Comments on: Cocktail Glass Smash http://fussylittleblog.com/2009/06/29/cocktail-glass-smash/ I know what is good. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:50:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: cheftanner http://fussylittleblog.com/2009/06/29/cocktail-glass-smash/#comment-325 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:56:02 +0000 http://fussylittleblog.com/?p=215#comment-325 I totally agree with you here Daniel. I hate cocktail glasses myself. I am a Manhattan and Red Hook drinker and have always liked mine in an old-fashioned/rocks glass. Having bar tended in the past I can attest to how awful it is for servers to carry those stupid glasses as well, not to mention certain bartenders love for filling the drink to the rim so that even if the server doesn’t spill the drink, the guest will likely end up with some of the drink on them. Having traveled a bit, many other countries don’t bother with the cocktail glasses, the rocks glass is more popular. At home I have Riedel rocks glasses, I drink wine out of them as well. I understand the concept of not wanting to warm up the glass, but really, who sits there with their hands wrapped around their glass long enough to warm up the liquid? For better wines and dinners with guests I pull out the high-end specialty wine stems, but never cocktail glasses.

]]> By: Wally http://fussylittleblog.com/2009/06/29/cocktail-glass-smash/#comment-324 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:22:32 +0000 http://fussylittleblog.com/?p=215#comment-324 I call them “plates on sticks”.

]]> By: Albany Jane http://fussylittleblog.com/2009/06/29/cocktail-glass-smash/#comment-322 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:20:30 +0000 http://fussylittleblog.com/?p=215#comment-322 My favorite bars have generally been ones that serve cocktails in old fashioned glasses (and by golly, old fashioneds themselves are delectable). I wonder if they go hand in hand? One of my peeves is having a sticky-sweet cocktail spill on the glass/hands for the duration of the drink.

]]> By: brownie http://fussylittleblog.com/2009/06/29/cocktail-glass-smash/#comment-320 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:23:49 +0000 http://fussylittleblog.com/?p=215#comment-320 But is it cricket to pinky-out with the old fashioned?

The martini, ahem, cocktail glass was originally designed as a labret (lip plate) to bring mixed drinks to the tribes of Africa and South America who celebrate that custom. Fed up with tribesmen who used them mainly as hats and brassieres, the inventor added a stem and France surrendered.

Don’t ask me to quote my sources.

]]> By: Barrie http://fussylittleblog.com/2009/06/29/cocktail-glass-smash/#comment-318 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:15:18 +0000 http://fussylittleblog.com/?p=215#comment-318 Wally always says it’s like a plate on a stick. I think he would heartily agree with you on this one!

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