photo by the Boston Public Library via flikr.com
Today back in 1919, one of the more bizarre industrial accidents occurred. A fifty-foot tall molasses tank belonging to the Purity Distilling Company collapsed in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, sending an eight foot (though at time reaching fifteen feet), wave of sticky goo hurtling at 35mph into the neighborhood. Railway girders, snapped, elevated trains were lifted off their tracks and some buildings were knocked off their foundations. The resulting carnage was Twenty-one human fatalities and many more horse deaths, either crushed or drowned by wave. A contemporary author describes the victims as “flies on sticky-paper”.
BOSTON SPILL
Adapted from a recipe by Kathy Casey via Liquor.com
- 1 oz Rémy Martin VS Cognac
- 1/4 oz Cointreau
- 1/4 oz Crème de cacao
- 1/4 oz Blackstrap molasses syrup (one part blackstrap molasses, one part water)
- 3/4 oz Heavy cream
Garnish: Freshly grated nutmeg
Glass: Cocktail
Add all the ingredients except the heavy cream to a shaker. Stir, and add the heavy cream. Fill with ice. Shake, and strain into a Martini glass. Garnish with a sprinkle of freshly grated nutmeg.
