The Cocktail Party Thread (a.k.a. The "Jack This Thread" Thread)

[I_luv_saber]

Lucky bastard got that far.... well, to be fair, there are cocktails involved so maybe it wasn't that hard... (*ahem*)

[JackOfHearts]

Hence why I tend to nurse just one drink at most when I go out. Sometimes two.

Happy Year Of The Tiger everyone! I wonder what kind of drink that would call for...

[magic_moose]

Jerry Thomas in his Bartender's Guide (2nd edition, 1887) offers this:

White Tiger's Milk.
(From a recipe in the possession of Dr. Thomas Dunn English.)
Take ½ gill of apple-jack.
½ gill of peach brandy.
½ tea-spoonful of aromatic tincture
(see Index,"Aromatic Tincture ").

Sweeten with white sugar to taste. The white of an egg beaten to a stiff foam. 1 quart of pure fresh milk. Pour in the milk to the mixed liquors, gradually, stirring all the while till all is well mixed, then sprinkle with nutmeg.

The above recipe is sufficient to make a full quart of "White Tiger's Milk;" if more is wanted, you can increase the above proportions. If you want to prepare this beverage for a party of twenty, use one gallon of milk to one pint of applejack, etc.

[I_luv_saber]

Home on a Friday getting smashed on Martini's. Life is good.

[Inquartata]

You've broken your rifles?

[JackOfHearts]

Shooting off your mouth again, eh?

[I_luv_saber]

Nope, just shootin' whiskey!

[Inquartata]

A-HA! Discretionary purchase!

[Greybeard]

I hate it when people are indiscreet

[I_luv_saber]

A-HA! Discretionary purchase!

Damn. Straight.

[magic_moose]

You've broken your rifles?

Ahhhhh.. a Kipling fan?

"We sloshed you with Martinis, an' it wasn't 'ardly fair"

[Inquartata]

Is Ardly Fair anything like a Renaissance Faire?

Anyway, I was thinking more of

"When 'arf of your bullets fly wide in the ditch,
Don't call your Martini a cross-eyed old *****;
She's human as you are -- you treat her as sich,
An' she'll fight for the young British soldier."

I sometimes quote the last quatrain of that poem to people, and get some odd looks.

[magic_moose]

Heh.. well I'll go with the human part, but I'm not sure if treating them better helps. I've shot Martinis. Kick like a mule and spray bullets randomly around the landscape. And the cartridges look more like a Pussers rum bottle than a source for martinis.

[magic_moose]

Hello? Did everyone here pass out?

[Inquartata]

The cops broke it up around 4 a.m.

[I_luv_saber]

I always thought I was immune to hangover... Spumante proved me wrong...

EDIT: PS - Working with a hangover sucks.

[Inquartata]

Spewmante

Fixed your spelling.

[magic_moose]

Man, this party is dead. I've got some skyrockets! Let's set some off indoors!!!!!

[Inquartata]

Let's see your permit.

[I_luv_saber]

Pfh. Statist.