Tanqueray & Tonic For Nerve Damage?

[DTCwordfan]

I'm about to launch into a Tanqueray & Tonic, the tonic (or rather the quinine in it) good for restoring nerves, or so I am told.....is there any truth to this witch's tale?.

Whatever, it's a good excuse! My first in months and I'm using 0% sugar tonic....

[-SharonA-]

I prefer Bomay Sapphire.

[-SharonA-]

Bombay Sapphire even.

[DaisyNonna]

Yes

[DTCwordfan]

it's a good blend!

Sharon - for a Martini, I agree, for tonic, a Tanq and I do like the Sipsmith - on ice, a twist of lime, no tonic, for a late night....so smooth that the gin is, tonic goes against the grain, the equivalent of an XO Cognac or Armagnac.

[-SharonA-]

Yes you're right, I drink mine in martinis!! I hate the 'brown' drinks like whisky and brandy. Can just about tolerate brown rum.

[DaisyNonna]

Tonic seems to have alleviated my cramp

[Jackdaw33]

I think you miss my point. Queen Alexandra, like Queen Mary, was always referred to as such. Queen Elizabeth incorporated it into her title so as to avoid confusion with her daughter. The fact remains that the widow of a sovereign and mother of the current sovereign is unofficially the Queen Mother, even thought she does not use that as part of her official title. On widowhood a queen can no longer call herself HM The Queen, but HM Queen (name). Another title is Queen Dowager, appropriate to Queen Adelaide, who was the widow of William IV but not the mother of his successor, Queen Victoria.