Cocktails Mark 200th Anniversary - Tiki Drinks and Food

C cheekytiki Member The Haole Hut, London, UK Joined: Mar 09, 2004 Posts: 1096	C cheekytiki Posted posted on Tue, May 23, 2006 9:12 AM From http://www.fluidstyle.co.uk/a_friendly_cocktails.aspx Paris 1850. At a dinner party, the women have trouble matching the men's pace — or the strength of their drinks. The solution? They mix their drinks together — with a feather from one of their hats — et voila, you have the cocktail. New York during the American War of Independence. A bunch of American and French soldiers tuck into roast pheasant in a tavern. The barmaid serves up her signature drink, Betsy's Bracers, and the soldiers decorate their tankards with the pheasant's feathers. They toast Bet's drink and the 'cock's tails', to which one French solider responds 'Vive le cocktail!' London at the time of Dr Samuel Johnson. In the eighteenth century the tails of mixed breed horses were docked, earning them the name 'cocktailed horses.' When Johnson mixes a cup of wine and gin for his good friend, James Boswell, he declares it a 'veritable cocktail of a drink' and the name is born.

From http://www.fluidstyle.co.uk/a_friendly_cocktails.aspx

Paris 1850. At a dinner party, the women have trouble matching the men's pace — or the strength of their drinks. The solution? They mix their drinks together — with a feather from one of their hats — et voila, you have the cocktail.

New York during the American War of Independence. A bunch of American and French soldiers tuck into roast pheasant in a tavern. The barmaid serves up her signature drink, Betsy's Bracers, and the soldiers decorate their tankards with the pheasant's feathers. They toast Bet's drink and the 'cock's tails', to which one French solider responds 'Vive le cocktail!'

London at the time of Dr Samuel Johnson. In the eighteenth century the tails of mixed breed horses were docked, earning them the name 'cocktailed horses.' When Johnson mixes a cup of wine and gin for his good friend, James Boswell, he declares it a 'veritable cocktail of a drink' and the name is born.

Post #233507 by cheekytiki on Tue, May 23, 2006 9:12 AM