The Trung Sisters (ca 40 AD)
Trac and Nhi, were daughters of a powerful Vietnamese lord. The Chinese ruled Vietnam until a Chinese commander raped Trac and killed her husband, Thi Sach. In retaliation, the Trung Sisters organized a full-scale rebellion of 80,000 men and women. Thirty-six of their army's generals were women, including Phung Thi Chinh, who had her baby on the battlefield. She hoisted the newborn child onto her back, and continued fighting. It is also said that the Trung sisters killed a tiger - and used the tiger's skin as paper to write a proclamation urging the people to follow them against the Chinese. The sisters drove the Chinese out of Vietnam, and the people proclaimed Trac to be their ruler. As queen, she abolished the hated tribute taxes which had been imposed by the Chinese. She also attempted to restore a simpler form of government more in line with traditional Vietnamese values. For the next three years the Trung sisters engaged in constant battles with the Chinese government in Vietnam. Out-armed their troops were badly defeated in 43 AD. Rather than accept defeat, popular lore says that both Trung sisters chose the traditional Vietnamese way of maintaining honor - they committed suicide. Some stories say they drowned themselves in a river; others claim they disappeared into the clouds.
The Drink:
Monkey Gland
1 1/2 oz gin
1 oz orange juice
1 tsp Benedictine
2-4 dashes grenadine
over rocks in a highball
Drinkability: 4
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 4
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 5
Comments: "I've given up letting gin matter." - MPF, "a little tart"
From "Women Who Sought Revenge" hosted by Ball Buster
NYC chapter of Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails
Friday, December 5, 2014
November, 2014 - Boudica - Bourbon Swizzle
Boudica (d. 60 AD)
Was the queen of the British Iceni (a Celtic) tribe. Her husband Prasutagus had been an ally to the Roman emperor, but upon his death, the Romans did not honor his will, which left Iceni to his daughters, and instead annexed Iceni as a conquered land. Boudica and her daughters were raped and flogged. The Iceni were enraged, and organized a revolt with their neighboring Trinovantes - with Boudica elected as their leader. Boudica was ultimately defeated - but not before her armies destroyed Camulodunum (Colchester) and sacked and burned the new Roman city of Londinium (London). An estimated 70,000-80,000 Romans and British were killed in the three cities by those led by Boudica. The crisis caused the Emperor Nero to consider withdrawing all Roman forces from Britain, but Suetonius's eventual victory over Boudica confirmed Roman control of the province. Boudica then either killed herself so she would not be captured, or fell ill and died (historical texts are not clear on the exact circumstances of her death).
The Drink
Bourbon Swizzle
2 oz bourbon
1/2 oz apricot brandy
1/2 oz lemon juice
top with 5-6 oz ginger ale and lemon wheel
Drinkability: 4
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 3.5
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 5
Comments: "drunkability depends on how much ginger ale used." "We are out of bourbon :-("
From "Women Who Sought Revenge" hosted by Ball Buster
Was the queen of the British Iceni (a Celtic) tribe. Her husband Prasutagus had been an ally to the Roman emperor, but upon his death, the Romans did not honor his will, which left Iceni to his daughters, and instead annexed Iceni as a conquered land. Boudica and her daughters were raped and flogged. The Iceni were enraged, and organized a revolt with their neighboring Trinovantes - with Boudica elected as their leader. Boudica was ultimately defeated - but not before her armies destroyed Camulodunum (Colchester) and sacked and burned the new Roman city of Londinium (London). An estimated 70,000-80,000 Romans and British were killed in the three cities by those led by Boudica. The crisis caused the Emperor Nero to consider withdrawing all Roman forces from Britain, but Suetonius's eventual victory over Boudica confirmed Roman control of the province. Boudica then either killed herself so she would not be captured, or fell ill and died (historical texts are not clear on the exact circumstances of her death).
The Drink
Bourbon Swizzle
2 oz bourbon
1/2 oz apricot brandy
1/2 oz lemon juice
top with 5-6 oz ginger ale and lemon wheel
Drinkability: 4
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 3.5
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 5
Comments: "drunkability depends on how much ginger ale used." "We are out of bourbon :-("
From "Women Who Sought Revenge" hosted by Ball Buster
November, 2014 - Phoolan Devi - Bandit Queen
Phoolan Devi - 1963-2001
Popularly known as the "Bandit Queen," was born to a low caste family in rural Uttar Pradesh, India. At the age of 18, Devi was gang-raped by high-caste bandits after the gang she was part of was ambushed by rivals. As a result of this incident she became a gang leader and sought revenge. In 1981 Devi and her gang returned to the village where she had been raped and 22 villagers in Behmai, including two of her rapists, were rounded up and executed. The press portrayed the massacre as an act of righteous lower-caste rebellion and members evaded capture for 2 years before surrendering in 1983. After serving in jail for 11 years pending trial, the state government withdrew all charges against her and she was released in 1994 under great public discussion and controversy. She then ran for Parliament and was elected. In 2001, Devi was assassinated by a trio of upper-caste men. The 1994 film Bandit Queen is loosely based on her life.
The Drink:
Bandit Queen
1 1/2 oz Southern Comfort
1 oz Peach Schnapps
1 oz cranberry juice
lime garnish
Drinkability: 3.5
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 3
Comments: "I know we just had this one recently, but it fit so well!" "Tastes like a peach jolly rancher"
From "Women Who Sought Revenge" hosted by Ball Buster
Popularly known as the "Bandit Queen," was born to a low caste family in rural Uttar Pradesh, India. At the age of 18, Devi was gang-raped by high-caste bandits after the gang she was part of was ambushed by rivals. As a result of this incident she became a gang leader and sought revenge. In 1981 Devi and her gang returned to the village where she had been raped and 22 villagers in Behmai, including two of her rapists, were rounded up and executed. The press portrayed the massacre as an act of righteous lower-caste rebellion and members evaded capture for 2 years before surrendering in 1983. After serving in jail for 11 years pending trial, the state government withdrew all charges against her and she was released in 1994 under great public discussion and controversy. She then ran for Parliament and was elected. In 2001, Devi was assassinated by a trio of upper-caste men. The 1994 film Bandit Queen is loosely based on her life.
The Drink:
Bandit Queen
1 1/2 oz Southern Comfort
1 oz Peach Schnapps
1 oz cranberry juice
lime garnish
Drinkability: 3.5
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 3
Comments: "I know we just had this one recently, but it fit so well!" "Tastes like a peach jolly rancher"
From "Women Who Sought Revenge" hosted by Ball Buster
November, 2014 - Diana the Hunter - Mexican Coffee
Diana the Hunter (? - ?)
The year 2013 marked the twentieth anniversary of the first disappearance of young women in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The women are often found dead later with signs of rape and strangulation. In 2010, the number peaked: at least 304 women were murdered that year. In 2013, at least two bus drivers in Ciudad Juarez were murdered by an unknown woman. She hailed the bus, climbed the steps, drew her gun, spat words into the driver's ear and shot him twice in the head -- then fled the scene. The killer, witnesses said, was a middle-aged woman with dyed blonde hair -- or maybe it was a wig -- wearing a cap, plaid shirt and jeans. Nobody saw how she escaped. Or at least nobody would say. One day later, a new website from El Paso called La Polaka, which specializes in covering the political gossip of Juarez, received an email:
"You think that because we are women we are weak, and that may be true but only up to a point, because even though we have nobody to defend us and have to work long hours until late into the night to earn a living for our families we can no longer be silent in the face of these acts that enrage us. We were victims of sexual violence from bus drivers working the maquila night shifts here in Juarez, and although a lot of people know about the things we've suffered, nobody defends us nor does anything to protect us. That's why I am an instrument that will take revenge for many women. For we are seen as weak, but in reality we are not. We are brave. And if we don't get respect, we will earn that respect with our own hands. We the women of Juarez are strong."
The email was signed by someone calling herself, "Diana, the Hunter of Bus Drivers."
The Drink:
Mexican Coffee
1/2 oz tequila
1/2 oz Kahlua
1 tsp brown sugar
8 oz hot coffee
whipped cream optional
Drinkability: 5
Drunkability: 2
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 5
Comments: Good for those who like coffee
From "Women Getting Revenge" hosted by BallBuster
The year 2013 marked the twentieth anniversary of the first disappearance of young women in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The women are often found dead later with signs of rape and strangulation. In 2010, the number peaked: at least 304 women were murdered that year. In 2013, at least two bus drivers in Ciudad Juarez were murdered by an unknown woman. She hailed the bus, climbed the steps, drew her gun, spat words into the driver's ear and shot him twice in the head -- then fled the scene. The killer, witnesses said, was a middle-aged woman with dyed blonde hair -- or maybe it was a wig -- wearing a cap, plaid shirt and jeans. Nobody saw how she escaped. Or at least nobody would say. One day later, a new website from El Paso called La Polaka, which specializes in covering the political gossip of Juarez, received an email:
"You think that because we are women we are weak, and that may be true but only up to a point, because even though we have nobody to defend us and have to work long hours until late into the night to earn a living for our families we can no longer be silent in the face of these acts that enrage us. We were victims of sexual violence from bus drivers working the maquila night shifts here in Juarez, and although a lot of people know about the things we've suffered, nobody defends us nor does anything to protect us. That's why I am an instrument that will take revenge for many women. For we are seen as weak, but in reality we are not. We are brave. And if we don't get respect, we will earn that respect with our own hands. We the women of Juarez are strong."
The email was signed by someone calling herself, "Diana, the Hunter of Bus Drivers."
The Drink:
Mexican Coffee
1/2 oz tequila
1/2 oz Kahlua
1 tsp brown sugar
8 oz hot coffee
whipped cream optional
Drinkability: 5
Drunkability: 2
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 5
Comments: Good for those who like coffee
From "Women Getting Revenge" hosted by BallBuster
October, 2014 - Magda Portal - Pisco Sour
Magda Portal - 1900-1989
One of the most influential early Latin American feminists, Peruvian-born Magda began her career as a poet and activist while taking night classes at a Lima university. By 23 she had won a national poetry competition - which she refused to accept from the dictatorial Peruvian president. By 27, her political activities had led to exile; at 31, she cofounded an anti-imperialistic, pan-American political party, Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana (APRA), which remains the oldest in Peru (and the party of the last president). Her insistence on a more equitable role for women, however, as well as dismay over the party's leadership's progressively less-progressive leanings, caused a break with A PRA in 1948. Throughout her life she remained a literary leader, fighting for the rights of women, through poetry, books, magazines, and newspapers. At 80, she was elected president of the Asociacion Nacional de Escritores y Artistas.
The Drink:
Pisco Sour
2 oz Pisco (Peruvian)
1/2 oz simple syrup
1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
1 Tbsp egg white
dash angostura bitters
Angostura Bitters (see note, below)
1 egg white
Drinkability: 2
Drunkability: 4.5
Taxic Diversity: 3.5
Accessibility: 2
Priority for Conservation: 2 - 3.5
Comments: Made with REAL Peruvian Pisco. Though, egg white was reduced to probably less than 1/2 an egg white per person.
From "Rebel Women" hosted by Opal Hush
One of the most influential early Latin American feminists, Peruvian-born Magda began her career as a poet and activist while taking night classes at a Lima university. By 23 she had won a national poetry competition - which she refused to accept from the dictatorial Peruvian president. By 27, her political activities had led to exile; at 31, she cofounded an anti-imperialistic, pan-American political party, Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana (APRA), which remains the oldest in Peru (and the party of the last president). Her insistence on a more equitable role for women, however, as well as dismay over the party's leadership's progressively less-progressive leanings, caused a break with A PRA in 1948. Throughout her life she remained a literary leader, fighting for the rights of women, through poetry, books, magazines, and newspapers. At 80, she was elected president of the Asociacion Nacional de Escritores y Artistas.
The Drink:
Pisco Sour
2 oz Pisco (Peruvian)
1/2 oz simple syrup
1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
1 Tbsp egg white
dash angostura bitters
Angostura Bitters (see note, below)
1 egg white
Drinkability: 2
Drunkability: 4.5
Taxic Diversity: 3.5
Accessibility: 2
Priority for Conservation: 2 - 3.5
Comments: Made with REAL Peruvian Pisco. Though, egg white was reduced to probably less than 1/2 an egg white per person.
From "Rebel Women" hosted by Opal Hush
October, 2014 - Constance Markievicz - Kiss Your Gun
Constance Markievicz (1868-1927)
An Irish aristocrat by birth and Polish Countess by marriage, Constance attended her first revolutionary 'Daughters of Ireland' meeting wearing a ball gown and tiara. Only a year later she had founded a pivotal paramilitary youth-training organization and spent the rest of her life dedicated to the poor, suffrage, and Irish nationalism. She was second-in-command during an Easter Rising battle, where she shot a sniper and, as she finally surrendered, famously kissed her gun before handing it over. She was the only woman placed in solitary confinement (perhaps to prevent her from mobilizing the other female prisoners). When her death sentence was commuted because of her gender, she said, "I do wish your lot had the decency to shoot me." She later became the first woman elected to the British House of Commons and first female Irish cabinet minister, which made her only the second in all of Europe. At 59, she died of appendicitis in a public hospital ward - by choice, after having donated all of her wealth.
The Drink:
Kiss Your Gun
1 1/2 oz Irish Whiskey
1/2 oz Irish Mist
1/2 oz Amaro Cora
dash orange liqueur
dash lime juice
Drinkability: 3.5/4 (or 3, 5, or 4)
Drunkability: 4.5 - no mixers
Taxic Diversity: 4
Accessibility: 2 - amaro
Priority for Conservation - 4 - mostly
Comments: "In line with this theme, I have made up most of these cocktails" - OH
From "Rebel Women" hosted by Opal Hush
An Irish aristocrat by birth and Polish Countess by marriage, Constance attended her first revolutionary 'Daughters of Ireland' meeting wearing a ball gown and tiara. Only a year later she had founded a pivotal paramilitary youth-training organization and spent the rest of her life dedicated to the poor, suffrage, and Irish nationalism. She was second-in-command during an Easter Rising battle, where she shot a sniper and, as she finally surrendered, famously kissed her gun before handing it over. She was the only woman placed in solitary confinement (perhaps to prevent her from mobilizing the other female prisoners). When her death sentence was commuted because of her gender, she said, "I do wish your lot had the decency to shoot me." She later became the first woman elected to the British House of Commons and first female Irish cabinet minister, which made her only the second in all of Europe. At 59, she died of appendicitis in a public hospital ward - by choice, after having donated all of her wealth.
The Drink:
Kiss Your Gun
1 1/2 oz Irish Whiskey
1/2 oz Irish Mist
1/2 oz Amaro Cora
dash orange liqueur
dash lime juice
Drinkability: 3.5/4 (or 3, 5, or 4)
Drunkability: 4.5 - no mixers
Taxic Diversity: 4
Accessibility: 2 - amaro
Priority for Conservation - 4 - mostly
Comments: "In line with this theme, I have made up most of these cocktails" - OH
From "Rebel Women" hosted by Opal Hush
October, 2014 - Rani Lakshmibai - Jhansi Ki Rani
Rani Lakshmibai - 1914-2012
The fall of Singapore to the Japanese in WWII transformed Dr. Lakshmi - a successful gynecologist who had established a free clinic for migrant workers - into Captain Lakshmi, commander of a regiment of 1000 female infantry and nurses dedicated to overthrowing British rule in India as part of the Indian National Army. The regiment was one of the only all-women combat forces in the war and was named after Rani of Jhansi, legendary warrior queen during the Rebellion of 1857. Captain Lakshmi also served as a cabinet minister (in Charge of Women's Organization) in the Provisional Government of Free India. After the war, she continued to be involved in both progressive politics (she was nominated for president of India in 2002), and humanitarian efforts, responding to medical emergencies and treating patients until she was 92.
The Drink:
Jhansi Ki Rani
3 oz of chai tea
1 oz sctoch
Honey to taste
Drinkability: 4
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 3/4
Comments: Another made-up cocktail - but very tasty if you like chai!!
From "Rebel Women" hosted by Opal Hush
The fall of Singapore to the Japanese in WWII transformed Dr. Lakshmi - a successful gynecologist who had established a free clinic for migrant workers - into Captain Lakshmi, commander of a regiment of 1000 female infantry and nurses dedicated to overthrowing British rule in India as part of the Indian National Army. The regiment was one of the only all-women combat forces in the war and was named after Rani of Jhansi, legendary warrior queen during the Rebellion of 1857. Captain Lakshmi also served as a cabinet minister (in Charge of Women's Organization) in the Provisional Government of Free India. After the war, she continued to be involved in both progressive politics (she was nominated for president of India in 2002), and humanitarian efforts, responding to medical emergencies and treating patients until she was 92.
The Drink:
Jhansi Ki Rani
3 oz of chai tea
1 oz sctoch
Honey to taste
Drinkability: 4
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 3/4
Comments: Another made-up cocktail - but very tasty if you like chai!!
From "Rebel Women" hosted by Opal Hush
October, 2014 - Petra Herrara - La Soldadera
Petra Herrera - 1800s - 1920s?
Petra would be no camp follower. Dissatisfied with the chauvinism - at times violent - exhibited towards women soldaderas during the Mexican Revolution, Petra jointed the fight disguised as "Pedro," proving herself as a sharpshooter and demolitions expert. She eventually revealed herself and commanded 200 men in pivotal battles as a captain under Pancho Villa. When Villa, who still believed women weakened an army, refused to give her credit, Petra left his service and formed her own all-women brigade of at least 400, shooting any man who dared enter the camp at night. When, at the end of the war, she was still denied a promotion to general, she became a spy for a northern revolutionary group. One night, while posing as a bartender, she was shot and killed by several drunken men.
The Drink:
La Soldadera
1 oz chili-infused vodka or rum
1 oz cream
1/2 oz cream of coconut
1/2 oz coconut milk
1/2 oz mango juice
dash lime
dash cinnamon
Drinkability:
Drunkability:
Taxic Diversity:
Accessibility:
Priority for Conservation:
Comments: Many of us cannot drink this for various reasons - so no ratings were recorded.
**Archivist's note: As one of the persons who couldn't drink this, but still took a sip, anyway, it was a tasty drink, just very very spicy-hot, and I would have personally liked more of it were it not for a food allergy.**
From "Rebel Women" hosted by Opal Hush
Petra would be no camp follower. Dissatisfied with the chauvinism - at times violent - exhibited towards women soldaderas during the Mexican Revolution, Petra jointed the fight disguised as "Pedro," proving herself as a sharpshooter and demolitions expert. She eventually revealed herself and commanded 200 men in pivotal battles as a captain under Pancho Villa. When Villa, who still believed women weakened an army, refused to give her credit, Petra left his service and formed her own all-women brigade of at least 400, shooting any man who dared enter the camp at night. When, at the end of the war, she was still denied a promotion to general, she became a spy for a northern revolutionary group. One night, while posing as a bartender, she was shot and killed by several drunken men.
The Drink:
La Soldadera
1 oz chili-infused vodka or rum
1 oz cream
1/2 oz cream of coconut
1/2 oz coconut milk
1/2 oz mango juice
dash lime
dash cinnamon
Drinkability:
Drunkability:
Taxic Diversity:
Accessibility:
Priority for Conservation:
Comments: Many of us cannot drink this for various reasons - so no ratings were recorded.
**Archivist's note: As one of the persons who couldn't drink this, but still took a sip, anyway, it was a tasty drink, just very very spicy-hot, and I would have personally liked more of it were it not for a food allergy.**
From "Rebel Women" hosted by Opal Hush
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