The Queenly cocktail - Tiki Drinks and Food

CV Carmine Verandah Grand Member (1 year) Denver area Joined: Oct 23, 2007 Posts: 107	CV Carmine Verandah Posted posted on Tue, Apr 1, 2008 9:58 PM Anyone else peruse that fine web page of all things N'Awlins, The Gumbo Pages? Because, truly, La Verandah is always learning something new and amusing from it, especially Chuck Taggart's blog (http://www.gumbopages.com/looka/ ). The newest thing I've learned is the preferred drink of the present Queen of England and her late Mum. The Dubonnet Cocktail. Equal parts London dry gin and Dubonnet Rouge for the current monarch; 2 parts Dubonnet to 1 part gin for the Queen Mum. On the rocks with a slice of lemon underneath. Doesn't this sound, I dunno, ever so Roaring '20s? Dubonnet, I understand, is an aperitif, rather like vermouth, dating to 1846, has a spicy-sweet taste, quite cheap. I can't recall what the tiki drinks books say about Dubonnet -- anyone know?

Anyone else peruse that fine web page of all things N'Awlins, The Gumbo Pages?

Because, truly, La Verandah is always learning something new and amusing from it, especially Chuck Taggart's blog (http://www.gumbopages.com/looka/ ). The newest thing I've learned is the preferred drink of the present Queen of England and her late Mum.

The Dubonnet Cocktail. Equal parts London dry gin and Dubonnet Rouge for the current monarch; 2 parts Dubonnet to 1 part gin for the Queen Mum. On the rocks with a slice of lemon underneath.

Doesn't this sound, I dunno, ever so Roaring '20s?

Dubonnet, I understand, is an aperitif, rather like vermouth, dating to 1846, has a spicy-sweet taste, quite cheap.

I can't recall what the tiki drinks books say about Dubonnet -- anyone know?

Post #370885 by Carmine Verandah on Tue, Apr 1, 2008 9:58 PM