I ALWAYS THOUGHT OF “DRINK CANADA DRY” AS A CHALLENGE: So I totally forgot to post the replies to my “come up with a recipe for this fabulous drink name!” contest. Here they are. Feel free, of course, to send belated entries!

John Hutchins: Some friends and I, in college, did the same thing. A drink mixing party, that is. It, also, was not quite a success. And the failure is kind of embarrassing as we were working on just one name and what should have been an easy one.

The name was prompted by a Life in Hell cartoon. The theme of the cartoon was something like “love according to the great philosophers”. The caption to one panel was, I think, “love is a snowmobile racing across a frozen land that suddenly flips, pinning you underneath. At night the ice weasels come. — Nietzsche.”

I don’t remember, now, which of us, after the laughter died down, said

it would be a perfect drink name. I think, maybe, it was all at once.

But we never did quite pin down the “ice weasel.”

Gregg [these may be my favorites–Eve]: APOLLO AND DIONYSOS–Metaxa 7 star and a floater of Ouzo Serve as a martini garnished w/ a Kalamata olive (bonus points if olive stuffed with feta, garlic or both).

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE–Stoli Ohranj and Baerenjaeger w/ splash of coconut milk on the rocks

A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME–Mozart Liqueur, Stoli Vanil, Opal Nera and soda water on the rocks

DEAD FOR A DUCAT–Campari, Bacardi 151 and limoncello on the rocks.

A FAILED SOUTHERN LADY–Southern Comfort, Apricot Brandy, Gentleman Jack and orange juice on the rocks. Garnish with a pineapple and a paper umbrella.

I KNOW MY REDEEMER LIVETH (from “Cheers”)–copious amounts of properly chilled Chopin Vodka (the finest liquor on the earth) with a splash of holy water. Serve as a very large martini.

INVITATION TO A BEHEADING–Absinthe, Everclear, a splash of Rose’s lime and a splash of pineapple juice. Serve as a martini.

TOTALLY UNRELATED–Bailey’s Irish Cream, Harvey’s Bristol Cream, heavy

cream and Cream Soda on the rocks.

VIEW TO A KILL–Bombay Sapphire, Aalborg, one dash Galliano, one dash tabasco. Serve as a martini garnished with an onion.

DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP–Cappuccino, Frangelico, absinthe, Bacardi 151. Serve like Irish coffee.

BONUS DRINKS!!!!!

BRAVE NEW WORLD–Limoncello, Bacardi O and Malibu. Serve as a martini.

STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND–Jan Sobieski, Coca-Cola and lime on the rocks.

MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL–Jim Beam, Pineapple Juice and Malibu on the rocks.

PARADISE BY THE DASHBOARD LIGHT–Smirnoff Vanilla Twist, Orange Juice, Pineapple Juice, Rose’s lime and Fresca on the rocks.

Prosit! Salud! L’Chaim!

Eric Keilholtz: A Clockwork Orange:

Two shots of Tanqueray gin

a generous splash of orange juice

two dashes of bitters

Shaken over cracked ice, strained into chilled martini glasses and served with a floater of Grand Marnier. Garnish with an Italian candied cherry.

The Apollo and Dionysos: A shotglass full of Sambuca is dropped into a pint of chilled Pilsner Urquell. Serve before fish dinners on hot days.

RM Bruce: Not sure if this fits into yr contest or not, but the best drink/drink name I ever came up with is “Scotch on the Lawn”:

1 1/2 oz wheatgrass juice

1 1/2 oz Scotch

Serve in a tumbler garnished w/ a blade of grass

It’s really tasty.