Message 17900 of 39188 in General Discussion

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> > A Dirty Mother is a Black Russian made with brandy instead of vodka.  
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> > Add half and half and you have a Dirty White Mother, a.k.a. 
> > Seperator.  Both drinks are built on the rocks, just like the more 
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> > common Russian counterparts.  For the record, I've never heard of a 
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> > White Russian being served up.  
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> A Dirty Mother is one of those drinks that is geographically 
> different. So this isn't "THE" recipe for this drink.
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> Cheryl 


Sorry if I spared that caveat in my reply, Cheryl, though that seems to be the 
case with just about every drink.  I'm going by consensus; in this case three 
different bar books plus the Webtender's own drink database.  I'll admit that 
I also like the symmetery of it: Black Russian/White Russian, Dirty 
Mother/Dirty White Mother, that you change one ingredient and get a parallel 
type of nomenclature.  I'm sure folks use those names for all sorts of drinks 
but these seems to be the most authentic and widely known versions.