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Friday, July 1. 2016

Summer Cocktails: Gin Fizz with Dr. Tom More

It could not be simpler. Remember the protagonist in Walker Percy's extraordinary Love in the Ruins who lived on them? Dr. Tom More. His brain was constantly fizzing and fizzling.


There's also the Royal Gin Fizz (with an egg), and, of course, the Sloe Gin Fizz if you can find any Sloe Gin around - or any loose Sloes to soak in your gin. Looks like a Beach Plum. Cape Cod Beach Plums would probably work just fine. They are bitter, flavor-packed wild plums. Maybe I will give that a try.


Photo is the Royal.


nb: Some old comments below from our late pal Marianne Matthews.  Miss her.

Posted by Bird Dog in Food and Drink at 12:01 | Comments (10) | Trackbacks (0)

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I had some sloe gin about fifty years ago. If I even see a bottle I need to take a couple of aspirin.
#1 Roy Lofquist on 2010-06-05 12:19 (Reply)
My hedgerows supply a good quantity of sloes and so I have a genorous supply at hand...I may indulge.
#2 thud (Link) on 2010-06-05 19:22 (Reply)
New Orleans specializes in Ramos Gin Fizzes, which are wickedly delicious. Be sure, the next tme you visit New Orleans [on business, of course] to order a Ramos Gin Fizz or two at Brennan's, or Galatoire's.

Marianne
#3 Marianne Matthews on 2012-05-28 23:22 (Reply)
Hi Marianne. Glad to see you're still alive and kicking. Kinda surprised I am. Love.
#4 Roy Lofquist on 2012-05-28 23:27 (Reply)
Roy, my friend ... This stage in life is always surprising. We are hanging in, and appreciating our friends even more than we used to....

Marianne
#5 Marianne Matthews on 2012-05-29 00:02 (Reply)
Another vote for the Ramos Gin Fizz. I made the first of the season for my wife and I last week. They are delightful. A little involved to make at home, but well worth the effort.
#6 Archer2010 on 2012-05-29 16:14 (Reply)
Archer ... It's the orange flower water that's the difficult ingredient to find in stores. But persevere if you can. It's what makes the flavor unique.

Happy fizzing, y'all.

Marianne
#7 Marianne Matthews on 2012-05-29 23:56 (Reply)
Today's drinks are much more complicated and go by crazy names. Ahh, the days past when drinks were simple and delicious.

(And now for something completely different birdhouses)
#8 Birdhouses (Link) on 2012-06-16 15:53 (Reply)
Ill pass on the fizz in exchange for tonic....Try el guapo from a-zon...:
best classic tonic I have found

https://smile.amazon.com/El-Guapo-Bitters-Tonic-Syrup/dp/B00H267MWY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1467496728&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=el+guapo+tonic&psc=1
#9 Dave J on 2016-07-02 17:59 (Reply)
Thanks for re-posting this entry. I have enjoyed the Ramos Gin Fizz for years, but tonight made my first 'plain' Gin Fizz. My wife promptly confiscated it as her own. Now I am drinking the 2nd. Kept it low carb by using a packet of Splenda. Excellent. You are a good man.
#10 Archer2010 on 2016-07-03 22:07 (Reply)

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