*boggles*

[deird_lj]

Does the rest of the world seriously NOT have lemon lime and bitters?

(By which I mean the drink known as LL&B - I'm aware that you guys have lemons.)


o.O

How will I survive?

Comments

[spiralleds.livejournal.com]

I don't suppose it's similar to what we call Ginger Ale. When I knew how to make it during my brief stint in restaurant work, IIRC it was part Sprite, part soda water, and a dash of bitters.

[deird1]

Not unless the ginger ale I've been drinking is weird and different...

Think
1) fizzy lemony drinks
2) lime cordial
3) that all-important dash of bitters.

Gorgeous, gorgeous drink - found in every single cafe/restaurant that sells alcohol (and a few that technically don't). And apparently it's Australian?

[kirby1024.livejournal.com]

So, add LL&B kit to the care package then? :)

[padawanspider.livejournal.com]

It sounds like something I should try sometime. But I have no idea what "bitters" taste (tastes?) like... I usually don't do so well with bitter flavors...

[padawanspider.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Looked up "bitters" on Wikipedia... basically it's just an extract (as in vanilla extract) of just about anything?

From Laney

[(Anonymous)]

Now you've got me trying to remember how to order a Lemon Squash in England.
Because, of course, you never need to specify here.

I finally worked it out after lots of pub visits... and lots of drinks of lemonADE.

And now I can't even remember what it was!

[washa-way.livejournal.com]

Now if you were talking about just bitter (singular), I could safely say you were in luck, because you could walk into any pub in England and order a shandy (which I rather enjoy, despite being a Yank, but of course I love bitter as well... and lager, and stout, and porter, and pale ales, and heifewessen, and so on and so forth.)

But as for a lemon-lime and bitterS, nope, I don't know that I've ever heard of such a thing until now.

[deird1]

*cries piteously*
I'm going to miss them so much if I get to go to England. They're not exactly something you can put in a suitcase...

[immer-am-lesen.livejournal.com]

*snigger* y'meant Hefeweizen, ja?
(sorry, couldn't let that one go...)

[mabus101.livejournal.com]

I've never even heard of the stuff before.....'course, I'm not English.

[deird1]

Seems to be exclusively Australia, apparently. No idea how I'm going to survive if I go overseas...

[immer-am-lesen.livejournal.com]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon,_Lime_&_Bitters
fifty meellion??
Wowee. I thought it was more of a girly drink no-one really had, but I guess I'm wrong.

[deird1]

I have one almost every time I'm at a cafe...

[ib-stormcaller.livejournal.com]

They have Angostura bitters, cause i know my grandparents use it to make Pink Gins (G&T with 3-5 drops of bitters)...

The rest of the ingredients shouldn't be too much of a problem :)

[deird1]

Well, that's a relief, anyway.

[carlos-v-b.livejournal.com]

The English also don't appear to be aware of mud cake.

[deird1]

O.O

That's it. I'm staying here.

[klme.livejournal.com]

REALLY?

[deird1]

I KNOW!

[padawanspider.livejournal.com]

Allright, awright, awright. Give me some brand names of the stuff that I'm looking for - the cordial, lemonade, and bitters. Apparently there are about a billion different meanings for each of those words, and without something specific... anyway.

I'm gonna have to hit up World Market one of these days and see if I can find any of it.

[deird1]

1) Bitters - Angostura bitters, for one.

2) Lime Cordial - not sure of any specific brand names, but if you get some high quality lime cordial or lime juice, that'd be about right.

3) Lemony stuff
Hmm...
This is the confusing one, because Australia uses the words "lemonade" and "lemon squash" differently to the rest of the world, and I'm not sure how you would use them.
Think very, very lemony stuff, as a fizzy drink.

Um...
By "fizzy drink" I mean soda (or whatever you call it in MS).

Anyway, the drink is:
-mostly very fizzy lemony stuff
-plus a small amount of lime cordial
-plus a very small amount of bitters

When it's all put together (un-stirred), it should look yellow up the top, and red down the bottom.

[deird1]

Blast. Red up top, and yellow down the bottom. How confusing...

[brutti-ma-buoni.livejournal.com]

Roses (or similar) Lime Cordial? Angostura Bitters? If these are the things you need, pubs in Britain have them. Also much fizzy lemony stuff to mix.

We are civilised, no?

I mean, you'd have to spell it out for the bar staff (except, presumbly for all the Aussies), but the fixings are there.

[deird1]

Well, that's a relief, anyway...

lemon squash

[(Anonymous)]

According to my family archives, lemon squash in a pub is indeed "bitter lemon".