Comments on: LUPEC toasts drinkin’ dames of cinema http://drinkboston.com/2007/04/25/lupec-toasts-drinkin-dames-of-cinema/ Bars, bartenders and imbibing in Beantown. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:14:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Hanky P. http://drinkboston.com/2007/04/25/lupec-toasts-drinkin-dames-of-cinema/#comment-1690 Hanky P. Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:44:38 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2007/04/25/lupec-toasts-drinkin-dames-of-cinema/#comment-1690 Oooooo! Titanic Barbara gets my vote too! No wonder it's such a dry cocktail! Poor girl had seen enough water and wetness by the time she was eleven months old! I loved all the cocktails that night! The Ann Sheridan made me feel like I was on a tropical vacation! Maybe I'll whip up some of those for Moscow M's nuptials in St Lucia! Oooooo! Titanic Barbara gets my vote too! No wonder it’s such a dry cocktail! Poor girl had seen enough water and wetness by the time she was eleven months old!

I loved all the cocktails that night! The Ann Sheridan made me feel like I was on a tropical vacation! Maybe I’ll whip up some of those for Moscow M’s nuptials in St Lucia!

]]> By: ljclark http://drinkboston.com/2007/04/25/lupec-toasts-drinkin-dames-of-cinema/#comment-1688 ljclark Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:30:11 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2007/04/25/lupec-toasts-drinkin-dames-of-cinema/#comment-1688 I know! Isn't Titanic Barbara a great story? (Thanks, MC Slim JB.) The recipes are now spill-proof...unless you somehow manage to dump a drink on your computer monitor and black it out. Oh, the Thin Man -- a sacred artwork among drinkers. I know! Isn’t Titanic Barbara a great story? (Thanks, MC Slim JB.) The recipes are now spill-proof…unless you somehow manage to dump a drink on your computer monitor and black it out. Oh, the Thin Man — a sacred artwork among drinkers.

]]> By: pinky g. http://drinkboston.com/2007/04/25/lupec-toasts-drinkin-dames-of-cinema/#comment-1687 pinky g. Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:16:11 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2007/04/25/lupec-toasts-drinkin-dames-of-cinema/#comment-1687 The Titanic Barbara has my vote! Lj, I'm so glad you posted these. No matter how many times i jot recipes down at our gatherings, by late-night I've either spilled precious booze on them, or they're completely illegible. Also: watched the super "The Thin Man" last night. My god. Anyone into drinking games might have a ball with this one, i.e., everytime Powell or Loy take a drink, so do you, etc.. I challenge anyone to be sober by the end! The Titanic Barbara has my vote! Lj, I’m so glad you posted these. No matter how many times i jot recipes down at our gatherings, by late-night I’ve either spilled precious booze on them, or they’re completely illegible.

Also: watched the super “The Thin Man” last night. My god. Anyone into drinking games might have a ball with this one, i.e., everytime Powell or Loy take a drink, so do you, etc.. I challenge anyone to be sober by the end!

]]> By: MC Slim JB http://drinkboston.com/2007/04/25/lupec-toasts-drinkin-dames-of-cinema/#comment-1681 MC Slim JB Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:23:40 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2007/04/25/lupec-toasts-drinkin-dames-of-cinema/#comment-1681 There's a Barbara West who was a ten-month-old baby on board the Titanic. She's one of only two survivors still alive today (the other was a ten-week-old baby). Bottoms up! There’s a Barbara West who was a ten-month-old baby on board the Titanic. She’s one of only two survivors still alive today (the other was a ten-week-old baby). Bottoms up!

]]> By: ljclark http://drinkboston.com/2007/04/25/lupec-toasts-drinkin-dames-of-cinema/#comment-1678 ljclark Wed, 25 Apr 2007 20:25:22 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2007/04/25/lupec-toasts-drinkin-dames-of-cinema/#comment-1678 Hey, don't knock the Ann Sheridan, Stephen. It was actually pretty good! Hey, don’t knock the Ann Sheridan, Stephen. It was actually pretty good!

]]> By: Stephen http://drinkboston.com/2007/04/25/lupec-toasts-drinkin-dames-of-cinema/#comment-1677 Stephen Wed, 25 Apr 2007 20:21:48 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2007/04/25/lupec-toasts-drinkin-dames-of-cinema/#comment-1677 ann sheridan got the shaft.....but otherwise those are some very sex cocktails.... i want a tall drink of ginger rogers.... ann sheridan got the shaft…..but otherwise those are some very sex cocktails…. i want a tall drink of ginger rogers….

]]> By: ljclark http://drinkboston.com/2007/04/25/lupec-toasts-drinkin-dames-of-cinema/#comment-1676 ljclark Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:16:04 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2007/04/25/lupec-toasts-drinkin-dames-of-cinema/#comment-1676 Wow! Didn't realize how close I was. Thanks for clearing that up. Wow! Didn’t realize how close I was. Thanks for clearing that up.

]]> By: Michael Dietsch http://drinkboston.com/2007/04/25/lupec-toasts-drinkin-dames-of-cinema/#comment-1675 Michael Dietsch Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:30:58 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2007/04/25/lupec-toasts-drinkin-dames-of-cinema/#comment-1675 What a fun idea LUPEC is! As far as a wineglass, Robert "Drinkboy" Hess reports that most cocktail historians think it was about 2 ounces--or the size of a sherry glass. So 3/4 of that would only be 1 1/2 ounces, not the 4 - 6 ounces you're probably envisioning. If you assume a dash of curacao is about 1/8 - 1/6 of an ounce, two of them would be about, oh, 1/4 - 1/3 of an ounce. So, if these assumptions are true, the original recipe called for 1 1/2 ounces rye, 1/3 ounce curacao, and 1/3 ounce bitters. So without doing all the math, I'd say you've scaled up the amount of curacao in about the right proportionality. What a fun idea LUPEC is!

As far as a wineglass, Robert “Drinkboy” Hess reports that most cocktail historians think it was about 2 ounces–or the size of a sherry glass. So 3/4 of that would only be 1 1/2 ounces, not the 4 - 6 ounces you’re probably envisioning.

If you assume a dash of curacao is about 1/8 - 1/6 of an ounce, two of them would be about, oh, 1/4 - 1/3 of an ounce.

So, if these assumptions are true, the original recipe called for 1 1/2 ounces rye, 1/3 ounce curacao, and 1/3 ounce bitters. So without doing all the math, I’d say you’ve scaled up the amount of curacao in about the right proportionality.

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