I'm making French 75s tonight

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I was going to try and do things tonight, but the weather didn’t cooperate. Offered to help a friend change the rear calipers on his E30, but I had completely forgotten about that. So I was a bit surprised when I got a text about it at noon, but I got changed into my work clothes and headed over to his house. We got the calipers changed and I headed home around 3:30, that’s when it started to open up. I had been invited to a baseball game tonight, but know that the weather was looking iffy, so I made backup plans. Ran some errands earlier and had gotten supplies for French 75s. If you’re wondering what goes into a French 75:

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So since I got home, I’ve been playing some COD blackout and made a couple French 75s. Not the worst evening ever.

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If you’re wondering the origin of the name of the drink, it’s named after the 75mm howitzer the French used during WWI. Here’s one I saw in the Imperial War Museum:

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