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The White Russian Revival

Section: Lebowskia  | Date: December 3rd, 2008

white russian cocktailBy Rev. Crash Winfield

The White Russian is front-page news.

At least, if you’re a reader of  the “Dining and Wine” section of The New York Times, it is. The grey lady put the White Russian in the white-hot spotlight today — noting that its resurgence among hipsters stems in large part from the Cult of Lebowski. Hot on the heels of this year’s Lebowskifest NY, big apple-based writer Steven Kurutz writes that:

Lebowski adherents may have vaulted the White Russian to icon status, but serious cocktail enthusiasts still deride it for being simplistic and overly sweet — a confection designed to appeal to unserious drinkers.

Careful, man, there?s a holy beverage here.

However, later in the article, Kurutz redeems himself by ferreting out deeper meaning from Lebowskifest co-founder Will Russell, fan Steve Barber, and original dude Jeff Dowd:

“The Dude is very laid-back and the White Russian has a laid-back element,” Mr. Russell said. “You can’t just grab it and go. There’s a ritual to it.”

Mr. Barber said: “The Dude almost holds himself to a higher class than he’s in, which could explain the White Russian. It requires more thought than just popping a top.”

Then again, the reason could be even simpler.

“When I do drink a White Russian, it does go down easy,” Mr. Dowd said. “It actually is a good drink. It’s essentially a liquefied ice cream cone that you can buy in a bar.”

SONY DSC All this leads one to wonder — what happens once the White Russian is deemed passe by the so-called hipsters?

Dudeists must reply with an unconcerned: “Who cares?” The currently cool does not customarily carry much currency with our collective creed.

Dudeism is not a fan of flavors-of-the-month. Its accoutrements and sacraments are proudly earth-toned and eternal, man.

Cheers to that. Nightlife goes on. You got any Kahlua?

[Thanks to Uncle Roscoe for giving us the heads up.]


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7 Responses to “The White Russian Revival”

  1. Irish Monk on December 3rd, 2008 10:12 am

    “a confection designed to appeal to unserious drinkers”?! This aggression will not stand, man! Steven Kurutz is a human paraquat with no frame of reference!

  2. The Arch Dudeship on December 3rd, 2008 11:32 am

    Kurutz peed on our fucking drink.

  3. Swedish Jeff on December 3rd, 2008 6:46 pm

    on our fucking drink dude..

  4. Irish Monk on December 4th, 2008 11:50 am

    I was experimenting the other day when I ran out of milk, and I think I’ve discovered an acceptable holiday substitute.
    2 parts vodka
    1 part kahlua
    1 part eggnog
    will make you a hell of an Asian, or a “Jaundiced Russian” as I prefer to call it.
    No doubt the big apple-based beverage-pisser with the cleft asshole would call it “simplistic and overly sweet”, but I love both simplicity and sweet shit, so fuck him

  5. Axel-Dude on December 8th, 2008 5:31 pm

    Sounds like a hell of a Nog-casian, Jackie.

    Steven Kurutz! That fuckin’ asshole!Everything’s a fuckin’ travesty with him, man!

  6. Timmy Dude on December 9th, 2008 1:31 am

    Irish Monk, I will have to try that ?Jaundiced Russian? real soon. Sounds really festive for the holidays.

  7. The Dudely Lama on December 13th, 2008 2:41 am

    hey the ny times also has a video on this sacred subject:
    http://video.nytimes.com/video/2008/12/02/dining/1194834396023/lebowski-s-libation.html

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