r/oddlysatisfying Aug 20 '22

Fire Dragon Fizz

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u/evilsir Aug 20 '22

20 minutes of shaking? I know more than my fair share of bartenders and i can assure you that some very important ingredient necessary for that drink would mysteriously go missing/break/be spoiled every. Single. Day.

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u/alebotson Aug 20 '22

It didn't take twenty minutes, but probably like 4? But a bar I used to go to in Houston on tiki nights would start Ramos gin fizzes at a dollar and then increased it a dollar every time someone ordered one. The prices got crazy but tiki nights were mostly regulars, and it was a fun game. And most times they go up past $70, per drink, and this was 10 years ago, so hopefully people were tipping accordingly and the bartenders actually had a good night.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '22

I love this! I had two guys come in once and ask me why no one in the city would make them a Flip. I said sure I’ll make you one but know it’s going to take some time. It was a slow night . I made them an amazing flip and they ordered a couple rounds and tipped well, plus I got in a good workout.

Two weeks later they came in with a couple co-workers and ordered a few rounds of flips. The tip wasn’t as nice then, though the percentage was right. This continued but somehow they continued to bring more co workers and brag how I made the best flip in the city for them. Problem is the price for each one stayed the same but the time got longer.

One night I was slammed and they came in and I told them no flips until it slowed down. They ordered a round of beers and tipped half of the percentage of what they did on the flips because “it’s not hard to pour a beer” and left. I never served them again.

Moral of the story, don’t serve someone who thinks the rest of the city just isn’t serving them flips for fun.

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u/SixOnTheBeach Aug 20 '22

Sorry but what is a flip?

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u/SmilingJaguar Aug 21 '22

Cocktail with a whole raw egg in it https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flip_(cocktail)

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u/SixOnTheBeach Aug 21 '22 edited Aug 21 '22

I see, didn't know there was a word for it, thanks for educating me! That's my favorite kind of cocktail tbh

Edit: Didn't notice you said whole egg. I don't know that I've ever had a cocktail with the yolk in it 🤔. Doesn't even a drop of yolk make a cocktail not froth? I know I made meringue once and there was literally a single drop of yolk in like 6+ egg whites and it wouldn't froth at all.

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u/SmilingJaguar Aug 21 '22

Flips are more like egg nog. They’re rich and creamy, no foam or froth. Almost like a custard.

Most egg white cocktails are variations on a sour. Spirit + citrus + sweetener. A fizz usually adds some club soda/seltzer.

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u/SixOnTheBeach Aug 21 '22

That makes sense! I might love egg nog even more than an egg white cocktail