Anyone Ever Actually Have a Vodka Stinger?

[GlindatheGood22]

Anyone Ever Actually Have a Vodka Stinger?#1

Posted: 1/26/13 at 2:05pm

I tried one on Christmas Eve. I love minty things - my new favorite drink.

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[Jay Lerner-Z]

Anyone Ever Actually Have a Vodka Stinger?#2

Posted: 1/26/13 at 2:09pm

Yes. They are not pleasant.

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[best12bars]

Anyone Ever Actually Have a Vodka Stinger?#2

Posted: 1/26/13 at 2:09pm

I tried one for the first time during these past holidays, too. Vodka and peppermint schnapps. I thought it was okay. I enjoy them separately, but together it was more like Wriggly's chewing gum mixed with lighter fluid.

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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[Jay Lerner-Z]

Anyone Ever Actually Have a Vodka Stinger?#3

Posted: 1/26/13 at 2:10pm

Yeah, mine tasted like Listerine.

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[GlindatheGood22]

Anyone Ever Actually Have a Vodka Stinger?#4

Posted: 1/26/13 at 2:11pm

The one I had was vodka and white creme de menthe. Everyone I was with hated theirs.

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[best12bars]

Anyone Ever Actually Have a Vodka Stinger?#5

Posted: 1/26/13 at 2:14pm

I know you can also make them with creme de menthe instead of peppermint schnapps. I was hoping that might be better than the one I had, but I see here that it's probably not.

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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[lupone76]

Anyone Ever Actually Have a Vodka Stinger?#6

Posted: 1/26/13 at 2:30pm

And what does this topic have to do with theater?? Shouldn't this thread be in the off topic section??

[OKBroadwayFan]

Anyone Ever Actually Have a Vodka Stinger?#7

Posted: 1/26/13 at 2:34pm

"...another vodka stinger" from Ladies Who lunch---Company

[PalJoey]

Anyone Ever Actually Have a Vodka Stinger?#8

Posted: 1/26/13 at 2:38pm

I had one the before going to see Company at the Philharmonic, the first one I'd had in years and years.

It tasted just like I remembered: like toothpaste with vodka.

I still don't know why Sondheim has Joann drink them...

[CapnHook]

Anyone Ever Actually Have a Vodka Stinger?#9

Posted: 1/26/13 at 2:38pm

lupone76, say that to Elaine Stritch.

"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

[Reginald Tresilian]

Anyone Ever Actually Have a Vodka Stinger?#10

Posted: 1/26/13 at 2:41pm

But does Joanne actually drink them, or just the other ladies who lunch?

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Anyone Ever Actually Have a Vodka Stinger?#11

Posted: 1/26/13 at 2:43pm

She does. She orders one in the scene leading up to the song.

Updated On: 1/26/13 at 02:43 PM

[backwoodsbarbie]

Anyone Ever Actually Have a Vodka Stinger?#12

Posted: 1/26/13 at 2:45pm

I occasionally have one for Mahler.

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[artscallion]

Anyone Ever Actually Have a Vodka Stinger?#13

Posted: 1/26/13 at 2:46pm

When I was younger, my drink of choice was a Seven Stinger...Seagram's Seven and white creme de menthe. I loved them. But I think the Seagrams mellowed the Listerine taste more than vodka would.

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[lupone76]

Anyone Ever Actually Have a Vodka Stinger?#14

Posted: 1/26/13 at 2:59pm

Oops... Sorry all. My fault, I totally forgot the Company reference. I feel really stupid now.

[best12bars]

Anyone Ever Actually Have a Vodka Stinger?#15

Posted: 1/26/13 at 3:05pm

I think the only reason Joann drank them was so she could rhyme her cocktail with zinger.

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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[Reginald Tresilian]

Anyone Ever Actually Have a Vodka Stinger?#16

Posted: 1/26/13 at 5:33pm

She could have had a lady finger: gin and cherry brandy.

Might be a toss-up as to which sounds nastier, though.




Updated On: 1/26/13 at 05:33 PM

[Reginald Tresilian]

Anyone Ever Actually Have a Vodka Stinger?#17

Posted: 1/26/13 at 6:11pm

Although having "another lady finger" when you're singing about actual ladies might mentally lead the audience down an unexpected path.

[givesmevoice]

Anyone Ever Actually Have a Vodka Stinger?#18

Posted: 1/26/13 at 6:15pm

I thought you meant a lady finger as in the sponge cake, and was wondering if then she'd be ranting because she was on a sugar high.

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[Addison D.]

Anyone Ever Actually Have a Vodka Stinger?#19

Posted: 1/26/13 at 6:52pm

Stinger--phonetically and in terms of imagery-- is hard and bitter. I don't think it's a random word choice at all.

You think, what do you want? You think, make a decision...

[ghostlight2]

Anyone Ever Actually Have a Vodka Stinger?#20

Posted: 1/26/13 at 6:55pm

Does anyone think that Sondheim has ever made a random word choice?

[henrikegerman]

Anyone Ever Actually Have a Vodka Stinger?#21

Posted: 1/26/13 at 8:34pm

Joanne never says she drinks them. Ever. But she's not just singing about herself. She's singing about the girls who just watch.

As a group.
And with respect to the vodka zinger not to each member of that group; others, as she notes, drink Scotch. At least when they get depressed.

I don't think she's talking about women who would - retch! - mix Scotch with vodka stingers - while they are having their little jests and delivering their brilliant zingers.

She also sings about women who sit choosing hats.

Which she certainly would never do, or would not still do.


Updated On: 1/26/13 at 08:34 PM

[Kad]

Anyone Ever Actually Have a Vodka Stinger?#22

Posted: 1/26/13 at 8:55pm

Could it also mean vodka as a stinger- as in, an ending punctuation to something?

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Anyone Ever Actually Have a Vodka Stinger?#23

Posted: 1/26/13 at 9:04pm

Depsite what Henrik says, Joanne does indeed order two more bourbons and vodka stinger before she sings the song.

[Jungle Red]

Anyone Ever Actually Have a Vodka Stinger?#24

Posted: 1/26/13 at 9:26pm

I remember her ordering them for herself as well but I've only seen the Doyle version. I don't know what Elaine did.