Post #330250 by Tiki Joe's Pop on Tue, Sep 4, 2007 7:22 PM

So my son Joe (Tiki Joe) & I are coming out of Wallgreen's today and we see this old dude sitting in a boat of a car covered with WWII hats and stickers. Now I'm a lifelong pacifist and have no patience for war or the war-morons of today, but I was compelled to talk to this old guy because, let's be honest, our involvement in WWII was a necessary evil. As most 80-somethings will do, he meandered through many so-so stories, so I moved him towards his time in the South Pacific. That did the trick. He regailed us with shore-leave shenanigans with the local Pacific Islanders only to end our talk with a sweet story of how his first date with his wife of 54 years was at the SF Trader Vics. He fondly remembered ordering a FOG CUTTER, and to this day, old Vern's nickname has remained "Fog Cutter". At 83, he now claims "four is my limit!" Here's to you Vern, and the first Fog Cutter I'm now sipping, courtesy of a 1947 copy of "Bartender's Guide...by Trader Vic"

FOG CUTTER

2 oz Puerto Rican Rum
1 oz Brandy
1/2 oz gin
1 oz orange juice
2 oz lemon juice
1/2 oz orgeat syrup
sherry wine float

shake all but sherry w/ice into 14 oz glass
add sherry float, serve w/ straws