Post #254033 by pappythesailor on Wed, Sep 13, 2006 8:49 AM

I will try to keep this post on-topic tiki-wise. At least I'll try to make it interesting. As the local vocational high school is just three minutes from home, I couldn't resist signing up for the 8-week bartending course they offer. I thought you rum heads might appreciate knowing what they teach at one of things.

WEEK 1 -
Met the instructor. He talked and talked about being a bartender for thirty years, how he's burned out, getting a divorce and how he lives with his mother. Then, we went around class and introduced ourselves. I've decided to keep a low profile in class and make like Sgt. Schultz at all times.

Interesting things I learned:

1. how to pronounce orgeat: (OR-geet)
2. how to pronounce curaçao : (KRAK-ow)
   3)if you get job in a chinese restaurant, you'll probably have to make a Mai Tai the incorrect way they tell you, not the incorrect way they tell you in the Old Mr. Boston guide
3. If you make a Fuzzy Navel in New England, it doesn't have vodka in it. If you put vodka in it, it's called a Hairy Navel. Bleaaah.
4. if you're working with a bartender who's really crummy, it's OK not to share tips with him

Next week we start learning 20 drinks including the "Woo Woo". Woo Woo? More next week!