Cocktail - a mixed drink made of several components, mainly liquid: fruit and vegetable juices, syrups, milk, cream, coffee, tea infusions. For variety, assortment of cocktails, to improve their taste, presentation in the recipe includes honey, eggs, chocolate, fruit, nuts, parsley, aromatic substances. To prepare the cocktail drink rum, whiskey, gin, brandy, liqueur, grape wine. The word "cocktail" in English the word means "rooster tail". Appeared this drink at the end of XIX century, in North America, where local residents were passionate about cock fighting, during which a bet on the winner, and pointed out winnings drinks. In this mixed lay their hands on various drinks, trying to make a few multi-colored layers of glass, its color resembling a cock's tail. Decades have passed, cocktails were made of drinks, sometimes without any color, but the name remained the same.
Cocktails are strong and sweet. To do this, their constituent components are thoroughly mixed in a metal container. Some drinks do not need to mixing, they were prepared directly in the glasses or wine glasses.
Cocktails can be different not only in strength, but also on taste. Some of them are designed to excite the appetite, while others are used as a refreshing and thirst-quenching.
Serves cocktails in a special glass or crystal ware - cups or glasses. If a special dish not, for the filing of cocktail glasses are used for Madeira capacity 75 'ml glasses of champagne capacity of 125 ml or 250 ml glasses. In the majority of cocktails, after they had already poured into the appropriate dishes, made to add canned fruit - cherries or sweet cherries without the syrup. As a rule, a pleasure to drink cocktails through a straw (artificial), which is served with a drink.
By strong cocktails in the form of snacks you can submit small open or closed sandwiches to dessert - fruit, biscuits, chocolate and other confectionery.
Cobbler - cool, refreshing drink, especially pleasant on a hot summer day. Explicit part of their food is finely crushed ice, and fruits and berries. Preferred usually give canned or fresh frozen fruits: they are better than fresh, flavored drink. Exceptions are oranges, lemons, pineapples, bananas, which are put in fresh cobbler.
Berries (cherries, grapes and strawberries), put whole, peaches cut in half, remove pit and cut the halves into cubes. Just cut and pears, apples, oranges, apricots, pineapples, bananas, etc.
Cobbler is served in wine glasses or glasses high, growing up, with a straw and a teaspoon for fruit. Crystal, Bohemian glass in a given situation can be very handy. Cobbler drink through a straw. No wonder his name means "long sip."
To prepare the cobbler does not require any special adaptations. All the components are mixed directly in the glass.
When making mixed drinks all component parts must be reconciled to taste, smell, create a pleasant bouquet. Particular attention should be given doses of the substances, which are given in very small quantities, because they have a strong odor and can ruin a drink.
