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Citation(s) & Footnote(s)
Book(s)One-source synthesis of Nickle Morris's dated Ozymandias recipe as a versioned and reproducible specification.
Source argument
The published recipe presents Ozymandias as a rye-and-brandy cousin to the Vieux Carré. Its identity is not merely the drink name: it includes the credited creator and venue, ingredient identities and proportions, a named substitution, equipment, chilled coupe, garnish, and stir-and-strain sequence.
Evidence map
- EXT-281 — Ozymandias ingredient specification
- EXT-282 — Ozymandias preparation, service, and substitution boundary
Together the Excerpts preserve the recipe's formula and operational method. The second also records that replacing Bigallet China-China with Ramazzotti requires an additional orange-peel adjustment.
Researcher synthesis
A cocktail is best stored as attributed procedural evidence. Reliable reuse requires version control: who created it, where, when this version was published, what exact ingredients and proportions it uses, what substitutions are allowed, and how temperature, dilution, vessel, and garnish are produced.
This source strengthens ZET-58 — Cocktail recipes are versioned process specifications and is already connected to the existing cocktail mise-en-place and proof-adjusted dilution processes. No new Process or Tool record is warranted for this single recipe; the existing schema handles it without clutter.
Assessment
Strength: Direct, dated, attributed recipe specification from the publishing outlet.
Boundary: One version only; it does not establish the drink's historical origin, a universal standard, or equivalent performance for substitutions.
Schema observation: “Recipe Creator” may deserve a controlled Source Contribution role only if repeated use across additional cocktail sources justifies expanding the vocabulary.
Completion result
Passed: one canonical Source; two verified, located Excerpts; provenance and procedure preserved; limitation recorded; durable idea and existing process relations connected.
