 |
| Twilight ~A mocktail |
This Blogging Marathon
the theme I have chosen is Mocktails.
Let’s begin with
cocktails …
What a cocktail is? I am sure you
know but for the sake of repetition let’s see what a cocktail is.
When I googled I found this site.
She has said,” The earliest definition of this
type of drink comes from the May 13, 1806, edition of the Balance and Columbian
Repository, a publication in Hudson, New York, where the paper provided an
answer to the question, "What is a cocktail?”
It
reads:"Cocktail is a stimulating liquor composed of spirits of any kind,
sugar, water, and bitters — it is vulgarly called a bittered sling and is
supposed to be an excellent electioneering potion, inasmuch as it renders the
heart stout and bold, at the same time that it fuddles the head. It is said,
also to be of great use to a Democratic candidate: because a person, having
swallowed a glass of it, is ready to swallow anything else."
A cocktail is a mixed drink of spirits,
sugar, water, and bitters originally but now it means almost any mixed drink
containing alcohol. Modern cocktails have a mixture of one or more types of
liquor and flavorings and one or more liqueurs, fruit juices, sugar, honey,
water, ice, soda, milk, cream, herbs, bitters, etc. Cocktails are made with gin, whiskey, rum,
tequila, brandy, wine, beer, vodka, etc.
So what are
Mocktails?
According
to the Hindu,”mocktails are smooth blends of non-alcoholic beverages — fresh fruit juices,
syrups, cream, herbs or spices. They are meant especially for those who do not
consumer alcoholic beverages or need to refrain from them, and so, the blends
can be enjoyed by anyone. You don't need any sophisticated equipment to churn
out an exotic mocktail. All you need is a lot of innovation and imagination to
produce some unusual, delicious blends.”
In short a mocktail
is a non-alcoholic cocktail. Again
like a cocktail you mix 2 or more non-alcoholic ingredients to get a mocktail.
The
different ways of creating a mocktail are:
- Shake
and strain that is you shake the ingredients in a cocktail shaker and strain in
an appropriate glass.
- You can stir and strain the
ingredients in a glass then serve it in another glass.
- Blend with a blender and then
transfer to the serving glass.
- Build in the serving glass itself.
Mocktails are
offered because the host is responsible for the well-being of the guests. It is
important to offer guests an alternative to drinks with alcohol. Some people,
such as designated drivers or pregnant women, will be grateful to have a drink
selection that is non-alcoholic. Even people who are having a few drinks might
like to alternate alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks throughout the evening.
