a few weeks ago, book club met. It was a small meeting, with just three of us, but we ate supper pickles and mashed potatoes and gravy, biscuits, collard greens, skillet fried chicken, and lemon meringue pie. We discussed To Kill a Mockingbird, then swooned over Gregory Peck in the movie, discussed the book a bit more, and drank. It wasn't that there was a lot of drinking, though one of the women brought an entire bottle of Southern Comfort, but there was a lot of cocktail mixing.
It all began when someone wondered what Atticus Finch would drink, were he a drinking man. We soon discovered that we could mix something at least moderately palatable for every character but Atticus. Even Tom Robinson managed to get himself a drink, tasting of Robitussin as it did. We mixed and sipped, tossed, washed, and mixed again. Nothing but water or sweet tea would do for Atticus.
In the end, there were only two drinks we found that would center an evening: the Miss Maddie and the Uncle Jack Finch. Nothing else would we continue to drink after the first. All of the following cocktail recipes are serve over ice, unless otherwise specified. The biscuits, chicken, and pie all deserve their own recipe posts...sooner rather than later.
Miss Maddie
1 tall glass sparkling pink lemonade
1 or two shots Southern Comfort
over ice
Uncle Jack Finch
1 tall glass of sweet tea
1 shot Southern Comfort
1 shot Jim Beam or any bourbon
lemon slice garnish
over ice
Miss Stephanie Crawford
1 tall glass Cranberry Raspberry juice
1 shot Southern Comfort
1 shot Amaretto
over ice
Dill Martini
2 parts gin
1 part dry vermouth
1 slice supper pickle garnish
standard stirred martini preparation
Scout Finch
1 tall glass of sparkling pink lemonade
1 shot bourbon
dash of gernadine
lemon slice garnish
over ice
Tom Robinson
1 tall glass of Coke
1 shot Southern Comfort
1 shot bourbon
"Be well. Do good work. Keep in touch." - Garrison Keillor
It all began when someone wondered what Atticus Finch would drink, were he a drinking man. We soon discovered that we could mix something at least moderately palatable for every character but Atticus. Even Tom Robinson managed to get himself a drink, tasting of Robitussin as it did. We mixed and sipped, tossed, washed, and mixed again. Nothing but water or sweet tea would do for Atticus.
In the end, there were only two drinks we found that would center an evening: the Miss Maddie and the Uncle Jack Finch. Nothing else would we continue to drink after the first. All of the following cocktail recipes are serve over ice, unless otherwise specified. The biscuits, chicken, and pie all deserve their own recipe posts...sooner rather than later.
Miss Maddie
1 tall glass sparkling pink lemonade
1 or two shots Southern Comfort
over ice
Uncle Jack Finch
1 tall glass of sweet tea
1 shot Southern Comfort
1 shot Jim Beam or any bourbon
lemon slice garnish
over ice
Miss Stephanie Crawford
1 tall glass Cranberry Raspberry juice
1 shot Southern Comfort
1 shot Amaretto
over ice
Dill Martini
2 parts gin
1 part dry vermouth
1 slice supper pickle garnish
standard stirred martini preparation
Scout Finch
1 tall glass of sparkling pink lemonade
1 shot bourbon
dash of gernadine
lemon slice garnish
over ice
Tom Robinson
1 tall glass of Coke
1 shot Southern Comfort
1 shot bourbon
"Be well. Do good work. Keep in touch." - Garrison Keillor
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