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bb moondog
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From: Gilbert AZ
|  Posted: 2006-04-20 1:36 pm Permalink
Manhattan is a serious old man/Rat Pack drink...but they are amazingly GOOD if made right
definitely RYE though--not whisky/scotch or anything else ....& bitters
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Tikiwahine
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From: Ontario, Canada
| Posted: 2006-04-20 4:10 pm Permalink
the great straw debate
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tikibars
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From: Aku Hall, Chicago
| Posted: 2006-04-20 4:26 pm Permalink
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On 2006-04-20 10:56, Chip and Andy wrote:
The 'original' recipe for a Mai-Tai is surprisingly simple... And, the recipe in question is some rum, lime, flavorings and garnish. Nothing fancy, nothing exotic, but when mixed together well, you pour something more than the sum of it's parts.
So, to the point I want to make in reference to pineapple....To many people/bars/books/etc... are using the Mai-Tai name as some sort of 'generic' cocktail name for something with rum in it. Is the Mai-Tai becoming the Martini of the Tiki Bar? And, speaking of martini's... just because it is served in a martini glass does not make it a martini. It is a cocktail in a martini glass. So, to continue, just because you modified your recipe for todays bar tending practices and add pineapple and grenadine does not mean it is a Mai-Tai. It may be Mai-Tai like... Mai-Tai flavored.... Mai-Tai insipired.... Whatever you want to call it, it is something other than a Mai-Tai.
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Well put, Chip!
I second that, and move that we adjourn to the bar for further evidence.
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Chip and Andy
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Joined: Jul 13, 2004
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From: Corner table, Molokai Lounge, Mai-Kai.
| Posted: 2006-04-20 4:57 pm Permalink
[ This Message was edited by: Chip and Andy 2009-06-05 17:40 ]
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Grenadine
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Joined: Oct 31, 2005
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From: Twin Cities
| Posted: 2006-05-02 3:08 pm Permalink
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On 2006-04-20 13:36, bb moondog wrote:
Manhattan is a serious old man/Rat Pack drink...but they are amazingly GOOD if made right
definitely RYE though--not whisky/scotch or anything else ....& bitters
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Amen to that. I don't even bother ordering Manhattans in bars anymore. I just make 'em at home. It also irks me that I always have to specify GIN Gimlet these days. The bloody Gimlet originated as a gin drink!
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thejab
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From: Forbidden Island, CA
| Posted: 2006-05-02 3:20 pm Permalink
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On 2006-05-02 15:08, Grenadine wrote:It also irks me that I always have to specify GIN Gimlet these days. The bloody Gimlet originated as a gin drink!
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"A real Gimlet is half gin and half Rose’s Lime Juice and nothing else. It beats Martinis hollow." - Terry Lenox speaking to Philip Marlowe in Raymond Chandler’s novel The Long Goodbye
[ This Message was edited by: thejab 2006-05-02 15:22 ]
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bb moondog
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From: Gilbert AZ
| Posted: 2006-05-02 3:23 pm Permalink
The Gimlet kinda got the wind knocked out of its sails by its more popular & COLLEGIATE (where I discovered them) cousin..the dreaded KAMIKAZE.
still recall that hangover.....
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Grenadine
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From: Twin Cities
| Posted: 2006-05-04 07:12 am Permalink
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"A real Gimlet is half gin and half Rose’s Lime Juice and nothing else. It beats Martinis hollow." - Terry Lenox speaking to Philip Marlowe in Raymond Chandler’s novel The Long Goodbye
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OMG!
thejab - you NAILED it! Chandler is the reason I started drinking Gimlets in the first place!
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freddiefreelance
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From: San Diego, Ca.
| Posted: 2006-05-04 09:35 am Permalink
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On 2006-05-04 07:12, Grenadine wrote:
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"A real Gimlet is half gin and half Rose’s Lime Juice and nothing else. It beats Martinis hollow." - Terry Lenox speaking to Philip Marlowe in Raymond Chandler’s novel The Long Goodbye
[ This Message was edited by: thejab 2006-05-02 15:22 ]
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OMG!
thejab - you NAILED it! Chandler is the reason I started drinking Gimlets in the first place!
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I'm sorry, but there's no Genadine in a Mai Tai... 
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Grenadine
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From: Twin Cities
| Posted: 2006-05-04 10:55 am Permalink
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I'm sorry, but there's no Grenadine in a Mai Tai...
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....but there sure are a lot of Mai Tais in Grenadine!
(GoodGod! After that one I'd better go back to lurking.)
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Chip and Andy
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From: Corner table, Molokai Lounge, Mai-Kai.
| Posted: 2006-05-31 07:43 am Permalink
[ This Message was edited by: Chip and Andy 2009-06-05 17:42 ]
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