The Secret Cocktail

[slkinsey]

A vintage concoction makes a comeback ... just don't ask for its name:

The Professor, our cocktailian bartender, is having a problem with a customer who doesn't seem to know what she wants to drink.

"How can I make you a cocktail if you won't tell me which one you want?"

"It's a secret cocktail."

"Can you tell me the ingredients?"

"Yes, but it's still a secret."

"Your name isn't Abbott or Costello by any chance?"

The woman holds out her hand. "Nope. Janet's the name. Ted Haigh told me to say hi."

"Ah, you're a friend of Dr. Cocktail. I haven't seen him in a while. He ever finish that book?"

"Where d'ya think I found the recipe for the Secret Cocktail?"

Here's the recipe:

1.5 oz : gin

0.5 oz: applejack

0.5 oz: fresh lemon juice

1 egg white

2 dashes grenadine

Shake well over cracked ice, strain into chilled cocktail glass, garnish with maraschino cherry.

This is a wonderful classic libation. Can anyone guess what it is? And who is this mysterious "Janet" at the bar?

[ludja]

Hmmm... published in the Chromicle... could it be our very own JAZ???

Not sure on the drink name though off the top of my head... keep thinking of something like "Apple Rose" don't know why...

[slkinsey]

Not sure on the drink name though off the top of my head... keep thinking of something like "Apple Rose" don't know why...

Nope. You're probably thinking of the Jack Rose. That's applejack, lemon or lime juice and grenadine.

[Blondie]

I know what it is, but that's only because I have Dr. Cocktail's fabuous book Otherwise I had certainly heard of this drink, but don't recall ever seeing someone order one.

Edit to add: JAZ rules

Edited November 30, 2004 by Blondie (log)

[slkinsey]

Now, I hope no one out there with the Doc's book is cheating!

[Jason Perlow]

Actually, this drink is pretty common to Tiki bars. A Chinese restaurant in Queens that I used to go to with my grandparents during the 70s made them a LOT.

http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=44403

Its not listed on this page of special drinks, but my Grandmother ordered "it" all the time.

[ludja]

...

1.5 oz : gin

0.5 oz: applejack

0.5 oz: fresh lemon juice

1 egg white

2 dashes grenadine

Shake well over cracked ice, strain into chilled cocktail glass, garnish with maraschino cherry.

This is a wonderful classic libation.  Can anyone guess what it is?  And who is this mysterious "Janet" at the bar?

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Not sure on the drink name though off the top of my head... keep thinking of something like "Apple Rose" don't know why...

Nope. You're probably thinking of the Jack Rose. That's applejack, lemon or lime juice and grenadine.

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Hey I wasn't that far off --at least with some of the ingredients!!! Thanks for name and recipe though...

So to revise, I guess the drink would be called a "Frappeed Jack Rose Martini"...

Edited November 30, 2004 by ludja (log)

[DrinkBoy]

...And who is this mysterious "Janet" at the bar?

I expect that this would be "Nurse Cocktail" :-> Doc's lovely wife.

[slkinsey]

"Nurse Cocktail"! I love that. And why not "Anesthesiologist Cocktail"?

[JAZ]

Hmmm... published in the Chromicle... could it be our very own JAZ???

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Nah, I wish I could say I was the inspiration, but it's not the case.

[woodburner]

I know what "it" is.

but I've never told anyone.

ever

woodburner