For classic movie night, we pulled up Run Silent, Run Deep with Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster. What to serve with the movie was partially answered when Mrs. Gable offered the two men “gin” on a silver platter in the front yard in the middle of the day. A bit of that is in the trailer.
To tart up that straight gin we looked for a Submarine cocktail online. Sure enough. A gin based cocktail.
Submarine
Ingredients
- Ice Cubes
- 1 Dash Bitters
- ⅔ Part Dry Vermouth
- ⅔ Part Dubonnet
- 1⅓ Parts Gin
Add ice and ingredients to a shaker and serve in a cocktail glass.
But what is Dubonnet? “For over 170 years, Dubonnet Rouge Grand Aperitif de France has been celebrated around the world as an authority on the aperitif tradition. Crafted from a proprietary blend of red wine, herbs and spices.” There was no Dubonnet on the shelf so we used just a splash Compari which is Italian but similar.
After the movie, we queued up Iron Maiden’s Run Silent Run Deep with its dark but somewhat realistic chorus. Submarine warfare in WWII was not a particularly happy place.
Runing silent, runing deep, we are your final prayer
Warriors in secret sleep, a merchantman’s nightmare
A silent death lies awaiting, for all of you below
Running silent, running deep, sink into your silent sleep
Check out the movie and/or the cocktail and don’t be surprised if “dive, dive, dive” gets stuck in your head.
– Jet Cannon
A must see, er, I must see this!!! Thanks JC. Regarding Dubonnet, I’ll offer this up from Sir Lou Reed:
In Berlin, by the wall
You were five foot ten inches tall
It was very nice
Candlelight and Dubonnet on ice
https://youtu.be/ds1_kqcXOsA
Old Man Wrong