Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster
- Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster
The Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster is a fictional alcoholic drink created by Douglas Adams and featured in the "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series.
The best drink in existence
According to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the best drink in existence is the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster; it says that the drink's effect is similar to having one's brains smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped around a large gold brick.The Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster has also been described in the novel as the alcoholic equivalent to a mugging: expensive and bad for the head.
Original fictional recipe
The Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster was invented by Zaphod Beeblebrox, a major character in the series. Its original, fictional, recipe is:
*Take the juice from one bottle of that Ol' Janx Spirit.
*Pour into it one measure of water from the seas of Santraginus V
*Allow three cubes of Arcturan Mega-gin to melt into the mixture (it must be properly iced or the benzene is lost).
*Allow four litres of Fallian marsh gas to bubble through it (in memory of all those happy Hikers who have died of pleasure in the Marshes of Fallia).
*Over the back of a silver spoon float a measure of Qualactin Hypermint extract, redolent of all the heady odours of the dark Qualactin Zones.
*Drop in the tooth of an Algolian Suntiger. Watch it dissolve, spreading the fires of the Algolian suns deep into the heart of the drink.
*Sprinkle Zamphour.
*Add an olive.
*Drink...but "very carefully."
Real versions
Real versions of the drink have been made available at some stage shows of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", as well as bars such as Zaphod Beeblebrox in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Recipes for these "Earth versions" can be found at Wikibooks [ [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Bartending/Cocktails/Pan_Galactic_Gargle_Blaster Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster recipe at Wikibooks] ] .In an interview, [ [http://slashdot.org/interviews/00/06/21/1217242.shtml/ Douglas Adams Interview] ] Douglas Adams stated that there are a number of environmental and weapons treaties and laws of physics which prevent the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster from being mixed on Earth.
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