Comments on: Nagging questions http://manolofood.com/nagging-questions/ Manolo Loves the Food! Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:48:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: raincoaster http://manolofood.com/nagging-questions/#comment-51202 raincoaster Sat, 02 Feb 2008 13:54:53 +0000 http://manolofood.com/nagging-questions/#comment-51202 Ernest Hemingway's Daiquiri: Mix in a shaker: 1 scoop crushed ice juice of 1/2 lime 1/4 ounce grapefruit juice 1/4 ounce maraschino liqueur 1 1/2 ounce white rum (Cuban if you can get it) Mix in a shaker, do not strain. Serve in an iced cocktail glass. Ernest Hemingway’s Daiquiri:
Mix in a shaker:
1 scoop crushed ice
juice of 1/2 lime
1/4 ounce grapefruit juice
1/4 ounce maraschino liqueur
1 1/2 ounce white rum (Cuban if you can get it)
Mix in a shaker, do not strain.
Serve in an iced cocktail glass.

]]> By: raincoaster http://manolofood.com/nagging-questions/#comment-51201 raincoaster Sat, 02 Feb 2008 13:50:54 +0000 http://manolofood.com/nagging-questions/#comment-51201 Mr. Henry is ill indeed if he is unable to enjoy his preferred tipple with a side of pride. All classic cocktails are equal-opportunity, and indeed Hemingway himself preferred a nice Daiquiri (with grapefruit, it's a little complicated). Bogie was no stranger to a mixed drink either. They are fine role models. While gin, with or without tonic, is a favorite chez raincoaster, I find that a nice Irish Whiskey toddy with clove-studded lemon and sweetened with a spoonful of maple syrup, is the best for stilling a cough. It might be just the novelty, my entire body having built up something of a resistance to gin through over-familiarity. May I recommend Plymouth, if you can get it? Hendrick's is a bit inflexible when it comes to mixing. And if you like the Lillet cocktail, you might like a Bronx, which has the benefit of healthy juice! Juice of 1/4 orange (blood orange is a marvelous twist) 1/2 oz dry vermouth 1/2 ounce sweet vermouth 1 ounce gin Shaken and served straight up. Mr. Henry is ill indeed if he is unable to enjoy his preferred tipple with a side of pride. All classic cocktails are equal-opportunity, and indeed Hemingway himself preferred a nice Daiquiri (with grapefruit, it’s a little complicated). Bogie was no stranger to a mixed drink either. They are fine role models.

While gin, with or without tonic, is a favorite chez raincoaster, I find that a nice Irish Whiskey toddy with clove-studded lemon and sweetened with a spoonful of maple syrup, is the best for stilling a cough. It might be just the novelty, my entire body having built up something of a resistance to gin through over-familiarity.

May I recommend Plymouth, if you can get it? Hendrick’s is a bit inflexible when it comes to mixing. And if you like the Lillet cocktail, you might like a Bronx, which has the benefit of healthy juice!
Juice of 1/4 orange (blood orange is a marvelous twist)
1/2 oz dry vermouth
1/2 ounce sweet vermouth
1 ounce gin
Shaken and served straight up.

]]> By: Mr. Henry http://manolofood.com/nagging-questions/#comment-51008 Mr. Henry Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:14:12 +0000 http://manolofood.com/nagging-questions/#comment-51008 That's it! Mr. Henry is suffering from a brief bout of malaria, and suffering rather nobly, at that. He is certain to gain greater household sympathy now, as well as greater leniency to enjoy quinine tonic and its accompaniments. That’s it! Mr. Henry is suffering from a brief bout of malaria, and suffering rather nobly, at that. He is certain to gain greater household sympathy now, as well as greater leniency to enjoy quinine tonic and its accompaniments.

]]> By: ChaChaHeels http://manolofood.com/nagging-questions/#comment-51005 ChaChaHeels Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:40:53 +0000 http://manolofood.com/nagging-questions/#comment-51005 I prefer a dry gin martini, since to me that was the drink I always associated with Adults. It's something you have to learn to love, when you first start socializing and drinking and basically moving from childhood into what passes for being full grown these days. But that tonic water, I've always loved its slightly bitter snap, even as a kid (and back then, I used to drink it's main ingredient in the Italian drink "Chinotto"--basically chincona extract (which is quinine's other name) and 8 other herbs). You feel better because of the tonic water's quinine,the ingredient that adds the "zip" to its taste. Tonic water was introduced to help ward off malaria after all, which is not that much more than an exhausting flu, with a fever, that just comes back again and again. How's that for justification? I prefer a dry gin martini, since to me that was the drink I always associated with Adults. It’s something you have to learn to love, when you first start socializing and drinking and basically moving from childhood into what passes for being full grown these days.

But that tonic water, I’ve always loved its slightly bitter snap, even as a kid (and back then, I used to drink it’s main ingredient in the Italian drink “Chinotto”–basically chincona extract (which is quinine’s other name) and 8 other herbs). You feel better because of the tonic water’s quinine,the ingredient that adds the “zip” to its taste. Tonic water was introduced to help ward off malaria after all, which is not that much more than an exhausting flu, with a fever, that just comes back again and again.

How’s that for justification?

]]> By: Eilish http://manolofood.com/nagging-questions/#comment-50955 Eilish Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:45:17 +0000 http://manolofood.com/nagging-questions/#comment-50955 I was in my mid-teens when my charmingly sophisticated grandmother introduced me to the perfect afternoon drink: the gin and tonic has been my warm-weather favorite ever since. The crispness of both the tonic and the gin are perfect for a warm day, though I prefer a good martini in the evening. I was in my mid-teens when my charmingly sophisticated grandmother introduced me to the perfect afternoon drink: the gin and tonic has been my warm-weather favorite ever since. The crispness of both the tonic and the gin are perfect for a warm day, though I prefer a good martini in the evening.

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