Mickey Slim

Mickey Slim

Type	Cocktail
Primary alcohol by volume	Gin
Commonly used ingredients	One part gin A pinch of DDT
Preparation	Stir the DDT into the gin and serve
Notes	DDT is not very soluble in water so only a small quantity will dissolve. DDT has been linked to numerous health problems in humans.[1]

The Mickey Slim was a drink that had short-lived popularity in the United States in the 1940s and 1950s. According to the The Dedalus Book of Absinthe by Phil Baker,^[2][3] it was made by combining gin with a pinch of DDT (also known as dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane), an insecticide that would later be banned in most countries; consumers of this concoction claimed that its effects were similar to absinthe.

This beverage should not be confused with the knockout drink, the Mickey Finn.

Notes

1. ^ Eskenazi, Brenda (May 4, 2009). "The Pine River Statement: Human Health Consequences of DDT Use". Environ. Health Perspect.. http://www.ehponline.org/members/2009/11748/11748.pdf. 
2. ^ The Dedalus Book of Absinthe by Phil Baker (Dedalus, 2001) ISBN 1-873982-94-1.
3. ^ Lezard, Nicholas (15 December 2001). "In a green shade". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2001/dec/15/historybooks.highereducation2.