Lucy Hamilton
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Today it has been my 16 years of age niece birthday, she is not my biological niece she is the oldest child of friends of ours who are 10 years older in age than we are.
Anyhow I present her with a Martini Cocktail of course
For this special occasion I mixed her The White Lady.
This recipe is from "The Café Royal Cocktail Book" compiled by W. J. Taring and first published in 1937 by Pall Mall Ltd, some famous Cocktail's first appeared in this book including what was originally called The Picador, which later became The Margarita.
So, The White Lady Cocktail.
50ml of Tanqueray No. Ten Gin, 15ml of lemon juice, 25ml of Cointreau, half an egg white, shaken very well and not stirred and garnished with a lemon twist.
This remind me of one of the great of many great happenings involving Tallulah Bankhead who I adore. Tallulah Bankhead once was at a dinner party and was seated next to a 15 years in age girl and Tallulah say to the girl:
"What is that you are drinking darling?" and the girl said "cranberry juice" and Tallulah say "how old are you?" and the girl say "I'm 15" and Tallulah say "15 and drinking cranberry juice? When I was 15 I had a showbox full of cocaine"
Anyhow I present her with a Martini Cocktail of course

For this special occasion I mixed her The White Lady.
This recipe is from "The Café Royal Cocktail Book" compiled by W. J. Taring and first published in 1937 by Pall Mall Ltd, some famous Cocktail's first appeared in this book including what was originally called The Picador, which later became The Margarita.
So, The White Lady Cocktail.
50ml of Tanqueray No. Ten Gin, 15ml of lemon juice, 25ml of Cointreau, half an egg white, shaken very well and not stirred and garnished with a lemon twist.
This remind me of one of the great of many great happenings involving Tallulah Bankhead who I adore. Tallulah Bankhead once was at a dinner party and was seated next to a 15 years in age girl and Tallulah say to the girl:
"What is that you are drinking darling?" and the girl said "cranberry juice" and Tallulah say "how old are you?" and the girl say "I'm 15" and Tallulah say "15 and drinking cranberry juice? When I was 15 I had a showbox full of cocaine"