Gourmet Secrets: Tracing the history of today’s drink of choice... the good old cocktail!
Hindustan Times |
Karen Anand May 25, 2019 11:04 PM IST
In recent years, the popularity of cocktails has grown beyond the disguise for alcohol and beyond the reputation of being a “girls’” drink
No one knows for certain where the word cocktail originated, although people have their favourite stories. One theory is that the name was derived from a mixed drink called a coquetel, served to French officers in the southern states of America during the American war of Independence. The most popular theory is that the cocktail was the product of the American Prohibition era. This seems unlikely as cocktails were mentioned in a magazine article as far back as 1806, long before Prohibition was introduced.
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