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Pendennis Club (cocktail)
The Pendennis Club cocktail (or Pendennis cocktail) is a cocktail created at the private club of the same name, the Pendennis Club of Louisville, Kentucky, in or shortly before 1911. It experienced a minor revival in the 2010s, but it remains uncommon. The original cocktail (1911) is made of gin and apricot brandy in a 2:1 ratio, plus lime juice. Later versions (1939) add Peychaud's bitters, which is generally retained in later recipes, and a kumquat, which is sometimes optionally used. Modern versions vary the apricot ingredient, splitting apricot eau-de-vie with apricot liqueur or added sugar, both due to lack of availability of "apricot brandy" and to balance the tartness and sweetness. This makes it a kind of fancy gin sour ("fancy" because the sweetener is not simply sugar). The combination of apricot and lime tastes similar to grapefruit, though grapefruit is not used in the cocktail. There is also a version with dry vermouth instead of lime juice, but this appears to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumquat
Kumquats ( ), or cumquats in Australian English, are a group of small, angiosperm, fruit-bearing trees in the family Rutaceae. Their taxonomy is disputed. They were previously classified as forming the now-historical genus ''Fortunella'' or placed within ''Citrus'', . Different classifications have alternatively assigned them to anywhere from a single species, ''Citrus japonica'', to numerous species representing each cultivar. Recent genomic analysis defines three pure species, ''Citrus hindsii'', ''Citrus margarita, C. margarita'' and ''Citrus crassifolia, C. crassifolia'', with ''C.'' × ''japonica'' being a Hybrid (biology), hybrid of the last two. The edible fruit closely resembles the Orange (fruit), orange (''Citrus x sinensis'') in color, texture, and anatomy, but is much smaller, being approximately the size of a large olive. The kumquat is a fairly cold-hardy citrus. Etymology The English word ''kumquat'' is a borrowing of the Cantonese (; zh, c=金橘), from "gol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death & Co
Death is the end of life; the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism. Death eventually and inevitably occurs in all organisms. The remains of a former organism normally begin to decompose shortly after death. Some organisms, such as ''Turritopsis dohrnii'', are biologically immortal; however, they can still die from means other than aging. Death is generally applied to whole organisms; the equivalent for individual components of an organism, such as Cell (biology), cells or Tissue (biology), tissues, is necrosis. Something that is not considered an organism, such as a virus, can be physically destroyed but is not said ''to die'', as a virus is not considered alive in the first place. As of the early 21st century, 56 million people die per year. The most common reason is aging, followed by cardiovascular disease, which is a disease that affects the heart or blood vessels. As of 2022, an estimated total of almost 110 billion huma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
