![]() ![]() MARTIN: So what would you recommend for people who are going out and they want to kind of introduce their kids to perhaps a more interesting, refreshing drink?ĬURTIS: The simplest one is just instead of putting the grenadine, the artificial pomegranate syrup, in there just ask to put some dashes of bitters in there. So I guess it's similar to learning about the Easter bunny and Santa Claus. And you sort of imagine them to be concocted in some laboratory specifically for us, but it turned out not so much. ![]() Roy Rogers is basically the same as a Shirley Temple, but it's typically made with Coca-Cola. First of all, what is a Roy Rogers? And why was this so devastating? Is there a cherry in it?ĬURTIS: There's a cherry in it. MARTIN: But you said that when you discovered that the Roy Rogers was almost the same drink as the Shirley Temple that you have not fully recovered from this understanding. But I think it set me back 10 years, and I wish I had some other options at the time. And we'd be so excited at the table we'd be like, you know, golden retrievers at a tennis ball factory when they came out, just besides ourselves. I grew up with three brothers, and we used to order those and Roy Rogers all the time. MARTIN: So what's so terrible if you just like it as opposed to trying to like something 'cause it's cool?ĬURTIS: It's not that terrible. MARTIN: Can I just ask this - I thought that writers like yourself kind of are part of this anti-snob movement where you're trying to teach people to like what they like as opposed to what they're told to like. And if you gave them something a little more interesting, maybe they'd expand their interest and their tastes. So it seems to me you're training generations of kids to associate the sort of sophistication and a big-event drink with something that's just sweet. And then you add an artificial cherry, which has been sitting in also high-fructose corn syrup. You add the grenadine, which tends to be just high-fructose corn syrup with some flavoring and coloring. You start with the ginger ale, which is sweet. You have these different elements in there, and getting that balance right is sort of a trick and an art.Īnd with the Shirley Temple, what you have is you have sweet plus sweet and then garnished with sweet. A good cocktail's all about, you know, balancing flavors. I think that the problem I have with the Shirley Temple is that it's the antithesis of what makes a good drink, at least a good cocktail. I just think they should be exposed to a little bit better drinks. WAYNE CURTIS: Well, I want to make it clear that I'm not related to Agatha Trunchbull, the child-hating headmistress in "Matilda." I like kids. He joined us from New Orleans, and I asked him to explain why he's such a hater. And he says in a piece he just posted in The Daily Beast that Shirley Temples are destroying America's youth. He's a travel writer, cocktail enthusiast. Well, writer Wayne Curtis says don't do it. It's named for the awesome child-actress-turned-ambassador. You know, it's got the ginger ale, the grenadine, the maraschino cherry. And if you have kids, you might be tempted to order a Shirley Temple for them. So hot you may be looking for a refreshing cold drink, especially if you and the family are going out to eat tonight. Like I said earlier, just about anywhere in the U.S.
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