sweet pucker startin to hit just from lookin at it...
The smell...sweet! Reminds me of Caro syrup with a hint of vanilla...sort of a witch hazel smell hits me if I leave it under my nose too long.
The taste...Ooh...waaayyy too sweet for me, on the first sip there's a cloying sweetness...kinda makes me wanna cringe here, but at least I don't get the witch hazel flavor I got in the scent...okay, there's the vanilla, in the aftertaste...not bad actually, but I can't see going through the way-too-sweet pucker to get to the aftertaste.
My recommendation...for me, Dr. McGillicuddy's Vanilla Schnapps needs a mixer to cut down some of the sweetness. Unless you have a tremendous sweet tooth, don't drink this straight up. Add a sour mix to it, or even a tart cranberry juice...something like that will cut down the sweetness of the schnapps and bring out more of the vanilla flavor.
Now, before I get to the second item...(you know, the one that sorta relates? Heh Heh) here are a couple of recipes that will take some of the sweetness away, and a couple of recipes that are sweet...but still very tasty...
Cherry Cheesecake
1 1/2oz vanilla schnapps
1/2oz Half & Half
Mix in a tall or stem glass over ice with Cranberry juice
Dreamsicle
1 1/2oz vanilla schnapps
Mix in a tall or stem glass over ice with equal parts Orange Juice and Milk
Leprechaun Cum
1oz vanilla schnapps
1oz Blue Curacao
1/2oz Half & Half
Rim a tall or stem glass with Rumple Minze (just like you would salt for a margarita) add the ingredients with ice, then fill the rest with Orange juice
Tattooed Love Goddess
1/2oz vanilla schnapps
1/2oz vodka
1oz Godiva Chocolate liqueur
Mix in a tall or stem glass over ice with Half & Half
Now, since we're on the subject of vanilla, here's my review of...
Vanilla Extract!
Now I know why Gram was always so happy when she was baking, smiling, humming old 40's big band music as she happily mixed up the batter for her wonderful homemade sugar cookies. I've found her secret...vanilla extract is 70 proof!! That's right guys, good old Gram was takin nips of the stuff while she was baking. I knew it had to be something like that...nobody is that happy slaving over a hot stove for hours making cookies!
Now, when I saw that on the vanilla extract bottle, 35% alcohol...I had no choice, I had to check it out...I mean hell, I've had liqueurs with a lower alcohol content than this. Vanilla extract smells good, can be used for so many other things...and is a hell of a lot cheaper than likker! I know, I know...I've mentioned it before as a replacement when you're low on likker cash, but I was only kidding, I'd never actually tried it before.
Of course I wasn't about to use my delicate taste buds, possibly do some damage, and try it myself...hell no...I needed a guinea pig! All I needed was a man, well hey...I've got one of those! So off to the living room I went with my little bottle of vanilla extract, and here's how it went...
LadyCynic...(walking through the room looking intently at the bottle)...Honey, did you know that vanilla extract is 70 proof?
LordCynic...(perking up at the words 70 proof)...Really? Let me see that?
LadyCynic...(hands him the bottle and gets in the comfy chair pretending to watch TV)...Yep, 70 proof...I wonder if it tastes like it smells?
LordCynic...(opens the bottle and takes a sniff)...I don't know slim, smells pretty potent to me...(hands the bottle to LadyCynic)
LadyCynic...hmm...I can smell that alcohol, but the vanilla's pretty strong...it probably tastes more like vanilla than anything else...(hands it back to LordCynic without trying it)
LordCynic...(puts the opening of the bottle on the end of his tongue and tips it up for a taste)...EWW...(spit)...(hack)...(spit)...(his face is contorted in pain)...(spit)...(hack)...(spit)...(shooting LadyCynic dirty looks in between grimaces)...(spit)...(hack)...(spit)
LadyCynic...(laughing so hard tears are streaming down her face)...what does it taste like darlin?...(laughing even harder)
LordCynic...(spit)...(hack)...(spit)...I'm gonna get you back for this you know...(spit)...(hack)...(spit)...NEVER, tell a redneck somethins 70 proof, then give him something that nasty...(spit)...(hack)...(spit)...Yep, yer days are numbered woman!
LadyCynic...(laughing so hard she falls out of the chair)...But baby! I never said for you to taste it...(trying to smile sweetly in between fits of uncontrollable laughter, as LordCynic heads off to the bathroom to try to get the nasty taste out of his mouth)
It's all true guys...and the moral of this story?
Don't ever tell a redneck that something's 70 proof and expect him not to taste it...and no matter how short you are on liquor money...don't try drinking the vanilla extract that you have in the cupboard...take it from me, if it gets this kind of reaction from my old man, who has no taste whatsoever...it's got to be some nasty stuff!
Final thought...never drink and drive! You're not only putting your own life at risk, but everyone else on the road with you. If you must go out to drink, do what I always do...take a taxi!
