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mm0jvb
02-23-2008, 02:06 PM
take 1 pint glass
spirit measures in 1/4 gill
1 x vodka
1 x bacardi
1 x quantro
1 x advocat
dash of blackcurrant
top up glass with lemonade.
it should be pink & have a frothy head on it.
TAKE TWO & TRY WALK.
rot
02-24-2008, 05:29 PM
it should be pink & have a frothy head on it.
I saw one of those back in '72 and threw rocks at it.
Live and learn.
ROTFLMAO!
rot
N2NH
02-24-2008, 09:40 PM
dash of blackcurrant

Sounds great! But could you translate "blackcurrant" into American for me?
:drool

Nevermind. I looked it up. No wonder it's hardly known here. It was banned by the Federal Gov't. My father used to love Blackcurrant Wine, but it hasn't been made in ages.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackcurrant
mm0jvb
03-01-2008, 03:45 PM
blackcurrant banned . for what ??
its just a cordial juice which you usually mix with water to drink.
N2NH
03-05-2008, 06:41 PM
blackcurrant banned . for what ??
its just a cordial juice which you usually mix with water to drink.

Believe me, the way my father talked about Blackcurrent wine, I'm still dying to get my hands on some to find out what it's like.

According to WIKI:


Blackcurrants were once popular in the United States as well, but they became extremely rare in the 20th century after currant farming was banned in the early 1900s. The ban was enacted when it was discovered that blackcurrants helped to spread the tree disease White Pine Blister Rust, which was thought to threaten the then-booming U.S. lumber industry.

Seems that in the mid '60s instead of lifting the ban, the Federal Gov't turned around and gave the states the right to lift the ban in their state. DUMB! So, slowly it is getting overturned on a state by state basis.
:x
HUGH
04-07-2008, 07:40 AM
Blackcurrant varieties today come in a number of disease-resistant varieties. The Scots have been breeding quite a lot of soft fruit varieties for us and they are very successful.
Blackcurrant wine would be particularly good with all that sugar and the acidity. This goes for elderberries and damsons too.
M0GLO
04-07-2008, 10:12 AM
...This goes for elderberries and ...

My mother smelled of these... :whistle