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DAIQUIRIS
Banana , Strawberry or Passion
Fruit.
A popular tropical drink to cool off with
on a hot summer day.
FACT or FOLKLORE?
DAIQUIRIS
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the names below to see a complete drink recipe. Enjoy!
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It is believed that this libation was first conceived in the
small Cuban town of Daiquiri. Legend has it that an outbreak of
malaria forced local doctors to prescribe the only medicine available
to them, RUM. Some foreigners working nearby suggested that lime
and sugar be added to help the medicine go down! It didn't take
long before everyone, including the healthy, were partaking in
this cocktail.
The Daiquiri's classic recipe of a jigger of
rum, a teaspoon of simple syrup, and an ounce of lime juice is
deceptively simple. Too much rum, and the taste becomes overpowering;
too much lime, and it's bitter and sharp; too much sugar, and you
might as well toss it out.
The first official printed mention of the Daiquiri
appears in F.Scott Fitzgerald's 1920 novel, This side of Paradise.
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