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The Clover Club Cocktail is a cocktail consisting of Gin, Lemon Juice, Raspberry Syrup, and an egg white. The egg white is not added for the purpose of giving the drink flavor, but rather acts as an emulsifier. Thus when the drink is shaken a characteristic foamy head is formed. == History and character == The Clover Club Cocktail is a drink that pre-dates Prohibition, and is named for the Philadelphia men's club of the same name, which met in the Bellevue-Stratford hotel. The Clover Club itself dates to 1896, as seen in the 1897 book, ''The Clover Club of Philadelphia'', page 172 by Mary R. Deacon. Brooklyn's Clover Club restaurant claims that the Philadelphia men's club dates to 1882 and lasted until "the 1920s."〔(Clover Club Restaurant, New York: History )〕 Published recipes for the Clover Club drink appear as early as 1917: ''The Ideal Bartender'' (1917) by Thomas Bullock, page 27: "Fill large Bar glass full Fine Ice. 2 pony Raspberry Syrup. 2 jigger Dry Gin. 1 jigger French Vermouth. White of 1 Egg. Shake well; strain into Cocktail glass and serve." ''Mrs. Norton's Cook-book: Selecting, Cooking, and Serving for the Home Table'' (1917) by Jeanette Young Norton, page 512: "Clover Club: The juice of half a lemon, a sixth jigger of grenadine, one jigger of gin, French vermouth." Robert Hess claims〔Robert Hess, The Spirit World, "Clover Club Cocktail" April 2007.(http://thespiritworld.net/2007/04/09/the-clover-club-cocktail/)〕 "It has a long history dating back to at least 1910, and was enjoyed by the captains of industry who were members of the famous club."〔Paystyle, Unimart, "Happy Hour: Clover Club Cocktail (The Remixes)" April 2009.(http://www.umamimart.com/2009/04/happy-hour-clover-club-cocktail-the-remixes/)〕 In its heyday, the drink was described by Jack Townsend as being enjoyed by the pre-prohibition gentleman who would have fit in with those of the club, and was a "Distinguished patron of the oak-paneled lounge."〔Paul Clarke, The Cocktail Chronicles, "A Change in Fortune." March 2006.(http://www.cocktailchronicles.com/2006/03/22/a-change-in-fortune/)〕 However, by the time that Townsend was writing about the drink it was becoming unpopular, and was eventually all but forgotten.〔 The drink seems to have been forgotten partly due to the use of raw egg in the cocktail, which many people shy away from, and partly due to the complexity of its preparation (see below).〔A Grandiose Blog: Cocktails, Gadgets & More, "The Clover Club Cocktail Recipe Blog Love Mixology Mondays XVII" July 2007.(http://www.agrandioseblog.com/drink/mixology-mondays-xvii-blog-love-the-clover-club)〕 Despite the use of what some may consider to be strange ingredients the cocktail is enjoyable, and has been described as tart with the added syrup giving the drink complexity, and the egg white providing body as well as a foamy head.〔〔Underhill-Lounge, "Clover Club Cocktail" July 2008.(http://underhill-lounge.flannestad.com/2008/07/14/clover-club-cocktail/)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clover Club Cocktail」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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