This recipe is more balanced and drinkable, albeit less alcoholic, and the addition of. As esquires handbook for hosts noted when a similar recipe for this drink ran in 1949. Sharing a name with a 19thcentury paean to virginal purity later arranged into western swing and made famous by bob wills, the maidens prayer may have acquired its moniker from a bartender with a sense of humor. The maidens prayer is variously known as an alternate name for the between the sheets. Esquires drinks database contains hundreds of cocktail recipes, curated and annotated by the noted drinks historian and scholar, david wondrich. Maidens prayer cocktail the kitchen magpie cocktails.
Relatively few country singers have covered maidens prayer with vocals, but they include ray price on his tribute album san antonio rose 1962 and willie nelson on his album red headed stranger on the 2000 cd reissue but not the 1975 lp. Similar to between the sheets it is a cocktail you can play with and make your own. The maidens prayer cocktail, a gin, orange juice and lemon juice cocktail that was very popular back in the day. Maidens prayer drink recipe how to make the perfect. Refreshing and tasty this cocktail owes it terrible name to the reason it is not more popular. So, asked mrs k r, any special history about this cocktail. This drink also replaces some of the lemon juice with. Maidens prayer drink recipe how to make the perfect maidens.
The maidens prayer cocktail the maiden s prayer is essentially a gin sour, with cointreau replacing the simple syrup or sugar thats found in most sours such as the whiskey sour. Between the sheets or maidens prayer cocktail recipe. For a more precise definition of the words found in this book, a slang dictionary should be. The maidens prayer is essentially a gin sour, with cointreau replacing the simple syrup or. As for this recipe, we found it in the savoy cocktail book from the 1930s. This recipe is adapted from a version that appeared in savoy cocktail book from the 1930s, with the gin bumped up and the cointreau knocked. Shake well with cracked ice, then strain into a chilled cocktail glass. How to mix this cocktail fill a shaker with ice cubes. Cocktail recipe for between the sheets or maidens prayer, a popular brandy and light rum mixed drink made with triple sec and lemon juice.
Onl ul these days i am going to write a book and call it mo place for a woman. The savoy version suggests 18 lemon juice, 18 orange juice, 38. Ingredients 3 parts gin 3 parts tequila blanco 1 part lemon juice 1 part. Hawaiian tomato cocktail a refreshing befurc dinner i. Packed with wonderful facts and nuggets at every turn.
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