{"id":7114,"date":"2018-01-09T06:24:21","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T13:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooking.pfeist.net\/?p=7114"},"modified":"2018-05-30T12:35:45","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T18:35:45","slug":"250-cookbooks-complete-world-bartender-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cooking.pfeist.net\/?p=7114","title":{"rendered":"250 Cookbooks: Complete World Bartender Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0Cookbook #231: <\/strong><em>Complete World Bartender Guide<\/em>, Bob Sennett, editor, Baronet Publishing Company, NY, 1977.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7118\" src=\"http:\/\/cooking.pfeist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/CompleteWorldBartenderGuideCB.jpg\" alt=\"Complete World Bartenders Guide cookbook\" width=\"250\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cooking.pfeist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/CompleteWorldBartenderGuideCB.jpg 250w, http:\/\/cooking.pfeist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/CompleteWorldBartenderGuideCB-190x300.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>Why did I buy this book? We rarely make &#8220;cocktails&#8221;. Guess I had a moment when I wanted to act &#8220;civilized&#8221;, like my parents&#8217; generation, where fancy cocktails were routine at social get-togethers. Whatever the cause, I bought the book. And the result was <em>Complete World Bartender Guide<\/em> sat my shelf, gathering dust.<\/p>\n<p>I searched online for the title &#8220;Complete World Bartender Guide&#8221;. I was a little surprised that this book is still for sale. Seems it is still an important reference for aspiring bartenders as well as at-home cocktail makers. My 1977 edition is the first, there was a new edition with the same cover in 1987, and a new one with a different cover in 1993. Lots of hits \u2013 more than twenty. Amazon sells <span id=\"productTitle\" class=\"a-size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Complete-World-Bartender-Guide-Reference\/dp\/055329900X\/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1514986201&amp;sr=1-2&amp;keywords=Complete+World+Bartender+Guide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Complete World Bartender Guide: The Standard Reference to More than 2,400 Drinks<\/a><\/span>, 1993 edition, for $6.06. I paged through the available online content of this edition and the content looks much like mine. Here are some more copies for sale:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>WebRestaurantStore $7.99<\/li>\n<li>DiscoverBooks $3.23<\/li>\n<li>eBay $3.49<\/li>\n<li>AbeBooks $6.66<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On occasion, I have poured over the multitude of recipes in the <em>Complete World Bartender Guide<\/em>. There are 356 recipe pages, and about 5-6 recipes per page. That&#8217;s about 2000 drink recipes! If I made one drink per day from this book, it would take me five and a half years to make them all!<\/p>\n<p>Hmmm. That might be an interesting topic for a new daily blog: &#8220;2000 Cocktails&#8221;. I&#8217;m sure it would lead to some amusing anecdotes. But no, I am not going to do it.<\/p>\n<p>I touched on cocktails in this post: <a href=\"http:\/\/cooking.pfeist.net\/?p=2937\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Zestful Recipes for Every Meal<\/em><\/a>. That vintage cookbook had suggestions for using lemons, oranges and grapefruit and was authored by the\u00a0 orange distributors in Southern California. I made a lemon simple syrup and used it in a martini. What does <em>Complete World Bartender Guide<\/em> say about sugar syrups? Here, on page 7:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7151\" src=\"http:\/\/cooking.pfeist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sugarsyrup.jpg\" alt=\"simple syrup\" width=\"350\" height=\"147\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cooking.pfeist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sugarsyrup.jpg 350w, http:\/\/cooking.pfeist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sugarsyrup-300x126.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>Actually, this page might be useful to me in the future. But I also have another recipe source for simple syrups in my comprehensive reference book, <a href=\"http:\/\/cooking.pfeist.net\/?p=4326\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Food Lover\u2019s Companion<\/em><\/a>. As well as this simple syrup, <em>Complete World Bartender Guide<\/em> lists different types of liquors and liquers, such as sloe gin, armagnac, anisette, and dry gin. Is <em>Food Lover&#8217;s Companion<\/em> a good reference for these as well? It does lists the first three, but not dry gin. So if I recycle <em>Complete World Bartender Guide<\/em>, I might lose access to some important printed informaiton.<\/p>\n<p>While in the reference section of the\u00a0<em>Complete World Bartender Guide<\/em>, I see the entry &#8220;sloe gin&#8221;. I&#8217;ve bought that before \u2013 but what for? Oh, I remember, &#8220;Skip and Go Nakeds&#8221;. Yes, &#8220;Skip and Go Nakeds&#8221;, devilish drinks made for us by my uncle from vodka, beer, lemonade, and as I remember it, sloe gin. He even gave us the glasses to make them in so we could have them properly served at home in Colorado:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7148\" src=\"http:\/\/cooking.pfeist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/skipandgonakedglasses.jpg\" alt=\"skip and go naked glasses\" width=\"550\" height=\"651\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cooking.pfeist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/skipandgonakedglasses.jpg 550w, http:\/\/cooking.pfeist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/skipandgonakedglasses-253x300.jpg 253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/>My uncle served in World War II and was for a time a bartender. Spending an evening with my aunt and uncle was always entertaining! We have the best memories of our visits to their home in Southern California.<\/p>\n<p>Back to definitions, like sloe gin. What is it? It&#8217;s a liqueur made from the berries of the blackthorn bush, called &#8220;sloe berries&#8221;. Sloe gin is red and thickly sweet and sinks to the bottom of the glass, kind of like grenadine. And what is grenadine? It&#8217;s a flavoring made from pomegranates. Note that the sloe gin is red and has sugar <em>and<\/em> adds alcohol to the already potent Skip and Go Nakeds.<\/p>\n<p>One drink I am curious about is the &#8220;Tom Collins&#8221;. Decades ago, one could easily find &#8220;collins mix&#8221; on shelves. That stopped \u2013 I remember having a longing for a Tom Collins, but I could not find the mix. What could I have done? Why, simple look in my copy of &#8220;Complete World Bartender Guide&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7145\" src=\"http:\/\/cooking.pfeist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/TomCollins1.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Collins\" width=\"359\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cooking.pfeist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/TomCollins1.jpg 359w, http:\/\/cooking.pfeist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/TomCollins1-177x300.jpg 177w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/>Collins mix is masde with simple syrup, lemon juice, and soda water. I could have used my Lemon Simple Syrup to make a Tom Collins. I should have looked on my own bookshelves for answers long ago.<\/p>\n<p>This list of measurements might come in handy:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7139\" src=\"http:\/\/cooking.pfeist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/measurements.jpg\" alt=\"bar measurements\" width=\"350\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cooking.pfeist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/measurements.jpg 350w, http:\/\/cooking.pfeist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/measurements-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>Bar glasses \u2013 they don&#8217;t have my &#8220;Skip and Go Nakeds!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7141\" src=\"http:\/\/cooking.pfeist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/barglasses1.jpg\" alt=\"bar glasses 1\" width=\"350\" height=\"626\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cooking.pfeist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/barglasses1.jpg 350w, http:\/\/cooking.pfeist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/barglasses1-168x300.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7142\" src=\"http:\/\/cooking.pfeist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/barglasses2.jpg\" alt=\"bar glasses 2\" width=\"350\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cooking.pfeist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/barglasses2.jpg 350w, http:\/\/cooking.pfeist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/barglasses2-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here is the book open at a typical page of bar drinks:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7146\" src=\"http:\/\/cooking.pfeist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/exampledrinkpages.jpg\" alt=\"example bar drinks page\" width=\"550\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cooking.pfeist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/exampledrinkpages.jpg 550w, http:\/\/cooking.pfeist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/exampledrinkpages-300x248.jpg 300w, http:\/\/cooking.pfeist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/exampledrinkpages-363x300.jpg 363w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/>What am I going to make for this blog? We don&#8217;t really drink cocktails, especially this time of year, largely because we are trying to cut calories. There are a few low-calorie alcoholic drinks . . . and at the very back, a few non-alcoholic drinks. That suits the bill for us this January as we recover from the excesses of last year. I&#8217;ll try one of the tomato cocktails:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7137\" src=\"http:\/\/cooking.pfeist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/tomatococktails.jpg\" alt=\"tomato cocktails\" width=\"550\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cooking.pfeist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/tomatococktails.jpg 550w, http:\/\/cooking.pfeist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/tomatococktails-300x237.jpg 300w, http:\/\/cooking.pfeist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/tomatococktails-379x300.jpg 379w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/>I will make the tomato cocktail with carrots. I keep small cans of tomato sauce in my pantry because I often use them when making marinara sauce. I took out a carrot to use, and wondered how much it weighed. Less than one ounce! This was an averaged-sized carrot. Heavens, I am supposed to use 4 ounces of carrots! That seemed way too much for me, so I only used that one 1-ounce carrot.<\/p>\n<p><em>Alcohol-free Tomato Cocktail with Carrots<\/em><br \/>\nserves 1<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 8-ounce can tomato juice<\/li>\n<li>1 carrot (use more if you want)<\/li>\n<li>a dash of Tobasco<\/li>\n<li>salt to taste<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cut the carrot into very thin slices. Blend until smooth. Serve over ice if you like.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7149\" src=\"http:\/\/cooking.pfeist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/TomatoCarrotCocktail.jpg\" alt=\"tomato carrot cocktail\" width=\"350\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cooking.pfeist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/TomatoCarrotCocktail.jpg 350w, http:\/\/cooking.pfeist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/TomatoCarrotCocktail-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>Sure, this was good. The carrots were still a bit crunchy after a minute of blending, though. I didn&#8217;t mind, but you might use carrot juice instead, or a juicer.<\/p>\n<p>Shall I keep the <em>Complete World Bartender Guide<\/em>? I haven&#8217;t really decided. I meant to recycle it when I first picked it up, but I had some fun going through it, and might again in the future. I guess I&#8217;ll keep it for now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Cookbook #231: Complete World Bartender Guide, Bob Sennett, editor, Baronet Publishing Company, NY, 1977. Why did I buy this book? We rarely make &#8220;cocktails&#8221;. 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