Mary Pickford (cocktail)
Appearance
IBA official cocktail | |
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Type | Cocktail |
Base spirit | |
Served | Straight up: chilled, without ice |
Standard drinkware | Cocktail glass |
IBA specified ingredients† |
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Preparation | Shake and strain into a chilled large cocktail glass |
Commonly served | All Day |
† Mary Pickford recipe at International Bartenders Association |
A Mary Pickford is a Prohibition Era cocktail made with white rum, fresh pineapple juice, grenadine, and Maraschino liqueur. It is served shaken and chilled, often with a Maraschino cherry.
History
[edit]Named for Canadian-American film actress Mary Pickford (1892–1979), it is said to have been created for her in the 1920s by either Eddie Woelke[1] or Fred Kaufmann at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba on a trip she took to Havana with Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Mary Pickford Cocktail". Imbibe Magazine. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
- ^ Thompson, Kester (2011). Cocktails, Cocktails, and More Cocktails. Watertown, MA: Imagine Pub. p. 82. ISBN 978-1-60734-423-0.
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