{"id":91761,"date":"2025-01-22T02:00:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T07:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=91761"},"modified":"2024-10-04T09:48:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T13:48:57","slug":"discover-the-lost-big-dipper-rum-cocktail-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2025\/01\/22\/discover-the-lost-big-dipper-rum-cocktail-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover the &#8216;Lost&#8217; Big Dipper Rum Cocktail Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zBCXOPkefj8?si=VrCyCUonAzkXvo2A\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Glen And Friends Cooking<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 2 Oct 2024<\/p>\n<p>Today on Cocktails After Dark we explore the fascinating history of Gander Airport&#8217;s iconic Big Dipper bar, once a bustling stopover for the world&#8217;s rich and famous during the 1940s to 1960s. This video dives into the golden age of aviation when propeller planes made Gander, Newfoundland, a key refuelling point for transatlantic flights. Discover how legends like Marilyn Monroe, Winston Churchill, and Frank Sinatra sipped cocktails at the Big Dipper while planes refuelled, and learn how to make the bar&#8217;s signature cocktail using the infamous Newfoundland Screech rum. If you&#8217;ve ever been curious about Gander&#8217;s aviation history, old-time airport bars, or unique cocktails, this video has it all. Plus, find out how &#8220;Screech&#8221; became a part of Newfoundland&#8217;s folklore. Whether you&#8217;re a history buff, cocktail enthusiast, or simply curious about this legendary airport, you won&#8217;t want to miss this journey back in time. Grab your shaker, some rum, and let&#8217;s make history \u2014 one drink at a time!<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Big Dipper<\/strong><br \/>\n1\u00bd ounces Newfoundland Screech<br \/>\n1 ounce Cointreau<br \/>\n\u00be ounce lemon juice<br \/>\n1 teaspoon simple syrup<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Buy us a cup of tea: <a href=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/glenandfriendscooking\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/glenandfriendscooking<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Help us out with a PayPal donation: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbTBSdGxPWlVKMS1OVXdXT3VoclVUekpvN3k2QXxBQ3Jtc0tsQWZ6am83SlBMOEx2UU95d043aWZnSFF0TDR4OE5SVzI0Tm45UTMydUNHbUVFV2NoVkhXZTJIRHlrMmZPVTFmNF9EUXJfeGpIa2RJTGxzWUZuWXVkaFdxUTF4SHlRVTRkNFBEWVJudG9JV2NRbEkzWQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paypal.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fwebscr%3Fcmd%3D_s-xclick%26hosted_button_id%3DT4FPGUQABAUTE&#038;v=zBCXOPkefj8\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This channel is nothing without you our viewers! Thanks for watching the Old Cookbook Show and our Historical Cooking.<br \/>\n#LeGourmetTV #GlenAndFriendsCooking<\/p>\n<p>If you want to send cookbooks:<br \/>\nGlen Powell<br \/>\nPO BOX 99900 RE 551 379<br \/>\nRPO HARWOOD PLACE<br \/>\nAJAX<br \/>\nON<br \/>\nCanada<br \/>\nL1S 0E9<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glen And Friends Cooking Published 2 Oct 2024 Today on Cocktails After Dark we explore the fascinating history of Gander Airport&#8217;s iconic Big Dipper bar, once a bustling stopover for the world&#8217;s rich and famous during the 1940s to 1960s. This video dives into the golden age of aviation when propeller planes made Gander, Newfoundland, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[123,104,479,202],"class_list":["post-91761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cancon","category-history","tag-aircraft","tag-booze","tag-newfoundland","tag-travel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2hpV6-nS1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91761"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91762,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91761\/revisions\/91762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}