[Sca-cooks] Imperium Compound

[Huette von Ahrens]

Yes.  You got the slice of lemon flavor all right, but where is the getting smashed
with a gold brick?  Substituting Bitter Lemon for the grenadine would change the
color from purple to green. 

Huette, who favors purple probably too much...

--- Susan Fox <selene at earthlink.net> wrote:

> My version of the PGGB differs considerably.  I was going for a Sci-Fi 
> appearance [searing green color] and lemon flavor [from the descriptor 
> you've also quoted]:
> 
> 1 oz. Midori
> 1 oz. Vodka [or more, ad lib]
> fill glass with Bitter Lemon mixer [getting hard to find in the US, I 
> find it only at British import shops anymre]
> 
> Thanks for your contrib, I will send  these up.  Remember Karl von 
> Alpenwald, used to play in Canyons?  He's Chairman of LASFS now and 
> running the VIP suite at WorldCon.  Also brainstorming a fun cookbook 
> for the convention, which of course attracted my fervant interest.
> 
> Selene
> 
> 
> 
> Huette von Ahrens wrote:
> 
> >Pan Galactic Gargle-Blaster is from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 
> >and post-dates Imperium Compound by many years....
> >
> >But here is the recipe for PGGB:
> >
> >Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster 
> >
> >Ingredients:
> >1 1/2 shots Rum (151 Proof)
> >1/4 shot Tequila
> >1/4 shot Gin
> >2/3 shot Triple Sec
> >1 shot Blue Curacao
> >1 dash Bitters
> >1 dash Grenadine
> >
> >Mix and find a nice place to land.
> >Gives the sensation of having your brains smashed out by a slice of lemon 
> >wrapped around a large gold brick
> >
> >Huette
> >
> >--- Sue Clemenger <mooncat at in-tch.com> wrote:
> >
> >>The only one I remember with any sort of clarity (and not from having too
> >>many of them, thankyouverymuch!) is a PanGalactic Gargle-Blaster.  They
> >>glowed....
> >>-Maire
> >>
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Susan Fox" <selene at earthlink.net>
> >>To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
> >>Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 1:13 PM
> >>Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Imperium Compound
> >>
> >>
> >>>I'm looking for drinks  recipes that have something to do with SF
> >>>Fandom, really.  "Imperium Compound" was a "crossover hit" in the '70's,
> >>>heaven knows that the SCA overlap with SF community was pretty heavy and
> >>>still is, in certain areas.  Filkers sang the related peer-teasing song
> >>>parody at SF conventions as well as SCA singalongs.
> >>>
> >>>Also in my files for Karl:  Larry Niven's Irish Coffee for a group;
> >>> John de Cles hot fruit punch;  Minneapolis in '73 party punch "Blog",
> >>>named before that word took on additional meaning in the Internet age.
> >>>
> >>>I'll share those later, after work.
> >>>
> >>
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