MICHELE NORRIS, Host:
From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Michele Norris.
ROBERT SIEGEL, Host:
I'm Robert Siegel. And now to your e-mail, most of which seemed to deal with either alcohol or firearms. There were no tobacco stories on yesterday's program.
NORRIS: We received a lot of mail about the Supreme Court's ruling that Washington, D.C.'s handgun ban is unconstitutional. We covered this story in both hours of the program yesterday. This is from Ken Kessler(ph) of Raymore, Missouri.
SIEGEL: The police cannot be everywhere all the time to protect everyone. My observation of the news is that it's a popular thing to demonize gun usage by the citizenry. When I went to high school in the '60s, they offered target shooting. It was no big deal to see someone in our school parking lot with a rifle in their car. Now a child can be sent home from school for just drawing a picture of a gun. And he continues, instead of picking on the Supreme Court for upholding our Constitution, you could be running stories to offer suggestions to our larger metropolitan areas for dealing with their problems.
NORRIS: Phillip Clark(ph) of Philadelphia wrote specifically about our story on how people here in the nation's capital were reacting to the ruling.
SIEGEL: Mr. Clark writes the story provided two sentences from someone who now feels that she would be safer because of the ruling, and three minutes with multiple interviews from people who did not like the ruling. Can you possibly still be surprised that many of your programs and reporters are viewed as biased and unreliable?
NORRIS: Yesterday, Robert and a mystery guest prepared a Sazerac, the new official drink of New Orleans. They got their instructions long distance from Lu Brow, bar chef at the Swizzle Stick Bar in New Orleans.
NORRIS: Okay, now we're going to add ice to that mixture. So we want to leave a lot of room at the top for that spoon to move.
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U: What happened to the Angostura? We're almost out.
NORRIS: We'll use one drop of Angostura bitters.
SIEGEL: I think we've got everything in the shaker now.
NORRIS: Okay. Stir quickly.
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SIEGEL: This is stirred, not shaken.
NORRIS: Stirred, not shaken.
NORRIS: Well, Bryn Mooth(ph) wrote to suggest an alternative time slot in our program for future cocktail-related stories.
SIEGEL: I was just pulling into the gym parking lot as your interview aired, and your story very nearly made me turn right around, head home and mix up a refreshing after-work beverage. Thanks for giving us this terrific slice of New Orleans heritage.
NORRIS: After hearing that story, many of you were inspired to send your own favorite drink recipes. Here's one from Glen Carson(ph) of Nashville.
SIEGEL: Find a glass that comfortably fits your hand, liberally pour Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey, add ice if desired. If Jack Daniel's is unavailable, George Dickel Tennessee whiskey may be substituted. If Tennessee whiskey is unavailable, Kentucky straight bourbon may be substituted - glass optional.
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