Last night Catherine and I attended a "spring drink preview", one of these amusing boho conventions that marks life on the eastern seaboard. The bartender, or mixologist, blathered on a bit, but he made decent drinks, even if he soiled a delicious Patrón and cilantro margarita by adding Blue Curaçao. (The market selects for DayGlo blue drinks, so he claims.) A rose-infused gin concoction made me wish for a Hendrick's over rocks. But the evening gave me a buzz and two ideas!
One: In trying to communicate to Catherine the name of the tequila, I whispered "Patrón, as in Patronus". At this intersection, readers in the know will have already begun spinning off madly with their own themed drinks (and should leave ideas in comments). The Shot That Shall Not Be Named? A beer for every house (but which beer for which house?) Expect our Harry Potter and the Adult Beverages party to coincide with the release of Deathly Hallows.
Two: After all the Dada shows last year and having just seen the Modernism exhibit at the Corc, mixology inevitably brought to mind Marinetti's La cuisina futurista. Years ago, there was a superb article in the New Yorker about Lacerba, a restaurant in Milan that features a selection of Futurist dishes—I thought about that, too. Hence, the Marinettini:
2 oz gin
1 tbsp dry vermouth
2 tbsp motor oil
2 steel ball bearings
Though I considered olives in place of the ball bearings, my concerns were that olives would be too traditionally Italian for Marinetti's taste—the man rejected pasta, after all—and that the motor oil might have some deleterious effect on the texture of the olive. I'll try it both ways and report back. To be served with a small bowl of chrome hex nuts.
Posted by Kriston at March 29, 2007 10:11 AMMY points out that the Manifesto hints at ingredients: "Oh, maternal ditch, half full of muddy water! A factory gutter! I savored a mouthful of strengthening muck which recalled the black teat of my Sudanese nurse!"
Can't beat that strengthening muck.
Posted by: Kriston at March 29, 2007 11:35 AMHarry Potter and the Adult Beverages party
I'm totally borrowing this idea. Genius!
Posted by: mrh at March 29, 2007 12:43 PMYou may find aspects of this discussion of interest (they're coming up with a cocktail to commemorate the NYC subway; an earlier post considered whether or not shaking the token along with the booze would impart a slight coppery flavor).
Posted by: ben wolfson at March 29, 2007 8:24 PMI meant for that link to go here.
Posted by: at March 29, 2007 8:26 PM"a delicious Patr�n and cilantro margarita by adding Blue Cura�ao"
YES! Someone else has used Patron in a margarita!
(I was ridiculed a couple years ago in an attempt to bring Trudy's Mexican martini to NYC through a mix of Patron and Grand Marnier. One guy was appalled that I would use an expensive liquor in a mixed drink.)
Posted by: PG at March 30, 2007 1:43 AM"I was ridiculed a couple years ago in an attempt to bring Trudy's Mexican martini to NYC through a mix of Patron and Grand Marnier. One guy was appalled that I would use an expensive liquor in a mixed drink."
The ridicule was utterly correct.
Next time I see someone order a Grey Goose and tonic, I'm going to slap them.
Posted by: Petey at March 30, 2007 9:45 AMI can't believe no one's taking me up on the Harry Potter puns. I need more imaginative readers.
Posted by: Kriston at March 30, 2007 10:27 AMNext time I see someone order a Grey Goose and tonic, I'm going to slap them.
Right answer, wrong reasoning.
Posted by: ben wolfson at March 30, 2007 12:09 PMThe bartender at this event said that he shared my preference for Tito's vodka but then used Hangar 1 for a drink. I think it's safe to assume that anyone who's adding liqueur to a drink to dye it blue would select an inferior vodka based on its superior presentation.
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