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I searched a bit on Fulton History, and it turns out I was right! The text was not only rearranged into nonsense, but was, in fact, also plagerized without credit from G. Selmer Fougner's column, "Along the Wine Trail," NY Sun, March 9, 1934.
"Ach! Vot you vant is vegetable soup." 🤣
Having run out of Torino vermouth due to an order gone wrong, I worked this out instead:
1.5 oz rye
1 oz Ramazzatti
.5 oz Apricot Brandy
Stirred
It works pretty well, but may need some adjustment. In the meantime, I've been listening to #Mingus Presents Mingus, and am naming this the All the Things You Could Be By Now If Sigmund Freud’s Wife Was Your Mother #Cocktail. Or the ATTYCBBNISFWWYM for short.
According to the Kansas City Star, June 26, 1898, the #Martini was introduced to Mexico City in 1890, by Charles E. Hochstetler, who according to other sources was an insurance executive with the Travelers. Another unverifiable bit of Martini lore.
