Message 25977 of 39188 in General Discussion

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So we're still talking about this huh?  Oh well...

> > I know, I know...just work with me here...Picture this, one night an 
> > ass comes walking into the bar (2-legged, not the 4-legged kind with 
> > a tail).
> 
> OK, this story is the assumption that many folk start from.
> And this assuption - that it was made by accident by an idiot - is 
> the reason for them to dislike the drink.

I should have probably prefaced that my story was intended to have less to do 
with how the drink ended up being poured and more to do with the name and 
people who first drank it which really brought it the grand attention.

> I make two points - 
> - even if it was made by accident for the wrong reason, it ended up OK.
> - Maybe it was actually designed and refined a bit. 
> 
> Your little tale is perfectly valid conjecture. Almost the accepted 
> legend. I'm the one going out on a limb by suggesting a situation 
> where someone actually tasted it and thought "Hm, some triple sec 
> would really help this out"

I actually wasn't trying to debate the merrits of the recipe, or even join in 
on this thread.  I just throught I'd get people to consider a reason why the 
recipe (good or bad, accidental or not) has survived through so many cocktail 
trends and managed to become one of the most ordered drinks in the US (maybe 
the world?).  My story has more impact if the drink is accidental than if the 
guy who made it turned out to be a genius and knew what he was doing with both 
the marketting of his drink, and the recipe itself (which, I'm sorry to say, I 
think is a horrible drink, but that's the extent of my opinion on the matter).

-- 
Cody