Shirley Temple (drink)

Shirley Temple with lime garnish.

A Shirley Temple is a non-alcoholic mixed drink made with lemon lime soda and a splash of ginger and grenadine, mixed with a maraschino cherry. Modern Shirley Temple recipes may substitute lemon-lime soda in part, or in whole, for ginger ale.[1][2][3][4][5] Shirley Temples are often served to children dining with adults in lieu of real cocktails, as is the similar Roy Rogers.[6]

The cocktail may have been invented in the 1930s by a bartender at Chasen's, a restaurant in Beverly Hills, California, to serve then child actress Shirley Temple (1928–2014). However, other claims to its origin have been made.[7] For the cocktail version of this, Shirley Temple Black (after she got married), replace ginger ale with alcoholic ginger beer, and add dark rum (or white rum and Maraschino liqueur). [8]

References

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  6. "Shelly Temple (Non-Alcoholic)". cocktails.about.com. Archived from the original on June 13, 2011. Retrieved February 11, 2014.
  7. "The Honolulu Advertiser". The Honolulu Advertiser. Archived from the original on February 1, 2014. Retrieved February 11, 2014.
  8. "I'll Have a Shirley Temple… and Make It Black". blog.kqed.org. Archived from the original on December 27, 2013. Retrieved February 11, 2014.