Shirley Temple cocktail

A Shirley Temple is a non-alcoholic mixed drink made with ginger ale, grenadine syrup, and orange juice and garnished with a maraschino cherry and a slice of lemon. [ [http://www.drinkstreet.com/searchresults.cgi?drinkid=658&drinkname=category:15 DrinkStreet.com -> Drink Recipe: Shirley Temple ] ] The ginger ale is often substituted with 7 Up, Sprite, or similar lemon-lime soft drink, and the orange juice is commonly left out.Fact|date=August 2008 It is often served to children dining with elders to let them share the experience of drinking a cocktail, which is why it is sometimes called a kiddie cocktail.

The Royal Hawaiian Hotel at Waikīkī in Honolulu, Hawaii claims to be the inventor of the Shirley Temple cocktail, from the 1930s [cite web|url=http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Sep/28/ln/hawaii709280385.html|title=The Honolulu Advertiser|accessdate=2007-09-28|work=The Honolulu Advertiser] . There are several other popularized claims as to the origins of the drink. One notes a bartender at Chasen's restaurant in Beverly Hills, California is the inventor Fact|date=September 2007.The drink was named for the famous child actress Shirley Temple, who often visited the Royal Hawaiian Hotel and the Beverly Hills restaurant.Fact|date=August 2008

Later, the popular beverage became available bottled in supermarkets as the first soft drink to include a cherry.Fact|date=August 2008

Variations

*The original drink contains two parts ginger ale, one part orange juice, and a small splash of grenadine.
*The orange juice is usually omitted.
*A more typical, basic recipe involves a ratio of 8 oz ginger ale to 1 oz grenadine.
*Lemon-lime soft drink or club soda can be substituted for ginger ale, and maraschino cherry syrup can be substituted for grenadine syrup.
*Alcoholic variations on the recipe exist, which are often served in bars under the original "Shirley Temple" name, or called "Shirley Temple Black", "Dirty Shirley", "Robert Morris" and a "IZY Temple". A "Shirley Temple Black" consists of a "Shirley Temple" mixed with either gin or Johnny Walker Black; the name is a play on words involving the eponymous actress' married name.
*Roy Rogers: To be made similarly, just replace the ginger ale or lemon-lime soft drink with cola (Coca-Cola, Pepsi, RC Cola, etc...)
*At parties it is sometimes simply a combination of Cranberry Juice and Orange Juice.

ee also

*Non-alcoholic mixed drink
*Roy Rogers cocktail
*List of cocktails

References