Quintessentialism

Ah yes…the perfect thing. Well, not really perfect, as in “without faults”, but more along the lines of the picture that comes to mind when you think of a generalized item. For example, when I think of “cookie”, I think of this:

Mmmmm….chocolatey goodness. And yet, it is not my favorite cookie.

Don’t you dare call me a heretic.

Anyway, some things are obvious to most of us. We envision a cup of coffee as being dark and steaming, even though we may drink it with milk or creamer, or iced. When someone says “french fries”, we picture a red carton of fries from McDonald’s, even though we may actually prefer to eat the waffle ones from Chick-Fil-A.

But when it comes to BOOZE*, it’s different. Hubby may very well picture a bottle of scotch, whereas I picture a margarita. His may be closer than mine to a quintessential item, but it may be that since I don’t drink it often, it doesn’t come to mind when someone asks. Personal preference will out.

So, our question today is, what is the quintessential HOOKER* and the quintessential BOOZE*??

*Yes, still trying to get G0000000000gle results in our favor. It’s shameless, but it works