Saturday, August 15, 2009

The Child Star Behind the Drink

Shirley Temple (1928 -)

a US child actress who was very popular during the 1930s. She sang and danced and had blond curly hair, and is best known for singing the song "On the Good Ship Lollipop". Her films include Little Miss Marker (1934) and Heidi (1937). As an adult, she became Shirley Temple Black, and wroked as an ambassador for the US government.

Shirley Temples and Roy Rogers

The Shirley Temple cocktail is a popular drink for children in the US, made from lemonade and grenadine (= a sweet red liquid), and served with a maraschino cherry. Lemonade is sometimes replaced by Seven Up or Sprite. Shirley Temples are sometimes called kiddie cocktails since there is no alcohol in them and the Royal Hawaiian Hotel at Waikīkī in Honolulu, Hawaii claims to have invented them in the 1930s.
Roy Rogers is another version of the Shirley Temple cocktail. A Roy Rogers is a non-alcoholic mixed drink made with cola (such as Coca-Cola, Pepsi, or R.C. Cola) and grenadine syrup, garnished with a maraschino cherry. It may also be called a kiddie cocktail or simply a homemade Cherry Coke.
It was named for the cowboy actor and singer Roy Rogers.

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