Family ratios are starting structures, not a universal optimum or proof that technique is irrelevant. Historical firsts remain secondary leads.
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Five families provide Ruhlman's teaching framework, with highballs and exceptions added. His preference change after a wife-administered shaken/stirred Margarita comparison is a personal anecdote; the book does not describe randomized, independently repeated, proof- and temperature-matched testing.
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Five families provide Ruhlman's teaching framework, with highballs and exceptions added. His preference change after a wife-administered shaken/stirred Margarita comparison is a personal anecdote; the book does not describe randomized, independently repeated, proof- and temperature-matched testing.
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Family ratios are starting structures, not a universal optimum or proof that technique is irrelevant. Historical firsts remain secondary leads.