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Skriven 2014-09-26 11:46:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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 ML> isolation. I've not yet gone to really godforsaken places
 ML> like New Guinea or Iceland but would imagine the culinary
 ML> choices to be quite limited.
 JW> You can find such in any off-road community in Alaska or the
 JW> Canadian north.

I'll probably never reach such except maybe as a stop on
a gaudy plane ride. I know that the more remote places I've
visited, except Teller, have plane service and therefore
access to the creature comforts I crave, mostly beef, the
heck with them leafy things. Barrow for one seemed like a
well-fed and reasonably well-stocked town.

 When Roslind had that contract which took her to
 JW> Kugluktuk (Coppermine) a lot, she always brought a large Rubbermaid
 JW> hamper of fresh produce with her, because everything there was
 JW> dried, canned, frozen or flown in at huge expense. For example a
 JW> head of wilted iceberg lettuce was $8. Even the non perishable
 JW> stuff on the summer annual sea lift cost $1.25 per pound extra for
 JW> shipping so potatoes for example were $1.75 per pound.

The planes Alaska Air runs daily on the Anchorage-Deadhorse-
Barrow-Anchorage round must make tons of money on the cargo
- the 737 combi has in addition to the hold a container
compartment in place of the first 16 passenger rows.

 JW> the Coppermine River about 12 miles upstream from the coast and the
 JW> water from the foot of the falls to the ocean is quite brackish and
 JW> full of little salt water crustaceans for the whitefish to eat which
 JW> is why they are pink not white (and extra tasty)].

And the salt water itself improves the taste, which anyone
who has eaten of freshwater and saltwater populations of
the same variety can attest to.

 JW> Title: Zucca Sprezzatura (Amaro And Scotch Highball)

Ow ow ow ow ow.

 JW> 2 oz Rabarbaro Zucca Amaro

You do realize that that means rhubarb squash bitters.

 JW> 1 1/2 oz Scotch, such as Great King
 JW> St. Artist's Blend

First time I've ever seen an artist sainted ... .

 JW> Note: If you can't find bitter lemon soda, mix 1 part freshly
 JW> squeezed lemon juice to 1-1/3 parts tonic.

The effect would be quite different. Depending on the
flavor of the bitters (I'm not inclined to seek it out
for some reason) one might increase the proportion of it.

 JW> Go with a blended Scotch here that's not very peaty.

Why Scotch at all? And why some fancy stuff - Duggan's
Dew is perfectly fine and costs about 1/10 of Saint
Artist.

Old Spanish
cat: booze, airline, southern, low alcohol
servings: 1

1 1/2 oz medium-dry oloroso sherry
3/4 oz Cocchi vermouth di Torino
1/4 oz Jack Rudy tonic syrup
3 ds Angostura bitters
soda water

Fill a collins glass with ice and add first four
ingredients. Stir, add soda water to taste,
and garnish with a grapefruit twist.

Paul Calvert, Paper Plane Speakeasy, Decatur, GA
in Hemispheres magazine 9/2014

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