> Can anyone tell me the answer to these two questions?
> 1) Which cocktail got its name from the way oil workers stirred it
> with their tools?
> 2) Who invented the Manhattan Cocktail? (I've been told that it was
> invented at New York's Manhattan Club, but I need to know who)
>
> Thanks for any help.
I got this of the following web site:
http://hotwired.lycos.com/cocktail/98/34/index3a.html
The origin of the Manhattan is surprisingly undisputed. There are two generally
agreed-upon versions of its creation, both of which are tied to New York's
Manhattan Club. The earliest reportedly occurred at a celebration for William
J.
Tilden's electorial win as state governor in 1874. Winston Churchill's American
mother hosted the party, and a forgotten bartender invented the Manhattan,
naming
the drink after the club. The other tale credits Supreme Court Justice Charles
Henry
Truax with instigating the drink's creation several years later. According to
The
Dictionary of American Food and Drink, Mr. Truax asked a Manhattan Club
bartender to mix him up a new drink because his doctor told him to stop
imbibing
Martinis if he wanted to lose weight. At this point, we'll mention one more
tale only
out of forced objectivity and on the slight chance that it's true: A New York
bartender named Black invented the drink and named it after the island.
Cheers,
HappyPig