notbob wrote:

On 2006-03-25, ensenadajim wrote:

Looks like time for a med change. See your shrink. You've dropped more
than a few names over time.

Would you care to name a few, *ensenada*twit?

(ooh, I dropped a name!)


Lol...

--
Best
Greg

On the subject of whiskey, a cheap trick (learned this when I was a teen):
When the bottle looks empty there is about 1/2 ounce clinging to the bottle.
If you rub the bottle well with your hands it will run down to the bottom.

I live with virtually one foot in MN, the other in Ontario. My buddies like
to drink Wiser's. Speaking of Rye, I buy all of my bread in CA, all my
grains. Fresh rye bread at Safeway for $1.27 a loaf.
Lefty

Life is for learning
The worst I ever had was wonderful

"~patches~" wrote in message
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Dee Randall wrote:

Unless the place is

close to the border and has had a lot of Canadian customers, they are
totally baffled by his request of a rye & coke. Another term difference
is pop vs soda. We, at least in this area, refer to it as pop.


Don't know much about Canadian culture nor whiskey, but just want to add
that since I don't drink canned or bottled drinks I have not a clue as
to
what they are called, except DH always says soda for both canned and
bottled
drinks (he's from CT) and I've always said 'pop.' But I think that's
because
that's the term they used long ago in the hills.

How do people order in restaurants -- I'll have a coke, or I'll have a
pepsi, is that the way you order? I KNOW I will not say, "What kind of
pop
do you have?" Ha ha ahahahahah. You hillbilly, Dee!
Or would that be acceptable in Canada?
Dee Dee


A common question in restaurants is "What kind of pop do you have?" The
only pop I drink is club soda so I will ask if they have that. Some
will ask specifically for Coke or Pepsi depending on their likes.

Blair P. Houghton wrote:

Totally coincidentally, I just finished a glass of Wild Turkey 101 Rye
on the rocks. Great, great stuff.


Maybe that's why this post of yours is relatively cogent for a change,
Blair...

--
Best
Greg

Blair P. Houghton wrote:

~patches~ wrote:

One way to always pick out a Canadian in the US is how they order
*whiskey*. I had to stop and think - whiskey - oh yes she means rye.
Rye is our term for whiskey. We have a bottle of Hiram Walker Special
Old Rye Wiskey - that's how it's labeled -

-
Should be "Whisky" given that it's a Canadian brand. American brands
are usually "Whiskey" except for Tennessee Whisky.

I wrote it exactly as it is on the label. I suspect Hiram Walker
Distillery labels it as they see fit.



in the liquor cabinet. We
also have Crown Royal, Wisers (one of our kids designed the box), and
Canadian Club. Those are labeled as Canadian Whiskey. A popular drink
is rye & coke. That means you want the cheaper bar rye. If you ask for
CC & coke that means you want Canadian Club. DH can tell the difference
between the better ryes and the cheap bar rye. Now where this gets
interesting is when he orders a drink in the US. Unless the place is
close to the border and has had a lot of Canadian customers, they are
totally baffled by his request of a rye & coke.


That's ludicrous, unless it's a dump that never carries rye. Rye is
the original American whiskey, though it's much less popular since
Bourbon came along. Any place that has rye will do a rye and coke
without batting an eye.

Nope, DH asked for a rye & coke at a casino in Vegas. The waitress had
no clue what it was. The next casino the same thing. That was the
general trend in Vegas that the waitresses did not know what rye was.
If he asked for CC & coke, that was a different story. This is not just
a Vegas thing either. It's happened over and over with the most recent
in Nashville. Since we don't frequent dumps, I have no idea how they
would react.

~patches~ wrote:
Blair P. Houghton wrote:

~patches~ wrote:

We have a bottle of Hiram Walker Special
Old Rye Wiskey - that's how it's labeled -

Should be "Whisky" given that it's a Canadian brand. American brands
are usually "Whiskey" except for Tennessee Whisky.

I wrote it exactly as it is on the label. I suspect Hiram Walker
Distillery labels it as they see fit.

Mind posting a picture? Because there are none elsewhere and it'd be
almost a unique piece of diction. The misspelling is never mentioned
along with Hiram Walker in any text, and by pure luck I found this
glass with the ordinary Canadian spelling at eBay

http://i1.tinypic.com/sfi49w.jpg

which might not be licensed merchandise and could be misspelled at any
rate.

Nope, DH asked for a rye & coke at a casino in Vegas. The waitress had
no clue what it was.

Not surprising. Casino bartenders are drones. Did the bar have those
magnetic switch collars on the bottles to meter the pours? Those make
them drones who don't need to know how to count.

Verify the bar has rye first. It doesn't get shelf space many places
since prohibition, and "if" the bar has it (didn't I say "if"?), you'll
be in.

--Blair