On Sun, 02 Aug 2009 11:49:48 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:

> brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>>> It was developed by the
>>> Brits when they were in India. The tonic (quinine water) was thought to
>>> counter the malaria, and the gin made it tolerable to drink.
>>>
>>>
>> I can't agree with the "tolerable to drink" part, plenty of folks drink gin
>> neat, in fact it's the only way to drink top shelf gin.
>
> The idea of adding the gin to the quinine was to make the quinine
> tolerable. I usually have gin with tonic but I occasionally have it with
> a little ice and a twist of lemon. It is quite tasty.

sheldon has reading comprehension problems.

your pal,
blake