What the hells a "Salty Dog"

[MemphisVol]

What the G damn D's a "salty dog"?

 

[VolunteerHillbilly]

Something to do with sailors, fishermen? A salt is a sailor.

 

[jdsa]

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

A salty dog is a cocktail of vodka or gin and grapefruit juice, served in a glass with a salted rim. The salt is the only difference between a Salty Dog and a Greyhound. Salty Dogs are also featured in the game Kingdom of Loathing where it is made by mixing a grapefruit and gin, which can later be combined with brine to make an especially salty dog.

See the "discussion" tab (above) for an alternate definition of the words "salty dog." ...

or not because I'm too lazy to paste it all in from Wikipedia.

 

[dan4vols]

also a tee shirt company in the Florida area that competes with ronjon

 

[GAVol]

Also a restaurant/bar and apparel company in Hilton Head, SC.

 

[WA_Vol]

Vodka and grapefruit juice, with salt on the rim of the glass.

 

[la.lovesorange]

What the G damn D's a "salty dog"?

I wondered the same thing!!!!!!

 

[MemphisVol]

Somehow, I think the drinks came after the song, which came out in the late 30's....

 

[kiddiedoc]

Memphis,

As far as I know, the term "Salty Dog" is an old term for a seasoned sailor. In doing a little research on the Morris Brothers' song, I fould a couple of explanations. The most plausible seems that they wrote it after frequenting either a restaurant or a "honky-tonk" somewhere in North Carolina. Apparently, there was also a snack food back in the 30's called "Salty Dog," but I can't find much info on that.

 

[cotton]

http://www.drinkoftheweek.com/archive/s/saltydog.htm

 

[VOL_AHOLIC]

it also refers to a sailor with good "sea legs".