John,

I hope you're not kidding about having a session on this at Elmira, and, if
you take the task seriously, you'll need a chair.

I think we should strive to perform this session in the spirit of the Twain
who wrote in the preface to _Roughing It_, "The tighter I get, the more I
leak wisdom." We should not, on the other hand, emulate Jim Blaine, whose
drunken maunderings separate dogs from providential design.  We will, after
all, need to provide some of the hair of the dog the next day.

Gregg

On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 1:13 PM, John Bird <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> If you can stand the commercial that precedes it, a video that show how to
> make a Brandy Smash:
>
> http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-make-a-brandy-smash
>
>
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> DAWIDZIAK
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> Subject: Re: Extinct American Cocktails in The Innocents Abroad
>
> Can I chair this session at the next Elmira conference?
> Lots of standard recipes out there for Brandy Smash, a drink that I don't
> believe has changed much over the years.
>