Paul FairieA List of Things People Blamed on Jazz
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Kit Rhett Aultman@paulisci I really wonder what "American drinks" he's talking about there.
(((JaneinNJ)))@roadriverrail @paulisci Cocktails. Invented during Prohibition.
@JaneinNJ @paulisci I'm not so sure about that part. Harry Johnson's "Bartender's Manual" was published in 1888 and already describes a number of cocktails, including an early martini. Guides for making the "dry" formulation were published in 1904 and 1907, and many mixologists discuss "pre-Prohibition cocktails".
@roadriverrail @paulisci I stand corrected! Thanks for clarifying!
@JaneinNJ @paulisci Some casual digging and guessing suggests it's Paul Whiteman, who himself was American, so the phrase "American drinks that you aren't supposed to drink" reads even more strangely to me now. I mean, it's most likely he was talking about illicit liquor, but the turn of phrase is just so weird to my mental ears.
