The proposed reasons for fruit's spread—such as masking poor liquor—should remain attributed interpretations unless independently supported.
Useful for teaching that authenticity debates can reveal changing practice, region, quality concerns, and identity.
Simonson traces orange, cherry, pineapple, soda, muddling, shortcuts, and competing purist reactions across Prohibition and the twentieth century. The account shows that fruit-bearing versions became culturally durable even as critics treated them as corruption.
Displayed book page 58; supplied PDF sheet 62
Displayed book page 49; supplied PDF sheet 54
“The Fruit Wars,” “The Brandy Old-Fashioned,” and “Postwar Heyday”
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Simonson traces orange, cherry, pineapple, soda, muddling, shortcuts, and competing purist reactions across Prohibition and the twentieth century. The account shows that fruit-bearing versions became culturally durable even as critics treated them as corruption.
Location and context
“The Fruit Wars,” “The Brandy Old-Fashioned,” and “Postwar Heyday”; Displayed book page 49; supplied PDF sheet 54; through Displayed book page 58; supplied PDF sheet 62.
Use note
Useful for teaching that authenticity debates can reveal changing practice, region, quality concerns, and identity.
Qualification
The proposed reasons for fruit's spread—such as masking poor liquor—should remain attributed interpretations unless independently supported.