A Shirley Temple is a
non-alcoholic mixed drink
A non-alcoholic mixed drink (also known as virgin cocktail, temperance drink, or mocktail) is a cocktail-style beverage made without alcoholic ingredients.
Also called "zero proof" drinks, the non-alcoholic drink dates back to the earliest days ...
traditionally made with
ginger ale
Ginger ale is a carbonated soft drink flavoured with ginger. It is consumed on its own or used as a mixer, often with spirit-based drinks. There are two main types of ginger ale. The golden style is credited to the Irish doctor Thomas Joseph ...
and a splash of
grenadine
Grenadine is a commonly used nonalcoholic bar syrup characterized by its deep red color. It is a popular cocktail ingredient renowned for its flavor as well as its ability to give a reddish or pink tint to mixed drinks. Grenadine is traditiona ...
, garnished with a
maraschino cherry. Modern Shirley Temple recipes may substitute
lemon-lime soda
A lemon-lime soft drink or lemon-lime soda, also known colloquially as lemonade in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand and as cider in Japan and Korea, is a carbonated soft drink with lemon and lime flavoring. Popular brands includ ...
or
lemonade
Lemonade is a sweetened lemon-flavored beverage.
There are varieties of lemonade found throughout the world. In North America and South Asia, cloudy still lemonade is the most common variety. There it is traditionally a homemade drink using ...
and sometimes
orange juice
Orange juice is a liquid extract of the orange tree fruit, produced by squeezing or reaming oranges. It comes in several different varieties, including blood orange, navel oranges, valencia orange, clementine, and tangerine. As well as vari ...
in part, or in whole. Shirley Temples are often served to children dining with adults in lieu of real
cocktails, as are the similar
Roy Rogers
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and
Arnold Palmer
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.
The cocktail may have been invented by a bartender at
Chasen's, a restaurant in
West Hollywood, California
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, to serve then-child actress
Shirley Temple. However, other claims to its origin have been made. Temple herself was not a fan of the drink, as she told
Scott Simon
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Early life
Simon was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of comedian Ernie Simon and actress Patricia Lyons. in an
NPR
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interview in 1986: "The
saccharine
Saccharin (''aka'' saccharine, Sodium sacchari) is an artificial sweetener with effectively no nutritional value. It is about 550 times as sweet as sucrose but has a bitter or metallic aftertaste, especially at high concentrations. Saccharin i ...
sweet, icky drink? Yes, well... those were created in the probably middle 1930s by the
Brown Derby Restaurant in Hollywood and I had nothing to do with it. But, all over the world, I am served that. People think it's funny. I hate them. Too sweet!"
In 1988, Temple brought a lawsuit to prevent a bottled soda version using her name from happening.
With alcohol
Adding 1.5 US fluid ounces (44 ml) of
vodka
Vodka ( pl, wódka , russian: водка , sv, vodka ) is a clear distilled alcoholic beverage. Different varieties originated in Poland, Russia, and Sweden. Vodka is composed mainly of water and ethanol but sometimes with traces of impuriti ...
or
rum
Rum is a liquor made by fermenting and then distilling sugarcane molasses or sugarcane juice. The distillate, a clear liquid, is usually aged in oak barrels. Rum is produced in nearly every sugar-producing region of the world, such as the Ph ...
produces a "Dirty Shirley".
If dark rum is used, it produces a Shirley Temple Black, an homage to her married surname.
See also
*
Queen Mary, a beer cocktail with grenadine and maraschino cherries
*
Roy Rogers
Roy Rogers (born Leonard Franklin Slye; November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998) was an American singer, actor, and television host. Following early work under his given name, first as co-founder of the Sons of the Pioneers and then acting, the rebra ...
, a mixed drink made with cola and maraschino cherries
References
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American drinks
Non-alcoholic mixed drinks
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