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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-47423994-1', 'fortunecity.ws'); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script> <center> <br> <div> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://ad.broadcaststation.net/ads/show_ad.php?width=728&height=90"></script> </div> </center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#FF0000" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="07b285a1dvlddx.gif"> <div> <B>Art of Making Cocktails</B></div> <div> <B>   </B></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=22.5% BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="07ad4fe0dkelyh.gif"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0de9fa30.jpg" border=0 width="159" height="163" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="085323f0.gif" border=0 width="50" height="63" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> INTRODUCTION</div> <bR> <div> The 'Cocktail' can be broadly defined as a mixed drink made up of two or more ingredients (usually incorporated a spirit base), shaken or stirred, and drunk as a short or a long drink. A number of descriptions to explain the origin of the name 'Cocktail'. Some say the word stems from Coquetiers , or egg cups, in which a French eccentric served drinks to his friends; or from Coquetel, a Bordeaux wine cup given to French officers serving in America. Others say the name originates from Vive le Cocktail, the toast proposed by a Frenchman during the American War of Independence, after he was served a mixed bottle adorned with cocks' feathers.</div> <div>                  </div> <bR> <div> A more obscure connection is that the name comes from cocktailed horses, those animals of mixed breeding who were differentiated from thoroughbreds by having their tails docked, or cocktailed; or alternatively that it was named after an 18th-century Cock-ale, an invigorating mixed drink given to encourage fighting cocks!</div> <div>                </div> <div>  </div> <div> Many more stories exist, but it is probably true to say that the cocktail really took from 1920 to 1933, when alcohol was illegal in America during what was known as the Prohibition Era. After the ban was lifted cocktails were further refined and spread from the United States to England and to other countries. A second cocktail boom hit after the Second World War, in the late 1970s, and today these exotic drinks are as popular and stylish as ever.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="mailto: mike_bhargava@hotmail.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto: mike_bhargava@hotmail.com"><U><IMG SRC="10164280.gif" border=0 width="100" height="40" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="bie.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Basic Ingredients Equipment Used in Coc"><U>Basic Ingredients & Equipment Used in Cocktails   </U></A><A HREF="file:///C:/My Documents/SOUNDS/Gangsta's Paradise.mid" TARGET="_top" TITLE="file://C:\My Documents\SOUNDS\Gangsta's "><U>|</U></A><A HREF="cmm.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chilling, Measuring Mixing Cocktails"><U>   Chilling, Measuring & Mixing Cocktails   </U></A><A HREF="file:///C:/My Documents/SOUNDS/Gangsta's Paradise.mid" TARGET="_top" TITLE="file://C:\My Documents\SOUNDS\Gangsta's "><U>|</U></A><A HREF="gp.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Garnishing Presentation "><U>   Garnishing & Presentation   </U></A><A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Garnishing Presentation"><U>|</U></A><A HREF="diffcock.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Different Cocktails"><U>   Different Cocktails   </U></A><A HREF="file:///C:/My Documents/SOUNDS/Gangsta's Paradise.mid" TARGET="_top" TITLE="file://C:\My Documents\SOUNDS\Gangsta's "><U>|</U></A><A HREF="comments.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Any Comments or Suggestions"><U>   Any Comments or Suggestions  </U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> My new favourite song is playing now! The size of this file is about 17.4kb and it's a mid sound file. It takes about 1.7 seconds to download @ 56 kbps.</div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <embed src="HTMLobj-276/clubmic.mid" autostart="true" loop="true" hidden="true">  </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>