"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:24:48 +0100, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
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>>> In article >,
>>> aem > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Just got to this from the NY Times and Mario Batali today. Make a
>>>> syrup
>>>> by
>>>> simmering 2 cups of water, 2 cups of sugar, and 4 ribs of celery and
>>>> leaves
>>>> for 30 minutes. Cool, strain and chill. Now build a drink: 3 oz.
>>>> gin
>>>> (he
>>>> likes Bombay Sapphire), 2 oz. celery syrup, 4 oz. tonic water in a
>>>> highball
>>>> glass filled with ice. I personally think the celery salad in a
>>>> different
>>>> thread would be overkill, but suit yourself. -aem
>>>
>>> I wonder how similar that is to Dr. Brown's Cel-Ray tonic. I schlepped
>>> it from NY before I discovered I could get it locally. :-)
>>
>>Schlepped?
>>--
> To lug or carry, probably German or Jewish origin. The term is widely
> understood in US -- maybe not among young people.

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