Tuesday, June 07, 2005
The Argentine Julep
Finding the Agentine national cocktail was harder than I expected, but I did uncover this recipe for the Argentine Julep:
Shake in iced cocktail shaker & strain/build
1 oz orange juice (3 cl, 1/4 gills)
1 oz pineapple juice (3 cl, 1/4 gills)
1 oz Spanish brandy (3 cl, 1/4 gills)
1 oz claret (3 cl, 1/4 gills)
1/4 oz Cointreau (6 dashes, 1/16 gills)
Fill with shaved ice
Add orange slice, mint sprig
Serve in a tall glass (14.0 oz)
There was no interesting commentary available, unfortunately (and I don't know what the hell a "gill" is).
It will be interesting to see whether Tigerhawk is actually able to procure one of these while in Argentina. My guess is that he will be in a hotel with a bar of sufficient quality that they can at least follow these instructions if they are otherwise clueless. I'm not sure I'd want this with a cigar, but it looks pretty good for the poolside.
Shake in iced cocktail shaker & strain/build
1 oz orange juice (3 cl, 1/4 gills)
1 oz pineapple juice (3 cl, 1/4 gills)
1 oz Spanish brandy (3 cl, 1/4 gills)
1 oz claret (3 cl, 1/4 gills)
1/4 oz Cointreau (6 dashes, 1/16 gills)
Fill with shaved ice
Add orange slice, mint sprig
Serve in a tall glass (14.0 oz)
There was no interesting commentary available, unfortunately (and I don't know what the hell a "gill" is).
It will be interesting to see whether Tigerhawk is actually able to procure one of these while in Argentina. My guess is that he will be in a hotel with a bar of sufficient quality that they can at least follow these instructions if they are otherwise clueless. I'm not sure I'd want this with a cigar, but it looks pretty good for the poolside.
2 Comments:
By 
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Tue Jun 07, 10:47:00 AM:
gill (measurement)
Imperial unit of volume for liquid measure, equal to one-quarter of a pint or five fluid ounces (0.142 litre), traditionally used in selling alcoholic drinks.
In southern England it is also called a noggin, but in northern England the large noggin is used, which is two gills.
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0019438.html
By , at
Tue Jun 07, 04:12:00 PM:
If it's a quarter pint, isn't it 4 oz.?
