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On 2003-04-27 21:15, Doctor Z wrote:
The Mai Tai NOT in Trader Vic's Guide?? Of course it is - Vic INVENTED the Mai Tai!! What guide are you looking in?
I am aware that he invented it but the Mai Tai is not in any of the Trader Vic recipe guides that I have including:
Trader Vic's Bartender's Guide, First Edition, 1947
Trader Vic's Book of Food and Drink c.1950s
Trader Vic's Kitchen Kibitzer c.1950s
Trader Vic's Pacific Island Cookbook c.1960s
My theory is that he wanted to keep the original recipe a secret until it was settled in court that he originated the Mai Tai, which happened in the early 70s.
I am curious, Doctor Z, which Trader Vic recipe book you have that includes the Mai Tai. Perhaps it's from the 70s as I don't have that one that came out then.
Interestingly, the Suffering Bastard recipe he gives in the 1960s Pacific Island Cookbook is actually a Mai Tai recipe and is nothing like the SB recipe in the Grog Log. The Suffering Bastard / Mai Tai discussion occured in this past thread:
https://tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=2750&forum=1
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