Hi everyone, welcome to the Golden Ratio Podcast. I am Jen, J.R. Mom. Join Zoys by J.R.D.

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If you're not with me in person, I say join over distance by J.R.D.

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You're always with me, but if you're over distance, I say so.

The calculator of the week this week is called the Hugo Spritz sent to us, I believe, by

friend of the squad, Brittney. The Hugo Spritz is a very, um...

Well, let me see if I can tell you.

Uh, the Hugo Spritz, I was first introduced to the Hugo.

Uh, the Spritz's date back to the 1800s, Austro-Hungarian Empire.

I mean, that'd be interesting. The Hugo Spritz was created in the Tyrol region of Italy

under the Austrian border by Roland Gruber, who created the Hugo as the alternative to the

Abraal Spritz, replacing Abraal with Elderflower syrup. But Elderflower syrup is

common in the United States, though we certainly have some in Florida, so you can get

St. Germain Elderflower liqueur, and so that's how you can make it. So it doesn't say why he named it that.

Well, he was the grandfather of Hans Gruber, who tried to take over that building at Christmas time,

and got fallen down by the homeless. That's my favorite Christmas movie.

He's Hans Gruber's in there. Anyway, his grandfather admitted to Hugo.

So the Hugo Spritz is just like an Abraal Spritz in that it has Praseco, or some kind of

sparkling wine, and just a hint that you can get La Marca Praseco in like little bottles,

like individual serve bottles of the grocery store, which are really good if you're not going to

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