Cocktail Recipe: The Cheery Herring
May 9, 2009
The featured ingredient in this cocktail is Cherry Heering, hence the name. Heering is a smooth and not-too-sweet liqueur; the original cherry brandy as developed by Dane Peter Heering in 1818.
I was just going to call it Happy Fish, but I wasn’t sure that would be enough info to get the joke, so now I am over-explaining it. Meh, I can’t win.
- 1 ounce bourbon
- 1/2 ounce Cherry Heering
- 1/2 ounce sweet vermouth
- 1 ounce grapefruit juice
Shake with ice and serve up, garnished with a Swedish Fish
Note: Swedish fish candies are made to resemble herring and a red herring (like this one I drew) refers to irrelevant information given to distract someone from the main issue, rooted in an old superstition that when travelling, one could keep predators off one’s trail by dragging a red herring back and forth across the path.
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What a clever garnish; however do you come up with these things? ;0)
Sorry, confectionery garnish concept provided by Rogue who warned me against using real fish in the Cheery Herring and then suggested the Swedish alternative.
“Communism is just a red herring. Like every other member of the oldest profession, I’m a capitalist. “
I watched Clue 2 days ago.
I like to make sure my comments have as little to do with the post as humanly possible.
Oh wait! I actually have some relevant to say. Swedish Fish are amazing. They are probably my 5th favorite candy. I attribute it to my love of Ikea.
I can’t stop commenting and I have no idea why.