On Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:49:45 +0100, "Ophelia"
> wrote:

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>"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
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>> On Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:24:48 +0100, "Ophelia"
>> > wrote:
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>>>"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.
>
>Thank you

Actually old Minisoda UPS nomenclature; you pay, we schlepp.