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Dr. <strong>Gimlette</strong><br />
<strong>Volume</strong> II - Antidotes & Remedies
Welcome to Dr <strong>Gimlette</strong>.<br />
In this menu we have curated cocktails<br />
with holistic antidotes & remedies in mind,<br />
particularly those which came about during<br />
times of plague.<br />
The Bubonic Plague (A.K.A. The Black Death)<br />
saw to the birth of the plague doctor.<br />
These doctors were hired physicians who would<br />
treat those infected with the plague with little<br />
to no knowledge on what the disease was or how to<br />
treat it. This led to a range of holistic remedies<br />
performed by these “doctors” dressed in long<br />
leather overcoats & beaked masks filled with<br />
herbs, spices, flowers, & other aromatics to<br />
protect from “evil smells” & infection.<br />
Please enjoy our Antidotes & Remedies..
Part I<br />
Fruit Floral Citrus
CLASSIC GIMLET<br />
Tanqueray Gin - House Lime Cordial<br />
Rear-Admiral John Thomas <strong>Gimlette</strong> is said to have first added<br />
lime cordial to the daily gin tot of the men in the Royal Navy<br />
to help combat the ravages of scurvy on long voyages.<br />
This combination of gin and lime cordial was later adapted<br />
and served as a cocktail now known as the Gimlet.
BATHED IN A BOUQUET<br />
Tanqueray Gin - Rosé Cordial<br />
Rosa Frambrosa Tea - Lime<br />
During the plague, hygiene played a big role in preventing the<br />
spread of the plague. Bathing was strongly recommended, often,<br />
& with a combination of both rosewater & vinegar.<br />
.
SCARLET STAINS<br />
Fords Gin - Antica Formula<br />
Spiced Apple & Rhubarb - Lemon<br />
“The scarlet stains upon the body and especially upon the face<br />
of the victim, were the pest ban which shut him out from aid<br />
and from the sympathy of his fellow-men.”<br />
Masque of the Red Death, Edgar Allen Poe (1850)
POCKETFUL OF POSIE<br />
Ketel One Citroen - Fino Sherry<br />
Blueberry Wine - Lactic Acid<br />
“Ring around a rosie, a pocketful of posie”<br />
The fatalism of this rhyme is brutal: the roses are a euphemism<br />
for deadly rashes, the posies a supposed preventative measure;<br />
the a-tishoos pertain to sneezing symptoms, and the implication<br />
of everyone falling down is, well, death.
ZEALOT’S FLAIL<br />
Pampero Blanco & Anejo - Coconut<br />
Green Tea & Purple Pineapple Soda<br />
Religious zealots called Flagellants believed the plague was an act<br />
of God. These Flagellants would walk through the streets<br />
whipping themselves with flails to atone for sins.
HIPPOCRATIC OATH<br />
Johnnie Walker Black Label - Salers Gentian<br />
Pomme Verte - Yuzu Honey - Lemon<br />
The Hippocratic Oath is an oath of ethics historically<br />
taken by physicians. It is one of the most widely known<br />
Greek medical texts. In its original form, it requires a<br />
new physician to swear, by a number of healing gods,<br />
to uphold specific ethical standards.
TALE OF TWO<br />
Pampero Anejo - Hibiscus Fino<br />
Dry Curacao - Grapefruit & Lime Oleo<br />
The rum ration (also called the tot) was a daily amount<br />
of rum given to sailors on Royal Navy ships. It was<br />
abolished in 1970 after concerns that the intake<br />
of strong alcohol would lead to unsteady hands<br />
when working machinery.
EARLY APPOINTMENT<br />
Brookie’s Dry Gin - Creme De Mure<br />
Boysenberry Jam - Citrus<br />
A riff on a classic gin cocktail the Breakfast Martini, skip the toast,<br />
go for the jam & Imbibe.
TAKE A BREATH<br />
Tanqueray - Amaro Montenegro<br />
Eucalyptus - Chamomile Agave - FIRE !<br />
Sniff gently, sip slowly<br />
Enjoy the breath of fresh air that will soon follow.
DARK DISTANCE<br />
Woodford Reserve Rye - White Cacao<br />
Drambuie - Berry Sherry - Citrus<br />
The Black Death was a plague pandemic which devastated<br />
medieval Europe from 1347 to 1352 CE, killing an estimated<br />
25-30 million people. The disease originated in central Asia and<br />
travelled to the Crimea by Mongol warriors and traders. The plague<br />
then entered Europe via Italy, carried by rats on Genoese<br />
trading ships sailing from the Black Sea.
HELL & HORSEBACK<br />
Ciroc Vodka - Ketel One Citroen - Dry Vermouth<br />
Preserved Lemon - Pepperberry<br />
The Black Death, as its name suggests, was given a personification<br />
for people to help understand what was happening to them.<br />
This was depicted in art as the Grim Reaper, a skeleton<br />
on horseback whose scythe indiscriminately cut down people<br />
in their prime.
Part II<br />
Earth Herb Leaf
THERIAC’S REMEDY<br />
Fords Gin - Amontillado - Dry Curacao<br />
Mandarin - Rocket Leaf - Citrus<br />
Theriac is considered the most popular cure-all multi-ingredient<br />
medicine and has been used for more than two millennia.<br />
It has also been used as one of the most important<br />
anti-epidemic drugs up to the 19th c., treated as an emergency<br />
medicine in case of bubonic plague.
FOUR THIEVES<br />
Herradura Plata & Reposado<br />
Four Thieves Vinegar - Strawberry - Pastis<br />
Four Thieves vinegar, a folkloric elixir thought to protect against<br />
the Black Death. A concoction of vinegar, herbs, & spices were<br />
steeped & rubbed all over the body. The vinegar was used by<br />
thieves to rummage the homes of those who succumbed<br />
to the plague.
SERPENT’S TOUCH<br />
Ketel One Vodka - Mango - White Chocolate<br />
Peach Aperetif - Light Carbonation<br />
Another attempt at a cure was to find and kill a snake, chop it into<br />
pieces, and rub the various parts over swollen buboes.<br />
The snake, a symbol synonymous with Satan, was thought to<br />
draw the disease out of the body as evil would be drawn to evil.
TWENTY-TWENTY<br />
Fords Gin - Pisco<br />
Honey Carrot Cream - Ginger - Egg Whites<br />
Carrots contain vitamin A, or retinol, and this is required for your<br />
body to synthesise rhodopsin, which is the pigment in your eyes<br />
that operates in low-light conditions. If you have a vitamin A<br />
deficiency, you will develop nyctalopia or night blindness.<br />
Eating carrots would correct this and improve your night vision,<br />
but only to the point of a typically healthy person –<br />
it won’t ever let you see in complete darkness.
QUARANTANA<br />
Tanqueray Ten - Herbed Olive Vermouth<br />
Wakame - Dill<br />
The practice of quarantine as we know it, began during the 14th<br />
century. Ships arriving in venice from infected ports were required<br />
to sit at anchor for 40 days before landing. This practice called<br />
quarantine, was derived from the Italian words, quarantana<br />
giorini, which means 40 days.
Part III<br />
Wood Spice Smoke
TRIUMPH OF DEATH<br />
Johnnie Walker Black Label - Fino Sherry<br />
Pine Needle Smoked Mandarin - Bitters<br />
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that occured as a result<br />
of the Back Death. It seeped into every aspect of society such<br />
as art, architecure & philosophy. It was mostly a move into more<br />
secular thought & the birth of science as the reliance on<br />
God & the church weakened. One of the most iconic pieces of<br />
art to come out of this was The Triumph of Death<br />
an oil painting by - Peter Bruegel
SILK ROAD<br />
Talisker 10y<br />
Fenugreek & Pear Caramel - Bitters<br />
The medieval Silk Road brought a wealth of goods, spices, &<br />
new ideas from China and Central Asia to Europe. In 1346,<br />
the trade also likely carried the deadly bubonic plague that<br />
killed as many as half of all Europeans within 7 years.
CURE FOR KINGS<br />
Pure Scott Whiskey - White Cacao<br />
Emerald Peppermint - Tonka Bean<br />
The rich who had access to emeralds would grind down thier<br />
precious stones in a mortar & pestle, mix it with water, then<br />
consume it. The less fortunate would consume arsenic or<br />
mercury, which killed them faster than the plague.
DEATH RATTLE<br />
Lark Symphony No. 1 - Ginger - Tumeric<br />
Toasted Coconut & Pandan - FIRE !<br />
A death rattle is a sound produced when the patient is near-death<br />
and is too weak or hypersomnolent to clear or swallow pharyngeal<br />
secretions; even small volumes of secretions will produce sounds<br />
in the resonant pharyngeal space. The death rattle usually<br />
becomes audible 24 to 48 hours before death.
BY THE GRAVE<br />
Bladnoch Vinaya - Coffee - Cacao<br />
Pear & Hazelnut<br />
A plague pit is the informal term used to refer to mass graves<br />
where victims of the Black Death were buried. The term is most<br />
often used to describe pits located in Great Britain, but can be<br />
applied to any place where bubonic plague victims were buried.
GOLDEN AMULET<br />
Johnnie Walker Blue Label<br />
Smoked Sherry Honey - Bitters<br />
From the ancient world to the present, people have turned to<br />
powerful words, symbols and images as magical shields against<br />
bad luck, evil spirits, debilitating illness and sudden death.<br />
In medieval and early modern Europe, textual amulets on<br />
parchment and paper were often inserted in sacks or suspension<br />
capsules that could be worn around the neck and over the heart.