Recipe: Orlando Sour - a lost Disney's Polynesian Village drink reconstructed - Tiki Drinks and Food

A arriano Tiki Socialite San Diego Joined: Jun 13, 2006 Posts: 1620	A arriano Posted posted on Thu, Apr 9, 2015 2:04 PM On 2015-04-03 14:10, Ken Kanaka wrote: Do you have a better guess what the liqueur mentioned in the recipe might have been then? None of the Trader Vic's sour drinks ever included liqueurs. I have heard from old bartenders at the Polynesian that at one time the central foods processing facility made the scorpion mix for the Lapu Lapus and delivered it each day in 5 gallon buckets, so anything is possible. Agreed, anything is possible, including amaretto as you've deduced. I was only stating that I didn't think it would have been difficult for them to obtain orgeat. In addition, one of the most difficult parts of reconstructing a recipe from listed ingredients is determining what ingredients might NOT be listed, which you've done by adding simple syrup. But if your concoction tastes good, it's passed the most important test. Did you try it with amaretto to make sure it tastes OK that way?

On 2015-04-03 14:10, Ken Kanaka wrote:
Do you have a better guess what the liqueur mentioned in the recipe might have been then? None of the Trader Vic's sour drinks ever included liqueurs.

I have heard from old bartenders at the Polynesian that at one time the central foods processing facility made the scorpion mix for the Lapu Lapus and delivered it each day in 5 gallon buckets, so anything is possible.

Agreed, anything is possible, including amaretto as you've deduced. I was only stating that I didn't think it would have been difficult for them to obtain orgeat. In addition, one of the most difficult parts of reconstructing a recipe from listed ingredients is determining what ingredients might NOT be listed, which you've done by adding simple syrup. But if your concoction tastes good, it's passed the most important test. Did you try it with amaretto to make sure it tastes OK that way?

Post #741008 by arriano on Thu, Apr 9, 2015 2:04 PM