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bucolic_frolic

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2. There's a referece to his Teheran mix that differs from

Reply to dameatball (Reply #1)

Wed Feb 12, 2020, 05:10 PM

Feb 2020

this article in Hamilton's "War and Peace: 1943-45" or some such title. His interpreter, I think his name was Charles Bohlen at the Teheran conference, claimed it was the best martini he ever had. Dry vermouth, sweet vermouth, gin over crushed ice I think it was.

Amazing that FDR drank apparently about 1-2 drinks per day and smoked so much in his physical condition. The doctors couldn't overstep their bounds. Today they'd have beta blockers, blood pressure meds, fish oil for enlarged heart. Primitive back then.

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Shaking up Martinis and Old Fashioneds with FDR [View all] bucolic_frolic Feb 2020 OP

At the right time and place it's hard to beat a good martini. I don't make them at home anymore but dameatball Feb 2020 #1

There's a referece to his Teheran mix that differs from bucolic_frolic Feb 2020 #2