This is a glamorous little tippler. It was very popular in the 1930s and is finally making a comeback. This is the version from The Savoy Hotel Book of Cocktails.
Ingredients
- 2 ounce gin
- .75 ounce fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon maraschino liqueur
Directions
Combine all ingredients with ice in a shaker, shake, and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a Maraschino cherry.
Yes, the tomato posts are back! We have a number of plants of 3 varieties (uh, can’t name them)and will send you all kinds of photos so that you can gawk at them. I know you like to gawk. I see you.….
But our tomato plants are now starting to fruit! We lost the Brandywine to some unknown critter a couple of days after we planted it but the others are thriving. Can’t wait until we pick our first one!
I have two tomato plants right now, but they are a long way from giving me tomatoes, I just have the leaves so far!
Your first picture of the tomato looks amazing!
I’m so happy that these turned out so nice for you. I know you put a lot of work into them so it’s nice to see the fruits of your labor.
Eric
I was under the impression that when commercial growers pick their unripened tomatoes that they don’t actually “ripen” all that much during the warehousing/transporting process.
I am fairly certain that tomatoes are picked at the “breaker” stage and then they are subjected to a “ripening agent” (I believe some sort of gas, but I might be wrong) which actually turns the tomatoes red, but doesn’t really assist in actually “ripening” them at all — hence the cardboard taste you mentioned.
Your fruits look absolutely fantastic though, and I’m sure they far exceed the quality of whatever you are finding in stores right now, even at your beloved HW farmer’s market.
Those look wonderful! I seriously wish I have a backyard right now.
I love tomatoes in all their glory, and am grateful that you have paid them homage. I will now need to be on the lookout for these beauties