Ya gotta love Robert Service.


Francis A. Miniter


Don Tuite wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 20:17:27 +0100, Adam Funk >
> wrote:
>
>
>>On 2006-07-25, Chris McGonnell > wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:44:40 +0100, Adam Funk wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>"A Mixture of Frailties" by Robertson Davies mentions the following
>>>>cocktail:
>>>>
>>>> ...the Canadian Lyric, a cocktail made of equal parts of lemion
>>>> juice and maple syrup, added to a double portion of rye whisky, and
>>>> shaken up with cracked ice.
>>>>
>>>>It isn't on teh interweb --- has anyone else heard of it?
>>>
>>>I'll bet it's a Davies original -- part of his whimsy. Just don't
>>>throw a snowball with a stone inside it in Deptford.
>>
>>Yes, that could start all sorts of trouble.
>>
>>I've really enjoyed his novels, but unfortunately I've now read them
>>all. I may try some of his other writings soon.
>
>
> Also see:
>
> http://ak.water.usgs.gov/glaciology/...m_cocktail.htm
>
> Don