MARGARITA DRINK DRIVER

Garnish with wedge of lime Charlie Conolly, 1939Ĭharlie Connolly's Tequila Sour is distinguished from the Picador, and indeed other sours, by its being served in a salt-rimmed glass with a wedge of lime. Strain into a cocktail glass, rimmed with rind of lime and coated with salt. The same ingredients in the Picador appear in the first-known recipe for a Tequila Sour which appears in the Sours section of New York bartender Charlie Connolly's 1939 The World Famous Cotton Club: 1939 Book of Mixed Drinks. Hoorah!ġ937 Café Royal Cocktail Book 1939 - Tequila Sour So, the Margarita is obviously a British invention. This predates the first known mention of the Margarita by 16 years with the recipe in proportions identical to that recognised today as a Margarita. The 1937 Café Royal Cocktail Book by William James 'Billy' Tarling includes the British ancestor of the Margarita called a Picador. If Leo Lighter and His All-Girl Band and Tequila Daisies weren't enough, the ad also promises 'Eddie Vanzill' the 'Dancing Waiter' as an 'Added Attraction'. 3), an advertisement for Leo Lighter and His All-Girl Band mentions 'Syracuse's newest and refreshing drink Tequila Daisy'. Shortly after, in the 19th August 1936 edition of the Syracuse Herald (pg. James Graham, 23/July/1936 in Moville Mail 'In mixing a drink I grabbed the wrong bottle and the customer was so delighted that he called for another and spread the good news far and wide,' said Mr. After a while he told me The Daisy was not an invention, as no skill was employed in its creation, it was a mistake. Dooley, but I imagine he looks like that gentleman, the creature of the imagination of the late Peter Finlay Dunne. He was not as talkative as his prototype, Mr. Madden my curiosity was aroused regarding The Daisy. One of his inventions has given his saloon the name of 'The Home of the Famous Tequila Daisy.' As a newspaper man seeking information, I entered the joint and told Mr.

MARGARITA DRINK DRIVER

The driver had told us of his skill in mixing drinks. One of these is run by an Irishman named Madden. Then there were 150 bars open, now there are nine. When we parked, the driver told us of places of interest that are now not so interesting as in the days of Prohibition in the States. James Graham was the newspaper's editor and owner and in the piece, he recounts his visit to Tijuana and Augua Caliente, Mexico.

1-3) in a piece titled 'Graham's Sightseeing'. The Daisy was a category of cocktail popular in the early 20th century with the 19th July 1939 edition of the Albuquerque Journal describing the Daisy as being 'ubiquitous', while the first specific mention of a Tequila Daisy appeared in the Moville Mail on 23rd July 1936 (pg. (Incidentally, daisy is thought to be a corruption of 'day's eye' due to the flower head of the daisy closing at night and opening in the morning.) And it's probable that the Margarita cocktail is simply a tequila-based Daisy - a family of cocktails made with citrus juice, sweetened with syrup or a liqueur, and fortified with a base spirit that dates back to Victorian times. Margarita is the Spanish word for 'daisy'. They may also be blended with ice and served 'frozen'.

Margaritas are mostly shaken and served either straight-up in the eponymous margarita glass (coupette) or over ice in an old-fashioned glass. Part of the 'sour' cocktail family, the Margarita traditionally consists of three ingredients tequila, triple sec orange liqueur and lime juice, often served in a glass with salt on the rim.

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