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no no its after 10 thats acceptable

― mullygrubber (gaz), Friday, 21 May 2004 08:10 (twenty years ago) link

My lust for the wily Bloody Caesar has not abated. Someone get me a pint of clamato juice and some celery salt.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Friday, 21 May 2004 08:26 (twenty years ago) link

*pulls Clamato off the shelf, mixes a top-drawer caesar for liz*

there ya go, dear! sorry it's only a virtual one for the time being. we'll have real ones soon... (i'm SO going to the canadian store at lunchtime for motts clamato)

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Friday, 21 May 2004 08:35 (twenty years ago) link

Excellent. Thank you Mr B. This morning virtual drinking is playing merry hell with my virtual liver though.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Friday, 21 May 2004 08:36 (twenty years ago) link

I suppose we shouldn't be surprised at Ronan's outburst - every pub has someone who gets maudlin or mouthy when they're pissed. It's just that it's usually me.

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 21 May 2004 08:36 (twenty years ago) link

*gets up off floor, brushes sawdust off jacket*

c'n i have one of those bloody mary's rob?

― mullygrubber (gaz), Friday, 21 May 2004 08:38 (twenty years ago) link

no problem! except that it's a bloody caesar. a little different (see upthread a bit). you'll like it. plus you look like you could use one!
*brushes more sawdust out of mully's hair, straightens mully's coat*

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Friday, 21 May 2004 08:49 (twenty years ago) link

While I have no problem facing gin at early hours of the day, I draw the line at clam juice.

*retreats to a private booth far far away from the Bloody Caesar drinkers*

― Archel (Archel), Friday, 21 May 2004 08:56 (twenty years ago) link

clam juice?

*legs start to wobble, hand goes to mouth*

― mullygrubber (gaz), Friday, 21 May 2004 08:57 (twenty years ago) link

Once again, you alright Gaz mate? Pls may I have an irish coffee with some yummy chocolate cookies?

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 21 May 2004 09:02 (twenty years ago) link

This bar has chocolate-based products too? Excellent.

― Archel (Archel), Friday, 21 May 2004 09:08 (twenty years ago) link

Right, it's after 11 and time for a liquid lunch. A lovely pint of imperial stout please.

― robster (robster), Friday, 21 May 2004 09:12 (twenty years ago) link

*gets up again, brushes sawdust off jacket again*

i'm fine. no, really. its early. what cocktails are available?

― mullygrubber (gaz), Friday, 21 May 2004 09:18 (twenty years ago) link

mmmmm cocktails. any creamy one will do for me!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 21 May 2004 09:19 (twenty years ago) link

do you come here often?

― mullygrubber (gaz), Friday, 21 May 2004 09:21 (twenty years ago) link

don't fear the caesar, mullygrubber! clamato is mostly tomato juice with a *hint* of clam juice. a drink made entirely from clam juice would be just plain wrong...

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Friday, 21 May 2004 09:22 (twenty years ago) link

what the fuck is clam juice?

― mullygrubber (gaz), Friday, 21 May 2004 09:25 (twenty years ago) link

*covers ears, whimpers*

― Archel (Archel), Friday, 21 May 2004 09:28 (twenty years ago) link

Look, I only want vegetarian cocktails, get away rob with your canadian ways!! ;-) I want to live in london, I can't believe I will miss Colette's b/day & why did I have no idea that Ally & Tom were over at the moment. boo. :-( Red wine pls!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 21 May 2004 09:30 (twenty years ago) link

are clams hurt in the extraction of the juice?

― mullygrubber (gaz), Friday, 21 May 2004 09:34 (twenty years ago) link

They ARE the juice doood!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 21 May 2004 09:45 (twenty years ago) link

What about V8 juice? I love that stuff. I love tomato juice too but once I made a bloody mary and somehow, the worst taste of the vodka was hilighted by the tomato and uuurgh it tasted foul. The two parts seperate are great but somehow together, puzzlingly gross. Weird. I mean I love savoury drinks so it doesnt make sense.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 21 May 2004 09:54 (twenty years ago) link

nooo... clam juice is the broth from steamed clams. it's the shiznit!

CLAMATO JUICE: A refreshing, unique tasting beverage which is the key ingredient in making the perfect Caesar. Clamato is known as the “Original Caesar Mix”. A deliciously seasoned clam and tomato flavoured cocktail (red in colour) with clam broth, spices, and seasoning added. It comes in both Regular and Extra Spicy. Mott’s Clamato Extra Spicy was launched in 1985.

Mott's Clamato is the integral ingredient in the Bloody Caesar Cocktail, a Canadian invention. It was developed in Calgary, Alberta, in 1969 when to mark the opening of a new restaurant - Marco's - the owners commissioned Walter Chell to develop an original cocktail. After three months of exploring different recipes, Chell discovered a spicy drink made of Clamato juice, vodka, salt, pepper, Worcestershire sauce and a dash of oregano. The Bloody Caesar remains Canada's #1 selling cocktail to this day, in fact, more than 250 million Mott's Clamato Caesars are sold every year.

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Friday, 21 May 2004 09:59 (twenty years ago) link

Well it still aint vegetarian, I mean, unless of course they survive the steaming. yeah right/!!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 21 May 2004 10:04 (twenty years ago) link

*head starts spinning, vision kind of blurry*

r o b
w h a t h a v e
y o u m a d e
m e d r i n k?

*reclines in sawdust*

― mullygrubber (gaz), Friday, 21 May 2004 10:50 (twenty years ago) link

um....more wine?

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 21 May 2004 10:54 (twenty years ago) link

thanks

― mullygrubber (gaz), Friday, 21 May 2004 10:54 (twenty years ago) link

Howsabout this for a carnivorous drunk?

Bullshot
One for the morning after! Like the Bloody Mary, the Bullshot is a great combination of vodka with savoury flavours. If you want to spice it up, try it with pepper vodka instead. Mix plenty of ice cubes, 1 shot of vodka and 3 shots of clear beef bouillon. Add a dash of lemon juice and Worcester Sauce, and a pinch of celery salt. Shake and strain into a ice-filled tumbler. Decorate with a slice of lemon.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Friday, 21 May 2004 10:55 (twenty years ago) link

Meaty! In absence of bouillon, could you use bovril?

― robster (robster), Friday, 21 May 2004 10:58 (twenty years ago) link

bullshots are wicked, really really good and savoury. My great uncle used to have one at bedtime.

this may help explain his terrible gout

― chris (chris), Friday, 21 May 2004 10:59 (twenty years ago) link

I think I have a can of bouillon at the back of the cupboard at home. Mmmm boozy soup. Anyway, as you were.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Friday, 21 May 2004 11:09 (twenty years ago) link

*gets up from floor, brushes sawdust off jacket*

wow. i had this weird dream that people were making "meat-lovers" cocktails.

― mullygrubber (gaz), Friday, 21 May 2004 11:11 (twenty years ago) link

Madness!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 21 May 2004 11:12 (twenty years ago) link

*kicks open saloon doors*

― don (don), Friday, 21 May 2004 13:18 (twenty years ago) link

you are now about to witness the strength of street knowledge

― don (don), Friday, 21 May 2004 13:21 (twenty years ago) link

*picks up piano and spins it on little finger*

― don (don), Friday, 21 May 2004 13:22 (twenty years ago) link

Like, the best way to get to the town hall round the one-way system, sort of thing?

― Archel (Archel), Friday, 21 May 2004 13:22 (twenty years ago) link

Oh god, he's back.

― ___ (___), Friday, 21 May 2004 13:24 (twenty years ago) link

Ooh, is it like Groundhog Day?

― Archel (Archel), Friday, 21 May 2004 13:34 (twenty years ago) link

He keeps coming into the pub trying to sell stuff. Last time it was midget porn. He told us it was in short supply.

― ___ (___), Friday, 21 May 2004 13:50 (twenty years ago) link

On that note, I'll have an expresso and a shot of marc, please. Any gitane in this place? I'm feeling dirty and surly as a French truck driver.

― Michael White (Hereward), Friday, 21 May 2004 14:16 (twenty years ago) link

I read this thread in a blur. Something about buckshot monkeys?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 21 May 2004 14:20 (twenty years ago) link

I think you caught the drift of it, ned.

― ___ (___), Friday, 21 May 2004 14:25 (twenty years ago) link

For painkillers, I've taken to shooting myself in the head with poppy seeds.

― Michael White (Hereward), Friday, 21 May 2004 14:25 (twenty years ago) link

*looks around*

it's the weekend, and this bar is empty.

ah well

*waits*

― jellybean (jellybean), Friday, 21 May 2004 17:44 (twenty years ago) link

I'm here. I'm just a tad groggy, that's all.

― Michael White (Hereward), Friday, 21 May 2004 18:00 (twenty years ago) link

I'm here and I've just noticed a little lit up plastic box on the bar containing......a jolly German. Yet this is not a Sam Smiths pub. How can this be???

― MarkH (MarkH), Friday, 21 May 2004 19:21 (twenty years ago) link

A jolly German?

― Bimble (bimble), Friday, 21 May 2004 19:31 (twenty years ago) link

*Cheerily polkas into the bar*

Ya, ein gemutlichkeit Deutchlander, dat is right. In the meantime it is 5:00 p.m. where I am, so I would like a bottle of your best Sekt as an aperitif, danke schoen.

― j.lu (j.lu), Friday, 21 May 2004 19:53 (twenty years ago) link

I believe I'll have a Sapphire Gibson up, if you don't mind. Hello? Now, what's the right rhythm for the Martini again?

― Michael White (Hereward), Friday, 21 May 2004 21:47 (twenty years ago) link

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