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A while back, I got "The Dungeonmeister" for Christmas. It's a D&D themed cocktail book. And, since I have a lot more space in this house that I have all to myself, I figured I'd build out the shelves in the dining room to be my cocktail bar. I still need quite a few liqueurs but I have most of the basics here and can make about 12-15 cocktails in the book with what I have on hand.


And, of course, I've been making cocktails. The Point Blank Shot (gin, whiskey and lemon)


The Twin Strike (vodka, lime juice, triple sec)


And tonight: Faerie Fire (blue curacao, gin, vermouth, orange juice, silver luster dust)


So far, they've all been tasty

Those all sound nice! Faerie Fire looks tasty!

drawn_inward said:

Those all sound nice! Faerie Fire looks tasty!

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I wasn't sure how "Martini with orange" would turn out, but I really liked it

This one is in honor of @mikerc



McWhiskey Sour
It's actually pretty goddamn tasty. I used the Tullamore Dew instead of the Ardbeg Wee Beastie so it'd be a true Whiskey-with-an-e

Tinwhistler said:

This one is in honor of @mikerc

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McWhiskey Sour
It's actually pretty goddamn tasty. I used the Tullamore Dew instead of the Ardbeg Wee Beastie so it'd be a true Whiskey-with-an-e

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You should try a sour with an egg white in it. It is incredible. If you’re not into the whole egg white thing, there are alternatives.

Shakey said:

You should try a sour with an egg white in it. It is incredible. If you’re not into the whole egg white thing, there are alternatives.

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That'd be like the Wagyu of cocktails with the price of egg these days

Tinwhistler said:

That'd be like the Wagyu of cocktails with the price of egg these days

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Worth it.

Back to my regularly scheduled program: Giant Bee
Honey, gin, lemon juice. Sweet and tasty.

Tinwhistler said:

Back to my regularly scheduled program: Bee Sting
Honey, gin, lemon juice. Sweet and tasty.

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What proportions? That sounds lovely

Tinwhistler said:

Back to my regularly scheduled program: Bee Sting
Honey, gin, lemon juice. Sweet and tasty.

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Close to what I do for a gin old fashioned.
Gin
Honey syrup
Lemon bitters

Chad Sexington said:

What proportions? That sounds lovely

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2::3/4::1 gin:: lemon:: honey

Feel up to a challenge?

GasBandit said:

Feel up to a challenge?

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I want to try all of that.

Someone put an admirable amount of effort into that.
...though "You've" should be "You're."

--Patrick

GasBandit said:

Feel up to a challenge?

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I'll probably come back and revisit these when I'm done churning through this book. Being a matrix, it seems like it'd be simple to churn through a lot of options without a big outlay of cash for specialty stuff.

Today's libation: A Gnomish Gnightcap. Gin, Vermouth, Campari. I'm noticing a *lot* of the drinks in this book are basically "A martini with a bit of something added". Which I'm 100% down for.

The "Sneak Attack"
White rum, cherry cordial, cointreau, lime juice, simple syrup, and ice blended into a frozen drink.


Very tasty, not very boozy tasting. I could probably down these back-to-back. Which makes it have a good name, because there's like 3oz of booze in it. It will definitely sneak up on you.

Tinwhistler said:

The "Sneak Attack"
White rum, cherry cordial, cointreau, lime juice, simple syrup, and ice blended into a frozen drink.
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Very tasty, not very boozy tasting. I could probably down these back-to-back. Which makes it have a good name, because there's like 3oz of booze in it. It will definitely sneak up on you.

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Oh yeah, that's one of those "Let's get the 18 year odl girl drunk without her noticing" cocktails. There's quite a few of those where the object really seems to be "make it taste like anything but alcohol so they'll keep over before figuring out how much more alcohol is in this than in what you're drinking yourself".

Yummy, though.

"Royal Diplomacy" to lubricate those delicate negotiations.
Whiskey, bourbon, almond liqueur, orange, pineapple and cranberry juices and grenadine

I half-expect it would come with a maraschino cherry at that point.

--Patrick

PatrThom said:

I half-expect it would come with a maraschino cherry at that point.

--Patrick

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A lot of these are supposed to have some kind of fruit garnish, but no cherry yet. But as I'm only having one drink a day or so, I foresaw a lot of tossed out, partially consumed fruit pieces. So I haven't bothered.

Tinwhistler said:

no cherry yet

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It was more because the drink contained almond (whose flavor kinda tastes like cherry) and also two other things that are red. A cherry on top just seemed like a gimme to, well, top it all off.

--Patrick

While it looks similar to the Faerie Fire I made before, this is the Blue Mana and has a different taste entirely, being made of vodka, blue curacao, cranberry juice, lime, and luster dust in a sugar-rimmed glass.

Did Blue Mana yesterday. So today is Green Mana.
Fresh mint muddled with Midori, rum, lime juice and club soda, and garnished with fresh mint. Very refreshing!

I will always have a soft spot for Midori. The liqueur, not the violinist.

--Patrick

PatrThom said:

I will always have a soft spot for Midori. The liqueur, not the violinist.

--Patrick

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I've never had it before, but the melon and mint made this super summery and refreshing feeling.

Tinwhistler said:

I've never had it before, but the melon and mint made this super summery and refreshing feeling.

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Whenever we went camping, we would mix it with Cran-Raspberry. The red and green colors combine to make a sort of brown, and the two are already quite sweet to begin with... but to me, it tastes like Summer and hiking and campfires and laying out in the sun and so on. Tastes good with a little Sprite/7-Up added, too.

--Patrick

1d3 Minstrels. Ardbeg Wee Beastie, Tullemore Dew, Wild Turkey.

'Minstrels' to me implies light and festive. Nope. This was more like 'the three horsemen'. Three because Death isn't in the glass-- he's on your shoulder cackling 'This is what i taste like!'

A cocktail of whiskey, whisky and whiskey? That's... I mean, does that count as a cocktail?

Bubble181 said:

A cocktail of whiskey, whisky and whiskey? That's... I mean, does that count as a cocktail?

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Yep. Scotch, whiskey and bourbon. I think it counts more as a dare than a cocktail.

They should've named it the "Thorogood."

--Patrick

Total Party Wipe: vodka, dark rum, tequila, gin, blue curacao, sweet and sour, 7-up. So very very tasty

Tinwhistler said:

While it looks similar to the Faerie Fire I made before, this is the Blue Mana and has a different taste entirely, being made of vodka, blue curacao, cranberry juice, lime, and luster dust in a sugar-rimmed glass.

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You can't trick me. That's romulan ale.

This one was called Electrum Piece. 50/50 red bull (which is goldish in color) and goldschlager. Which makes sense as electrum is 50/50 gold/silver in D&D. But all I had was Monster Zero Ultra, so it's silver/silver instead. In .gif format because the pearl luster dust is what really makes it shine. It was a lot tastier than I expected.

PatrThom said:

They should've named it the "Thorogood."

--Patrick

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I drink too much now, but I used to really drink too much. At one of the bars where I was a regular, the manager would end my evenings by giving me a "Thorogood" - indeed, one bourbon, one scotch, and one beer.

Please keep us informed when you've tried this one:

Fell asleep before posting this one. Dark Elf: White rum, cherry liqueur, grenadine. It's a little on the sweet side.

The Seduction Roll: vodka, cranberry juice, grenadine, orange juice, amaretto. This is supposed to be a pitcher's worth, so I had to do math to size it down.

I thought I'd google to see if this was called something else, and it looks like they lifted the recipe straight from: https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/amaretto-cranberry-kiss-240663

Amaretto and grenadine? I don't know how much cranberry they"re pouring in there, but that sounds like super sweet cloying candy to me.

Bubble181 said:

Amaretto and grenadine? I don't know how much cranberry they"re pouring in there, but that sounds like super sweet cloying candy to me.

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That one was mostly vodka. The others were smaller amounts. A "splash" of grenadine for color. 1/2 oz amaretto. 1oz vodka and 2 oz cranberry. It was more balanced than the Dark Elf above, which was super sweet and cloying

The Orange Creamsickle.

Vodka, triple sec, orange juice, heavy cream. Tastes very much like a slightly boozy Dreamsickle

Banana Cream Pie...basically a rum banana smoothie. This was a lot boozier than I expected. If I make again, I'll use 2 parts cream to 1 part rum instead of vice versa.

Grasshopper: Creme de menthe and creme de cacao with cream. Probably would look more like a grasshopper if I'd bought the leprechaun green artificially colored menthe, but I didn't. So I guess it's a brown grasshopper.

Tastes like a Girl Scouts Thin Mint cookie

Tinwhistler said:

Tastes like a Girl Scouts Thin Mint cookie

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If ever there was a sentence that could convince me to displace my Tito's and Sprite, it is the above.

GasBandit said:

If ever there was a sentence that could convince me to displace my Tito's and Sprite, it is the above.

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Of all of my cocktails, I probably downed this one the fastest, and was happy that I was out of cream, because I would have probably had 2-3 more.

Yeah, mint chocolate anything is my ultimate weakness.

GasBandit said:

Yeah, mint chocolate anything is my ultimate weakness.

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I thought it was bacon and cheddar?
...though yeah, that doesn't sound like it would make the most appetizing cocktail.

--Patrick

PatrThom said:

I thought it was bacon and cheddar?
...though yeah, that doesn't sound like it would make the most appetizing cocktail.

--Patrick

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Alien Brain Hemorrhage - Peach schnapps, Bailey's, blue curacao, grenadine. I put a touch too much schnapps, so I couldn't really splash the curacao and grenadine to churn up the Bailey's as much as I wanted.

Slippery Grippli. Swampy frog monster- looking Bailey's and Midori floating atop butterscotch schnapps

Magic Mirror: White rum, blue curacao, grenadine, luster dust

How much mana does that restore?

figmentPez said:

How much mana does that restore?

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My tests show that the potion seller is scamming, and it casts Feeblemind on the drinker instead.

Potion of Glibness: Lemonade, lime juice, cranberry juice, rum. This one was fruity but balanced, and I couldn't taste the rum at all.

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Potion of Glibness: Lemonade, lime juice, cranberry juice, rum. This one was fruity but balanced, and I couldn't taste the rum at all.

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Oooh, that would make me real glib, real fast.

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Magic Mirror: White rum, blue curacao, grenadine, luster dust

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So how do you get it to do that?

blotsfan said:

So how do you get it to do that?

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stir it.

Tinwhistler said:

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Potion of Glibness: Lemonade, lime juice, cranberry juice, rum. This one was fruity but balanced, and I couldn't taste the rum at all.

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I feel like it needs a crushed Vivarin, or at least one taken with it, for full effect.

--Patrick

Turn Undead: Lemon juice, vodka, Kahlua. This looks and smells like some kind of cola-and-booze drink. But generic, like Dr. Thunder or Great Value Cola. But it had a lot more flavor than smell, and was tasty, if boozy.

Acid Arrow: Malibu rum, pineapple juice, Jägermeister floating on top

A few of those D&D cocktails call for the light-up lights, so I finally broke down and got some.
Faerie Fire redux

Red Mana: Fireball, Seagram's, Luxardo, grenadine

Tinwhistler said:

A few of those D&D cocktails call for the light-up lights, so I finally broke down and got some.
Faerie Fire redux

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My kid loves using those in his bath. I ain’t gonna lie, if I took baths I’d fill it with those too.

Tinwhistler said:

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Magic Mirror: White rum, blue curacao, grenadine, luster dust

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Oh that's fun lookin'

Shakey said:

I ain’t gonna lie, if I took baths I’d fill it with those too.

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--Patrick

Got a new book for Valentine's Day.
First cocktail: Negroni-Nomicon--gin, vermouth, campari, triple sec, blue curacao. 5oz of liquors, no non-alcoholic ingredients. It made my nose a bit tingly

Tonight's drink is a play on the El Presidente cocktail (the "Hell Residente")...with the addition of Fireball and Irish Whiskey, and blue curacao instead of triple sec. That makes it: Rum, vermouth, blue curacao, fireball, tullemore dew, grenadine. It's...different. Boozy. Tastes of cinnamon and orange with a hint of complexity. These flavors really shouldn't work together. But they kind of do.

Also, I'm noticing this book is a big fan of mixing blue curacao and grenadine to make a drink that's so purple as to be almost black.

Whoops..forgot to post this one, which came between the two dark drinks...



Pallid Carcosa. Pineapple juice, coconut cream, spiced rum, peach schnapps (called for peach moonshine, but no thanks), sweet and sour. Blended with ice.

I'm definitely a fan of these kinds of fruity drinks.

It's been a while.



H. Peach Lovedraft. Guinness, peach schnapps, rum. It's actually a whole lot better than I thought it would be. The peach goes well with the Guinness and cuts a lot of the bitterness of the stout. The beer and rum keep it from being too peachy.

Peach forward when it hits your tongue, but with a lingering stout finish. Not bad at all.

It's Friday!
From the D&D book: Barbarian Rage.

Equal parts dark rum, white rum, Amaretto, Chambord, tequila, Midori, vodka, Malibu, gin, Blue Curacao. 8 oz Monster energy drink.

This is like a long island iced tea in that it doesn't taste boozy at all...but it's super fruity. And at 10 oz of liquor/liqueur. I'm about to be fucked up.

I can imagine it tastes okay, but ten different liquors mixed together like that? Ugh.

Bubble181 said:

I can imagine it tastes okay, but ten different liquors mixed together like that? Ugh.

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It was considerably better than I anticipated it would be.

Flavored Enemy
Vanilla vodka, orange juice, a splash of cranberry. I already like screwdrivers...the touch of vanilla flavor and the addition of a bit of cranberry kick are interesting and tasty additions

GasBandit said:

Feel up to a challenge?

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Not to hijack your thread too much Tin, but I have to say that a hard Mountain Dew is actually improved by a shot of vodka. It’s still trash, but a little less so. I might have to try hard Baja Blast with some rum next.

Shakey said:

Not to hijack your thread too much Tin, but I have to say that a hard Mountain Dew is actually improved by a shot of vodka. It’s still trash, but a little less so. I might have to try hard Baja Blast with some rum next.

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Hijack all you like I'll look less like an alcoholic if I'm not the only one posting.

That said, if you want to use this space to try all the Mountain Dew drinks, feel free. I am really not supposed to have them due to the sugar, so I haven't been quick to give this particular matrix a try.

Guess my excitement has slowed down to "once a week"
Astral Diamond Juice. Gin, blue curacao, elderflower liqueur, champagne, silver luster dust.. I was afraid it was going to be very orange-y, but the smidge (like 1/4 oz) of elderflower really brought everything together.

Tried two yesterday.

The first, Holy Water, was a mix of lime juice, tequila, and elderflower liqueur. It was hideous, and i tossed it out after my second sip confirmed it wasn't going to get better.



The second, Necromancer, was a mix of gin, vermouth, lemon juice and cointreau with a "dash" of absinthe.
That absinthe made all the difference. It mellowed out the intense orange and juniper notes, adding a barely-detectible hint of anise. This drink was a lot more balanced and complex than the ingredients would suggest.

Tinwhistler said:

The first, Holy Water, was a mix of lime juice, tequila, and elderflower liqueur. It was hideous, and i tossed it out after my second sip confirmed it wasn't going to get better.

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Have you considered instead the possibility that you may be at least partly demonic in origin?

--Patrick

PatrThom said:

Have you considered instead the possibility that you may be at least partly demonic in origin?

--Patrick

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The idea has been expressed to me more than once

The irony wasn't lost on me that the 'good' drink tasted horrible to me and the 'evil' drink was delicious

Sword and Chambord: vodka, raspberry liqueur, lime juice, ginger beer.

This one is super tasty!

It sounds tasty. Lime and ginger are classic together.

--Patrick

Half and Half Orc—creme de menthe, creme de cacao, half and half. Might have looked more to the drink designer's intentions had I gone for the green creme de menthe instead of the clear

Been sick the last couple of days. The back of my throat feels like a slip-and-slide of mucus. It's gross. I figured an acidic, boozy drink might help. And it does!

The CosmicPolitan from the Lovecraft Cocktails book—grapefruit juice, chambord, vodka, cointreau, lime juice. Basically a cosmo but with grapefruit instead of cranberry. It's supposed to be *white* grapefruit, but I didn't have any, so the little drop of chambord sitting malevolently at the bottom of the glass isn't showing.

So, I decided to give ChatGPT a try, and gave it a list of almost everything in my cocktail bar and told it to make me a drink.
Chocolate Raspberry Martini: Chocolate Liqueur, Cherry Liqueur, Vodka, Gin, Vermouth, Chambord. I thought the gin and vodka might clash with the sweets, but it ended up tasting very nice. I'd drink it again.

You know, almost every hobby I do, people send me recipes/patterns/etc. I don't mind so much now that booze recipes are coming my way
Liquid Butterfinger: Equal parts vanilla vodka, butterscotch schnapps, Kahlua and Baileys.

Doesn't taste much like Butterfinger to me...which is 'peanut buttery' and not 'butterscotchy'. But it's super tasty.

Illithid Substance: Tullamore Dew, lemon juice, apple pucker, simple syrup, gold luster dust

This seemed like the best place to put this

Scooby Snack: Midori, Malibu, pineapple juice, whipped cream.

troll slobber: lime sherbet, rum, 7up

Im making a guest appearance due to not having another great thread for it.

My wife is a pretty frequent drinker, so now that she has to stop for the next 9 months I got her this nonalcoholic tequila I found online. I also was curious and got myself a bottle of their rum since, you know, alcohol is generally bad for you.

I just made my first fake-rum & Dr Pepper cream soda zero, and it actually works really well as a rum substitute. It’s not so identical that I can’t tell the difference, but it’s close enough that it can scratch the itch. Idk if anyone would have a desire for this, but I’d recommend it if you have a need for it.



And my boring-looking drink:

Milk of Amnesia: creme de cacao, sambuca, heavy cream

Got a set of "Cocktail Cards" to learn more traditional drinks. 100 cards, 100 classic cocktails. I'm starting with the brandy drinks because I don't do much with the bottle of brandy I have.

First drink: The Sidecar (starting here, because the first two called for ingredients like heavy cream I didn't have on hand) Wow, it's boozy as hell. But if you like boozy drinks, it's pretty tasty.

All classic drinks will probably come off as boozy, so get ready for a ride if you’re not used to it. You can’t go wrong with 2 parts booze, 1 part sweet, 1 part sour.

Shakey said:

All classic drinks will probably come off as boozy, so get ready for a ride if you’re not used to it. You can’t go wrong with 2 parts booze, 1 part sweet, 1 part sour.

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It probably didn't help that my recipe card called for 2 oz cognac instead of 1.5 as in most recipes I find online

Your card is closer to the original recipe, probably, though. Modern sensibilities etc.
Wines used to be less alcoholic on average, cocktails stronger.

Bubble181 said:

Your card is closer to the original recipe, probably, though. Modern sensibilities etc.
Wines used to be less alcoholic on average, cocktails stronger.

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That's about what I was figuring, too. It was boozy, but tasted 'right'

Brandy Flip. Brandy, a raw egg, sugar, nutmeg for garnish. So, really, the primary 'mixer' for the brandy is...an egg.

I had no hopes at all for this one. But I really liked it. Kind of reminded me of egg nog's classier cousin.
I used powdered eggs for this. Everything I've read has said that powdered eggs are very close to same as what you'd get with a real egg, without the salmonella.

Vieux Carré
Bourbon, rye whiskey, vermouth, Benedictine, 2 kinds of bitters, cherries. As with most 'classic' cocktails, this one is certainly boozy. The whiskey really stands out here.



Edit: I described it to a friend thusly: It tastes like I should be taking a business meeting in a $700 suit at an airport bar.

What if you made a Disney Dole Whip clone, and added rum to it?
Damn fine drink, that's what.

Finally remembered to save the liquid when draining chickpeas and we were able to try aquafaba as an eggwhite substitute. It worked great, got the layer of foam and thicker texture but without the awful eggy flavor. It was a little salty at the bottom of the glass, but otherwise I didn't taste chickpeas in the drink, a Leviathan's Kiss from the Gotham City Cocktails book: gin, raspberry syrup, lime juice & rose water. Which tastes horrible with egg in it, so aquafaba is a winner.

Sara_2814 said:

Finally remembered to save the liquid when draining chickpeas and we were able to try aquafaba as an eggwhite substitute. It worked great, got the layer of foam and thicker texture but without the awful eggy flavor. It was a little salty at the bottom of the glass, but otherwise I didn't taste chickpeas in the drink, a Leviathan's Kiss from the Gotham City Cocktails book: gin, raspberry syrup, lime juice & rose water. Which tastes horrible with egg in it, so aquafaba is a winner.

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Awesome! I was concerned about the chickpeas ruining the taste.