December 03, 2012
Name that Cocktail!
By Vanessa Varin
In celebration of the AHA’s return to New Orleans, we are asking historians to help us name a few cocktails that will be available at the various hotel bars throughout the meeting. In the spirit of the meeting, ideas should relate to history and the profession!
Possibilities supplied by our own staff include, “the primary source”, “passive voice”, and “the dissertation advisor.” Have your own creative cocktail name? We want to know! Send us your ideas, either in this space or through our social media (Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.)
For a complete list of suggestions thus far, visit our Storify space. The winners will have their cocktails served at pre-designated hotel bars throughout the meeting!
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The Forgotten Footnote
— Michael Frawley Dec 3, 01:15 PM
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The Revisionist – It’s an “old Fashioned” mixed in reverse order and served in a brand new glass.
— Jason Warren Dec 3, 01:31 PM
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Tweed
— Vanessa Varin Dec 3, 01:52 PM
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How about a drink commemorating Eric Hobsbawm, who passed away this year? It would certainly have a peaty scotch as its base liquor.
— Jay Driskell Dec 3, 01:53 PM
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The Scholarly Debate
— Erin Halloran Dec 3, 02:11 PM
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The Absentminded Professor
— Adam Pratt Dec 3, 02:42 PM
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How about Writer’s Block, Endless Procrastination, Missing Evidence, Circular Argument, ABD (agitated, broke, and distressed), Historical Debate or Competing Views?
— Uta Raina Dec 3, 03:02 PM
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Postmodern Turn
— Uta Raina Dec 3, 03:25 PM
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The Turning Point
— Sam Kuper Dec 3, 05:43 PM
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Bloody Mary after Queen Mary I of England.
— Bradley Skelcher Dec 3, 05:50 PM
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Custer’s Last Stand—a good stiff Old Fashioned
Oral History—your mouth will never forget it
Whig Martini—always stirred, never shaken
Presentist Whiskey Sour—use unaged whiskey
— Jane Giraldo Dec 3, 06:37 PM
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The Fernand Braudel: a two-volume cocktail with a shot of everything.
The Hayden White: Doesn’t matter what’s in it, just eat the glass.
— Jon Paulson Dec 5, 07:49 AM
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The Job Market:
8 cl stale mineral water, 4 cl lemon juice. Served without ice (budget cuts).
— Philipp Stelzel Dec 5, 11:16 AM
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The Counter-Factual. (If you hadn’t drunk one of these, would you have made such an obnoxious comment at the cocktail reception?)
— Will Gray Dec 5, 03:18 PM
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Is there a text in this glass?
— Blake Smith Dec 8, 12:23 AM
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The Famous Historian (a nod to Monty Python and the Holy Grail)
The Seminal Monograph
The Problematizer
— Mark Stoll Dec 20, 11:46 AM
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The Long 19th Century—lillet rouge, rye, creme de cacao, lemon served in a long glass.
— Elizabeth Yang Jan 3, 11:00 AM
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Even if it’s too late for the convention, somebody ought to come up with how to mix the following:
-Eighteenth Brumaire (brandy; a two-parter, naturally)
-Making of the English Working Class (gin)
-Protestant Ethic: Order the least expensive drink on the cocktail menu. Noisily refuse to drink even a drop of it.
-Spirit of Capitalism: Sell the drink at a profit to the person sitting next to you. Reinvest in a second drink and repeat.
-Revolution from Below: who knows whether this drink really exists; in any case, serve in a Collins glass with Pop Rocks at the bottom
— Andrew Behrendt Jan 3, 11:54 AM