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The Rogue & Rita 17.5

Serves 2

Olmeca Altos Tequila Blanco
Pink Peppercorn & Strawberry Cordial

Pampelmousse Rose
Maraschino

Aperol
Citron

Bitter/Sweet/Spice

We land at last in Mexico and together with the Rogue & the Rake, we enter the
nearest cantina ‘to tickle ones innards’ & have a right old ‘nanty narking’.
The Rake immediately heads to the gaming tables while our resident ‘gal sneaker’ the Rogue
catches the eye of a local beauty expressing that she is the ‘jammiest bit of jam’.
Grabbing a bottle of local fire water, I take it upon myself to make my drink of the
moment ‘The Daisy’ albeit modifying it a little with the contents of my bag.
Having made too much for one person, I take my drink over to help my young Rogue in his
‘tot hunting’.
Passing a glass to each, the girl expresses her gratitude and asks what the concoction is. I
explain that it is called a Daisy and inquire what its Spanish equivalent is to which she
replies ‘Rogue’n’rita’. As I misheard her in the noisy bar, I ask again to which she shouts
‘Margarita’. Thinking this a ridiculous name for a drink that would never catch on, I

revert to the first version and name it ‘The Rogue & Rita’.
At this point a fight erupts at the gaming table and we have to grab our ‘mafficking’
Rake and beat a hasty retreat and ‘back slang’ it before the ‘mutton shunters’ arrive!

Inspiration. - Passing English of the Victorian Era, Dictionary of Hertadox English, Slang
and Phrase. - J Redding Ware (1909)
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