The old French '75!

[alexpgp]

The second post in my LiveJournal "career" was a paean to the late Jean Shepherd, night person and raconteur extraordinaire during my formative years. While in Houston, I noted that CDs filled with MP3s of old Shepherd shows were being sold on eBay for a song, and bought one. I listened to the first file last night, a show from November 1969.

The quality of the sound was, frankly, poor (it reminded me of my first transistor radio), but the very fact that Shepherd could not possibly have spoken too often of the "French 75" in his monologues - and the way he speaks of it! - makes me almost certain that I heard this show when it was first broadcast oh, so many moons ago.

I think I've written of this cocktail before, the details of which escape me at the moment (champagne with gin, if memory serves), but the reason the "75" holds the special place it does in my heart is because of Shep, whose description may have been off-the-cuff and inaccurate, but very convincing!

I am going to go slowly through these files. I'm sure there's more golden moments to be found.

Cheers...

Comments

[rillifane.livejournal.com]

Although it is often made with gin, champagne and sour mix that drink is actually a Champagne Collins.

The original recipe calls for champagne, cognac and cointreau.