The Lusitania Cocktail is May 7th Drink of the Day!!

At the beginning of the 20th Century, if you had the biggest fleet and the fastest ships, you owned the waterways. This would explain the reasoning for Germany to begin it’s submarine attack on the bigger fleets during WWI. But, what the Germans on did on this day in 1915 was inhumane and would bring the United States into the war. The British Ocean Liner, Lusitania was sunk by a German submarine after being spotted and even identified by a German U-Boat eleven miles off the coast of Ireland. The ship sank in eighteen minutes and 1198 of the 1959 passengers were killed. When news spread, it was what put the rest of the world against the Germans and what would end up being their demise.

To remember the day that probably turned the tides of this war, I would like to introduce a drink I found that bears the name of that Ocean Liner.

The Lusitania Cocktail
1 1/2 oz. Dry Vermouth
3/4 oz. Cognac
1 Dash Pastis (this is France’s replacement liqueur for Absinthe when woodworm, a major ingredient of absinthe, became illegal. If you cannot find Pastis, replace this with absinthe.)
2 Dashes Orange Bitters

Method: Pour ingredients into a shaker glass. Stir well with a bar spoon, then strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

This day in history:
1824 - Beethoven’s 9th Symphony premiered in Vienna.
1847 - The American Medical Association was organized in Philadelphia, PA.
1915 - The British Ocean Liner, Lusitania, was sunk by a German Sub during World War I off the coast of Ireland.
1992 - The 27th Amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting mid-term congressional pay raises, was ratified.
2000 - Vladimir Putin was inaugerated as Russia’s President.

Notable Birthday:
Robert Browning, English Poet and Playwright, was born on this day in 1812.

Notable Quote:
“Perhaps one has to be very old before one learns to be amused rather than shocked.” - Robert Browning

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