The Parkeroo is one of the oldest mixed drinks to showcase tequila, combined with sherry and first published in 1946.
60 ml Lustau Amontillado Escuadrilla 30 ml Don Montes blanco Tequila (lemon zest)
Preparation: 3 ice cubes, stirred for 15 seconds (45 times). Sprinkle with lemon zest.
The Parkeroo was published by Lucius Beebe in 1946 in his book ‘The Stork Club bar book’. After that it is no longer found. It only reappears sporadically in modern publications. This is hard to understand, as the combination of sherry and tequila tastes great.
Fortunately, Lucius Bebe names the inventor of the Parkeroo. He writes that it is “a sort of bastard Martini evolved by Willard Parker.”[1-26]
Willard Parker 1946 in ›The Fighting Guardsman‹. [3]Willard Parker is quoted as saying: “›While painting a picket fence around my house,‹ deposes Mr. Parker, ›I discovered that after two Parkeroos I could remain stationary and let the fence revolve around the brush. This will give you an idea!‹” [1-26]
So who was Willard Parker? It might be the actor of the same name, born in 1912. [2]
Unfortunately, that’s all we can find out.
Sources
Lucius Beebe: The Stork Club Bar Book. New York & Toronto, Rinehard & Company inc., 1946.
1946 Lucius Beebe: The Stork Club bar book. Seite 26. Parkeroo.
Among the more exotic of the restorative category is a sort of bastard Martini evolved by Willard Parker with all the ingredients cockeyed as well as the consumer: Parkeroo: 2 oz. dry sherry 1 oz. tequila twist of lemon peel. Pour this concoction over shaved ice, allow to chill and then pour into pre-chilled cham- pagne coup glass.
“While painting a picket fence around my house,” deposes Mr. Parker, “I discovered that after two Parkeroos I could remain sta- tionary and let the fence revolve around the brush. This will give you an idea!”
60 ml Lustau Amontillado Escuadrilla
30 ml Don Montes blanco Tequila
(lemon zest)
Preparation: 3 ice cubes, stirred for 15 seconds (45 times). Sprinkle with lemon zest.
The Parkeroo was published by Lucius Beebe in 1946 in his book ‘The Stork Club bar book’. After that it is no longer found. It only reappears sporadically in modern publications. This is hard to understand, as the combination of sherry and tequila tastes great.
Fortunately, Lucius Bebe names the inventor of the Parkeroo. He writes that it is “a sort of bastard Martini evolved by Willard Parker.” [1-26]
So who was Willard Parker? It might be the actor of the same name, born in 1912. [2]
Unfortunately, that’s all we can find out.
Sources
Historical recipes
1946 Lucius Beebe: The Stork Club bar book. Seite 26. Parkeroo.
Among the more exotic of the restorative category is a sort of
bastard Martini evolved by Willard Parker with all the ingredients
cockeyed as well as the consumer:
Parkeroo:
2 oz. dry sherry
1 oz. tequila
twist of lemon peel.
Pour this concoction over shaved ice, allow
to chill and then pour into pre-chilled cham-
pagne coup glass.
“While painting a picket fence around my house,” deposes Mr.
Parker, “I discovered that after two Parkeroos I could remain sta-
tionary and let the fence revolve around the brush. This will give
you an idea!”
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