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Tag Archives: Prohibition cocktail recipes
C is for Cocktail: Monkeying Around With The Monkey Gland Cocktail
What would you do for a chance at eternal life? For some people in the early 1920s, all it took was a slip of the knife…just as long as they didn’t mind getting a little up close and personal with their ape relatives. … Continue reading
C is for Cocktail: The Sidecar
For anyone wondering why there is a cocktail recipe here, please refer to this post. Otherwise, let’s all sit back and enjoy a Prohibition classic… ~ * ~ T H E S I D E C A R Considered … Continue reading
C is for Cocktail: The Bacardi Cocktail
And we’re off! 🙂  For those of you who didn’t tune in last week, this is the first in a short series of 1920s cocktail recipes I’ll be posting over the next month or so.  It’s a little different than … Continue reading
C is for Cocktail: A Series Introduction
Ah, the cocktail. Today the word conjures up images of sophistication and elegance, of well-dressed men and women sipping at elegant stemmed glasses in darkened bars—but it wasn’t always that way. While cocktails themselves (or mixed drinks, anyway) have … Continue reading