How many editions of Trader Vic's Bartender's Guide? - Tiki Drinks and Food

B BrickHorn Member Texas Joined: Oct 03, 2005 Posts: 178	B BrickHorn Posted posted on Mon, Apr 7, 2008 9:26 AM I recently picked up a copy of the 1972 Revised Edition. It's a good book, but one pitfall is that the Trader relied on commercially-available drink mixes for many of the recipes. For example, the Tiki Puka-Puka calls for 3 oz. Trader Vic's Navy Grog mix. The components of Navy Grog Mix are a complete mystery, but one thing seems pretty uncontroversial: the Trader Vic's publicly-available mix is crap. To those who own the 1948 version: are the recipes more complete? Specifically, are there recipes for the Navy Grog and Tiki Puka-Puka that enumerate the ingredients instead of just relying on the pre-packaged drink mix?

I recently picked up a copy of the 1972 Revised Edition. It's a good book, but one pitfall is that the Trader relied on commercially-available drink mixes for many of the recipes. For example, the Tiki Puka-Puka calls for 3 oz. Trader Vic's Navy Grog mix. The components of Navy Grog Mix are a complete mystery, but one thing seems pretty uncontroversial: the Trader Vic's publicly-available mix is crap.

To those who own the 1948 version: are the recipes more complete? Specifically, are there recipes for the Navy Grog and Tiki Puka-Puka that enumerate the ingredients instead of just relying on the pre-packaged drink mix?

Post #372165 by BrickHorn on Mon, Apr 7, 2008 9:26 AM