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Monkey Gland | SLOSHED! — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 01:43:55 +0000

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By: c

Fri, 01 Dec 2006 04:50:57 +0000

Zounds. eGullet has the answers. Saves me from paying the $3.95 for the article from the Post's archives. So, it's the 75 Cocktail we're talking about, something of a precursor to what we know as the French 75... no grenadine/simple sugar, and no Calvados, but a teaspoon of absinthe. Excellent sidebar!

By: George Sinclair

George Sinclair — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:09:36 +0000

Well the discussion is flowing on Egullet:

http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=96261

The Frank Meier recipe in question, was as follows:

The Artistry of Mixing Drinks, by Frank Meier, 1933

Seventy Five (“75″)

In shaker: a teaspoon of Anis “Pernod fils”, the juice of one-quarter lemon, one-half glass of Gin; shake well, strain into small wineglass, fill with Champagne and serve.

By: c

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:19:56 +0000

If we substitute "French 75" for "poixxito quinte," we have: Like Frank’s French 75 gloomer raiser, the monkey gland requires absinthe to be perfect... Which is curious, since none of these recipes, nor this one call for absinthe in a '75. Definitely merits further exploration.

By: George Sinclair

George Sinclair — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:37:34 +0000

Well after checking the internet, it seems that the French 75 field gun (after which the cocktail was named) was also referred to as a “soixante-quinte”. Now theres a coincidence.

By: George Sinclair

George Sinclair — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:34:18 +0000

The quinte means “fifth” in French; however, due to the bad printing of the old newspaper I was reading I am uncertain as to the word I transcribed as “poixxito”. It really was bad printing, though I did my bestest!-)

It could have been “soixante-quinte”, meaning 75th. And it could have referred to a French 75 cocktail. Looks like a question for the boys over on the Drinkboy forum.