How did cocktails get their name?!
How did cocktails get their name?
Answers:
It is believed that the term "cocktail" was first used in the village of Elmsford in Weschester County, New York after a local bar ran out of stirrers and resorted to use a rooster's tail feathers to stir the drink.
the only answer i thought of was really dirty. sorry
****-tail (kktl) KEY (copy & paste from yahoo dictionary)
Prudish dictators!
NOUN:
1; Any of various mixed alcoholic drinks consisting usually of brandy, whiskey, vodka, or gin combined with fruit juices or other liquors and often served chilled.
2 : Medicine :
1 :A mixture of drugs, usually in solution, for the diagnosis or treatment of a condition.
2: A treatment regimen that includes a combination of several drugs, so that their combined effect is more potent than that of any of the drugs used individually.
3: An appetizer made by combining pieces of food, such as fruit or seafood: fruit cocktail; shrimp cocktail.
ADJECTIVE:
Of or relating to cocktails: a cocktail glass; a cocktail party.
Suitable for wear on semiformal occasions: a cocktail dress.
My dictionary has is 1800-10 Amer, :Orig. Obscure
But for the names of each drink BAR ROOM SLANG
Shellbell is correct. A barmaid mixed the first cocktail with the tail from a rooster in Westchester County, NY in the 1700s (I believe - it could have been later). I don't know exactly what type of drink it was, but let's assume that it had at least two types of liquor in it.
Legend has it that when she presented the drink to a group of diners, one of them - a Frenchman - proposed a toast: "Vive le coq taille!" And that is how it got its name.
Now if you will excuse me...I'm going to get out of these wet clothes and into a dry martini! (Apologies to Groucho Marx.)