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marmar

(77,080 posts) Thu Dec 5, 2013, 10:23 AM Dec 2013

80 years ago, FDR said something that has tremendous resonance.......

http://prohibitionrepeal.com/history/fastfacts.asp

Repeal occurred at 4:31 p.m. on December 5, 1933, ending 13 years, 10 months, 19 days, 17 hours and 32.5 minutes of Prohibition.
[font size="4"]"What America needs now is a drink" declared President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the end of Prohibition.[/font]

I'll have one of these:

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80 years ago, FDR said something that has tremendous resonance....... (Original Post) marmar Dec 2013 OP

This is how I would interpret that statement frazzled Dec 2013 #1

Straight no chaser? marmar Dec 2013 #2

Oh yeah, "neat" frazzled Dec 2013 #3

I'll take a classic martini. longship Dec 2013 #4

frazzled

(18,402 posts)

1. This is how I would interpret that statement

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Thu Dec 5, 2013, 10:31 AM

Dec 2013

marmar

(77,080 posts)

2. Straight no chaser?

Reply to frazzled (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 5, 2013, 10:35 AM

Dec 2013

frazzled

(18,402 posts)

3. Oh yeah, "neat"

Reply to marmar (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 5, 2013, 11:00 AM

Dec 2013

at most a tiny drop of water to bring out the nose.

I can't even afford this stuff anymore, so if I were to get my hands on a bottle, I wouldn't dilute it with ice or water or any other liquid--just that delicious peaty (some people hate it, I love it) taste.

longship

(40,416 posts)

4. I'll take a classic martini.

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Thu Dec 5, 2013, 12:11 PM

Dec 2013

2 oz Bombay Sapphire
1/2 oz of Italian dry vermouth
Dash of Angostura bitters

Put the ingredients into a pitcher with lots of ice cubes and stir (never ever shake).

Strain into a chilled stemware glass. Garnish with a couple of pimento stuffed olives.

Drink.

The secret is, the colder the better.

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