He's At Home

Name: He's At Home
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 15 ml Lime juice; 60 ml Chartreuse Green; 1 dash Mint bitters

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
2 fl oz	Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)
1 dash	Mint bitters

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Collins glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lime zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass filled with crushed ice.

Garnish

Express lime zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of He's At Home contains 211 calories

Alcohol content:

1.9 standard drinks
32.34% alc./vol. (64.68° proof)
26.1 grams of pure alcohol

History

This recipe is adapted from one by Del Pedro, Alexander's, New York City. It came to me (in 1997) courtesy of the infamous LeNell Smothers. To quote from Del, "I used to call this a 'Gatsby cooler' at one time, because there seems something kinda evilly 'Hampton-ish' about this drink, but I also called it 'He's At Home' which was the name given to porcelain dildos that Nantucket ship's captain's wives kept stashed in the flue of their fireplaces for the lonely winter nights when the old dog was chasing whales."

More cocktails by Del Pedro

Review

LeNell's kind of drink and accompanying story. Other Chartreuse lover's should experiment.

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