ISBN: 0760383030 9780760383032

Category: Cooking / Beverages / Alcoholic / Bartending & Cocktails

Page count: 144

<b>Take a swig of the Wild, Wild West with 60 historically inspired cattle kingdom cocktails.</b><br><br>Based on trail life after the Civil War, the cow towns at the time, and on the drinks enjoyed there, <i>Cowboy Cocktails</i> gives you <b>a true taste of the cowboy lifestyle</b>. With charming sidebars throughout, learn some surprising history about cowboys and their experiences in the Wild West like:<br>  <ul><li><b>Free Lunch</b> – During the cowboy era, American saloons offered “free lunch,” or small bites served gratis alongside drink orders. A typical free lunch included smoked oysters, crackers with Limburger cheese, rye bread, and sardines. If you want to recreate a free lunch and make it a feast, add salted peanuts, sauerkraut, cold cuts, pretzels, and dill pickles. Crafty saloon owners knew that such salty offerings not only kept customers around longer but kept them thirsty for more.</li><li><b>Chili Powder</b> – German immigrant William Gebhardt first pulverized dried chile peppers by using a meat grinder in the 1890s. The powder was popularized along the Wells Fargo stagecoach line in Texas and became a boon to home cooks and chuck wagon chefs alike. The powder also helped popularize chili as a recognizable dish across the US.</li></ul><br>With <b>whiskey-, tequila-, and gin-based cocktail recipes</b> complemented by some serious <b>cowboy lore</b>, this cocktail book full of <b>captivatingly photographed cowboy drinks </b>will transport you to the rough and wild times of the American Old West. Some of the cocktails you can make include:<br>  <ul><li><b>Dead Man’s Hand</b> – bourbon whiskey, agave nectar, spicy bitters, Peychaud’s bitters; fun fact: named for the cards Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot, now called the “dead man’s hand” (two black aces and two black eights)</li><li><b>Watermelon Ranch Water</b> – blanco tequila, lime juice, fresh watermelon juice, Topo Chico (or club soda); fun fact: “ranch water” is the name for the combination of tequila, lime juice, and sparkling water</li><li><b>Madame Mustache</b> – mezcal, agave nectar, Angostura bitters, beer; fun fact: named for Eleanor Dumont, who operated a series of gambling dens across the western frontier (and, yes, also had a mustache)</li><li><b>I’m Your Huckleberry</b> – bourbon whiskey, huckleberry syrup, lemon juice, Angostura bitters; fun fact: named for a real quote said by Doc Holliday, but made famous by Val Kilmer’s delivery of the line in the 1993 movie Tombstone</li><li><b>Tombstone Tonsil Painter</b> – rye whiskey, Tawny Port, Benedictine, Angostura bitters; fun fact: “tonsil paint,” or “tonsil varnish,” was a cowboy nickname for whiskey</li></ul><br>Every cowboy enthusiast who enjoys a good drink needs this book in their cocktail-recipe arsenal.