Tequila Slammer
It is made with equal parts tequila and a carbonated beverage
no ratings given
Comments: "we have positive reactions whether using lemonade, champagne, or ginger ale (and w/ w/o ice)."
From "Women in Law Enforcement" hosted by BoilerMaker
NYC chapter of Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
October, 2013 - Bloodhound
Bloodhound
¾ oz. Dry Vermouth
¾ oz. Sweet Vermouth
1 ½ oz. London dry Gin
2-3 crushed strawberries
Drinkability: 2
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 2
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 2
Comments: "FR abstains, 'This is my worst nightmare, I can smell the gin from like a foot away."
From "Women in Law Enforcement" hosted by BoilerMaker
October, 2013 - Hard Case
Hard Case
1 1/2 oz cognac
1/2 oz creme de cassis
1/4 oz lemon juice
Drinkability: 2.5
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 3/4
Priority for Conservation: 2
Comments: "burny in a tall glass," "meh"
From "Women in Law Enforcement" hosted by BoilerMaker
1 1/2 oz cognac
1/2 oz creme de cassis
1/4 oz lemon juice
Drinkability: 2.5
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 3/4
Priority for Conservation: 2
Comments: "burny in a tall glass," "meh"
From "Women in Law Enforcement" hosted by BoilerMaker
October, 2013 - Missile Stopper
Missile Stopper
1 oz cognac
1/2 oz strawberry liqueur
1 oz grapefruit juice
1 oz pineapple juice
1 tsp grenadine syrup
Drinkability: 3.5
Drunkability: 2.5
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 3/4
Comments: "verysmart sweet," "Drinkability dependant on how much you like grapefruit juice," "3/4 split on PforC for those who do/don't like sweet drinks"
From "Women in Law Enforcement" hosted by BoilerMaker
1 oz cognac
1/2 oz strawberry liqueur
1 oz grapefruit juice
1 oz pineapple juice
1 tsp grenadine syrup
Drinkability: 3.5
Drunkability: 2.5
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 3/4
Comments: "very
From "Women in Law Enforcement" hosted by BoilerMaker
October, 2013 - The Boss
The Boss
1 1/2 oz. bourbon
1 oz. amaretto
Drinkability: 3
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 5
Comments: "I know what I'll cut this bourbon with: amaretto!, "PforC not unanimous"
From "Women in Law Enforcement" hosted by BoilerMaker
1 1/2 oz. bourbon
1 oz. amaretto
Drinkability: 3
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 5
Comments: "I know what I'll cut this bourbon with: amaretto!, "PforC not unanimous"
From "Women in Law Enforcement" hosted by BoilerMaker
Friday, November 8, 2013
September, 2013 - Judy Chicago - Bourbonnaise
Judy Chicago
Judy Chicago is an American feminist artist and writer known for her large collaborative art installation pieces which examine the role of women in history and culture. Born in Chicago as Judith Cohen, she changed her name after the death of her father and her first husband, choosing to disconnect from the idea of male dominated naming conventions. Her father came from a twenty-three generation lineage of rabbis. Unlike his family predecessors, he would become a labor organizer and a Marxist. Arthur's health declined, and he died in 1953. Their mother did not allow Judy and her brother to attend the funeral. Chicago would not reflect on his death until she was an adult, and in the early 1960s she would be hospitalized for almost a month with a bleeding ulcer attributed to unresolved grief. In June 1959, she met and fell in love with Jerry Gerowitz. The couple hitch hiked to New York in 1959 and lived in Greenwich Village for a time, before returning in 1960 to Los Angeles so she could finish her degree. Gerowitz died in a car crash in 1963, devastating Chicago and causing her to suffer from an identity crisis until later that decade. While in grad school, Chicago created a series that was abstract, yet easily recognized as male and female sexual organs. These early works were called Bigamy, and represented the death of her husband. One depicted an abstract penis which was "stopped in flight" before it could unite with a vaginal form. Her professors, who were mainly men, were dismayed over these works. Despite the use of sexual organs in her work, Chicago refrained from using gender politics or identity as themes. In 1968, Chicago was asked why she did not participate in the "California Women in the Arts" exhibition, to which she answered "I won't show in any group defined as Woman, Jewish, or California. Someday when we all grow up there will be no labels." Chicago also began exploring her own sexuality in her work. She created the Pasadena Lifesavers, which was a series of abstract paintings that placed acrylic paint on Plexiglas. The works blended colors to create an illusion that the shapes "turn, dissolve, open, close, vibrate, gesture, wiggle," representing her own discovery that "I was multi-orgasmic." Chicago credited Pasadena Lifesavers, as being the major turning point in her work in relation to women's sexuality and representation.
By the 1970s, Chicago had coined the term "feminist art" and had founded the first feminist art program in the United States. Chicago's work incorporates skills stereotypically placed upon women artistically, such as needlework, counteracted with stereotypical male skills such as welding and pyrotechnics. Chicago's masterpiece work is The Dinner Party, which is in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum.
Judy Chicago is an American feminist artist and writer known for her large collaborative art installation pieces which examine the role of women in history and culture. Born in Chicago as Judith Cohen, she changed her name after the death of her father and her first husband, choosing to disconnect from the idea of male dominated naming conventions. Her father came from a twenty-three generation lineage of rabbis. Unlike his family predecessors, he would become a labor organizer and a Marxist. Arthur's health declined, and he died in 1953. Their mother did not allow Judy and her brother to attend the funeral. Chicago would not reflect on his death until she was an adult, and in the early 1960s she would be hospitalized for almost a month with a bleeding ulcer attributed to unresolved grief. In June 1959, she met and fell in love with Jerry Gerowitz. The couple hitch hiked to New York in 1959 and lived in Greenwich Village for a time, before returning in 1960 to Los Angeles so she could finish her degree. Gerowitz died in a car crash in 1963, devastating Chicago and causing her to suffer from an identity crisis until later that decade. While in grad school, Chicago created a series that was abstract, yet easily recognized as male and female sexual organs. These early works were called Bigamy, and represented the death of her husband. One depicted an abstract penis which was "stopped in flight" before it could unite with a vaginal form. Her professors, who were mainly men, were dismayed over these works. Despite the use of sexual organs in her work, Chicago refrained from using gender politics or identity as themes. In 1968, Chicago was asked why she did not participate in the "California Women in the Arts" exhibition, to which she answered "I won't show in any group defined as Woman, Jewish, or California. Someday when we all grow up there will be no labels." Chicago also began exploring her own sexuality in her work. She created the Pasadena Lifesavers, which was a series of abstract paintings that placed acrylic paint on Plexiglas. The works blended colors to create an illusion that the shapes "turn, dissolve, open, close, vibrate, gesture, wiggle," representing her own discovery that "I was multi-orgasmic." Chicago credited Pasadena Lifesavers, as being the major turning point in her work in relation to women's sexuality and representation.
By the 1970s, Chicago had coined the term "feminist art" and had founded the first feminist art program in the United States. Chicago's work incorporates skills stereotypically placed upon women artistically, such as needlework, counteracted with stereotypical male skills such as welding and pyrotechnics. Chicago's masterpiece work is The Dinner Party, which is in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum.
the drink:
Bourbonnaise
1 1/2 oz bourbon
1/2 oz dry vermouth
1/2 oz creme de cassis
1 dash fresh lemon juice
Drinkability: 2
Drunkability: 4.5
Taxic Diversity: 3.5
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 3
Comments: "lemony manhattan," "every breath is flames."
Drunkability: 4.5
Taxic Diversity: 3.5
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 3
Comments: "lemony manhattan," "every breath is flames."
From "American Women Artists of the 20th C." hosted by FluffyRuffle
September, 2013 - Mary Cassatt - Rock & Rye Cooler
Mary Cassatt
Mary Stevenson Cassatt was an American painter and printmaker. Cassatt was born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, which is now part of Pittsburgh. She lived much of her adult life in France, where she first befriended Edgar Degas and later exhibited among the Impressionists. Cassatt often created images of the social and private lives of women, with particular emphasis on the intimate bonds between mothers and children.
Though her family objected to her becoming a professional artist, Cassatt began studying painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia at the early age of 15. Part of her parents' concern may have been Cassatt's exposure to feminist ideas and the bohemian behavior of some of the male students. In 1874, she made the decision to take up residence in France. From the beginning, she expressed criticism of the politics of the Salon and the conventional taste that prevailed there. Cassatt saw that works by female artists were often dismissed with contempt unless the artist had a friend or protector on the jury, and she would not flirt with jurors to curry favor. At this low point in her career she was invited by Edgar Degas to show her works with the Impressionists. She accepted Degas' invitation with enthusiasm, and began preparing paintings for the next Impressionist show. In 1877, Cassatt was joined in Paris by her father and mother, who returned with her sister Lydia. Mary valued their companionship, as neither she nor Lydia had married. Mary had decided early in life that marriage would be incompatible with her career.
Cassatt's popular reputation is based on an extensive series of rigorously drawn, tenderly observed, yet largely unsentimental paintings and prints on the theme of the mother and child. In 1891, Chicago businesswoman Bertha Palmer approached Cassatt to paint a mural about "Modern Woman" for the Women's Building for the World's Columbian Exposition to be held in 1893. The central theme was titled Young Women Plucking the Fruits of Knowledge or Science. The left panel was Young Girls Pursuing Fame and the right panel Arts, Music, Dancing. The mural displays a community of women apart from their relation to men, as accomplished persons in their own right. Unfortunately the mural was lost when the building was torn down after the exhibit. Diagnosed with diabetes, rheumatism, neuralgia, and cataracts in 1911, she did not slow down, but after 1914 she was forced to stop painting as she became almost blind. Nonetheless, she took up the cause of women's suffrage, and in 1915, she showed eighteen works in an exhibition supporting the movement.
Mary Stevenson Cassatt was an American painter and printmaker. Cassatt was born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, which is now part of Pittsburgh. She lived much of her adult life in France, where she first befriended Edgar Degas and later exhibited among the Impressionists. Cassatt often created images of the social and private lives of women, with particular emphasis on the intimate bonds between mothers and children.
Though her family objected to her becoming a professional artist, Cassatt began studying painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia at the early age of 15. Part of her parents' concern may have been Cassatt's exposure to feminist ideas and the bohemian behavior of some of the male students. In 1874, she made the decision to take up residence in France. From the beginning, she expressed criticism of the politics of the Salon and the conventional taste that prevailed there. Cassatt saw that works by female artists were often dismissed with contempt unless the artist had a friend or protector on the jury, and she would not flirt with jurors to curry favor. At this low point in her career she was invited by Edgar Degas to show her works with the Impressionists. She accepted Degas' invitation with enthusiasm, and began preparing paintings for the next Impressionist show. In 1877, Cassatt was joined in Paris by her father and mother, who returned with her sister Lydia. Mary valued their companionship, as neither she nor Lydia had married. Mary had decided early in life that marriage would be incompatible with her career.
Cassatt's popular reputation is based on an extensive series of rigorously drawn, tenderly observed, yet largely unsentimental paintings and prints on the theme of the mother and child. In 1891, Chicago businesswoman Bertha Palmer approached Cassatt to paint a mural about "Modern Woman" for the Women's Building for the World's Columbian Exposition to be held in 1893. The central theme was titled Young Women Plucking the Fruits of Knowledge or Science. The left panel was Young Girls Pursuing Fame and the right panel Arts, Music, Dancing. The mural displays a community of women apart from their relation to men, as accomplished persons in their own right. Unfortunately the mural was lost when the building was torn down after the exhibit. Diagnosed with diabetes, rheumatism, neuralgia, and cataracts in 1911, she did not slow down, but after 1914 she was forced to stop painting as she became almost blind. Nonetheless, she took up the cause of women's suffrage, and in 1915, she showed eighteen works in an exhibition supporting the movement.
the drink:
Rock & Rye Cooler
1 ½ oz vodka
1 oz rock and rye
½ oz lime juice
Drinkability: 5
Drunkability: 2
Taxic Diversity: 3
Drunkability: 2
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 2
Comments: "OK if you need to get rid of rock 'n rye"
Comments: "OK if you need to get rid of rock 'n rye"
From American Women Artists of the 20th C. hosted by FluffyRuffle
September, 2013 - Helen Frankenthaler - Canvas Back
Helen Frankenthaler
Helen Frankenthaler was an American abstract expressionist painter. Having exhibited her work for over six decades, she spanned several generations of abstract painters while continuing to produce vital and ever-changing new work. Frankenthaler began exhibiting her large-scale abstract expressionist paintings in contemporary museums and galleries in the early 1950s. She was included in the 1964 Post-Painterly Abstraction exhibition curated by Clement Greenberg that introduced a newer generation of abstract painting that came to be known as Color Field. Her work has been the subject of several retrospective exhibitions, including a 1989 retrospective at MOMA. Frankenthaler had been on the faculty of Hunter College. In 2001, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts.
Growing up on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, Frankenthaler absorbed the privileged background of a cultured and progressive intellectual family that encouraged all three daughters to prepare themselves for professional careers. Frankenthaler studied at the Dalton School and also at Bennington College in Vermont. She met Clement Greenberg in 1950 and had a five-year relationship with him. She was later married to fellow artist Robert Motherwell, from 1958 until they divorced in 1971. Both born of wealthy parents, the pair was known as "the golden couple" and noted for their lavish entertaining.
Initially associated with abstract expressionism her career was launched in 1952 with the exhibition of Mountains and Sea. In it, she introduced the technique of painting directly onto an unprepared canvas so that the material absorbs the colors. She heavily diluted the oil paint with turpentine so that the color would soak into the canvas. This technique, known as "soak stain" was used by Jackson Pollock and others and launched the second generation of the Color Field school of painting. Frankenthaler did not consider herself a feminist: she said "For me, being a 'lady painter' was never an issue. I don’t resent being a female painter. I don’t exploit it. I paint.“ At her death in 2011 it became widely known that Frankenthaler tried to stop the support of the National Endowment for the Arts to artists and was one of those responsible for the NEA dropping individual grants to artists. In a 1989 commentary for the New York Times, she wrote that, while "censorship and government interference in the directions and standards of art are dangerous and not part of the democratic process," controversial grants to Andres Serrano, Robert Mapplethorpe and others reflected a trend in which the NEA was supporting work "of increasingly dubious quality. Is the council, once a helping hand, now beginning to spawn an art monster? Do we lose art ... in the guise of endorsing experimentation?"
Helen Frankenthaler was an American abstract expressionist painter. Having exhibited her work for over six decades, she spanned several generations of abstract painters while continuing to produce vital and ever-changing new work. Frankenthaler began exhibiting her large-scale abstract expressionist paintings in contemporary museums and galleries in the early 1950s. She was included in the 1964 Post-Painterly Abstraction exhibition curated by Clement Greenberg that introduced a newer generation of abstract painting that came to be known as Color Field. Her work has been the subject of several retrospective exhibitions, including a 1989 retrospective at MOMA. Frankenthaler had been on the faculty of Hunter College. In 2001, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts.
Growing up on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, Frankenthaler absorbed the privileged background of a cultured and progressive intellectual family that encouraged all three daughters to prepare themselves for professional careers. Frankenthaler studied at the Dalton School and also at Bennington College in Vermont. She met Clement Greenberg in 1950 and had a five-year relationship with him. She was later married to fellow artist Robert Motherwell, from 1958 until they divorced in 1971. Both born of wealthy parents, the pair was known as "the golden couple" and noted for their lavish entertaining.
Initially associated with abstract expressionism her career was launched in 1952 with the exhibition of Mountains and Sea. In it, she introduced the technique of painting directly onto an unprepared canvas so that the material absorbs the colors. She heavily diluted the oil paint with turpentine so that the color would soak into the canvas. This technique, known as "soak stain" was used by Jackson Pollock and others and launched the second generation of the Color Field school of painting. Frankenthaler did not consider herself a feminist: she said "For me, being a 'lady painter' was never an issue. I don’t resent being a female painter. I don’t exploit it. I paint.“ At her death in 2011 it became widely known that Frankenthaler tried to stop the support of the National Endowment for the Arts to artists and was one of those responsible for the NEA dropping individual grants to artists. In a 1989 commentary for the New York Times, she wrote that, while "censorship and government interference in the directions and standards of art are dangerous and not part of the democratic process," controversial grants to Andres Serrano, Robert Mapplethorpe and others reflected a trend in which the NEA was supporting work "of increasingly dubious quality. Is the council, once a helping hand, now beginning to spawn an art monster? Do we lose art ... in the guise of endorsing experimentation?"
the Drink:
Canvas Back:
1 oz bourbon
1/2 oz sweet vermouth
1/4 oz gin
1/4 oz orange curacao
1 dash Angostura bitters
1 dash fresh lemon juice
Drinkability: 2
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 4
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 4
Comments: "this was our favorite of the night"
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 4
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 4
Comments: "this was our favorite of the night"
From "American Women Artists of the 20th C." hosted by FluffyRuffle
September, 2013 - Georgia O'Keefe - Ruby Cocktail
Georgia O'Keefe
Born near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, O'Keeffe first came to the attention of the New York art community in 1916. She made large-format paintings of enlarged blossoms, presenting them close up as if seen through a magnifying lens, and New York buildings, most of which date from the same decade. Beginning in 1929, when she began working part of the year in Northern New Mexico—which she made her permanent home in 1949—O’Keeffe depicted subjects specific to that area. O'Keeffe has been recognized as the Mother of American Modernism.
O'Keeffe turned to working more representationally in the 1920s in an effort to move her critics away from Freudian interpretations. Her earlier work had been mostly abstract, but works such as Black Iris III (1926) evoke a veiled representation of female genitalia while also accurately depicting the center of an iris. O'Keeffe consistently denied the validity of Freudian interpretations of her art, but fifty years after it had first been interpreted in that way, many prominent feminist artists assessed her work similarly. Although 1970s feminists celebrated O'Keeffe as the originator of "female iconography", O'Keeffe rejected their celebration of her work and refused to cooperate with any of their projects.
In 1972, O'Keeffe's eyesight was compromised by macular degeneration. Juan Hamilton, a young potter, appeared at her ranch house in 1973 looking for work. She hired him for a few odd jobs and soon employed him full-time. He became her closest confidante, companion, and business manager until her death. Hamilton taught O'Keeffe to work with clay, and working with assistance, she produced clay pots and a series of works in watercolor. On January 10, 1977, President Gerald R. Ford presented O'Keeffe with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor awarded to American citizens. In 1985, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts.
In 2006, a fossilized species of archosaur was named after O'Keeffe. Blocks originally quarried in 1947 and 1948 near O'Keeffe's home at Ghost Ranch were opened fifty years after being collected. The fossil strongly resembles ornithomimid dinosaurs, but are actually more closely related to crocodiles. The specimen was named Effigia okeeffeae ("O'Keeffe's Ghost") in January 2006, "in honor of Georgia O'Keeffe for her numerous paintings of the badlands at Ghost Ranch and her interest in the Coelophysis Quarry when it was discovered".
Born near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, O'Keeffe first came to the attention of the New York art community in 1916. She made large-format paintings of enlarged blossoms, presenting them close up as if seen through a magnifying lens, and New York buildings, most of which date from the same decade. Beginning in 1929, when she began working part of the year in Northern New Mexico—which she made her permanent home in 1949—O’Keeffe depicted subjects specific to that area. O'Keeffe has been recognized as the Mother of American Modernism.
O'Keeffe turned to working more representationally in the 1920s in an effort to move her critics away from Freudian interpretations. Her earlier work had been mostly abstract, but works such as Black Iris III (1926) evoke a veiled representation of female genitalia while also accurately depicting the center of an iris. O'Keeffe consistently denied the validity of Freudian interpretations of her art, but fifty years after it had first been interpreted in that way, many prominent feminist artists assessed her work similarly. Although 1970s feminists celebrated O'Keeffe as the originator of "female iconography", O'Keeffe rejected their celebration of her work and refused to cooperate with any of their projects.
In 1972, O'Keeffe's eyesight was compromised by macular degeneration. Juan Hamilton, a young potter, appeared at her ranch house in 1973 looking for work. She hired him for a few odd jobs and soon employed him full-time. He became her closest confidante, companion, and business manager until her death. Hamilton taught O'Keeffe to work with clay, and working with assistance, she produced clay pots and a series of works in watercolor. On January 10, 1977, President Gerald R. Ford presented O'Keeffe with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor awarded to American citizens. In 1985, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts.
In 2006, a fossilized species of archosaur was named after O'Keeffe. Blocks originally quarried in 1947 and 1948 near O'Keeffe's home at Ghost Ranch were opened fifty years after being collected. The fossil strongly resembles ornithomimid dinosaurs, but are actually more closely related to crocodiles. The specimen was named Effigia okeeffeae ("O'Keeffe's Ghost") in January 2006, "in honor of Georgia O'Keeffe for her numerous paintings of the badlands at Ghost Ranch and her interest in the Coelophysis Quarry when it was discovered".
the drink:
Ruby Cocktail (Variation)
3/4 oz sloe gin
3/4 oz gin
1/2 oz dry vermouth
1/2 oz sweet vermouth
1/4 oz Benedictine
Drinkability: 2
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 3.5
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 2
Comments: ""fire" and gin and benedictine"
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 3.5
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 2
Comments: ""fire" and gin and benedictine"
From American Women Artists of the 20th C. hosted by Fluffy Ruffle
August 2013 - "Stagecoach" Mary Fields Cowboy Roy
"Stagecoach" Mary Fields
Mary Fields, also known as Stagecoach Mary, was the first African-American woman employed as a mail carrier in the United States, and just the second American woman to work for the United States Postal Service. Fields stood 6 feet tall and weighed about 200 lbs and liked to smoke cigars. She usually had a pistol strapped under her apron and a jug of whiskey by her side.
Born a slave 1832 in Hickman County, TN, Fields was freed when American slavery was outlawed in 1865. She found employment as a housekeeper in Florida, but when one of the family members for whom she worked - a Mother Superior - headed to Cascade, Montana, to start a mission school, Mary followed her. For the next 10 years, she worked any job she could find at the school: hauling freight, doing laundry, growing vegetables, tending chickens, repairing buildings and eventually becoming the forewoman.
In 1894, after several complaints and an incident with a disgruntled male subordinate that involved gunplay, the bishop ordered her to leave the convent. Mother Amadeus helped her open a restaurant in nearby Cascade. Fields would serve food to anyone, whether they could pay or not, and the restaurant went broke in about 10 months.
In 1895, although approximately 60 years old, Fields was hired as a mail carrier because she was the fastest applicant to hitch a team of six horses. She drove the route with horses and a mule named Moses. She never missed a day, and her reliability earned her the nickname "Stagecoach." If the snow was too deep for her horses, Fields delivered the mail on snowshoes, carrying the sacks on her shoulders. Without a doubt, her work facilitated central Montana's development. Fields was a respected public figure in Cascade, and on her birthday each year the town closed its schools to celebrate. When Montana passed a law forbidding women to enter saloons, the mayor of Cascade granted her an exemption.
Cowboy Roy
4 oz vodka
4 oz rum
12 oz orange juice
Drinkability - 4.5
Drunkability - 2
Taxic Diversity - 2.5 -
Accessibility - 4
Priority of Conservation - 4
Comments: "tastes like grapefruit, though, no grapefruit in it - just that color"
From Women of the Wild West hosted by MPF
Mary Fields, also known as Stagecoach Mary, was the first African-American woman employed as a mail carrier in the United States, and just the second American woman to work for the United States Postal Service. Fields stood 6 feet tall and weighed about 200 lbs and liked to smoke cigars. She usually had a pistol strapped under her apron and a jug of whiskey by her side.
Born a slave 1832 in Hickman County, TN, Fields was freed when American slavery was outlawed in 1865. She found employment as a housekeeper in Florida, but when one of the family members for whom she worked - a Mother Superior - headed to Cascade, Montana, to start a mission school, Mary followed her. For the next 10 years, she worked any job she could find at the school: hauling freight, doing laundry, growing vegetables, tending chickens, repairing buildings and eventually becoming the forewoman.
In 1894, after several complaints and an incident with a disgruntled male subordinate that involved gunplay, the bishop ordered her to leave the convent. Mother Amadeus helped her open a restaurant in nearby Cascade. Fields would serve food to anyone, whether they could pay or not, and the restaurant went broke in about 10 months.
In 1895, although approximately 60 years old, Fields was hired as a mail carrier because she was the fastest applicant to hitch a team of six horses. She drove the route with horses and a mule named Moses. She never missed a day, and her reliability earned her the nickname "Stagecoach." If the snow was too deep for her horses, Fields delivered the mail on snowshoes, carrying the sacks on her shoulders. Without a doubt, her work facilitated central Montana's development. Fields was a respected public figure in Cascade, and on her birthday each year the town closed its schools to celebrate. When Montana passed a law forbidding women to enter saloons, the mayor of Cascade granted her an exemption.
Cowboy Roy
4 oz vodka
4 oz rum
12 oz orange juice
Drinkability - 4.5
Drunkability - 2
Taxic Diversity - 2.5 -
Accessibility - 4
Priority of Conservation - 4
Comments: "tastes like grapefruit, though, no grapefruit in it - just that color"
From Women of the Wild West hosted by MPF
August, 2013 - Kitty Leroy - The Gold Rush
Kitty Leroy
A gunfighter, gambler, performer, and alleged prostitute, Kitty Leroy, was best known as one of the most proficient poker players in the Old West. Thought to have been from Michigan, she was performing as a dancer by the age of ten and as she got older, began to work in dancehalls and saloons, where she picked up a number of other skills, specifically proficiency with weapons and at games of chance. When she married her first husband, legend has it that he was the only man in town with the nerve to let her shoot apples off his head. But, Kitty was restless and wanting to take her "show" on the road, she headed to Texas, leaving her husband behind.
By the age of 20, she was said to have been one of the most popular entertainers in Dallas, but soon gave up dancing to become a faro dealer and was noted for never going to the faro tables without several knives and revolvers. Her skills with weapons and gambling proficiency became legendary as well as her mode of dress which ranged from dressing like a man to extravagant gypsy-like attire. While in Texas, she acquired a second husband and the two soon headed to California.
A third marriage apparently took place somewhere along the line, a man that she was said to have married as a result of a guilty conscience. In this incident, the story tells us that when the man became too ardent in his affections for her, she challenged him to a fight. When he refused to fight a woman, she donned men's clothing and challenged him again. She then allegedly shot him and as he lay wounded, called for a preacher and married him before he died.
When the Black Hills gold rush began in South Dakota, Kitty made her way to the thriving boomtown of Deadwood. She soon opened the Mint Gambling Saloon, where she met her fourth husband, German prospector who made a rich gold strike. However, when the German's gold ran out, so did Kitty's interest She was then said to have hit him over the head with a bottle, before kicking him out of their home and her life.
On June 11, 1877, Kitty married her fifth husband, a man named Samuel R. Curley in Deadwood. But, for Kitty, this would be a fatal mistake. Curley was a jealous man and after numerous arguments over alleged affairs with a former husband, and other such as Wild Bill Hickok and Sam Bass, he killed her on December 7, 1877 in the Lone Star Saloon before turning the gun on himself. A journalist would later say of the 28 year-old, that she "had five husbands, seven revolvers, a dozen Bowie knives, and always went armed to the teeth."
The Gold Rush
A gunfighter, gambler, performer, and alleged prostitute, Kitty Leroy, was best known as one of the most proficient poker players in the Old West. Thought to have been from Michigan, she was performing as a dancer by the age of ten and as she got older, began to work in dancehalls and saloons, where she picked up a number of other skills, specifically proficiency with weapons and at games of chance. When she married her first husband, legend has it that he was the only man in town with the nerve to let her shoot apples off his head. But, Kitty was restless and wanting to take her "show" on the road, she headed to Texas, leaving her husband behind.
By the age of 20, she was said to have been one of the most popular entertainers in Dallas, but soon gave up dancing to become a faro dealer and was noted for never going to the faro tables without several knives and revolvers. Her skills with weapons and gambling proficiency became legendary as well as her mode of dress which ranged from dressing like a man to extravagant gypsy-like attire. While in Texas, she acquired a second husband and the two soon headed to California.
A third marriage apparently took place somewhere along the line, a man that she was said to have married as a result of a guilty conscience. In this incident, the story tells us that when the man became too ardent in his affections for her, she challenged him to a fight. When he refused to fight a woman, she donned men's clothing and challenged him again. She then allegedly shot him and as he lay wounded, called for a preacher and married him before he died.
When the Black Hills gold rush began in South Dakota, Kitty made her way to the thriving boomtown of Deadwood. She soon opened the Mint Gambling Saloon, where she met her fourth husband, German prospector who made a rich gold strike. However, when the German's gold ran out, so did Kitty's interest She was then said to have hit him over the head with a bottle, before kicking him out of their home and her life.
On June 11, 1877, Kitty married her fifth husband, a man named Samuel R. Curley in Deadwood. But, for Kitty, this would be a fatal mistake. Curley was a jealous man and after numerous arguments over alleged affairs with a former husband, and other such as Wild Bill Hickok and Sam Bass, he killed her on December 7, 1877 in the Lone Star Saloon before turning the gun on himself. A journalist would later say of the 28 year-old, that she "had five husbands, seven revolvers, a dozen Bowie knives, and always went armed to the teeth."
The Gold Rush
2 oz bourbon
.75 oz lemon juice
.75 oz honey syrup
Drinkability - 4
Drunkability - 3.5/4
Taxic Diversity - 3
Accessibiliy - 4
Priority of Conservation - 5
Comments: "tastes like honey and lemon, but smells like bourbon"
From Women of the Wild West, hosted by MPF
August 2013 - Belle Starr - The Bandit Queen
Belle Starr
Myra Maybelle Shirley waws born in Carthage, Missouri. As a young lady, she attended the Carthage Female Academy where she excelled in all subjects and became an accomplished pianist. She grew up with Cole Younger and later befriended the James brothers. When the outlaws of the James-Younger gang needed to hide out, they often stayed at the Shirley family farm. It wasn't long before Maybelle was introducted to a life of crime and earned the nickname "the Bandit Queen."
In 1866, Belle married Jim Reed, a former Confederate Army guerrilla. Jim Reed tried to live the honest life of a farmer, but when that didn't pan out, he fell in with the Starrs, a Cherokee Indian family notorious for stealing hourses. Along with his wife's friends, the Jameses and Youngers, they planned and executed many daring heists. Jim was killed while trying to escape from the custody of a deputy sheriff who had arrested him for one such robbery. After the loss of her husband, Belle made her living organizing and planning robberies, as well as fencing stolen goods. When she was unable to bribe the law into looking the other way, she would seduce them to get what she wanted.
She married Sam Starr in 1880, and two years later, both of them were convicted of stealing horses. They were released a year later and went right back into lawlessness. Belle was murdered on Feb 3, 1889, two days before she was to turn 41. She was shot in the back while riding home from the general store. Her killer has never been identified.
The Drink:
The Bandit Queen
1.5 oz Southern Comfort
1 oz Peach Schnapps
1 oz cranberry juice
lime for garnish
Drinkability - 5
Drunkability - 3
Taxic Diversity - 2
Accessibility - 4
Priority for Conservation - 5
Comments: "peach schnapps? What does SoCo taste like besides awesome?"
From Women of the Wild West hosted by MPF
Myra Maybelle Shirley waws born in Carthage, Missouri. As a young lady, she attended the Carthage Female Academy where she excelled in all subjects and became an accomplished pianist. She grew up with Cole Younger and later befriended the James brothers. When the outlaws of the James-Younger gang needed to hide out, they often stayed at the Shirley family farm. It wasn't long before Maybelle was introducted to a life of crime and earned the nickname "the Bandit Queen."
In 1866, Belle married Jim Reed, a former Confederate Army guerrilla. Jim Reed tried to live the honest life of a farmer, but when that didn't pan out, he fell in with the Starrs, a Cherokee Indian family notorious for stealing hourses. Along with his wife's friends, the Jameses and Youngers, they planned and executed many daring heists. Jim was killed while trying to escape from the custody of a deputy sheriff who had arrested him for one such robbery. After the loss of her husband, Belle made her living organizing and planning robberies, as well as fencing stolen goods. When she was unable to bribe the law into looking the other way, she would seduce them to get what she wanted.
She married Sam Starr in 1880, and two years later, both of them were convicted of stealing horses. They were released a year later and went right back into lawlessness. Belle was murdered on Feb 3, 1889, two days before she was to turn 41. She was shot in the back while riding home from the general store. Her killer has never been identified.
The Drink:
The Bandit Queen
1.5 oz Southern Comfort
1 oz Peach Schnapps
1 oz cranberry juice
lime for garnish
Drinkability - 5
Drunkability - 3
Taxic Diversity - 2
Accessibility - 4
Priority for Conservation - 5
Comments: "peach schnapps? What does SoCo taste like besides awesome?"
From Women of the Wild West hosted by MPF
August 2013 - Susan Anderson, M.D. - The Clinic
Susan Anderson, M.D.
Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Anderson's family moved to the booming mining camp of Cripple Creek, Colorado while she was still a young woman. In about 1893, she left Cripple Creek to attend medical school at the University of Michigan, from which she graduated in 1897. While attending college she was diagnosed with tuberculosis and soon returned to her family in Cripple Creek, where she set up her first practice. For the next three years she sympathetically tended to patients, but her father insisted that Cripple Creek, a lawless mining town at the time, was no place for a woman.
Anderson then moved to Denver, but had a tough time securing patients as people were reluctant to see a woman doctor in those times. She then moved to Greeley, Colorado, where she worked as a nurse for six years. Word soon got out and the locals began to ask for her advice on various ailments, which soon led to her practicing her skills once again. Her reputation spread as she treated families, ranchers, loggers, railroad workers, and even an occasional horse or cow, which was not uncommon at the time. The vast majority of her patients required her to make house calls, though she never owned a horse or a car. Instead, she dressed in layers, wore high hip boots, and trekked through deep snows and freezing temperatures to reach her patients.
During the many years that "Doc Susie," which familiarity became known as, practiced in the high mountains of Grand County, one of her busiest times was during the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-19. Like people all over the world, Fraser locals also became sick in great numbers, and Dr. Anderson found herself rushing from one deathbed to the next. Another busy time for her was when the six-mile Moffat Tunnel was being built through the Rocky Mountains. Not long after construction began, she found herself treating numerous men who were injured during construction. During this time, she was also asked to become the Grand County Coroner, a position that enabled her to confront the Tunnel Commission regarding workign conditions and accidents.
Doc Susie, who was often paid in firewood, food, services, and other items that could be bartered, continued to practice in Fraser until 1956. She died in Denver, on April 16, 1960 and was buried in Cripple Creek Colorado.
The Drink:
The Clinic
2 parts Pear vodka
4 parts lemonade
splash of elderflower liqueur.
Drinkability - 5
Drunkability - 3
Taxic Diversity - 3
Accessibility - 4
Priority of Conservation - 5
Comments: pear and elderflower
From the Women of the Wild West hosted by MPF
Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Anderson's family moved to the booming mining camp of Cripple Creek, Colorado while she was still a young woman. In about 1893, she left Cripple Creek to attend medical school at the University of Michigan, from which she graduated in 1897. While attending college she was diagnosed with tuberculosis and soon returned to her family in Cripple Creek, where she set up her first practice. For the next three years she sympathetically tended to patients, but her father insisted that Cripple Creek, a lawless mining town at the time, was no place for a woman.
Anderson then moved to Denver, but had a tough time securing patients as people were reluctant to see a woman doctor in those times. She then moved to Greeley, Colorado, where she worked as a nurse for six years. Word soon got out and the locals began to ask for her advice on various ailments, which soon led to her practicing her skills once again. Her reputation spread as she treated families, ranchers, loggers, railroad workers, and even an occasional horse or cow, which was not uncommon at the time. The vast majority of her patients required her to make house calls, though she never owned a horse or a car. Instead, she dressed in layers, wore high hip boots, and trekked through deep snows and freezing temperatures to reach her patients.
During the many years that "Doc Susie," which familiarity became known as, practiced in the high mountains of Grand County, one of her busiest times was during the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-19. Like people all over the world, Fraser locals also became sick in great numbers, and Dr. Anderson found herself rushing from one deathbed to the next. Another busy time for her was when the six-mile Moffat Tunnel was being built through the Rocky Mountains. Not long after construction began, she found herself treating numerous men who were injured during construction. During this time, she was also asked to become the Grand County Coroner, a position that enabled her to confront the Tunnel Commission regarding workign conditions and accidents.
Doc Susie, who was often paid in firewood, food, services, and other items that could be bartered, continued to practice in Fraser until 1956. She died in Denver, on April 16, 1960 and was buried in Cripple Creek Colorado.
The Drink:
The Clinic
2 parts Pear vodka
4 parts lemonade
splash of elderflower liqueur.
Drinkability - 5
Drunkability - 3
Taxic Diversity - 3
Accessibility - 4
Priority of Conservation - 5
Comments: pear and elderflower
From the Women of the Wild West hosted by MPF
July 2013 - Queen Nanny of the Maroons - Old Jamaica
Queen Nanny of the Maroons
Nanny is known as one of the earliest leaders of slave resistance in the Americas, and one of very few women leaders. She was an outstanding military leader, and she was particularly important during the First Maroon War against the British from 1720 - 1739.
Nanny was born in Ghana, Western Africa and was brought to Jamaica as a slave. Upon arrival in Jamaica, Nanny was sold to a plantation in Saint Thomas Parish, just outside of the Port Royal area. As a child, Nanny was influenced by other slave leaders called "Maroons" - defiant Jamaican slaves who fled their oppressive existence on plantations and formed their own communities in the rugged, hilly interior of the island. She and her brothers, Accompong, Cudjoe, Johnny and Quao ran away from their plantation and hid in the Blue Mountains area. Nanny and her brothers became folk heroes. While in hiding, they split up to organize more Maroon communities across Jamaica; Nanny founded a community in Portland Parish that was given the name Nanny Town. During the First Maroon War, Nanny Town had a strategic location as it overlooked Stony River via a 900 foot ridge, making a surprise attack by the British practically impossible. The Maroons at Nanny Town organized look-outs for such an attack as well as designated warriors who could be summoned by the sound of a horn.
Nanny's cleverness in planning guerilla warfare confused the British and their accounts of the fights reflect the surprise and fear which the Maroon traps caused among them. Besides inspiring her people to ward off the troops, Nanny was also a type of chieftainess or wise woman of the village, who passed down legends and encouraged the continuation of customs, music and songs, that had come with the people from Africa, and which instilled in them confidence and pride.
Nanny was also very adept at organizing plans to free slaves. For over 30 years, Nanny freed more than 800 slaves, and helped them to resettle in the Maroon community. The government of Jamaica declared Nanny a National Heroine in 1976. Her portrait graces the $500 Jamaican dollar bill, which is colloquially referred to as a "Nanny."
The Drink:
Old Jamaica Cocktail
1 oz Fresh lime juice
1.5 oz Rum
.75 oz simple syrup
1 dash Angostura Bitters
Champagne
Drinkability - 3.5
Drunkability - 3
Taxic Diversity - 2.5
Accessibility -3
Priority for Conservation - 4
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Nanny is known as one of the earliest leaders of slave resistance in the Americas, and one of very few women leaders. She was an outstanding military leader, and she was particularly important during the First Maroon War against the British from 1720 - 1739.
Nanny was born in Ghana, Western Africa and was brought to Jamaica as a slave. Upon arrival in Jamaica, Nanny was sold to a plantation in Saint Thomas Parish, just outside of the Port Royal area. As a child, Nanny was influenced by other slave leaders called "Maroons" - defiant Jamaican slaves who fled their oppressive existence on plantations and formed their own communities in the rugged, hilly interior of the island. She and her brothers, Accompong, Cudjoe, Johnny and Quao ran away from their plantation and hid in the Blue Mountains area. Nanny and her brothers became folk heroes. While in hiding, they split up to organize more Maroon communities across Jamaica; Nanny founded a community in Portland Parish that was given the name Nanny Town. During the First Maroon War, Nanny Town had a strategic location as it overlooked Stony River via a 900 foot ridge, making a surprise attack by the British practically impossible. The Maroons at Nanny Town organized look-outs for such an attack as well as designated warriors who could be summoned by the sound of a horn.
Nanny's cleverness in planning guerilla warfare confused the British and their accounts of the fights reflect the surprise and fear which the Maroon traps caused among them. Besides inspiring her people to ward off the troops, Nanny was also a type of chieftainess or wise woman of the village, who passed down legends and encouraged the continuation of customs, music and songs, that had come with the people from Africa, and which instilled in them confidence and pride.
Nanny was also very adept at organizing plans to free slaves. For over 30 years, Nanny freed more than 800 slaves, and helped them to resettle in the Maroon community. The government of Jamaica declared Nanny a National Heroine in 1976. Her portrait graces the $500 Jamaican dollar bill, which is colloquially referred to as a "Nanny."
The Drink:
Old Jamaica Cocktail
1 oz Fresh lime juice
1.5 oz Rum
.75 oz simple syrup
1 dash Angostura Bitters
Champagne
Drinkability - 3.5
Drunkability - 3
Taxic Diversity - 2.5
Accessibility -3
Priority for Conservation - 4
Hosted by CZ
July 2013 - Rani Lakshmibai - East India
Rani Lakshmibai
Lakshmibai, the Rani of Jhansi was an Indian Queen and warrior. She was one of the leaders of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and for Indian nationalists a symbol of resistance to the rule of the British East India Company in India.
The Rani was born Manikarnika Tambe into a Marathi family. She married Raja Gangadhar Rao, the Maharaja of Jhansi in 1842, and became the Rani of Jhansi. After the death of her husband the head of the British government in India refused to allow her adopted son to become the new Raja and Jhansi was then ruled by the British.
After all the British in Jhansi had been killed by mutinous Indian troops in June 1857 the Rani took over the administration provisionally until the British returned. However, she had to form an army to defeat the invading forces of Orchha and Datia and the British believed she had been responsible for the earlier British deaths. In March 1858, British forces came to Jhansi to take back the city from the Rani who now wanted independence. Jhansi was besieged and finally taken after strong resistance. Many of the people of the city were killed in the fighting and afterwards. The Rani escaped to Kalpi and jointly with the Maratha general Tatya Tope then seized Gwalior. However, she was ultimately killed in battle with the British forces in Gwalior on 18 June 1858.
The Drink:
East India Cocktail
1 1/2 oz brandy
1 tsp dark rum
1/2 tsp triple sec
1/2 tsp pineapple juice
1 dash bitters
Drinkability - 3.5
Drunkability - 4
Taxic Diversity - 3
Accessibility - 3
Priority of Conservation - 4
"Comments: These ratings are not as reliable as normal, I have been mostly doing it myself, without crowdsourcing from the rest of who are very drunk" - FR
Hosted by CZ
Lakshmibai, the Rani of Jhansi was an Indian Queen and warrior. She was one of the leaders of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and for Indian nationalists a symbol of resistance to the rule of the British East India Company in India.
The Rani was born Manikarnika Tambe into a Marathi family. She married Raja Gangadhar Rao, the Maharaja of Jhansi in 1842, and became the Rani of Jhansi. After the death of her husband the head of the British government in India refused to allow her adopted son to become the new Raja and Jhansi was then ruled by the British.
After all the British in Jhansi had been killed by mutinous Indian troops in June 1857 the Rani took over the administration provisionally until the British returned. However, she had to form an army to defeat the invading forces of Orchha and Datia and the British believed she had been responsible for the earlier British deaths. In March 1858, British forces came to Jhansi to take back the city from the Rani who now wanted independence. Jhansi was besieged and finally taken after strong resistance. Many of the people of the city were killed in the fighting and afterwards. The Rani escaped to Kalpi and jointly with the Maratha general Tatya Tope then seized Gwalior. However, she was ultimately killed in battle with the British forces in Gwalior on 18 June 1858.
The Drink:
East India Cocktail
1 1/2 oz brandy
1 tsp dark rum
1/2 tsp triple sec
1/2 tsp pineapple juice
1 dash bitters
Drinkability - 3.5
Drunkability - 4
Taxic Diversity - 3
Accessibility - 3
Priority of Conservation - 4
"Comments: These ratings are not as reliable as normal, I have been mostly doing it myself, without crowdsourcing from the rest of who are very drunk" - FR
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July 2013 - Queen Gwendolyn - Caramel Martini
Queen Gwendolen
Gwendolen was a legendary queen of Britain. She was the rejected queen of King Locrinus until she defeated her husban in battle and took the leadership of the Britons herself, becoming their first recorded queen regnant.
A daughter of Corineus, king of Cornwall, Gwendolen was married to Locrinus, the eldest of King Brutus's three sons. Upon her father's death, Locrinus divorced her in favour of his Germanic mistress, Estrildis (by whom he already had a daughter), and Gwendolen fled to Cornwall. Having built up a large army, she waged war against her ex-husband; a battle was fought near the river Stour, in which Locrinus was killed. After having both Estrildis and her daughter drowned in the river Severn, Gwendolen assumed her ex-husband's throne and ruled independently and peacefully for fifteen years, then abdicated in favor of her son and lived out the remainder of her life in Cornwall.
The Drink:
Caramel Martini
1 1/2 shot Jameson
3/4 shot Caramel Liqueur
1/2 shot Rosso/Sweet Red Vermouth
1 shot fresh pressed pineapple juice or puree
2 dashes aromatic bitters
Garnish: lemon twist and pineapple wedge on rim
Drinkability - 4
Drunkabiliy - 4
Taxic Diversity - 3
Accessibility - 3
Priority for Conservation - 5 (out-liers due to extra pineapple-y-ness in some batches)
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Gwendolen was a legendary queen of Britain. She was the rejected queen of King Locrinus until she defeated her husban in battle and took the leadership of the Britons herself, becoming their first recorded queen regnant.
A daughter of Corineus, king of Cornwall, Gwendolen was married to Locrinus, the eldest of King Brutus's three sons. Upon her father's death, Locrinus divorced her in favour of his Germanic mistress, Estrildis (by whom he already had a daughter), and Gwendolen fled to Cornwall. Having built up a large army, she waged war against her ex-husband; a battle was fought near the river Stour, in which Locrinus was killed. After having both Estrildis and her daughter drowned in the river Severn, Gwendolen assumed her ex-husband's throne and ruled independently and peacefully for fifteen years, then abdicated in favor of her son and lived out the remainder of her life in Cornwall.
The Drink:
Caramel Martini
1 1/2 shot Jameson
3/4 shot Caramel Liqueur
1/2 shot Rosso/Sweet Red Vermouth
1 shot fresh pressed pineapple juice or puree
2 dashes aromatic bitters
Garnish: lemon twist and pineapple wedge on rim
Drinkability - 4
Drunkabiliy - 4
Taxic Diversity - 3
Accessibility - 3
Priority for Conservation - 5 (out-liers due to extra pineapple-y-ness in some batches)
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July 2013 - Agent 355 - The Betsy Ross
(and we jump to the present - will be more filling in back dates when I get them)
Agent 355 (identity unknown)
Agent 355 was the code name of a female spy during the American Revolution, part of the Culper Ring. Her information was critical in helping the American rebels and George Washington discover Benedict Arnold's plot with the British to capture West Point. The Culper Ring was George Washington's clandestine spy network that operated in the streets of British occupied New York. Little is known for sure about this mysterious lady. It is believed that Agent 355 was a member of a prominent Loyalist family, and within easy reach of British commanders, particularly Major John Andre.
355 helped expose Benedict Arnold's treasonous role in the proposed surrender of West Point and neighboring military outposts to Major Andre, an act that earned him a 20,000 pound gratuity from the British government. She also facilitated the arrest of Major Andre, who was eventually hanged as a spy on orders from General Washington. However, Benedict Arnold gave her up once he had defected to Great Britain following the arrest of Andre. 355 is believed to have been captured in October 1780 and ordered held in fetid conditions aboard the prison ship Jersey, which was moored in the East River. She died shortly thereafter.
"355" is often cited as an inspirational example of a trusted field agent, who was retained her anonymity even 233 years following her death. The young woman's contributions to America's War for Independence did not go unnoticed by the head of the fabled Culper Ring, Abraham Woodhull, who wrote that she "hat been ever serviceable to this correspondence" and could "outwit them all."
The Drink:
Agent 355 (identity unknown)
Agent 355 was the code name of a female spy during the American Revolution, part of the Culper Ring. Her information was critical in helping the American rebels and George Washington discover Benedict Arnold's plot with the British to capture West Point. The Culper Ring was George Washington's clandestine spy network that operated in the streets of British occupied New York. Little is known for sure about this mysterious lady. It is believed that Agent 355 was a member of a prominent Loyalist family, and within easy reach of British commanders, particularly Major John Andre.
355 helped expose Benedict Arnold's treasonous role in the proposed surrender of West Point and neighboring military outposts to Major Andre, an act that earned him a 20,000 pound gratuity from the British government. She also facilitated the arrest of Major Andre, who was eventually hanged as a spy on orders from General Washington. However, Benedict Arnold gave her up once he had defected to Great Britain following the arrest of Andre. 355 is believed to have been captured in October 1780 and ordered held in fetid conditions aboard the prison ship Jersey, which was moored in the East River. She died shortly thereafter.
"355" is often cited as an inspirational example of a trusted field agent, who was retained her anonymity even 233 years following her death. The young woman's contributions to America's War for Independence did not go unnoticed by the head of the fabled Culper Ring, Abraham Woodhull, who wrote that she "hat been ever serviceable to this correspondence" and could "outwit them all."
The Drink:
The Betsy Ross
1½ ounces brandy
1½ ounces ruby port
½ ounce Cointreau
2 - 3 dashes Angostura bitters
Drinkability 3.5
Drunkability 4
Taxic Diversity 3.5
Accessibility 3
Priority for Conservation 5
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April, 2013 - Ichiyo Higuchi - Sakura Cocktail
Ichiyo Higuchi
Considered the first professional female writer in modern Japan, receiving a classical education in a time where any education for women was a struggle. From samurai lineage, in her short 24-years o flife, she endured the death of both her brother and father, the failing of his business, and became the head of her household, responsible for supporting her mother and younger sisters. She wrote 4 novels after the age of 20, turning down a marriage proposal in the process. Her writings were known to reflect the lives of the downtrodden women and children of Japan.
The Drink:
Sakura Cocktail:
1 part cherry liqueur (I like American Fruits Sour Cherry)
3 parts good sake
stir, do not shake.
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From Sakura Matsuri (women of Japan) hosted by Alabazam
April, 2013 - Mitsu Tanaka - The Japanese
Mitsu Tanaka
A prominent feminist and author who gained some notoriety in Japan for her activism in the 70s. She helped establish the Fighting Women Group, lead rallies and established the first women's shelter in 1972 (though it was closed in 77). Her group mainly fouht to keep women's rights to abortion. She believed abortion was murder, but condemned a society that "forced women to become killers" because of no legal alternatives to abortions (such as birth control) - birth control pills were actually only legalized in Japan in 1999, abortion being the preferred method of the Japanese culture for dealing with unwanted pregnancies, and for eugenic practices. This outlook is still very common today; as a large amount of feminism in Japan failed in the 70s, and even today, is still considered "fringe" activism and is heavily marginalized.
The Drink
The Japanese:
2 oz brand
1/2 oz orgeat syrup
2 dashes Angostura bitters
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From Sakura Matsuri (women of Japan) hosted by Alabazam
A prominent feminist and author who gained some notoriety in Japan for her activism in the 70s. She helped establish the Fighting Women Group, lead rallies and established the first women's shelter in 1972 (though it was closed in 77). Her group mainly fouht to keep women's rights to abortion. She believed abortion was murder, but condemned a society that "forced women to become killers" because of no legal alternatives to abortions (such as birth control) - birth control pills were actually only legalized in Japan in 1999, abortion being the preferred method of the Japanese culture for dealing with unwanted pregnancies, and for eugenic practices. This outlook is still very common today; as a large amount of feminism in Japan failed in the 70s, and even today, is still considered "fringe" activism and is heavily marginalized.
The Drink
The Japanese:
2 oz brand
1/2 oz orgeat syrup
2 dashes Angostura bitters
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From Sakura Matsuri (women of Japan) hosted by Alabazam
April, 2013 - Hisamoto Masami - Chu-Hi
Hisamoto Masami
The #1 female personality in Japan in 2001, her popularity is accredited to a loosening of women's roles in the youth of Japan. She is best known for her slapstick humor, husky voice, un-"ladylaike" behaviors, and frequently uses armpit and crotch humor. Some say her humor is so popular with women in Japan because she openly shows the cruder side that Japanese women are never allowed to acknowledge. She lists one of her hobbies as drinking, and a top skill as blacking out. As of 2007 she is currently the head of the fine arts department of Soka Gakkai International.
The Drink
Chu-Hi
Grapefruit Juice (melon, lychee, and yuzu are also popular)
2 oz shochu
1/2 oz simple syrup
top with sparkling water
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From Sakura Matsuri (women of Japan) hosted by Alabazam
The #1 female personality in Japan in 2001, her popularity is accredited to a loosening of women's roles in the youth of Japan. She is best known for her slapstick humor, husky voice, un-"ladylaike" behaviors, and frequently uses armpit and crotch humor. Some say her humor is so popular with women in Japan because she openly shows the cruder side that Japanese women are never allowed to acknowledge. She lists one of her hobbies as drinking, and a top skill as blacking out. As of 2007 she is currently the head of the fine arts department of Soka Gakkai International.
The Drink
Chu-Hi
Grapefruit Juice (melon, lychee, and yuzu are also popular)
2 oz shochu
1/2 oz simple syrup
top with sparkling water
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From Sakura Matsuri (women of Japan) hosted by Alabazam
April, 2013 - Empress Jingu-Kogo - Sakura Tea
Empress Jingu-Kogo
A great Japanese Empress, who was traditionally considered the 15th ruler of Japan, as she sat on the Imperial Throne from the time of her husbands death in 201 A.D. until her son ascended in 269 A.D. She is considered legendary, not in doubt of her existence, but because of many of the stories that surround her. Of particular note is the legend that she held her late husbands seed inside her for over 3 years while she lead the armies of Japan to defeat and conquer parts of northern Korea, only giving birth to him after the campaign was completed. She claimed this was possible, because her son was the god of war, and gave her the power to control armies as long as he was in her womb.
The Drink:
Sakura Tea
1 cup sakura (cherry blossom) tea
1/2 oz sake (junmai - filtered is best)
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From Sakura Matsuri (women of Japan) hosted by Alabazam
A great Japanese Empress, who was traditionally considered the 15th ruler of Japan, as she sat on the Imperial Throne from the time of her husbands death in 201 A.D. until her son ascended in 269 A.D. She is considered legendary, not in doubt of her existence, but because of many of the stories that surround her. Of particular note is the legend that she held her late husbands seed inside her for over 3 years while she lead the armies of Japan to defeat and conquer parts of northern Korea, only giving birth to him after the campaign was completed. She claimed this was possible, because her son was the god of war, and gave her the power to control armies as long as he was in her womb.
The Drink:
Sakura Tea
1 cup sakura (cherry blossom) tea
1/2 oz sake (junmai - filtered is best)
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From Sakura Matsuri (women of Japan) hosted by Alabazam
March, 2013 - Poseidon
Poseidon
1 part midori
1 /2 part Blue Curacao
sprite
Drinnkability: 5
Drunkability: 2
Taxic Diversity: 1.5
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 1/2
Comments: "very sweet," "better if diluted with club soda," "high likelihood of hangover due to sugar content"
From "Women of Mythology" hosted by MW
1 part midori
1 /2 part Blue Curacao
sprite
Drinnkability: 5
Drunkability: 2
Taxic Diversity: 1.5
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 1/2
Comments: "very sweet," "better if diluted with club soda," "high likelihood of hangover due to sugar content"
From "Women of Mythology" hosted by MW
March, 2013 - Mountain Creek
Mountain Creek
2/3 oz Aquavit
2/3 oz Lime Cordial
2/3 oz vodka
5 oz Sprite Soda
Drinkability: 5
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 3/4
Comments: "the classic one was pretty good, but not as sweet," "depending on how much sprite you top it with for drunkability,"
From "Women of Mythology" hosted by MW.
2/3 oz Aquavit
2/3 oz Lime Cordial
2/3 oz vodka
5 oz Sprite Soda
Drinkability: 5
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 3/4
Comments: "the classic one was pretty good, but not as sweet," "depending on how much sprite you top it with for drunkability,"
From "Women of Mythology" hosted by MW.
March, 2013 - Medusa - Diamond Back
Medusa
If you need it, WIKI it.
The Drink:
The Diamond Back
1.5 measures Rye Whiskey
1/2 measure Green Chartreuse
3/4 measure Apple Brandy
Drinkability: 1
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity - 4
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 2
Comments: "sipping, more than before and not as enjoyable as #1," "herbal, from the chartreuse? we are all very confused by this one."
From "Women of Mythology" hosted by MW
If you need it, WIKI it.
The Drink:
The Diamond Back
1.5 measures Rye Whiskey
1/2 measure Green Chartreuse
3/4 measure Apple Brandy
Drinkability: 1
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity - 4
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 2
Comments: "sipping, more than before and not as enjoyable as #1," "herbal, from the chartreuse? we are all very confused by this one."
From "Women of Mythology" hosted by MW
March, 2013 - Corpse Reviver
Corpse Reviver:
***Archivist's Note - there are at least a few variations of this drink - no notes to specify which variation we drank***
1 oz. gin
1 oz. Cointreau
1 oz. Lillet Blanc
1 oz. fresh lemon juice
1 dash absinthe
Drinkability: 2
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 4
Comments: "drinkability score "but not because it tastes bad."
From "Women of Mythology" hosted by MW
***Archivist's Note - there are at least a few variations of this drink - no notes to specify which variation we drank***
1 oz. gin
1 oz. Cointreau
1 oz. Lillet Blanc
1 oz. fresh lemon juice
1 dash absinthe
Drinkability: 2
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 4
Comments: "drinkability score "but not because it tastes bad."
From "Women of Mythology" hosted by MW
February, 2013 - Belles of St. Mary's
Belles of St. Mary's
1 1/2 oz gin
1 oz triple sec
1 oz apricot brandy
2 tsp lemon juice
Drinkability: 3.5
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 2.5
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 5
***Archivist's Note - we were really busy talking about more other things that night, almost no comments about any of the drinks aside from ratings***
From Women in Baseball hosted by BallBuster
1 1/2 oz gin
1 oz triple sec
1 oz apricot brandy
2 tsp lemon juice
Drinkability: 3.5
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 2.5
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 5
***Archivist's Note - we were really busy talking about more other things that night, almost no comments about any of the drinks aside from ratings***
From Women in Baseball hosted by BallBuster
February, 2013 - Brandy Sling
Brandy Sling
1 tsp superfine sugar
2 tsp water
1 oz lemon juice
2 oz brandy
1 twist lemon peel
Drinkability: 4
Drunkability: 2
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation - 3
Comments:
from Women in Baseball hosted by BallBuster
February, 2013 - San Pedro
San Pedro
(could not find recipe)
Drinkability: 2
Drunkability: 5
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 2
Priority for Conservation: 3
Comments: "It smells," "grapefruit bitters from anthropologie," "very split on PoC"
From Women in Baseball hosted by BallBuster
(could not find recipe)
Drinkability: 2
Drunkability: 5
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 2
Priority for Conservation: 3
Comments: "It smells," "grapefruit bitters from anthropologie," "very split on PoC"
From Women in Baseball hosted by BallBuster
February, 2013 - Pimm's Cup
Pimm's Cup
2 oz. Pimm's No. 1
1/4 oz. fresh lemon juice
Ginger ale
Drinkability: 4
Drunkability: 2
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 2
Comments: none
From Women in Baseball hosted by BallBuster
2 oz. Pimm's No. 1
1/4 oz. fresh lemon juice
Ginger ale
Drinkability: 4
Drunkability: 2
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 2
Comments: none
From Women in Baseball hosted by BallBuster
November, 2012 - Anne Boleyn
Anne Boleyn
WIKI here.
The Drink:
Anne Boleyn:
2 oz Bourbon
1 oz Homemade strawberry basil syrup
1 egg white
*** Archivist's Note: no reviews, no comments, nothing more written on the page, I think we lost containment. ***
From "The Other Woman" hosted by CZ
WIKI here.
The Drink:
Anne Boleyn:
2 oz Bourbon
1 oz Homemade strawberry basil syrup
1 egg white
*** Archivist's Note: no reviews, no comments, nothing more written on the page, I think we lost containment. ***
From "The Other Woman" hosted by CZ
November, 2012 - Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor
If you REALLY don't know, you can read the WIKI.
The Drink:
Elizabeth Taylor
4 oz champagne
1 oz Crème De Viollete
Stir together in champagne flute
Garnish with a black cherry
Drinkability: definitely bimodal
Drunkability: low
Taxic Diversity: lemon
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: bimodal
Comments: "people are not paying attention, we are talking about ..."
From "The Other Woman" hosted by CZ
If you REALLY don't know, you can read the WIKI.
The Drink:
Elizabeth Taylor
4 oz champagne
1 oz Crème De Viollete
Stir together in champagne flute
Garnish with a black cherry
Drinkability: definitely bimodal
Drunkability: low
Taxic Diversity: lemon
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: bimodal
Comments: "people are not paying attention, we are talking about ..."
From "The Other Woman" hosted by CZ
November, 2012 - Revisitation
Basically a duplication of: Marilyn Monroe
Comments: "you can't necessarily drink enough to get drunk," "some of us can taste the apple brandy but the grenadine is overwhelming."
From "The Other Woman" hosted by CZ
Comments: "you can't necessarily drink enough to get drunk," "some of us can taste the apple brandy but the grenadine is overwhelming."
From "The Other Woman" hosted by CZ
November, 2012 - Lucy Mercer - The Haitian Libation
Lucy Mercer
No Notes, but WIKI
The Drink:
The Haitian Libation:
(it's just an old fashioned spun with a new name)
Drinkability: 2
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 3
Comments: "bimodal distribution on PoC"
From The Other Woman hosted by CZ
No Notes, but WIKI
The Drink:
The Haitian Libation:
(it's just an old fashioned spun with a new name)
Drinkability: 2
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 3
Comments: "bimodal distribution on PoC"
From The Other Woman hosted by CZ
November, 2012 - Lola Montez - Spider Dance Fizz
Lola Montez
No notes, but WIKI to the rescue.
The Drink:
The Lola Montez Spider Dance Fizz
fresh raspberry
gin
champagne
Drinkability: 4.5
Drunkability: 3.5
Taxic Diversity: 2.5
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 4.5
Comments: "pulpy raspberries - to strain or chew and swallow?" "the fruit soaks up and amplifies the alcohol," "especially for brunch in particular"
From "The Other Woman" hosted by CZ
No notes, but WIKI to the rescue.
The Drink:
The Lola Montez Spider Dance Fizz
fresh raspberry
gin
champagne
Drinkability: 4.5
Drunkability: 3.5
Taxic Diversity: 2.5
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 4.5
Comments: "pulpy raspberries - to strain or chew and swallow?" "the fruit soaks up and amplifies the alcohol," "especially for brunch in particular"
From "The Other Woman" hosted by CZ
October, 2012 - Blue State Build-Up
Blue State Build-Up
1 oz. Light Rum
1 tsp. Blue Curacao
1/2 oz. Elderflower Liqueur
1/2 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
1 dash Aromatic Bitters
Drinkability: 0
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 0
Comments: "voted mostly 'gross' by everyone,"
From Women in Congress hosted by BoilerMaker
1 oz. Light Rum
1 tsp. Blue Curacao
1/2 oz. Elderflower Liqueur
1/2 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
1 dash Aromatic Bitters
Drinkability: 0
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 0
Comments: "voted mostly 'gross' by everyone,"
From Women in Congress hosted by BoilerMaker
October, 2012 - Ward 8
Ward 8
Comments: "cough syrup-y from the grenadine"
From Women in Congress hosted by BoilerMaker
2 ounces bourbon or rye whiskey
3/4 ounce lemon juice
3/4 ounce simple syrup
Dash of grenadine
Orange slice and maraschino cherry for garnish
Drinkability: 3
Drunkability: 2-3
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 3
Drunkability: 2-3
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 3
Comments: "cough syrup-y from the grenadine"
From Women in Congress hosted by BoilerMaker
October, 2012 - Federal Punch
Federal Punch
1 oz bourbon whiskey
1/2 oz dark rum
1/4 oz cognac
1/4 oz triple sec
1 oz lemon juice
1 tsp caster sugar
Drinkability: 2-3
Drunkability: 4.5
Taxic Diversity: 3.5
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 4-5
Comments: "sugary manhattan," "all liquor," "some of us would rank it higher"
From Women in Congress hosted by BoilerMaker
1 oz bourbon whiskey
1/2 oz dark rum
1/4 oz cognac
1/4 oz triple sec
1 oz lemon juice
1 tsp caster sugar
Drinkability: 2-3
Drunkability: 4.5
Taxic Diversity: 3.5
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 4-5
Comments: "sugary manhattan," "all liquor," "some of us would rank it higher"
From Women in Congress hosted by BoilerMaker
October, 2012 - Right Wing
Right Wing
2oz vodka
1/2oz Pomegranate Liqueur
1/4oz simple syrup
splash soda water
fresh lime juice
Drinkability: 4
Drunkability: 2
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 4
Priority of Conservation: 3.5/4
Comments: " a bimodal distribution with PoC as BM and FR are not jazzed with the club soda."
From Women in Congress, hosted by BoilerMaker
2oz vodka
1/2oz Pomegranate Liqueur
1/4oz simple syrup
splash soda water
fresh lime juice
Drinkability: 4
Drunkability: 2
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 4
Priority of Conservation: 3.5/4
Comments: " a bimodal distribution with PoC as BM and FR are not jazzed with the club soda."
From Women in Congress, hosted by BoilerMaker
October, 2012 - Jeannette Rankin - Diplomatic Answer
Jeannette Rankin
Notes lost, but WIKI is here.
The Drink
Diplomatic Answer
2 oz red vermouth
1 oz brandy
1/3 oz triple sec
4 oz lemonade
Drinkability: 4.5
Drunkability: 2
Taxic Diversity: 4
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 5
Comments: "a little sweet," "it's weird that it tastes like iced tea when it's not iced tea," "beach drink"
From "Women in Congress" hosted by BoilerMaker
Notes lost, but WIKI is here.
The Drink
Diplomatic Answer
2 oz red vermouth
1 oz brandy
1/3 oz triple sec
4 oz lemonade
Drinkability: 4.5
Drunkability: 2
Taxic Diversity: 4
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 5
Comments: "a little sweet," "it's weird that it tastes like iced tea when it's not iced tea," "beach drink"
From "Women in Congress" hosted by BoilerMaker
August, 2012 - Prince of Norway
Prince of Norway
3/4 oz vodka
3/4 oz apricot brandy
1/4 oz lime juice
Sprite soda
Drinkability: 4/5
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 3/4
Comments: none
From untitled theme hosted by OH and VF
3/4 oz vodka
3/4 oz apricot brandy
1/4 oz lime juice
Sprite soda
Drinkability: 4/5
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 3/4
Comments: none
From untitled theme hosted by OH and VF
August, 2012 - Crema de Oro
Crema de Oro
Drinkability: 3
Drunkability: 2
Taxic Diversity: 4
Accessibility: 1 - only get it in the Dominican Republic
Priority for Conservation: 3
Comments: "texture makes it a sipper, but not in the same as a s burny drinks"
from untitled theme hosted by OH and VF
Drinkability: 3
Drunkability: 2
Taxic Diversity: 4
Accessibility: 1 - only get it in the Dominican Republic
Priority for Conservation: 3
Comments: "texture makes it a sipper, but not in the same as a s burny drinks"
from untitled theme hosted by OH and VF
August, 2012 - Mamie Taylor
Mamie Taylor
2 ounces blended Scotch whisky
muddled with ginger
juice of 1/2 a lime
Ginger ale or ginger beer to fill
Lime wedge for garnish
Drinkability: 4
Drunkability: 2.5
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: "we all liked it"
Comments: "sipper, it's a little tart," "accessibility for muddled ginger"
from untitled theme hosted by OP and VF
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