I had nothing in mind to do for a "drink of the week" and so I decided to see if anything cool happened today that I could leech onto for an idea and on Wikipedia I discovered that an awful lot of important or famous things occurred on December 14th, though of course I'm sure over the entire extent of history something cool and exciting has probably happened on every day even if it wasn't recognized as such at the time.
Anyway I said all that to say here are a few recipes relating to things that have happened on December 14th
Today in 1542 Princess Mary Stuart becomes Queen Mary I of Scotland or Mary, Queen of Scots
Queen of Scots
1 tsp sugar
2 tsp water
1 tsp lemon juice
2 oz Scotch whisky
1/2 tsp Green Chartreuse®
1/2 tsp Blue Curacao liqueur
Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Mary, Queen of Scots
1 Lemon Quarter
Caster Sugar
2-3 Ice Cubes
30ml/1fl.oz. Scotch Whisky
15ml/1/2fl.oz./1 tbsp Drambuie
15ml/1/2fl.oz./1 tbsp Green Chartreuse
1 Cocktail Cherry
Instructions
1. Rub the rim of a cocktail glass with the lemon then dip the rim into caster sugar to coat. Allow the frosting to dry.
2. Crack the ice (but don't crush it into too small pieces) and place in a shaker together with the Scotch, Drambuie and Chartreuse.
3. Shake well and strain into the frosted cocktail glass. Spear the cherry onto a cocktail stick and use to decorate.
On this day in 1819 Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state
Alabama Cocktail
11/2 oz brandy
1/2 oz lemon juice
1/2 tsp powdered sugar
splash Curacao
Mix ingredients with cracked ice in shaker. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Alabama Slammer
1 Shot Disaronno Amaretto
1 Dash Soda
Top up Cranberry Juice
0.25 Shot Lime Juice
and in 1959 The Motown record label is founded in Detroit, Michigan by Berry Gordy.
MoTown Recipe
2.0 oz Diet Coke Cola
1.0 oz Bacardi Limon Rum
Low-ball glass with plenty of ice. Pour Limon, then add Diet Coke
Other cool things that happened today:
- 1702 (according to the old calendar; January 30, 1703 by the new calendar) - The Forty-seven Ronin, under the command of œishi Kuranosuke, avenge the death of their master.
- 1825 - Advocates of Liberalism in Russia rise up against Tsar Nicholas I and are put down in the Decembrist Revolt in St. Petersburg.
- 1959 - The Motown record label is founded in Detroit, Michigan by Berry Gordy.
- 1979 - Punk rock group The Clash release London Calling in the UK, a landmark album in rock music.
Famous people born on this day:
- 1503 - Nostradamus
- 1546 - Tycho Brahe
- 1895 - King George VI of the United Kingdom
- 1896 - Jimmy Doolittle,
- 1908 - Morey Amsterdam
- 1946 - Jane Birkin,
- 1946 - Patty Duke,
- 1946 - Michael Ovitz
- 1948-Lester Bangs
- 1949 - Bill Buckner,
- 1953 - Vijay Amritraj, (my friend’s dad)
- 1962 - Ginger Lynn (Ginger Lynn Allen)
- 1963 - Cynthia Gibb
- 1965 - Craig Biggio,
- 1970 Beth Orton, English
- 1971 - Natascha McElhone
- 1920 - George Gipp,
- 1985 - Roger Maris,
- 1993 - Myrna Loy
- 2006 - Ahmet Ertegün (only reason I recognize that name is because Zeppelin put on a show for him)
oh I forgot one momentous event, I slacked off and came up with this. So inspired Sphere: Related Content
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