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Original Post By:
Doug Skinner
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Date: 5/14/2016 9:25:47 AM |
I found this recipe for a "Ukulele Cocktail" in a 1927 book called "The Cocktail Hour," by Lucien Farnoux Reynaud (which I'm now translating for a small press in Paris). The recipe is credited to "Eddy" in Honolulu; I guess he was too famous back then to need a last name.
Here's the recipe: 2/3 gin, 1/3 orange juice, 3 dashes of red Cura�ao. Shake well, serve over ice.
I haven't tried it yet; if any of you do, please report... |
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Posted By:
J Boy Shyne
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Date: 5/15/2016 2:13:48 PM |
| Hey Doug! I googled ukulele and Eddy and got Eddy Finn. Sometimes google doesn't help. Spats White might be the guy to ask about an Eddy being a uke celebrity in '27. I'll pass him a note.
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Posted By:
Doug Skinner
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Date: 5/16/2016 7:40:09 AM |
| Hey J Boy! I think this Eddy was famous as a bartender, not a uke player. The book is full of recipes contributed by bartenders around the world.
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Posted By:
singndance
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Date: 5/16/2016 10:35:50 AM |
| Sounds like death on ice. I think I will revise the Eddy version to 1/5 gin, 4/5 oj, and 3 dashes Curacao
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Posted By:
J Boy Shyne
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Date: 5/16/2016 11:15:50 AM |
| In my youth, I bartended a bit. I'd mix 1 part Cura�ao with 1 part Chambord, with 1 or more parts of vodka (one can never add too much vodka). It was my version of a watermelon and tasted as such, but with all the booze, only a couple and you'd be quite loopy.
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Posted By:
Doug Skinner
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Date: 5/17/2016 9:10:20 AM |
| It seems to me like a martini, but with orange juice instead of vermouth, and the Cura�ao for color. Still maybe death on ice, but milder than a martini. But there shouldn't be just one Ukulele Cocktail; more recipes are always good.
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Posted By:
Geoff Rezek
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Date: 5/22/2016 4:11:38 PM |
| Where is the four finger measuring? Geoff Rezek
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Posted By:
Doug Skinner
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Date: 5/27/2016 8:49:44 AM |
I tried this out last night, to celebrate finishing my translation. The volunteer drinkers (Mamie, Sue, and Michele) said it was "delicious."
Technical notes: I used Old Tom Gin (a sweeter and more herbal gin popular in the early 1900s), fresh oranges, and orange Cura�ao, because I couldn't find any red, and strained out the ice before pouring. These were small drinks; I don't recommend filling a Slurpee cup.
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