Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Squid Mixes: Roy Rogers


I grew up believing a Roy Rogers was simply a Shirley Temple served to a boy.  That's what the waitresses at Danny's Spaghetti House in Silver Spring, Maryland used to tell me.  Now I know they were just trying to protect my young masculine ego.  They're two different drinks.  A Shirley Temple combines ginger ale and grenadine whereas a Roy Rogers swaps the ginger ale for cola.  I got my recipe from Mocktails by Kester Thompson.  Don't know if you can quite see it in the photo but there's a cherry garnish in there, too.

Naturally, the drink is named for the King of the Cowboys:
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via Biography.com
So, why the droids?  Well, you see, I made them for my daughter and me for our Star Wars binge on the last day of our spring break.  The movies were her idea.  The Roys were mine.

The drink is fine.  The flavors don't combine as nicely as ginger ale and grenadine.  One tastes a little fruitiness but the cola overwhelms.  You don't get the color effect either.  Maybe more grenadine would have made more of a difference but not sure it's really worth it. 

8 comments:

  1. Man, I need a good Star Wars binge.
    But I haven't even managed to finish season three of Rebels yet, and I've been wanting to watch Rogue One for months.
    Just no time for time...

    And, yeah, I suppose I have no comment on the drink. I'm not thinking I'm going to try anything with any kind of sugar soda in it.

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    1. So far, in my mocktail adventures, the juice-based drinks have been more exciting than the soda-based ones.

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  2. I wonder what Roy thought of this drink? It sounds too sweet for me. I love the Star Wars tribute and are their boobs on C3PO? From this angle it looks like it and I know the look was based on the robot Maria from Metropolis. Am I just being a bit too weird:)

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    1. I can't say I really ever thought of those doohickeys on his chest as nipples. Now I can't unsee it...

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  3. Growing up I always thought they were the same drink too. I haven't had a Roy Rogers- but I did always enjoy Shirley Temples. :)
    ~Jess

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    1. Those Danny's waitresses and their vast national network had everybody fooled!

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  4. I always have Shirley Temples....orange juice.

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    1. With orange juice? I would definitely be interested to know more about that recipe.

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