Got my mind on my money and my money on my mind

[venta]

Some time around now - today, according to the mother, though I don't know where she got her info from - we can celebrate the 150th anniversary of the G&T.

The gin and tonic was invented (by the British army) in the hot climes of India, when foul-tasting quinine-laden tonic water was still the best way to ward off malaria.

I think it says a lot about the Victorians that, faced with unpalatable medication, their solution was to mix it with gin.

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[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Apparently the anniversary is of the patenting of a carbonated tonic water that resembles what we have today -- most importantly, in being nice. So they were drinking gin and quininey-stuff prior to that, but not really for fun.