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Donna Sue's Down Home Trailer Park Bartender's Guide

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A while ago my husband decided to take up bartending as a hobby. He got a drink guide, but that's all it was: a drink guide. So this past November for our wedding anniversary I bought him this book. He was thrilled. Donna Sue's Down Home Trailer Park Bartending Book does what all other mixology books should do: it takes you by the hand, and shows you how to set up a bar, what items are the most popular, and how to mix a drink correctly. This book first introduces you to the wildly zany coworkers of Donna Sue's at the Blue Whale Strip Club where she dances and enjoys making drinks mostly for herself. Then after you've laughed till you've cried, it teaches you about the tools of the trade, teaching you things like what glass to use, etc. It gives you mixing tips, and then a whole lot of drink recipes, which are divided by the main ingredient in them. It has a chapter a list of what your humble but equipped home bar should have. It also has a great chapter on shots and one that even includes bad pickup lines. As a bartender, my husband is far from pro, but now he has a skill he can use when friends come over as well as some funny Donna Sue stories to share. The book is informative, precise, extremely comical, and very very helpful.

I would gleefully confer even more stars upon this book if I were allowed. When I retired from my post as bishop, my staff gave this book to me as a gag gift since they knew I take pleasure in a cocktail on occasions, and I dally at fundraisers and social events in the art of mixology. With the extra time I quickly found on my hands, and with the need to take a small break from the readings that my job had required, I set down in a comfortable chair and jumped into what can best be described as the "Gospel of Donna Sue". After several hours and a box of tissues, I closed the cover and realized that I had not laughed as hard in the past twenty years at any book, television program, or motion picture as I had while walking in Donna Sue's world. The stories are filled with people and events that I dare any reader not to double up over. Plus the recipes actually sound both tasty and intriguing. The hints are very helpful for anyone that has a bar in their home, although I don't think that I dare add a woman's knee high to my list of bar tools and equipment regardless of how good a strainer it might make. As you can most likely guess, I will be giving a copy of this book to everyone on my Christmas list, including my Baptist brethren. I plan on ordering her sister's books and I hope and pray that they are as good as my new friend Donna Sue's has been. Regardless of how wicked this delightful woman might appear, she is a joy that everyone who is of drinking age can treasure.

Alabama Slammer, Whiskey Sour, etc. The recipes here are pretty standard run of the mill. The chapters are your various drink types: Tequila, Scotch, Vodka, etc. with the author writing a page or two of personal stories, mostly sexual in nature; all done in a Southern drawl read. Lot's of words containing an apostrophe: ain't, standin', dressin', durin'...you get the idea.
But what SAVES this book from anonymity are the dozen or so photos of the cast of characters mentioned in these stories about the Blue Whale Strip Club. These are truly some of the worst drag queen attempts of all time. I was howling!
However, life is enriched by people like these who 'be as they are'.

There's lots more in this book than just drink recipes--great info on setting up a home bar, funny funny stories, etc. I especially liked the author's personal touch--like the stories about her or her coworkers at the Blue Whale Strip Club and learning that there's more to drink out there than just "cheap liquor" or beer. Good bar food recipes, too. I'm already making out my list for who get's this one for Christmas. Basically everyone who I know that drinks. Talk about your easy Holiday shopping.

After reading all of Ruby Ann's books, I couldnt wait for Donna Sue to share her experience's with the world. I am glad to see someone has finaly decided to step up and give all of us Trailerpark trash something to laugh about. I plan to send out flyers in my park encouraging all to either buy the books or visit the website. The Recipes are great and the stories are even better... Keep up the good work,

After having read all of her sister Ruby Ann Boxcar's cookbooks, I had to check out Donna Sue's bartending guide. It is just as funny as all the rest! Donna and the girls at the Blue Whale Strip Club are a scream!! It is a must to get to complete your set in the Trailer Park Series. Every drink I've tried so far is good and I can't wait to have a trailer park party so I can make up a few batches of her punch recipes! I'm gonna buy several copies as Christmas gifts right now!! I love you Donna Sue!! Bottoms Up to you too girl!!

This book not only gives you some good recipies, but comes complete with a really good side-line commentary that reads well and keeps you laughing. Pictures included of the people and places referenced to give you an idea of those mentioned. Worth the read sitting next to a pool or in front of a fire place, beyond the good mixtures of drinks to share with your friends. I ordered this book looking up the name "Donna Sue" after someone I know... this was the first thing on the screen. We laughed, so i ordered it.

I received the book on time and in good shape. Since it was a gift the condition and timing was important and I was not disappointed.

Donna Sue is as funny as Ruby Ann! If you want to be cheered up, this is the book. I've bought several to give to friends who are seriously ill and all have enjoyed them as I have.

fun and funny! great recipes, GREAT titles, it's a hoot! it's a fun read with great information