T. Lawrence Shannon: “What did you think we were doing out there, Miss Fellowes? Spawning?”
Judith Fellowes: “Oh, you beast. You beast!”
“The Night of the Iguana” (1964)
If you should require any assistance spawning, you might try …
Pour rum and coconut water over ice and serve.
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Although all are inspired by the 1960 Hitchcock classic “Psycho”, this is one of the many cocktails which means different things to different people:
1) The Classic Psycho
Mix well in a shaker, strain into a cocktail or low-ball glass and garnish with a pineapple chunk, orange slice and maraschino cherry.
2) The Icewine-Psycho
“I was inspired by the movie’s sweet and sour moments, as Mr. Bates seems to be a sweet charming man but is actually quite spooky and dangerous.” Karin Stanley, co-owner of New York cocktail lounge Dutch Kills.
Combine all ingredients in a high-ball glass, fill with crushed or cracked ice and top with a float of Angostura Bitters.
3) The Raving Psycho
Mix and serve over ice in a low-ball glass.
At least as unsettling as Javier Bardem‘s portrayal of Anton Chigurh in “No Country for Old Men” (2007), is this rum-based tea and white chocolate cocktail which was created in honour of this film:
Allow tea to cool, combine the rum and liqueur in a cocktail shaker filled with ice, shake well, strain into a chilled champagne glass and garnish with a raspberry. Explore at your own risk.
To honour 13 nominations and three wins at the 81st Academy Awards for “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (2008), 10 Cane Rum created this cocktail:
Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass on ice, shake, strain into Martini glass and garnish with pomegranate seeds or lemon twist.
Regardless of whether you are looking for the T-Virus as your contagion of choice, or you are in need of its antidote, which most probably depends on which might get you a rendezvous with the ravishing Alice, a.k.a. Milla Jovovich, of “Resident Evil” (2002) fame, these recipes are the way to go:
The T-Virus
Wind the blue Twizzler around the inside of a tall double shot glass, pour in the silver rum and top with the Everclear.
The T-Virus Antidote
(same preparation instructions as above)
If it’s good enough for Jake and Elwood … . So thought many and the drink made a comeback in the early 80ies.
John Candy and the Orange Whip on YouTube:
As the bartender in “The Nutty Professor” commented:
“You going to drink this here, or are you going to take it home and rub it on your chest?” The drink was tested by experts: “This is totally drinkable – kind of like a weird Manhattan.” … or was that “Yeah, we’re in Manhattan and it’s weird.”?
Shake over ice, fill in a Martini glass and garnish with a cherry. Not to be confused with the classic Rohypnol & coke.
Known by most today for her roles as Violet Crawley in ”Downton Abbey” [2010-15] or Minerva McGonagall in the ”Harry Potter” franchise, one forgets that Maggie Smith had a distinguished, even illustrious career before being typecast as elderly dowager or schoolmarm, raking in two Academy Awards and three Golden Globes along the way.
”The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” (1969) established her as a serious actress and a number of comedies such as ”Murder by Death ” (1976) and ”California Suite” (1978) as well as star-vehicles à la Agatha Christie’s [”Death on the Nile” (1978) and ”Evil Under the Sun” (1982) kept her in the public eye, but her best work seemed to go mostly unnoticed: ”Travels With My Aunt” (1972), ”A Room With a View” (1985). ”Gosford Park” (2001), ”Ladies in Lavender”(2004) and more.
The Between the Sheets Cocktail, the drink Maggie Smith offers Peter Ustinov (a.k.a. Hercule Poirot) in ”Evil Under the Sun” (1982) dates back to 1930s Paris, either a Harry MacElhone(Harry’s New York Bar) creation or the apéritif du jour for working girls in French brothels; either way …
Shake rum, Cointreau, juice, and cognac well with cracked ice, then strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with a twist of lemon.
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