Iyini i-Cocktail?

Incazelo esemthethweni ye "cocktail" ngokusho kwe-Modern Merriam-Webster Dictionary "isiphuzo sewayini esiphundu noma udoti oluphucuziwe oluxubene nezithako." Lokho kuncazelo enhle kakhulu, kodwa kubonisa umkhuba wanamuhla wokukhuluma ngokuphuza okunye okuxutshwe njengento yokudlela.

Incazelo yokuqala yokushicilelwa kweCocktail yabonakala ekuphenduleni komhleli ku -Balance naseColumbian Repository ka-1806.

Lokhu kufundeka kanje: "I-cocktail iyisiphuzo esiphuthumayo, esakhiwa yimimoya yanoma yiluphi uhlobo, ushukela, amanzi, ne- bitters ." Yile ncazelo yezithako esiqhubekayo ukuzisebenzisa uma sibhekisela ku-cocktail 'cocktail'.

Kwakhiwa nini i-Cocktail?

Abantu bebelokhu bexuba iziphuzo amakhulu eminyaka, kodwa kwakungakaze kube yikhulu le-17 le-18 leminyaka ukuthi izandulela ze-cocktail ( amaSlings , amaFizzes , Toddies , noJuleps ) zithandwa kakhulu ukuze zibhaliswe ezincwadini zomlando. Akucaci ukuthi kuphi, ngubani, nokuthi yini eya ekwakheni i-cocktail yasekuqaleni, kodwa kubonakala sengathi isiphuzo esithile kunokuba isigaba seziphuzo ezixutshwe phakathi naleso sikhathi.

Isitatimende sokuqala esishicilelwe ku-cocktail sitholakala kwiKhabhinethi yePulazi (Amherst, New Hampshire, ngo-Ephreli 28, 1803). Umhleli we-spoof utshela ukuthi "u-lounger" oneminyaka engama-11 ekuseni, "Ngitshele ingilazi yokudlela - enhle kakhulu enhloko ..." Ku- Imbibe! , UDavid Wondrich ubonisa ukuthi iresiphi yokuqala ye-cocktail eyaziwayo ephrinta kuCaptain JE

U-Alexander ngo-1831 obiza i- brandy , i- gin noma i- rum ngokuxuba "... ingxenye yesithathu yomoya kuya kwezintathu ezimbili zamanzi; engeza ama-bitters, futhi ucebise ushukela kanye ne-nutmeg ..."

Igama elithi "Cocktail" lavelaphi?

Kukhona izindaba eziningi ngemuva kwemvelaphi yegama le-cocktail ngoba kukhona ngemuva kokudalwa kwe- Margarita yokuqala noma i- Martini .

Njengoba kunjalo, ezinye ziyiziqhwaga, ezinye zikholelwa futhi ngubani owaziyo, omunye angaba yiqiniso. Akukho okuncane, izindaba ziyathakazelisa.

• Indaba ethandwayo ngemuva kwegama le-cocktail libhekisela kumsila we-rooster (noma umsila we-cock ) esetshenziselwa ukuhlobisa ukuphuza okweColonial. Azikho izinkomba ezihlelekile eziphethweni ezibhaliwe kuhlobiso olunjalo.
• Endabeni ethi The Spy (uJames Fenimore Cooper, 1821) uhlamvu "Betty Flanagan" lwakhiwa i-cocktail ngesikhathi se-Revolution. "I-Betty" kungenzeka ukuthi ibhekisele kumgcini wezindlu wangempela wangempela enyakatho yeNew York City ogama likaCatherine "Kitty" Hustler. UBetty wathatha olunye ubuso obungelona iqiniso, loBetsy Flanagan. UBetsy cishe wayengowona wesifazane wangempela, kodwa indaba ithi wayengumgcini we-tavern owasekela amasosha aseFrance isiphuzo ngo-1779 ehlotshiswe ngeminwe yomsila we-rooster yomakhelwane wakhe. Singacabanga ukuthi u-Kitty waphefumulela uBetty noBetty baphefumulelwe uBetsy, kodwa noma ngabe omunye walaba abathathu unesibopho sokuthi i-cocktail iyimfihlakalo.
• Ithimba le-rooster kuthiwa lithonywe imibala yezingxube ezixubile, ezingase zifane nembala yomsila we-cock. Lokhu kungaba yindaba enhle namhlanje enikezwa izithako zethu ezimibalabala, kodwa ngaleso sikhathi imimoya yayibuhlungu.

• Incwadi yaseBrithani, uBartender , yanyathelisa indaba ngo-1936 yabasolwandle baseNgilandi, amashumi eminyaka ngaphambili, ephuzwa iziphuzo ezixutshwe eMexico. Iziphuzo zazivuthwa ngeCla de Gallo (umsila wejubane), impande ende yendlela efanayo efanayo nomsila wenyoni.
• Enye indaba yeCocktail ibhekisela ekusekeni kwe-cask ye-ale, okuthiwa i- cock tailings . I-cock-tailings evela emimoyeni ehlukahlukene izoxubaniswa ndawonye iphinde ithengiswe njengesiphuzo esincane esinezindleko ezixutshwe (ngokuqondakalayo) ubuqotho obungabaza.
• Kodwa esinye isiqalo esingenakuqhathanisa sitshela i- cock ale , i-mash ye-ale ehlanganiswe nanoma yini eyayitholakala ukuze idliwe ukulwa nemigodla.
• I-cocktail kungenzeka ukuthi itholakala egameni lesiFulentshi ngeqanda leqanda, i- coquetel . Enye indaba eyenze lokhu kubhekiswa eMelika ikhuluma ngo-Antoine Amedie Peychaud waseNew Orleans oxubene nezintambo zakhe zePechachaud kwisisombululo esiswini esasikhonzwa ku-coquetel. Akuwona wonke amakhasimende kaPeychaud angakwazi ukumemezela igama futhi yaziwa ngokuthi i-cocktail. Le ndaba ayifaki, kodwa, ngenxa yamalanga aphikisanayo.

• Izwi elithi Cocktail lingase libe yigama elide elisuka egameni lezintombikazi ze-Aztec, i-Xochitl [/ SHO-cheetl / incazelo 'imbali' ngesiNahuatl]. U-Xochitl naye wayeyigama lenkosikazi yaseMexico eyayisebenzela iziphuzo emajoni aseMelika.
• Kwakuyisiko lekhulu le-18 nele-19 leminyaka ukugubha izintambo zamahhashi ezibhalwe phansi. Lokhu kwabangela ukuthi lezi zindaba zinyathelwe njengemsila we- cocks . Njengoba indaba ihamba, incwadi yomfundi eya ku- The Balance neColumbian Repository ichaza ukuthi uma udakiwe, la ma-cocktails akwenza uqhube umsila wakho ngendlela efanayo.
• Omunye umsila wamahhashi udonsa ithonya legama lomfuyi for horse breed breed, noma i- cock-tails . Kokubili ukugijima nokuphuza kwakuthandwayo phakathi kwabaningi baseMelika ngaleso sikhathi futhi kungenzeka ukuthi igama lidluliselwa kusuka ezizalweni ezixutshwe eziphuzweni ezixutshwe.
• Kukhona indaba ye-quirky yomgcini waseMelika ophazamise ukuthungela amanzi ogcine utshwala esitsheni se-ceramic, esine-rooster. Lapho abanikazi bezemfundo befuna enye inhlangothi zonke bafaka umsila we-rooster.
• KuGeorge Bishop's The Booze Reader: I-Soggy Saga yoMuntu Ezinkomeni Zakhe (1965) uthi, "Leli gama ngokwayo livela e-English cock-tail, phakathi nango-1800, ebhekisela kowesifazane onomusa olula kodwa owayefisa kodwa engcolile ... futhi isetshenziselwa umkhuba waseMelika osanda kutholakala wokunciphisa okuhle kweBrithani Gin ngendaba yangaphandle, kuhlanganise neqhwa. " Kuzo zonke izinto, hhayi icebo!

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• _{UDavid Wondrich. Imbibe! Kusuka ku-Absinthe Cocktail kuya ku-Whisky Smash, isingeniso ezindabeni naseziphuzweni kuya ku "Professor" uJerry Thomas, Pioneer we-American Bar . I-New York. I-Penguin Group. 2007}
• _{Gary Regan. Injabulo Ye-Mixology . I-New York. U-Clarkson / Umbumbi. 2003}