tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post1275871841352743750..comments2024-03-27T13:26:32.587-07:00Comments on Mystery Fanfare: NOTES FROM THE GIMLET LOUNGE: Guest post by M.A. MonninJanet Rudolphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07395834961880172395noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-21409816086658847422020-05-17T20:38:56.382-07:002020-05-17T20:38:56.382-07:00"Now I wonder what colored the gin pink."..."Now I wonder what colored the gin pink."<br /><br />Angostura bitters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-83067857880516456022020-05-17T08:13:21.228-07:002020-05-17T08:13:21.228-07:00Jim, wise words from your father. I couldn't a...Jim, wise words from your father. I couldn't agree more.<br /><br />I'm not surprised at all that lime juice was mixed with rum for the sailors. I didn't run across that bit of trivia in my research, which was admittedly limited. Now I wonder what colored the gin pink.<br /><br />Mary M. A. Monninnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-2310370816011554262020-05-16T16:44:09.574-07:002020-05-16T16:44:09.574-07:00"Most sources agree the gimlet originated in ..."Most sources agree the gimlet originated in the mid-nineteenth century as a way to get British sailors to drink lime juice, and thus get their vitamin C and prevent scurvy."<br /><br />However, the lime juice was mixed with rum by the Royal Navy, to make grog. The only naval connexion with gin I know of is Churchill's gibe that "... the officers imagine they're gentlemen because they drink pink gin."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-62049002082888409182020-05-16T12:53:56.450-07:002020-05-16T12:53:56.450-07:00When I turned 21, my dad met me at a lounge to buy...When I turned 21, my dad met me at a lounge to buy me my first legal drink.<br /><br />It seemed to call for something more than a beer or a glass of wine, but I knew nothing about cocktails.<br /><br />He suggested a vodka gimlet, thinking that, since I had (and still have) something of a sweet tooth, I'd like the taste.<br /><br />Then he gave me the most important words of wisdom about drinking alcohol I eve got.<br /><br />"It doesn't make any sense at all to drink something you don't like the taste of, just 'cause it has alcohol in it."JIM DOHERTYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03573254089989081170noreply@blogger.com