Tract · Cocktails

Non-alcoholic · Shaken · Historical · complexity 2/5

Pussyfoot Cocktail

Harry of Ciro's Pussyfoot is a temperance orange-and-lemon drink with egg yolk and grenadine.

sweet · sour · citrus · red_fruit · temperance · refreshing

Served in Cocktail glass.

Variants (3)

Harry of Ciro's ABC of Mixing Cocktails by Harry of Ciro's (1923, p.68) — Harry of Ciro's 1923

1 orangeOrange juice (fresh) — Orangeacid
1 lemonlemon juice — Lemonbase
1 yolkegg yolk — Yolk of a Fresh Eggother
1 teaspoonfulGrenadine sweetener
  1. Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.

This matters because it preserves a fully bar-shaped temperance drink in the same section as the alcoholic cocktails.

The egg-yolk shake shows the temperance branch borrowing directly from mixed-drink technique rather than soda-fountain logic alone.

L'Art du Shaker by Dominique Migliorero (1925, p.53)

1 lemonlemon juice — Lemon juiceacid
1 orangeorange juice — Orange juiceacid
1 yolkegg yolk — Egg yolkbase
2 leafmint — Fresh mint leavesother
1 coffee spoonGrenadine — Grenadinesweetener
  1. Shake well and strain into a flip glass.

Barflies and Cocktails by Harry McElhone and Wynn (1927, p.66) — Barflies 1927

0.5 lemonlemon juice — Juice of half a Lemonacid
0.5 orangeorange juice — Juice of half an Orangeacid
1 yolkegg yolk — Fresh Egg yolkbase
1 teaspoonfulGrenadine sweetener
  1. Shake well and strain into a cocktail glass.

This matters because it preserves a serious yolk-based temperance cocktail in McElhone's professional canon.

See also: Orangeade, Prairie Oyster Cocktail