Message 17816 of 39188 in General Discussion

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> > I know, I know, a lot of people will kill me for putting in the 
> > cherry juice... but I like it and that is what matters.
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> 
> Thank you for recognizing that cherry juice is not the way this drink 
> should be made. It's sort of like preferring ketchup on your Osso 
> Bucco. The appropriateness of the customer asking their dish this way 
> might be debateable, but there should be no debate as to if it would 
> be appropriate for the chef to simply make it this way and think he 
> was really making Osso Bucco.
> 
> -Robert Hess
>  www.DrinkBoy.com
>  www.MuseumOfTheAmericanCocktail.org


Well, in my opinion, the point is entirely moot.  A Manhattan with cherry 
juice is not a Manhattan, it's a Sweet Manhattan.  Different drink, different 
name- like a dirty martini.