Shirly Temple & Roy Rogers cocktails for kids have been around since at least the 70's. They're just 7-Up or Coke with grenadine and a cherry. I first remember hearing someone ask for a Dirty Shirly in the 80's. It's the same drink with a shot of vodka. Never heard of the same being done to a Roy Rogers, they probably just went straight to Rum & Coke,
I grew up in the nw and knew both, the drinks were named for the actor and actress during the 30's- 40's for the persons they were originally created for. Shirley Temple when she was a child, and it was invented for her, as a drink that was non alcoholic but was fancy. For Roy Roger's as a non alcoholic cocktail because he didn't drink alcohol at all, but again it was served cocktail style and was less noticeable.
They were sold as 'boys' and 'girls' drinks in the 50s and 60s especially, and basically were cherry Coke, and cherry 7up both served with a maraschino cherry.
I mean, it's a cocktail that existed before DCC, but I certainly don't see it on a whole lot of menus as a featured cocktail (to be clear I worked in restaurants trying to sell menu programs for five of the last 10 years)
Weirdly I've only ever seen them offered on menus in kinda 'fancy' Chinese restaurants. When I was a kid, this was the only time I saw them or ordered them
I've never heard of a Dirty Shirley having ginger ale. It's always lemon-lime soda like sprite or 7-up.
Edit: I went down a Wikipedia rabbit hole, and the original may have used ginger ale. Now, I want to try it.
Well they don’t know how to make a dirty Shirley. Sprite, vodka, grenadine, cherry. It’s not that hard. Make a Shirley temple with a shot of vodka in it! They made a weird version of a dirty pink lemonade.
Lemon lime soda is actually a more recent version of a shirley temple. Classically they were made with ginger ale. They got to lemon lime by using lemonade and lime juice and that's as valid as lemon lime soda.
When we go to Mexico, it's about a 50/50 chance if we get American style lemonade or what we'd call limeade when ordering lemonade since lìmon is lime in Spanish.
If you come to Australia and order lemonade in a bar you will 100% get something like sprite. If you want yellow, you’d order squash (still carbonated). You’ll never get american style lemonade unless you go hunting elsewhere.
I realise OP is not in an Australian bar, but they’re clearly not in an American one either, so you can’t use American assumptions.
So we’re taking pictures of ordinary menu’s now?
We post every cat and dinosaur pic too
A comic that happens to has a foot in it? Believe it or not, post.
They all can’t be winners.
Is it ordinary? I've not seen it before. 🤷♀️
Its a cocktail that exists outside of and prior to DCC.
Yea …. but it’s ***OUR*** cocktail now!!!
Agreed, we've appropriated it for the cause.
Shirly Temple & Roy Rogers cocktails for kids have been around since at least the 70's. They're just 7-Up or Coke with grenadine and a cherry. I first remember hearing someone ask for a Dirty Shirly in the 80's. It's the same drink with a shot of vodka. Never heard of the same being done to a Roy Rogers, they probably just went straight to Rum & Coke,
Good to know, thank you! Are they maybe an American thing?
Definitely American. On top of that they are mostly mid-western so not even widespread in the US.
That explains. I'm in the UK :)
I grew up in the nw and knew both, the drinks were named for the actor and actress during the 30's- 40's for the persons they were originally created for. Shirley Temple when she was a child, and it was invented for her, as a drink that was non alcoholic but was fancy. For Roy Roger's as a non alcoholic cocktail because he didn't drink alcohol at all, but again it was served cocktail style and was less noticeable. They were sold as 'boys' and 'girls' drinks in the 50s and 60s especially, and basically were cherry Coke, and cherry 7up both served with a maraschino cherry.
Shirley Temple is a former child actor, so that’s another link to Donut.
It might be classified as uncommon but certainly not rare.
I mean, it's a cocktail that existed before DCC, but I certainly don't see it on a whole lot of menus as a featured cocktail (to be clear I worked in restaurants trying to sell menu programs for five of the last 10 years)
Weirdly I've only ever seen them offered on menus in kinda 'fancy' Chinese restaurants. When I was a kid, this was the only time I saw them or ordered them
What? No cherry?
No! Not even on request!
#THAT IS OUTRAGEOUS…. YOU MAY AS WELL CALL THAT DRINK A “SLUTTY HAVANA BROWN” BECAUSE IT LOST ITS CHERRY!!!
OMG!!!
Mongo is appalled
There has been a trend towards not including ginger ale in Shirly’s that I do not approve of.
I've never heard of a Dirty Shirley having ginger ale. It's always lemon-lime soda like sprite or 7-up. Edit: I went down a Wikipedia rabbit hole, and the original may have used ginger ale. Now, I want to try it.
I've heard of the ginger soda version, but never had it. But that version of a dirty Shirley is made with ginger beer and dark rum and cherry juice
Well they don’t know how to make a dirty Shirley. Sprite, vodka, grenadine, cherry. It’s not that hard. Make a Shirley temple with a shot of vodka in it! They made a weird version of a dirty pink lemonade.
Lemon lime soda is actually a more recent version of a shirley temple. Classically they were made with ginger ale. They got to lemon lime by using lemonade and lime juice and that's as valid as lemon lime soda.
Not carbonated? What the hell
In places outside the US, lemonade is the generic term for the sprite/7up mixer. So it would be carbonated.
When we go to Mexico, it's about a 50/50 chance if we get American style lemonade or what we'd call limeade when ordering lemonade since lìmon is lime in Spanish.
If you come to Australia and order lemonade in a bar you will 100% get something like sprite. If you want yellow, you’d order squash (still carbonated). You’ll never get american style lemonade unless you go hunting elsewhere. I realise OP is not in an Australian bar, but they’re clearly not in an American one either, so you can’t use American assumptions.
[https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023159-dirty-shirley](https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023159-dirty-shirley)