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Celery Tonic
"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> 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:
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>>>>>> 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
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>>>>> 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. :-)
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>>>>Schlepped?
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>>> 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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>>Thank you
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> Actually old Minisoda UPS nomenclature; you pay, we schlepp.
Heh!
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