Maidens Blush (from a 1939 mixology book)
1 jigger Dry Gin
4 dashes Grenadine
4 dashes Curacao
1 dash Lemon JuiceStrain into a stemmed glass
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Vintage Cocktail Recipes
My wife and I have a small collection of vintage stemware which we use frequently. One day my wife was watching The Barefoot Contessa on TV making a pitcher of Sidecars and serving them in sugar rimmed glasses. It sounded so good and a refreshing change in a world of Cosmos, Mojitos and Mudslides and it was just that. Then one day I found a copy of a mixology book from 1939. That was the dawn of the golden age of cocktails. Then another from the 1950s called "a Guide to Pink Elephants" that my parents always had lying around. I started to read and I was amazed at the drinks that I never had heard of. Dixie Whiskey, Bronx, Kentucky Colonel, Button Hook, Five Fifteen and on and on. So I decided that along with my vintage finds and articles I would post a forgotten recipe every few days or so.1Here is the next of the series!
Maidens Blush (from a 1939 mixology book)
Maidens Blush (from a 1939 mixology book)
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Oh my, how about the recipe for Dixie Whiskey? Middle son and I have decided next payday we're getting a bottle of vodka and lemonade mix for our own hard lemonade...wonder if the lemon vodka would be good??
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