Where they garnish Manhattans and Old Fashioneds with an olive

[Jim in Halifax]

I remember the Great Newfoundland Beer Strike of 1985, when all the local breweries were shut and the only beer available was imported Yankee beer... There was a big US naval base in Argentia, so the Newfoundland Liquor Commission had a large stock of Pabst Blue Ribbon and Old Milwaukee on hand... We got used to it. Any beer is better than no beer. Especially when you have been on the Grand Banks, working on a dry oil rig, for three or four weeks.

 

[justsomeguy!]

the only beer available was imported Yankee beer...

I brought Yankee beer on a visit to Pelee Island.
Dumbass.

 

[Bull City]

Any beer is better than no beer.

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." - Benjamin Franklin

 

[2airishuman]

"90% of the quotations found on the Internet are apocryphal." - Oscar Wilde

“Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” – Franklin and the American Experiment

sites.suffolk.edu

 

[Fleetwood]

I remember the Great Newfoundland Beer Strike of 1985, when all the local breweries were shut and the only beer available was imported Yankee beer... There was a big US naval base in Argentia, so the Newfoundland Liquor Commission had a large stock of Pabst Blue Ribbon and Old Milwaukee on hand... We got used to it. Any beer is better than no beer. Especially when you have been on the Grand Banks, working on a dry oil rig, for three or four weeks.

 

[Bull City]

That has been an excellent series. I particularly liked the piece on the bakery making peasant bread, where all the bakers were young women who looked (and were seemingly built) like Sophia Loren, and were similarly hanging out of the tops of their dresses.

I lost track of the recipe, but I'm sure the bread was good...

I am still breathless having just watched that episode. NE corner of Sardinia. I want be a Sardinian youth and stay there, baking bread.

 

[Kris Cringle]

I am still breathless having just watched that episode. NE corner of Sardinia. I want be a Sardinian youth and stay there, baking bread.

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Jesus Bull, you're going to cause a stampede from the Youtube Sailing crowd.

 

[Max Rockatansky]

Jesus Bull, you're going to cause a stampede from the Youtube Sailing crowd.

One lives in hope. If that were to happen, I expect a fair bit of the derelict boat problem would be cured

 

[Bull City]

Well what a coincidence!

Here I am reading "The Singularities," the latest novel by the Irish author, John Banvllie, on of my favorites, and on page 84, one of the characters has just finished a Manhattan (he had ordered an Old Fashioned*) and he recounts:

"I lowered my upper lip into the smoky-tasting dregs of my drink. The olive on its stick had the look of a tiny head impaled upon a spike."

The setting of this episode is imprecisely described, but I think it is a bar in a hotel on Central Park South (NYC of course) in the 1950's.

Back to the book!

* The waiter brought his drink announcing it as a Manhattan, to which our character protests that he ordered an Old Fashioned. The waiter says the two are the same, and walks away. Our character meekly accepts this. I did some checking. They are not the same. They have different sweeteners: A Manhattan has sweet Vermouth, and an Old Fashioned has simple syrup.

EDIT: I think the setting may have been Amsterdam, even though our character mentioned New Amsterdam.

 

[danstanford]

Well what a coincidence!

Here I am reading "The Singularities," the latest novel by the Irish author, John Banvllie, on of my favorites, and on page 84, one of the characters has just finished a Manhattan (he had ordered an Old Fashioned*) and he recounts:

"I lowered my upper lip into the smoky-tasting dregs of my drink. The olive on its stick had the look of a tiny head impaled upon a spike."

The setting of this episode is imprecisely described, but I think it is a bar in a hotel on Central Park South (NYC of course) in the 1950's.

Back to the book!

* The waiter brought his drink announcing it as a Manhattan, to which our character protests that he ordered an Old Fashioned. The waiter says the two are the same, and walks away. Our character meekly accepts this. I did some checking. They are not the same. They have different sweeteners: A Manhattan has sweet Vermouth, and an Old Fashioned has simple syrup.

They are quite different though they sometimes share the same base alcohol. Neither however has ever been served to me with an olive.

 

[Bull City]

I like olives, but dropping one into whiskey seems revolting to me.

 

[Mid]

not one but 3 ...

Manhattan

The Manhattan is a classic cocktail made with whiskey and sweet vermouth. Nothing's easier to make—or more delicious.

www.epicurious.com

 

[Mid]

OK just one ..

Best Manhattan Cocktail

Learn how to make the best Manhattan cocktail with this simple recipe! Quality ingredients and proper technique are all you need for a top-notch Manhattan.

cookieandkate.com

 

[Mid]

Putting an olive in a Manhattan is the sort of departure from societal norms that requires an extra layer of prior consent.

appears to be quite the norm ...

 

[Dilligaf0220]

This is the Stanley Tucci Martini...

No it ain't. Unless you are going to argue with Stanley Tucci & Eric Ripert cooking together.

BTW, using Scotch instead of Vermouth was a relevation, along with the orange twist.



The whole half hour episode is worth the watch.

 

[Max Rockatansky]

not one but 3 ...

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Manhattan

The Manhattan is a classic cocktail made with whiskey and sweet vermouth. Nothing's easier to make—or more delicious.

www.epicurious.com

Apparently you didn’t read the article you linked:

”And though we like to finish with a maraschino cherry (opt for lush Luxardo cherries over the candy-sweet neon red version), we know the syrupy fruit isn’t for everyone. You can always take a cue from another cocktail legend, the old fashioned, and garnish your Manhattan with an orange peel instead.”

and what is a Luxardo cherry?

Original Maraschino Cherries - Luxardo

www.luxardo.it

 

[Bull City]

No it ain't.

Is too!

 

[Whinging Pom]

'There is nothing which has been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern.'
Samuel Johnson

 

[Max Rockatansky]

Is too!

Is not!

 

[Bull City]

Is not!