I've always hated how alcohol commercials play up like a cool beer is the best thing in the world, or a glass of whiskey is what will put hair on your chest. It's a disgusting narrative that ruins people's lives.

On social media, there's a huge variety of it. People posting how they were sober on NYE. Folks sharing before/after as they've gone cold turkey. I see people share tips of what type of mocktails to get at bars, and alternatives to having a fun night over getting drunk.

I appreciate that.

And this is not bashing alcohol. Moderation in everything.

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[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm a heavy drinker but screw it, sharing my non-alcoholic version of Irish cream here:

100ml whole milk; boiling hot
a cinnamon stick
some pieces of orange skin, just the yellow part
drinking chocolate powder; I use 3tbsp
instant coffee powder; I use 2tbsp
400g dulce de leche [see note]
200ml half-and-half
vanilla extract
300~500ml whole milk, again; keep it cool

Simmer the cinnamon stick and orange skin in the whole milk for 10 minutes or so. Then throw them away, they're just to add flavour to the milk.
Add the other ingredients, in the sequence listed, making sure to incorporate well one ingredient before adding another. Taste it and add more or less milk as you want, if it tastes too strong add more milk.
Transfer to a bottle, chill it. Serve it on the rocks.

NOTE: you can buy the dulce de leche if you want, but it gets more expensive than just making it at home with the same amount of sweetened condensed milk.

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 4 points 4 days ago

My stupid ass read this as a non-alcoholic Irish Whiskey and got confused when I saw milk.

This is still great! Thank you!