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November 23, 2005
The Path of the Pink Camel
(as remembered by Dan P. Cole)
The Pink Camel was one of the memorable finds of the 1968 season. Like some other discoveries (such as the Dead Sea Scrolls), the potion came to light quite accidentally. Dan Cole and Randy Osborne were sitting in their tent, quietly enjoying some moments of contemplation before the dinner gong, Dan sipping his gin and eshkoliot (the Israeli grapefruit drink was less expensive than tonic), and Randy savoring his cherry brandy. When Dan learned that it was Randy's birthday the two agreed that the occasion called for a special libation. A seminal event occurred when they merged the ingredients of their separate drinks into one. As so often happens with archaeologist, they didn't fully understand at the time what they had stumbled upon; they simply proclaimed the new drink to be "very shmooth!"
The full appreciation of the Pink Camel's mystic qualities came on a weekend later that season. Dan and Randy were persuaded to gather gross quantities of the new elixir's ingredients in Jerusalem for the benefit of Gezer pilgrims who planned to gather at the ancient Canaanite high place under a Sunday night full moon. The communion drink was served that night from a vat placed in the socket of the central stone at thee shrine. A guitar or two strummed, late '60s cultic songs were sung. Some people later claimed they were even inspired to re-evoke ancient pagan rituals.
For the record, we will simply attest that a number of pilgrims returned to camp that night feeling a warm glow and convinced that if the ancient Canaanites at the high place didn't drink something like Pink Camels, they should have.
Pink Camel Recipes
For the Original In-field Pink Camel:
1 part gin (the cheapest brand available)
1 part cherry brandy
4 parts Israeli eshkoliot
For the 2005 Commemorative Pink Camel:
1 part gin (the cheapest brand available)
1 part cherry brandy
4 parts Langer's Ruby Red Desert Grown Grapefruit Juice Cocktail*
(* What brings this bottled drink close to eshkoliot, the Israeli bottled grapefruit juice in the original mix, is its watering down and the addition of corn syrup and grapefruit pulp.)
For a 2005 "Dusty Camel" a non-grapefruit alternative for the over-the-hill crowd:
1 part gin (the cheapest brand available)
1 part cherry brandy
1 part pure cranberry juice (unsweetened)*
4 parts fresh Florida orange juice (with some pulp)
(* Don't use regular cranberry drink, which is sweetened. The raw cranberry juice tones down the sweetness of the orange juice, It's also responsible for the dusty color.)
Posted by Duane Smith at November 23, 2005 3:32 PM | Read more on Odds and Ends |
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