Sounds gross. Then again I live in a country where the national cocktail is the Caesar--basically a bloody Mary with clam juice. They're quite good by the way.
When Manray first opened, they had a smoked salmon martini on the menu. I always wanted to try it and when I finally got around to asking for one, they said it'd been taken off the menu. There's a life lesson in there somewhere, I'm sure of it.
@2 Ditto! Caesar's are great, and in our plebian house are made with Mott's Clamato juice. Forgot where I was recently (in the States) and ordered a Caesar...it's hard to drink a salad.
The ultimate (and common, in Finland) flavoured vodka is "Diesel Vodka", where spicy/salty 'Turkish Pepper' hard licorice candy is dissolved in vodka, in saturation quantity. It ends up gloppy and black, thus the Diesel appelation. No way is this Lox-vodka as disgusting as that.
@7 OH MY GOD, that stuff is great!!! Seriously, hot summer day in Norway, sitting on a beach on the fjord, drinking licorice Absolut and eating shrimp and mayo on bread....SO good.
This entire conversation -- Ceasars, Diesel Vodka, bacon and salmon (and anchovy) flavored vodkas -- is almost enough to convince me to become a teetotaler.
@12 the Norwegian version isn't gloppy or thick, just smooth like a liqueur. Our hosts made it the way I described (Absolut & candy), but over there you can also buy it pre-made...I've never seen it here. Keep it ice cold, it's weird but perfect for a late summer day. The peeled shrimp with aioli on white bread are traditional summer food, they go well with it!
Candy source: http://www.northerner.com/en/food/Northe…
Sex on the fjord, for example:
smoked-salmon vodka, peach schnapps, orange juice, cranberry juice. Mmm-mmm-delicious.
Or a Hallvard Wallbanger:
smoked-salmon vodka mixed in orange juice with a splash of galliano.
Dissolve one bag of this into one bottle of Absolut, leave in freezer.
http://www.letmetellyouaboutsweden.com/w…
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But on a more serious note, those descriptions in @7 and @9 sound delicious. I might even have to buy a little bottle of vodka to try that recipe out.
Candy source:
http://www.northerner.com/en/food/Northe…