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10 drinks men should never order
OK, so there are several links going around the Web stating that a Dave Jacobson, the manager at Restaurant Miami (that looks from it’s Web page to be located in Minneapolis - go figure!) has a list out making the rounds of the 10 drinks that men should never, ever order. Not sure if this is real or not, but the list is interesting enough to share and this is what it had to say:
Anything blended unless you’re on a beach.
Jello shots (which he wisely points out have about as much alcohol in them as a juice box).
Anything sporting an “obscene amount of garnish.”
Cosmopolitans, which he says are downright girly (I TOTALLY disagree with this one, but besides sharing that much I’ll wait to chime in when the list is over).
Anything that requires a straw.
Any drink that is served with whipped cream as an ingredient or garnish.
Anything that ends with “tini” but isn’t a true gin or vodka and vermouth concoction.
Malt beverages that don’t come in a 40-ounce bottle (specifically fruity malt beverages that are often referred to as “alcopops”).
Any kind of alcohol, besides scotch, ordered “neat” as it could suggest you’re a frequent drinker.
White Zinfandel.
A few of these I kind of sort of agree with (Nos. 1 — except if it’s blended whiskey, 2, 3 — except mojitos and a handful of others where excessive garnish works), but for those three I would say when it applies that it applies to men AND women. And besides, who wants to wait in line behind anyone that’s ordering something blended (in a blender) at a bar, it’s annoying and it’s fussy unless you’re at a restaurant in which case I say go for it. I think men can look very cool sipping on a cosmo or something ending in “tini” that isn’t a clear vodka or gin served with an olive or onion garnish … although I will say, James Bond wouldn’t look quite the same if he was holding an appletini shaken, not stirred. But still, I do not agree at all with Nos. 4 and 7 — they encourage bad cocktail stereotypes and I say enough already!
Questions: What do you think about the list? What’s the craziest cocktail you’ve sipped on and if you were to add or take away something from the above list, what would it be? I say, if a cocktail speaks to you, order it and forget what anyone else thinks. If they do take notice of your over-garnished, blended, cosmopolitan daiquiri crowned with whipped cream and served with a straw they’re thinking way too much about it to begin with. Cheers!
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By ron
December 16, 2007 9:52 PM | Link to this
this is simple: no man should ever order any drink unless the ingredients are contained in the name: i.e., gin and tonic, rum and coke, etc.
By Billy
December 18, 2007 12:24 AM | Link to this
I only drink Crown Royal with Diet Coke, and/or Corona w/o lime, but I’m old and boring. If you like something shaken, stirred, frozen and fruity, I say go for it. It’s all about the booze thats in the drink anyway. I bet the dope that manages this joint in the twin cities won’t refuse to serve a girlie drink to a man with cash.
By Your Faithful Laura
December 23, 2007 5:39 PM | Link to this
OK Ms. Larsen - as far as Jell-O shots go, they’re exactly half alcohol, IF you make them right. And believe me, they pack a wallop if enough slide down your throat in a short period of time. I do, however, agree that they’re hardly manly. Whatever that means!