tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291499137127413508.post364572879873095920..comments2024-03-29T00:38:40.895+00:00Comments on IrishBeerHistory: Of Puns & Prairie Oysters - An American Drink Buffet in Dublin, 1892Liamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15232909461477844968noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291499137127413508.post-37860346131376063702020-12-30T16:23:42.781+00:002020-12-30T16:23:42.781+00:00Good work as always Liam.
What surprises me is th...Good work as always Liam.<br /><br />What surprises me is that the notion of cocktail as a mixed drink of some kind - not just the term, but in regard to alcoholic drink - has been proved undoubtedly to be of English origins, yet this is forgotten in the British world, including Ireland for this purpose here, by the 1800s.<br /><br />True it is the American riffed enormously on the cocktail idea, stretching the idea and creating a new culture around it. Still it is noteworthy that the English (specifically) origins, as documented in cocktails historiography in recent years (I've written on it too) is completely lost outside America by this period.<br /><br />The term survived in the British world but, as I've discussed, generally for a mixture of fruits. Fruit cocktail is still a big canned item in Canada fwiw.<br /><br />GaryGary Gillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00955718955835823358noreply@blogger.com