Salty Dog

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==Recipes==
 
==Recipes==
  
From "American Bar" by Charles Schumann (1995):
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===American Bar" by Charles Schumann, 1995===
  
 
*2 oz Vodka
 
*2 oz Vodka
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From "The New New York Bartender's Guide" by Sally Ann Berk 1997):
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===The New New York Bartender's Guide, by Sally Ann Berk, 1997===
  
 
*4 parts vodka (2 oz)
 
*4 parts vodka (2 oz)
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Mix salt and sugar together in a saucer. Moisten rim of chilled old fashioned glass with lime wedge. Dip the rim into the salt/sugar mixture. Discard lime. Fill glass with ice cubes and pour in vodka and grapefruit juice. Stir.
 
Mix salt and sugar together in a saucer. Moisten rim of chilled old fashioned glass with lime wedge. Dip the rim into the salt/sugar mixture. Discard lime. Fill glass with ice cubes and pour in vodka and grapefruit juice. Stir.
 
 
  
  
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"It is a little something of my own invention," he said, "Just half fresh grapefruit juice, half vodka and a dash of salt, and you think any Democrat can win."
 
"It is a little something of my own invention," he said, "Just half fresh grapefruit juice, half vodka and a dash of salt, and you think any Democrat can win."
  
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==Quotes==
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* "It's a salty dog. Drink it, you pussy!" - Rip Torn on "The Larry Sanders Show"
  
 
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==Similar Cocktails==
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* [[Greyhound]]
  
  

Latest revision as of 18:45, 29 May 2011

The Salt Dog is a drink consisting of Vodka, Fresh Grapefruit Juice, and a dash of Salt or a Salt-rimmed glass.


Contents

[edit] Origins of the Salty Dog

Created by George Jessel, who also invented the Bloody Mary.

[edit] Recipes

[edit] American Bar" by Charles Schumann, 1995

  • 2 oz Vodka
  • 2 oz Grapefruit Juice

Shake over ice cubesin a shaker, strain into a chilled cocktail glass rimmed with salt.


[edit] The New New York Bartender's Guide, by Sally Ann Berk, 1997

  • 4 parts vodka (2 oz)
  • Grapefruit juice
  • Coarse salt
  • Granulated sugar
  • Lime wedge

Mix salt and sugar together in a saucer. Moisten rim of chilled old fashioned glass with lime wedge. Dip the rim into the salt/sugar mixture. Discard lime. Fill glass with ice cubes and pour in vodka and grapefruit juice. Stir.


[edit] Historical References

[edit] Time Magazine, 5th November, 1951

"In one corner, four tipsily serious coeds tried to revive a passed-out couple with more salty dog (a mixture of gin, grapefruit juice and salt)."


[edit] "Mansfield News Journal," 18th July 1952

"George [Jessel], was fortifying himself against Republicans with a strange potion out of a champagne glass. He let me have a taste, and after bystanders had turned the fire extinguishers on me and successfully resorted to resuscitation, he explained, that this drink was a Salty Dog."

"It is a little something of my own invention," he said, "Just half fresh grapefruit juice, half vodka and a dash of salt, and you think any Democrat can win."

[edit] Quotes

  • "It's a salty dog. Drink it, you pussy!" - Rip Torn on "The Larry Sanders Show"

[edit] Similar Cocktails

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