Sunday Overnight Open Thread 01/04/2026: Lazy Winter Edition [Doof]

Good evening, Horde! It's Sunday night in the depths of winter 2026, the perfect time to kick back and ignore the looming Monday. Welcome to the Overnight Thread - your no-judgment zone for snark, strong drinks, and whatever random thoughts are rattling around in your skull after a weekend of questionable decisions.

Retro Corner

Ah, the innocence. Back when a smiling housewife could sell you cigarettes and floor wax in the same breath.

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Speaking of housewives, how about a little retro snack to support eating healthier in 2026?

21 oz crabmeat
2 packages lime flavor gelatin dessert
2 tsp salt
2 cups boiling water
2 tbsp cider vinegar
2 tsp onion juice
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
2 cups sour cream
1 cup finely chopped, drained unpeeled cucumber
Few drops green food coloring
3 oz cream cheese
2 tbsp cream
Chicory, watercress or parsley

Flake crab or krab, saving sections for garnish.

Dissolve lime gelatin and salt in boiling water. Stir until dissolved. Add vinegar, onion juice, Worcestershire sauce. Chill slightly until thickened.

Fold in sour cream. Blend well. Fold in cucumber and crab (or krab).

Add enough green coloring to give a medium green tone to the mixture.

For mold, use lightly oiled 6-cup capacity funnel, available in hardware stores. Plug the hole at base with foil, pour in a little gelatin and chill to keep remaining gelatin from leaking out. Stand filled funnel upright in a large measuring cup. Chill until firm.

Unmold, mash cream cheese, stirring in cream. Beat until soft and fluffy. Frost top of the mountain to look like snow. Garnish around the mold with greens and remaining crab chunks

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You can’t serve this without a cocktail: 1950s Cocktails to Shake Up Your Night (we have stocked all the ingredients at the bar):

The Martini (The Ultimate Sophisticate)
Dry, gin-based martinis epitomized 1950s cool—James Bond ordered his "shaken, not stirred" in 1953's Casino Royale. Often extra-dry with just a whisper of vermouth.

Classic 1950s Recipe: • 2½ oz gin • ½ oz dry vermouth • Olive or lemon twist garnish Stir with ice, strain into a chilled coupe

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Grasshopper (Creamy Mint Dream)
Invented earlier but peaked in the '50s as a vibrant after-dinner treat.

Recipe:
• 1 oz green crème de menthe
• 1 oz white crème de cacao
• 1 oz heavy cream
Shake with ice, strain into coupe

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Stinger (Post-Dinner Digestif)
A sophisticated brandy-cognac combo popular among the elite.

Recipe:
• 1½ oz cognac
• ¾ oz white crème de menthe
Shake or stir, strain

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Pink Squirrel
Born in the '40s but a '50s staple in supper clubs—pink, nutty, and indulgent.

Recipe:
• 1 oz crème de noyaux (almond liqueur)
• 1 oz white crème de cacao
• 1 oz heavy cream
Shake, strain

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Classic 1950s Zombie Recipe (1956 Waikiki Variation)
This is a prominent 1950s version served at Donn's Hawaii locations—sweeter and more pineapple-forward than the original.

Ingredients:
• ¾ oz fresh lime juice
• ½ oz white grapefruit juice (fresh)
• 1½ oz unsweetened pineapple juice
• ¾ oz maraschino liqueur (e.g., Luxardo)
• ¼ oz velvet falernum
• ¼ tsp grenadine
• 1¼ oz gold Puerto Rican rum (e.g., Bacardi 8 or similar)
• 1 oz dark Jamaican rum (e.g., Appleton Estate or Coruba)
• 1 oz 151-proof Demerara rum (e.g., Lemon Hart or Hamilton)
• ⅛ tsp (about 6-8 drops) Pernod or absinthe
• 2 dashes Angostura bitters
• ¾ cup (6 oz) crushed ice
Instructions:
1. Add all ingredients to a blender.
2. Flash-blend at high speed for no more than 5 seconds (just to incorporate—over-blending dilutes it).
3. Pour unstrained into a tall Zombie glass, chimney glass, or tiki mug.
4. Top with more crushed ice to mound above the rim.
5. Garnish extravagantly: mint sprig, pineapple fronds, orchid if available, or a spent lime shell with 151 rum floated and lit for drama

'Ette Couture (Courtesy of Piper)

It's that time of the week - when we turn the ONT over to our good friend Piper for a bit. Here's this week's fashion pr0n.

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New Year's Eve was an opportunity for movers and shakers to show off their party threads.

Melania is hot!

Rita Ora is not!

What did YOU wear on New Year's Eve?

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Thanks, Piper -- and Happy New Year!

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