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This drink is deliciously different. Rum, grapefruit, and pomegranate are smoothed with egg white and spiced with nutmeg
Ben H Simpson
4th April 2022 at 10:19
As pink grapefruit was only discovered/commercialised in 1930 perhaps this drink was made originally with yellow grapefruit? Or maybe it's an example of 'the latest trendy fruit' cocktail of its day? Combined with the popularity of the 'grapefruit diet' of the time (a sort of starvation diet that would not be recommended today, but endorsed by Hollywood celebrities and featuring in various period films) perhaps this explains an uptick in cocktails with grapefruit around this period.
28th July 2022 at 23:40
Actually it was the Ruby Red marketed in 1930. According to Wikipedia:
An early pioneer in the American citrus industry was Kimball Atwood, a wealthy entrepreneur who founded the Atwood Grapefruit Company in the late 19th century. The Atwood Grove became the largest grapefruit grove in the world, with a yearly output of 80,000 boxes of fruit. There, pink grapefruit was first discovered in 1906.
An early pioneer in the American citrus industry was Kimball Atwood, a wealthy entrepreneur who founded the Atwood Grapefruit Company in the late 19th century. The Atwood Grove became the largest grapefruit grove in the world, with a yearly output of 80,000 boxes of fruit. There, pink grapefruit was first discovered in 1906.
4th April 2022 at 12:00
Thanks, Ben. Good to add perspective. Sadly, Cocktail Bill didn't specify grapefruit colour. My preference is for pink, hence my specifying in the recipe above.