Sunday, July 31, 2016

G&T

Summer. Gin and tonic weather. For which--the G&T, not the weather--we have to thank the officers of the 19th century British Raj.

Serving in India, they were prescribed daily draughts of quinine-infused water--tonic water--as a guard against malaria. One of the officers--for whom a national holiday should be declared--discovered that just a teaspoon of gin helps the medicine go down.

Maybe a bit more than a teaspoon. Can't be too careful.

Major Randolph Cholmondeley-Fitzherbert, here's to you!

1 comment:

  1. Ahh! the very thing following a few chukkers of polo on a warm afternoon!
    Lt. Col. C. Pottersby-Pottersby, 3rd Bengal Lancers (Ret.)

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