haeckel@stolaf.UUCP (Paul C. Haeckel) (12/04/85)
A while back (sometime last year, in fact) someone posted
a recipe for their version of the Pangalactic Gargle Blaster,
a lovely little drink that was introduced in the "Hitchhiker's
Guide to the Galaxy" trilogy (which has 4 books to it - only
Douglas Adams would have the chutzpah to do this). Although
I never got a chance to try it out, I saved it for some future
pique of insanity. Lo and behold, when I finally decided it
would be useful this holiday season, I discovered it had
gotten nuked somewhere along the line. Does anybody happen
to have this recipe still? Perhaps a reposting would be in
order here...
--
Paul Haeckel
"No matter how thin you slice {...ihnp4!stolaf!haeckel}
it, it's still baloney." OR
-'Bloom County' {...decvax!stolaf!haeckel}gt4395b@gitpyr.UUCP (Christodoulou,Michael Joseph) (12/08/85)
THE PANGALACTIC GARGLE BLASTER
"Here's what the ENCYCLOPEDIA GALACTICA has to say about alcohol.
It says that alcohol is a colorless liquid formed by the fermentation
of sugars and also notes its intoxicating effects on certain carbon-
based life forms.
"THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY also mentions alochol. It
says that the best drink in existance is the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster.
"It says that the effect of drinking a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster
is like having your brains smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped round
a large gold brick.
"The GUIDE also tells you on which planets the best Pan Galactic
Gargle Blasters are mixed, how much you can expect to pay for one and
what voluntary organizations exist to help you rehabilitate afterward.
"The GUIDE even tells you how you can mix one yourself.
"Take the juice from one bottle of the Ol' Janx Spirit, it says.
"Pour it into one measure of water from the seas of Santraginus V
-- Oh, that Santraginean seawater, it says. Oh, those Santraginean
fish!
"Allow three cubes of Arcturan Mega-gin to melt into the mixture
(it must be properly iced or the benzene is lost).
"Allow four liters of Fallian marsh gas to bubble through it, in
memory of all those happy hikers who have died of pleasure in the
Marshes of Fallia.
"Over the back of a silver spoon float a measure of Qualactin
Hypermint Extract, redolent of all the heady odors of the dark Qualactin
Zones, subtle, sweet and mystic.
"Drop in the tooth of an Angolian Suntiger. Watch it dissolve,
spreading the fires of the Angolian suns deep into the heart of the drink.
"Sprinkle Zamphuor.
"Add an olive.
"Drink . . . but . . . very carefully . . .
"THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY sells rather better than the
ENCYCLOPEDIA GALACTICA."
-- Douglas Adams, THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, (C) 1979
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I have never managed to make this drink properly. If you have any
success, let me know and I will Hitchhike over to your place to see
what I have been doing wrong.
-- Mike Christodoulougt3191b@gitpyr.UUCP (McAllister, Daniel G.) (12/09/85)
How about a 1985 English version (or a close proximity thereof) to this "magical" concoction. I, too would like to experience this wiping out of my frontal lobe. (I swear, with some people you have to be so careful how you chose your words you could strangle them for wasting your time. It's about time someone realize that English is at best an imperfect language and that the literal meaning of most of what we say is not what we want to say. "If only you didn't play stupid SO OFTEN, maybe I could believe it wasn't true!")
ugthomas@sunybcs.UUCP (Timothy Thomas) (12/12/85)
> > How about a 1985 English version (or a close proximity thereof) > to this "magical" concoction. I, too would like to experience > this wiping out of my frontal lobe. > Found this in net.games quite a while ago: ======================================================================== Here's a reposting of a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster recipe that appeared in net.cooks about a year ago. We served these at the party, and they were quite popular -- strong, citrusy, and GREEN. -------------------------------------------------------------------- This recipe was developed by a friend of mine after taking a mixology course; it has been served to happy hordes at a private party at the last three Boskones. For two mild Pan-Galactic Gargleblasters, put over ice in shaker: 1.5 jiggers golden or dark rum (That Ol' Janx Spirit) .5 jigger Amaretto and .5 triple sec or Curacao (Santraginean water?) juice of 1/3 lemon 1.5 - 2 oz frozen orange juice concentrate sjake, strain into glasses with fresh ice, add ginger ale or tonic to suit (bubbled-through Fallian marsh gas). Add a thin wedge of lemon and float a bit of blue Curacao over the top (Qalactin Hypermint Extract). "Olive" is probably one of those flexible terms like "jinnan-tonyx"; if you must have something, use a brandied grape (fill a jar with fresh white grapes; cover with 6 parts (or more) brandy to 1 part powdered sugar; seal and leave for several weeks). I'm not sure what you'd use for xamphuor, but everything else in this matches the recipe from the book. We also call it a Jupiter sunrise when served \\very// quickly; otherwise it turns a green color hideous enough to warn incautious drinkers. ------- I tried this for a party last summer, it was very good. (has this recipe been posted this this newsgroup before? If so, sorry for the reposting) -- ____________ ____/--\____ \______ ___) ( _ ____) "Damn it Jim!, __| |____/ / `--' I'm a programmer not a Doctor!" ) `|=(- \------------' Timothy D. Thomas SUNY/Buffalo Computer Science UUCP: [decvax,dual,rocksanne,watmath,rocksvax]!sunybcs!ugthomas CSnet: ugthomas@buffalo, ARPAnet: ugthomas%buffalo@CSNET-RELAY
tom@utcsri.UUCP (Tom Nadas) (12/12/85)
Credit where credit is due. It was Isaac Asimov who thought up
the "fourth book in the trilogy" joke for his Foundation series,
which predates Douglas Adams fourth book, however his publisher
Judy Lynn del Rey talked him out of it.
RJS in Toronto
c/o
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Tom Nadas
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CSNET: tom@toronto