Milsurp After Hours

Vodga is on of the world’s most popular distilled bevarages with history, culture and reputation. Do you trink vodka? In its Easter European and Skandinavian homeland it is generally drunk neat. Do you like vodka? Or Bloody Mary, Screwdriver, Vodka Tonic or Vodka Martini? But realli it is interesting to take a look to its backround and history. e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodka

You are right mosu, vodka is a wonderful thing, although I prefer bourbon.

Bloody Mary and Screwdriver are the best because drinking several a day supplies your daily requirement of fruits and vegetables, being healthy is a great feeling.

Vodka Tonic is good, but a Gin&Tonic is even better, must be the British blood that runs in my heritage. (Scottish too, not a total FEB )

A popular and fairly expensive vodka here in the states is Finlandia, so your vodka is known here too, mosu.

Vern.

Thanks Vern and greetings from a Vodka Belt country. It is here said the Vodka Finland beginns from behind the betlway 3 (or ’Susiraja’ ’Wolf Boundary’; meaning the most distant beltway adround Helsinki :-) The most popular vodka here is ’Koskenkorva viina’ (Koskenkorva Spirits) but it may not be called vodka as some sugar is added to it to give a little softer taste (many drink vodka neat here). Finlandia vodka is sold here under the trade mark 'Dry Vodka'. Yes, Gin-Tonic is one of my favorites since my youth. Jim Beam and Four Roses too.

I have been known to put a bottle Finlandia/or something from the Ukraine in the freezer for " cold" shots. Still have a bottle from Christmas before last.

I can ration anything...Vodka,ammo, etc.

Try this for a good vodka drink. It's called the Lemon Drop Shot and is along the lines of a tequila shooter: 1/2 tsp. sugar dissolved in the mouth, 1 1/2 oz.shot of any vodka tossed back, follow with a wedge of fresh lemon (bite). I was introduced to this at a wedding several years ago and it has become a household staple.

My favorite is a vodka Sinner. Vodka and grapefruit juice. Smooth and sweet and sour at the same time.

I must admit that, if I'm going to drink vodka (vary rare, I prefer Irish Wishey, Single Malt Scotch or Dark Rum), I tend to mix it (screams of horror from thje vodka lovers ).

If anything I go for a traditional Vodka St Clements

1 Part lemon juice*

1 or 2 Parts Orange juice (depending on the sweetness of the juice)

1 - 2 Parts vodka (depending how much orange juice you've had to add)

ice as required (either as cubes - if you must, or, preferrably, crushed in an ice bucket)

warm day

suitable seating in shade

Instructions

Sit in/on seat,

withdraw drink from ice bucket

enjoy drink and day

Wassail, Drink hale!

Tom

* NOT Bitter Lemon or Lemonade - it has to be real lemon juice or nothing, I don't give a rat's f*rt what the pubs say!

Only ever drank Vodka once - when the Brandy Sour ran out. I went on to Vodka & Orange and don't remember a thing for 48 hours. I was only 17 at the time so perhaps that's OK!!

If the Gin runs out now I drink Horses Neck Bacardy & Canada Dry on LOTS of Ice - very smooth.

I once tried to drink Canada Dry Failed!!

Tom, do you remember when the Royal Navy gave up the daily rum rations (portions) on bord. Was it in the 50s?

regards

mosu

The rum ration was abolished in the RN on 31st July 1970.

Regards

Peter.