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Subject: Re: Hemingway and licquor
From: Dom Costa
Posted: Mon Jun 26. 2000, 10:15 UTC
Followup to: "Re: Hemingway and licquor"  by Deanna Snitzer  (Wed Jun 21. 2000, 21:55 UTC)
> > I am looking for a recipe for a drink written about in Hemingway's 
> > 
> > "Hills Like White Elephants." The drink is called "anise del toro," 
> > 
> > and I'm ashamed to say, I don't even know the English translation of 
> > 
> > the name other than "fire." If anyone has heard of this drink or 
> > knows the English translation, please let me know ASAP. Thanks! 
> 
> Hemmingway spent some time in Italy during the war,... del toro means 
> "of the bull" in spanish, and spanish is relatively similar to 
> italian... I think this story takes place in Italy too.. maybe you 
> could ask someone/bartender in an Italian restaurant? (a real one, 
> not a chain restaurant)  They might know??

Hi, I'm the real italian bartender from Italy, and I'm really sorry to say 
that I've never heard of anything named like that, could you be more precise 
???
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