It's Gen Fic Day!

[fignewton]

Happy birthday, moonshayde!

We're commemorating two years' worth of gen recs over at stargateficrec with SG-1 Gen Fic Day!

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If you've written a ficlet for Alphabet Soup, include it in the comments here or supply a link to the fic on your own LJ. I'll collate them all into one big Alphabet Soup when we've got Daniel completely defined from A to Z! There are still a few letters left to claim if you want to join in the fun.

This post will remain open for submissions until Thursday morning my time, which is midnight or so on the West Coast in the States.

Write! Post! Comment! Squee! Have fun. :)

ETA: There are still ten hours or so left on the official deadline. It's bedtime in my part of the world, but I wanted to point out there are three letters left for Alphabet Soup: O, R, and Y. If you'd like to take one and help us finish, just leave a comment so that others will know not to claim it.

I'd love to wake up tomorrow morning and find our Alphabet Soup all done! :)

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M is for Mint Julep

[sg-wonderland.livejournal.com]

Jack/Daniel friendship
Word Count: 257

M is for Mint Julep

Jack took a big drink and promptly spit it back out. “What the hell is this?”

“It’s a mint julep, Jack. They’re traditional drinks at the Derby.” Daniel frowned at him. “You don’t like it?”

“I think it’s a waste of perfectly good whiskey.” Jack poured the remainder of his drink down the sink and replaced it with straight whiskey. “Are you sure you made it right?”

“Well, I couldn’t exactly get all the ingredients right.” Daniel sipped his with a hopeful look that quickly turned into a frown of his own. “Do you think it’s supposed to taste like that?”

“See, I told you. Here, have some whiskey.” Daniel followed his lead and switched his drink for plain whiskey. “Just out of curiosity, what is the recipe?”

“You have to have cold spring water.”

“Colorado Springs. Plenty of fresh water around here.”

“Well, I didn’t exactly know where any springs were so I used distilled water. I didn’t have a sterling silver cup to mix it in or a sterling silver spoon to crush the mint with so I used a glass and a metal spoon. And I couldn’t fine the specific kind of sugar so I just used, you know, regular sugar.”

“Cheer up, Daniel, at least you got the whiskey right. We’d better go rescue Teal’c. Last I heard, Carter was trying to explain stud service to Teal’c.”

Daniel jumped up, then darted back for the whiskey bottle. “Oh, this I’ve got to hear.”

Re: M is for Mint Julep

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

Hee hee hee! So do I! Daniel's a wise man to keep the whiskey bottle. :)

Re: M is for Mint Julep

[tejas.livejournal.com]

Daniel jumped up, then darted back for the whiskey bottle. “Oh, this I’ve got to hear.”

LOL! Now I want to see the next scene. :-)

Re: M is for Mint Julep

[sg-wonderland.livejournal.com]

I actually did a bit of this in a much earlier fic, in which Teal'c can't quite understand horse-racing and Daniel tries to explain it to him.
http://www.freewebs.com/gemgate/dannysong.htm

Re: M is for Mint Julep

[tejas.livejournal.com]

*runs off to read*

Oh, wow. *sniff*

I won't be able to get that song out of my head now for days. :-) But the image that now goes with it is worth it.

Re: M is for Mint Julep

[pataka02.livejournal.com]

Oh Daniel. I'm from KY and this just hurts me. Heh.

Not only did he get all the "extras" wrong, but he used whiskey instead of bourbon, most likely.

Sigh.

Re: M is for Mint Julep

[sg-wonderland.livejournal.com]

Me, too! And I had him get it wrong intentionally, my theory being that Daniel probably wouldn't know the difference between whiskey and bourbon, much as he didn't get why distilled water cannot replace good spring water.
The idea came from a comment RDA made several years ago after attending the Derby. After he tasted a julep, he commented that it tasted like kerosene and had the exact same effect on the nervous system.

Re: M is for Mint Julep

[pataka02.livejournal.com]

He said that? That's hilarious. It's the same reaction several of my friends had. Although one of them wanted to add more sugar and mint to drown out the bourbon taste... hehe.

Re: M is for Mint Julep

[sg-wonderland.livejournal.com]

Personally, back in the day, I would just skip the extras and go right for the whiskey. I think good whiskey, like a good steak, should stand on it's own merits.

Re: M is for Mint Julep

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. Daniel's concotion sounds painful. LOL. Love the banter.