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Nothing exists until or unless it is observed. An artist is making something exist by observing it. And his hope for other people is that they will also make it exist by observing it. I call it "creative observation." Creative viewing.
-- William S. Burroughs
The MAN-tini
2007-01-04 20:37:19
It was New Year's Eve and I wanted a signature drink I could hand to my guests. Something that they would accept with no fuss, drink quickly, and then want another. A drink simple enough that I could explain the recipe quickly -- thereby annointing each new guest as a bartender capable of making the drink -- and freeing me to enjoy myself. So I created The MAN-tini...
It's real simple:
- Take one small 8oz tumbler.
- Add about a 1/3 cup of crushed ice.
- Pour in champagne to just below the half-full point.
- Add a jigger (1.5 oz) of high quality vodka.
- Fill to the top with MANgo juice. (This doesn't have to be pure Mango juice -- I used a Mango-Pineapple-Peach juice I found in cartons at the local grocery store -- but "Mango" should be the first-listed ingredient.)
- Top with a little umbrella for extra MAN-li-ness.
My guests couldn't get enough of these things. Try them out at your next party and see for yourself.
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