I think the major misconception comes from when you're a kid and your first
ideas of 'cocktails' are frozen slushy margaritas, strawberry daiquiris, and
piņa coladas that you see on the menus at most family resturaunts.
I was lucky enough to get a great book as a present that had the original,
mixed versions of the three. It's sad how such simple drinks get lost or
mutated along the way. They are all so much better than their blended
counterparts, yet too few people know what the real thing tastes like.
Shame, really.
-NBX