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Sean Punch ([personal profile] dr_kromm) wrote2009-11-01 04:06 pm
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Pan-galactic!

So Bonnie has been after me to do pan-galactic gargle blasters. I will not stoop to linkage to explain this. If you have no idea what a PGGB is, you are culturally deprived and possibly dangerous.

Anyway, it turns out that there are a jillion recipes for such out there in both Internet-land and bartending guides. I won't pretend to have tried them all. But I will say this: If you are after a brilliant – indeed, fluorescent green – drink with a fair mix of sweet and tart, you could do worse than to mix equal parts vodka, rum (white rum, preferably rhum blanc agricole or cachaça), and Midori; toss in a couple of dashes of fresh lime juice; shake with ice; pour into martini glasses; and top up with Sprite (we used Sprite Zero). It's vivid . . . it's green . . . it's a little fizzy . . . it's actually pretty good.

That is all.

[identity profile] roguebfl.livejournal.com 2009-11-01 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Midori is my preferred alcoholic drink, so this sounds interesting 8)

[identity profile] dr-kromm.livejournal.com 2009-11-02 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
Next time, I'll get photos. The camera battery was flat this time. But wow . . . it really, really looks cool. The perfect thing for a theme party.

[identity profile] morningapproach.livejournal.com 2009-11-01 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I always feel really, really sad when I have to explain what one is. :( I also just decided that I need to make one at some point. Although a shot version sounds really fun.

[identity profile] dr-kromm.livejournal.com 2009-11-02 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
Hmm, a shot version could work. The vodka-rum-Midori-sour concoction would be as easy to put in a shotglass as in a martini glass. It's mostly about the green, after all! But fizzy mixers tend not to be part of shots, so I'm not sure whether it would be quite the same without the Sprite. Maybe I'll try one in the name of Science!
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[identity profile] dr-kromm.livejournal.com 2009-11-02 07:29 am (UTC)(link)
What I find funny is this comment at that URL: "However, the drink has circulated around Nova Scotia fandom a lot and has probably changed a bit." Hm, I'm from Nova Scotia . . .


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[identity profile] dr-kromm.livejournal.com 2009-11-02 07:30 am (UTC)(link)
The effects were mostly that my tongue turned slightly green. I generally avoid "brains smashed out" levels of just about anything these days.