The cocktail may have been invented by a bartender at
Chasen's, a restaurant in
West Hollywood, California, to serve then-child actress
Shirley Temple. However, other claims to its origin have been made.[7] Temple herself was not a fan of the drink, as she told
Scott Simon in an
NPR interview in 1986:
The
saccharine 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![8][9]
In 1988, Temple filed a lawsuit to prevent the sale of a bottled soda version using her name.[10][11]
With alcohol
Adding 1.5
US fluid ounces (44 ml) of
vodka or
rum produces a "Dirty Shirley".[12] If dark rum is used, it produces a Shirley Temple Black, a homage to her married surname.
See also
Queen Mary, a beer cocktail with grenadine and maraschino cherries
References
^Drinks Mixer (January 1, 2010).
"Shirley Temple recipe". DrinkMixer.com.
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^Black, Shirley Temple (February 11, 2014).
"nprchives" (Interview). Interviewed by Simon, Scott.
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